Future of Work Briefs
2014
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The Three Most Innovative Companies of 2013
February 14 | Scott D. Anthony, Professor, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College | Comments (0)One can naturally debate any system that seeks to crown the world’s most innovative companies. Boston Consulting Group’s list, which relies heavily on surveys asking senior executives to name the companies they perceive to be innovative, risks succumbing to the halo effect.
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10 Extraordinary People and Their Lessons for Success
February 13 | Sarah Green Carmichael, Opinion Columnist and Editor, Bloomberg | Comments (0)From presidents to hip-hop producers to poets, the last page of every issue of Harvard Business Review is always an interview with someone who has succeeded outside the traditional corporate world. Here, some of our favorite lessons from the class of 2013.
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What Boards Can Do About Brain Drain
February 03 | Boris Groysberg, Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School | Deborah Bell, Researcher of Organizational Behavior | Comments (0)Not only are individual companies and industries battling for talent, but countries are, too. In the global competition for top talent, emigration of highly skilled workers —brain drain — can result in an especially pernicious drag on the source nations’ talent pools. Many countries are susceptible to flights of talent and experience its deleterious effects.
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Mary Barra and the New General Motors
January 23 | Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Professor, Harvard Business School | Comments (0)It is now official. Girls like cars. And car companies know how to be driven by women. The appointment of Mary Barra as CEO-to-be of General Motors is a signal to car-lovers everywhere that the company is serious about its products and vehicle innovation.
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Family Businesses Shouldn’t Hunt for Superstar CEOs
January 17 | Josh Baron, Co-Founder, Banyan Family Business Advisors | Rob Lachenauer, CEO and a Co-Founder, Banyan Family Business Advisors | Comments (0)It’s a dilemma that faces family businesses all too frequently. We saw it recently when we worked with a $4 billion global manufacturing business in Hong Kong. The company was managed by the founder, who turned it over to his son when he retired.
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Find Your Inner Mandela: A Tribute and Call to Action
January 17 | Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Professor, Harvard Business School | Comments (0)Don’t just mourn Nelson Mandela. Learn to be Nelson Mandela. He was the consummate turnaround leader. As the first democratically-elected president of post-apartheid South Africa, he took on and reversed the destructive symptoms of decline.
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Research: Recession Grads May Wind Up Happier in the Long Run
January 15 | Emily C. Bianchi, Assistant Professor, Emory University’s Goizueta Business School | Comments (0)Soon after the class of 2009 collected their degrees, they stepped into the worst job market in a generation. Hiring for new college graduates had dropped 35 to 40 percent in only a year. Hiring for new PhDs, lawyers, architects, and journalists had plummeted as well.
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Ten Essential Tips for Hiring Your Next CEO
January 15 | Ram Charan, D.B.A., Business Author and Advisor | Comments (0)Selecting a new chief executive is critical because so much rides on a positive outcome. Is this the right person to lead the company in this particular business, at this particular time? Will he or she collaborate with the board, or fight it?
