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Talent on Demand

Marshall Goldsmith

I invited my friend Peter Cappelli, a Wharton professor, author of Talent on Demand: Managing Talent in an Age of Uncertainty, and a recognized world authority on human capital, to discuss his new approach to talent management. Edited excerpts of our conversation follow: MG: First, what is talent management?

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When People Don't Know. a Guest Post from Steve Roesler

Kevin Eikenberry

a Guest Post from Steve Roesler by Kevin Eikenberry on November 23, 2010 in Guest Posts , Leadership , Leadership Blogs , Learning Steve Roesler is an award-winning writer and speaker on leadership, management, and career management topics and can be followed online at the popular All Things Workplace website.

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Why No One Gets Away with Trash Talk Anymore

Harvard Business Review

This summer, a milestone crept up on me—I realized it’s been twenty-five years since I began my career as a professor. And how grateful I should be to an early mentor whose advice, I would say, led to my good fortune. I began my career at Louisiana State University in August of 1989. And you’re in for a long career.

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Don’t Underestimate the Power of Women Supporting Each Other at Work

Harvard Business Review

As my experiences from being a rookie accountant to a managing director at an investment bank have taught me, conversations between women have massive benefits for the individual and the organization. As I advanced in my career, I hosted women-only lunches and created open channels of communication. alice mollon/Getty Images.

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How We Closed the Gap Between Men’s and Women’s Retention Rates

Harvard Business Review

Management consulting is a challenging environment in which to cultivate apprenticeship, because staff regularly jump from project to project and manager to manager. Retention of women in mid-career levels is now at parity with that of men. We gave tactical suggestions for how managers could do this (e.g.,

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To Crack the Glass Ceiling, Start with Venture Capital

Harvard Business Review

At a recent baby shower, along with the 35 or so assembled guests, I was asked to write down a specific wish for the newborn girl: “I hope you grow up to…” Predictably, most of the advice was along the lines of “become a good person” or “realize your dreams.”. Many hold deeply satisfying careers themselves.

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What’s Holding Women in Medicine Back from Leadership

Harvard Business Review

Evidence shows that women in academic medicine experience greater challenges finding mentors and sponsors than men, and that this gap likely contributes to career disparities. found that 30% of women (compared to 4% of men) had experienced sexual harassment from a superior or colleague in their careers. Career flexibility.