Five Key Takeaways on People, Learning, and Trust from Partners’ Meeting Mumbai

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by Shruti Dhupia | February 26, 2020

It was a busy Monday morning as learning leaders across India joined us in the Harvard Business School classroom replica set up in Taj Lands’ End, Mumbai. With 80-plus partners and several speakers, the first-ever Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning Partners’ Meeting in India was buzzing with inspiring presentations and thoughtful discussions around the future of work and organizational readiness to support the future. The day provided participants with five key learnings that we hope they will take with them and carry through to their organizations: 1.Past success doesn’t always lead to future success. In the classic Harvard Business School […]

How Do You Engage the Workforce of the Future?

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by Larry Clark | February 10, 2020

There was a time you may remember—not too long ago—when a manager’s unspoken goal of “employee engagement” was really just to get people to work harder and complain less. Thankfully, so much has changed. In our recent blogs and podcasts, we’ve been exploring the shifts in organizations, jobs, and skill requirements that shine a light into the dizzying complexity of what it means to be part of the workforce of the future. Now, it’s time to turn our attention to the workforce itself—the learners, the leaders, and the expectations they bring with them about their working environment, their careers, and […]

Making the Most of Talent in the Gig Economy

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by Rajeev Mandloi | January 13, 2020

The desire that today’s workforce has to take full control over their work schedules has led to a new reality of the job market: the gig economy. In the gig economy, employers contract freelancers to complete certain jobs as opposed to hiring full-time employees. Emerging technologies have allowed for better connectivity, empowering more ways of remote working and helping the gig economy to grow. Short-term contractors or freelance workers have already generated about $204 billion in gross volume in 2018 and this figure is expected to grow to $455 billion in 2023. A gig economy offers certain flexibility and freedom […]

Helping Masdar’s Managers Become High-Performing Leaders

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by Stefaan Van Waes | January 9, 2020

As the global leader on the front line of clean energy research, technology, and commercialization, Masdar recognizes the importance of their middle management to the company’s success and the need to transition them to high-performing leaders. Masdar has a lot of responsibility, serving the strategic priorities of the UAE leadership, and helping fulfill the Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030. A recent company employee engagement survey made it clear that self-improvement was a high priority goal to improve throughout the company, specifically at the middle manager level. To address that goal, Masdar partnered with us at Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning […]

Putting Content to Work

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by Hallie Boger | December 20, 2019

This is the fourth in a four-part series on research we’ve done into key challenges for L&D teams. Read the third part here. With endless access to technology and an ever-growing stream of content and resources, we are overloaded with options. The same rings true when it comes to learning. Your employees now have access to numerous different sources and programs, but with so many options it becomes difficult to know where to start. It’s no wonder content is such a hot-button issue for L&D: 66% of the respondents in our survey rated content discoverability as very or extremely important, […]