5 Topic Commentaries

Hiring for What Comes Next

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  Wafaa Mamilli, N/A

  Workforce planning; digital transformation

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  Zoetis

  We talk a lot about hiring instead of thinking about workforce planning and thinking about talent management. — verbatim from source

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  Peter Cappelli, PhD

  Human resources; talent management

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  The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

  The reason that job seekers do not know what to do in order to be hired is because hiring managers do not know what they are doing. — verbatim from source

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  Lindred Greer, PhD

  Team dynamics; organizational behavior; startup teams

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  Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

  My favorite advice I’ve heard from VCs to founders is, "Hire slow, fire fast." — verbatim from source

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  George F. Westerman, PhD

  Information technology; digital transformation; workforce learning

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  MIT Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  We know that's an absolutely horrible answer because the managers don't do it. — verbatim from source

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  Suman Thareja, N/A

  Talent acquisition; recruiting process design

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  McKinsey & Company

  Why does hiring people — or why does having to go through finding a job — have to feel like a root canal? — verbatim from source

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