Attracting, developing and retaining top talent is a complex process. Once a skilled and gifted individual joins a team, it's in the company's best interest to provide growth opportunities for these promising leaders, in order to continually inspire their creativity and motivation on the job. This month's Inside Advantage brings you the latest thinking and ideas from the Harvard Business School.

M. Christine Sullivan
Director, Alumni Career & Professional Development

The right candidates.
The right fit.
The right results.

Mining Your Company's Talent

Getting the right people on board is the single most important thing a manager can do for their organization. If you work for a large multinational organization, chances are that some of the right people are already on the bus. But how do you go about finding them? And once you do, how do you keep them? Learn the importance of internal talent-mining.
 

Managing Yourself: The Paradox of Excellence

Why is it that so many smart, ambitious professionals are less productive and satisfied than they should or could be? They have successful images to preserve, so instead of embracing risk, they hunker down and lock themselves into routines—at the expense of personal growth. Read more about how to break this cycle.

Tools & Time-Savers

• Six Common Misperceptions about Teamwork
• The Only Way to Get Important Things Done
• How to Recover from a Blunder

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