The Right Stuff

The biggest challenge—and the most critical goal—for any recruiter is identifying top-tier talent who have the experience and the staying power to make a lasting impact in your organization. This month's Inside Advantage and our Recruiter Resources page present new research and observations from HBS faculty and other experts on attracting and managing senior executives for the long term.

M. Christine Sullivan
Director, Alumni Career & Professional Development
 

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

Hire Senior Executives That Last

The failure rate of executives coming into new companies is 30-40% after 18 months. The costs of this failure rate are enormous — wasted recruiting fees, missed business objectives, unproductive employees, and distracted colleagues. So what can hiring managers do to improve the odds? Here are three relatively simple steps.

Why You Need Great Guessers

Analytics are now king because it's so easy to collect and digest numbers on your business. But without good guessers, any project is doomed. Good guessers have strong instincts into where the best bets lie for product dev, hiring, strategy, advertising, and more.
 

Tools & Time-Savers

• Keeping Top Talent Engaged in Tough Times (video)
• The Power of Positive Failure
• The Many Benefits of Standing at Your Desk

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