Management and Talent - Stern Speakers & Advisors

The Little-Known Secret to Nurturing Your Highest Potentials

Stanford Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer’s new book offers transformational advice: power and influence are learnable skills…

3 weeks ago

Do Teams Still Add Up?

Organizational management scholars Constance Hadley and Mark Mortensen explain why it’s time to rethink the…

1 month ago

What Does a Successful Return to the Office Look Like?

Our workplace experts offer leaders strategies for ensuring a physically and psychologically safe return to…

10 months ago

Optimize Your New Workplace With These Insights

New book by globally recognized HR expert and Wharton Professor Peter Cappelli helps leaders make…

11 months ago

There’s a Payoff to Investing in Your High Potentials

A systematic approach to identifying and nurturing in-house talent allows you to fill top jobs…

11 months ago

Measuring the Cost of Your New Workplace Model

Stanford University economist and veteran remote work researcher Nicholas Bloom helps companies pick a workplace…

11 months ago

To Earn Customer and Employee Loyalty, Proactively Cultivate Trust

Harvard Business School Professor Sandra J. Sucher’s new book is the executive’s essential guide to…

11 months ago

Redefine Workplace Wellness for Remote and Hybrid Employees

To keep employees healthy and productive in the new world of work, leaders must adopt…

1 year ago

Why Investing in Employee Mental Health Makes Sense

Renowned authorities outline ways organizations can support the mental health of their workforce – and…

1 year ago

Social Networks for Good: How to Improve Digital and Live Interactions

Yale Social Scientist, Physician and Epidemiologist Dr. Nicholas A. Christakis’ research shows it is possible…

1 year ago

How to Cultivate Winning Teams

Tommy Amaker, Harvard’s winningest basketball coach, offers organizational leaders a powerful playbook for upping their…

1 year ago

Promoting Psychological Safety in the Workplace is Essential

Jennifer Petriglieri helps leaders leverage behavioral psychology and group dynamics to foster innovative, productive, inclusive…

2 years ago

Optimize Virtual Teamwork with Tools That Ensure Everyone Has a Voice

Building psychological safety in virtual teams takes effort and strategy, says advisor Amy Edmondson, author…

2 years ago

Howard Gardner’s New Book Takes Us Inside His Expansive Mind

In “A Synthesizing Mind,” the creator of Multiple Intelligences Theory shows us how his mind…

2 years ago

Ditch the Employee Survey and Get Better Insights with These Tools

New methods give employers more accurate employee feedback, says workplace performance expert Peter Cappelli in…

2 years ago

This is What Successful Leadership in the Virtual Workplace Looks Like

INSEAD Professor Mark Mortensen, a global authority on remote work and new forms of work,…

2 years ago

Here’s How to Increase Productivity Among Working Parents

Got kids? In his new book, Stew Friedman shares a proven model that shows parents…

2 years ago

3 Reasons Your Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy Has Failed

Courtney D. Cogburn’s methods change conversations about racism and bias, and help companies develop strategies…

3 years ago

How to Build a Culture of Workplace Learning

Future of work and learning expert Kelly Palmer shows businesses how to better train employees…

3 years ago

How to Use Big Data to Maximize Growth

Ben Waber shows organizations how to measure productivity and culture through data collection and use…

4 years ago

The Surprising Advantage of AI at Work

M. Ehsan Hoque develops practical AI to boost social skills in the workplace, preparing you…

4 years ago

Technology is Widening the Skills Gap. Here’s How to Bridge It.

A report by McKinsey indicates that 62 percent of executives believe they will need to…

4 years ago

How to Manage the Risks and Opportunities of the Future of Work

These 10 speakers help leaders prepare for the impact of AI, automation and the gig…

4 years ago

How Do Successful CEOs Spend Their Time?

In a Harvard Business Review article, Michael E. Porter and Nitin Nohria reveal how executive…

4 years ago

Can Uber Be Saved? Here’s Why Rosabeth Moss Kanter Says Yes

Uber is, in many ways, the quintessential startup story – one that will be studied,…

5 years ago

Is Donald Trump Counting on the Gig Economy?

Even as the “gig economy” encompasses 94% of new jobs in the U.S., tax policy…

5 years ago

Morale at Startups: Why Growth Matters

Startups live and die by their culture. And not by the ping-pong tables or the…

5 years ago

Negotiation Mastery: Unlocking Value in the Real World

Negotiation is an essential part of everyday life; in business, it’s critical to success. Michael…

6 years ago

Join Forces to Jump-start Innovation

Have some sticky problems you can’t seem to work out internally? Try working with your…

6 years ago

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Finding Balance: How Top Performers Succeed In and Out of the Office

Are you living according to your values? Do you wish you had a better balance…

6 years ago

What Photography Can Teach You About Innovation

“We don’t often think of leaders as artisans, but like good craftspeople, good leaders go…

6 years ago

A Vision: 5 Significant Changes to the Corporation of the Future

The nature of how we work and develop talent is forever changed at the hands…

6 years ago

Our Worst Nightmare: Michael Porter on the Biggest Issue Facing the U.S.

What’s behind the sluggishness of the current U.S. recovery? Our country’s “political paralysis,” says leading…

6 years ago

How Refugees Can Boost Your Business, Not Burden It

The number of people displaced by conflict is at the highest level ever recorded –…

6 years ago

The Truth about China’s Growth and Why It Matters

On the surface, China’s dominance seems a given. The country’s GDP is likely to surpass…

6 years ago

The Future of Work Will Change Everything. Are You Ready?

The way we think about it and get it done, how businesses organize it, and…

6 years ago

Sherry Turkle Isn’t Anti-Technology. She’s Pro-Conversation.

We’re used to being connected all the time. Yet, we’re uncomfortable with conversation – at…

7 years ago

Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age

At home, families sit in silence at the dinner table. We text (and shop and…

7 years ago

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