What to Do If Your Employees Keep Getting Poached

Poaching is a reality of doing business, but its of particular concern during times when job openings outnumber candidates. Managers cant afford to wait to take steps to keep their employees satisfied and engaged. The author offers four ways to be proactive in working to keep your best employees. First, make sure your compensation and benefits are on par with other companies. Second, acknowledge your companys flaws to your employees. Third, create career plans for your employees so they have long-term goals to work toward. Finally, provide employees with professional development and learning opportunities.

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SARAH GREEN: Welcome to the Harvard Business Review IdeaCast. Im Sarah Green. Im talking today with Michael Schrage, a research fellow at MITs Sloan School Center for Digital Business. He is the author of Serious Play and the forthcoming Getting Beyond Ideas. He also blogs for hbr.org. Michael, thanks so much for joining us.

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How Indian Companies Are Using Technology to Reach New Consumers

A couple of years ago, I was standing on a platform in the New Delhi train station and noticed several men watching a big Mumbai-Delhi cricket match on a crystal-clear video feed streaming from their smart phones. The service worked as well as any live stream I could pull up at home in Austin, Texas. Yet in some ways the scene was right out of the 19th century the air was dusty and hot; there were far more passengers waiting than benches for them to sit on; and it was impossible to ignore all the aromas that waft through Indias public spaces.

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How Chinese Companies Are Reinventing Management

Chinas companies have long been acclaimed for their manufacturing prowess and, more recently, for their pragmatic approach to innovation. Now its time to recognize how they are reinventing the role of management through an approach the authors call digitally enhanced directed autonomy, or DEDA.

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Find the Right Job Using This "Dinosaur" Diagnostic

Most young professionals only consider two factors when looking for their next position: job function and industry. Not enough people are considering the stage of their potential employers company life cycle. Too often a cause of career derailment is being in the wrong stage perhaps youre unable to thrive in the hierarchy of a mature company or uncomfortable in the pants-on-fire atmosphere of an early-stage startup. This dinosaur diagnostic can help young professionals enhance their success in finding the right job.

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How to Be Alone Without Being Lonely

Studies show that loneliness can lead to feelings of anxiety and depression. But there are ways to combat loneliness even when youre alone. The first step is to acknowledge any feelings or signs of loneliness, such as a sense of emptiness, excessive procrastination, insomnia, and others. Pay attention to what you read and watch, and understand how it may be impacting your thinking. Invest your time in something constructive, like a creative project or an online course. Or, find a way to care or provide for others. These activities will give you a sense of purpose, autonomy, and achievement. Continue to reach out to your colleagues and friends virtually, keeping up as many normal interactions as you can. But use technology wisely utilize tools like social media to have meaningful conversations instead of comparing yourself to others.

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Was Your Internship Cancelled? Take Advantage of Virtual Internships.

The 2020 job market is rife with challenges. Budgets are being tightened across industries and continents. Youre also keenly aware that these changes have created fewer paid opportunities. As many companies have shifted priorities at this time, onsite internships have either been eliminated or gone fully virtual.

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How to Launch a Startup in the Post-Covid Era

Economic downturns, although challenging, can provide an opportunity for launching new companies and products. Raising capital for a startup during a recession can be difficult. If your goal is to fundraise within the next year, start by asking yourself if your product or business is still relevant in the current environment. Do your research figure out if potential investors are adventurous or conservative, and be transparent with them about your company and the challenges you may be facing. Rely on a board of advisors with experience in running startups to provide guidance. Manage cash cautiously and set your organization up for survival. But have a plan ready for post-crisis growth.

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Recent Grads Are Drowning in Uncertainty. Here's How to Stay Afloat.

There are nearly fifty million twentysomethings in the United States, most of whom are living with a staggering, unprecedented amount of uncertainty.And now, millions of new would-be workers have graduated, without the pomp and circumstance, into a global pandemic and likely recession.Research shows that, rather than long for certainties that do not exist, the best way to adapt to uncertainty is to change how we think about it and to find a way to keep moving. If youre feeling stuck, you should try to avoid mental time-travel, build identity capital, resist reassurance, forget regret, and build healthy habits.

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The greening of planes, trains, and automobiles

As the world races to decarbonize everything from the electricity grid to industry, it faces particular problems with transportationwhich alone is responsible for about a quarter of our planets energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. The fuels for transport need to be not just green, cheap, and powerful, but also lightweight and safe enough to be carried around.

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Egalitarian oddity found in the Neolithic

Did ancient people practice equality? While stereotypes may suggest otherwise, the remains of one Neolithic society reveal evidence that both men and women, as well as locals and foreigners, were all equal in at least a critical aspect of life: what they ate.

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