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People Analytics at Teach For America (A)
Polzer, Jeffrey T.; Kelley, JuliaCase HBS-418013-ELeadership and People ManagementAs of mid-2016, national nonprofit Teach For America (TFA) had struggled with three consecutive years of declining application totals, and senior management was re-examining the organization's strategy, including recruitment and selection. A few months earlier, former TFA corps member Michael Metzger had spearheaded the launch of a predictive analytics team responsible for integrating strategy across TFA's recruitment and admissions continuum. Me...Starting at €8.20
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People Analytics at McKinsey
Polzer, Jeffrey T.; Hull, OliviaCase HBS-418023-ELeadership and People ManagementA private equity-backed fast food chain has hired McKinsey's new People Analytics group to help it improve performance. As the final client workshop approaches, Associate Partner Alex DiLeonardo ponders the best way to present the team's findings, especially those that conflict with the client executives' long-held intuitions. If successful, the project would help People Analytics build its reputation both internally and with clients. But to be s...Starting at €8.20
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Making Diverse Teams Click
Polzer, Jeffrey T.Article HBS-F0807C-ELeadership and People ManagementHigh interpersonal congruence-meaning alignment between team members' self-assessments and their appraisals of one another-improves the performance of diverse teams. And 360-degree feedback can help.Starting at €8.20
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Making Diverse Teams Click (Spanish version)
Polzer, Jeffrey T.Article HBS-F0807CLeadership and People ManagementHigh interpersonal congruence-meaning alignment between team members' self-assessments and their appraisals of one another-improves the performance of diverse teams. And 360-degree feedback can help.Starting at €8.20
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Henry Tam and the MGI Team (Spanish version)
Polzer, Jeffrey T.; Vargas, Ingrid; Elfenbein, Hillary AngerCase HBS-408S28Leadership and People ManagementWithin a short time frame, seven diverse team members assemble to write a business plan for a new company and struggle to define their roles, make decisions together, and resolve conflict. Henry Tam, a second-year Harvard MBA student, who joins an aspiring start-up company and a fellow classmate to enter the school's business plan contest. The founders of the company are two internationally accomplished musicians and a 1987 Harvard MBA, all Russi...Starting at €8.20
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Trust the Algorithm or Your Gut? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Polzer, Jeffrey T.Article HBS-R1803N-ELeadership and People ManagementA VP decides which candidate to promote. This fictional case study by Jeffrey T. Polzer features expert commentary by Prasad Setty and Patty McCord. This HBR Case Study includes both the case and the commentary. For teaching purposes, this reprint is also available in two other versions: case study-only, reprint R1803X, and commentary-only, R1803Z.Starting at €8.20
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Leading Teams Note, Module Note
Polzer, Jeffrey T.Case HBS-410051-ELeadership and People ManagementThis note, which describes the architecture and processes that characterize effective teams, begins by detailing the steps involved in designing a team, from diagnosing the complexity, interdependence, and objectives of the task to harnessing the key resources teams need from their environment. It describes the qualities to search for when selecting team members, including finding the right number of people, individual skills along both technical...Starting at €8.20
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People Analytics at Teach For America (B)
Polzer, Jeffrey T.; Kelley, JuliaCase HBS-420086-ELeadership and People ManagementThis is a supplement to the People Analytics at Teach For America (A) case. In this supplement, situated one year after the A case, Managing Director Michael Metzger must decide how to apply his team's predictive models generated from the previous year's data.Starting at €5.74
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Sarah Powers at Automated Precision Products
Polzer, Jeffrey T.; Norris, Michael; Kelley, Julia; Tobio, KristinaCase HBS-417072-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2017, Sarah Powers, VP of Sales at an automation hardware firm, is trying to understand why some members of her sales team have been underperforming. She is tasked with analyzing her firm's email and calendar data to try to find relationships between communications and sales performance.Starting at €8.20
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Susan Cassidy at Bertram Gilman International
Polzer, Jeffrey T.; Norris, MichaelCase HBS-417053-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2016, Susan Cassidy, VP of Sales and Marketing for the packaged foods division at CPG firm Bertram Gilman International has to make a promotion decision. Should she choose the person she has been grooming for the position, or another candidate recommended by central HR based on the firm's promotions algorithm?Starting at €8.20