Entry-level hiring is declining. What could go wrong?
Cutting entry-level roles may save costs today, but it endangers the development of future leaders and the skills organizations will urgently need....
Robert Hooijberg is Professor of Organizational Behavior at IMD. His areas of special interest are leadership, negotiations, team building, digital transformation, and organizational culture. Before joining IMD in September 2000, Professor Hooijberg taught at Rutgers University in their MBA and Executive MBA programs in New Jersey, Singapore, and Beijing. He is Program Director of the Breakthrough Program for Senior Executives and the Negotiating for Value Creation course.
February 19, 2026 • by Robert Hooijberg in Talent • 6 min read
Cutting entry-level roles may save costs today, but it endangers the development of future leaders and the skills organizations will urgently need....
December 26, 2025 • by Mark J. Greeven, José Parra Moyano, Michael R. Wade, Amit M. Joshi, Jialu Shan, Didier Bonnet, Robert Hooijberg in Artificial Intelligence • 8 min read
Is your organization AI-ready? IMD professors and researchers predict 2026 trends in artificial intelligence. Read on and prepare to innovate – or be left behind. ...
December 12, 2025 • by Heather Cairns-Lee, Vanina Farber, Robert Hooijberg, Katharina Lange, John R. Weeks, Howard H. Yu in Book Review • 6 min read
From the systemic roots of corporate scandals to the unseen human cost of AI, plus timely insights from a 50-year-old classic, IMD professors reveal the six books that shaped their thinking in...
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