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Attracting, managing, and retaining the best talent is rarely straightforward in any business. It takes time to find people with the right mix of skills, experience, and values. And they need to fit into your organization. This is especially important in small businesses where every employee greatly influences the company’s success.<\/p>\n

In organizations trying to have a social impact, finding, hiring, and developing the right talent can be particularly complicated. You need to find people who are as passionate about your social mission as you are. You often need to manage a mix of volunteers and paid staff. And you need to bring in and develop leaders with the right balance of business acumen and knowledge about the problem you’re trying to solve. <\/p>\n

This month, HBR.org and The Bridgespan Group continue our three-month-long series on scaling entrepreneurial solutions<\/a> that benefit society by focusing on the talent it takes. We’ll explore questions such as:<\/p>\n