Boards often mistake collegiality for alignment, avoiding tough conversations and sidelining dissent. The result is delayed ...

If you’re a leader of transformation, you might feel like you’re in a constant “inner battle,” torn between the agency that ...

Designing the executive team is one of the most consequential choices a CEO can make. It determines how the enterprise allocates resources, resolves trade-offs, pivots in the face of unforeseen ...

In today’s workplace, teams are often asked to perform flawlessly while also learning and innovating. But trying to pursue both equally can backfire. Teams achieve more when they commit to one clear ...

Disruptive innovation takes many forms, often shaped by customer needs and persistent experimentation. It is associated with ...

AI is reshaping work, but eliminating entry-level jobs is short-sighted. These roles are crucial for developing future leaders, fostering innovation, enriching organizational culture, and protecting ...

Multinational companies often stumble in emerging markets because they underestimate how long success takes to materialize—a ...

In times of uncertainty, your team looks to you not just for strategy, but for reassurance and direction. To move people from fear to confidence, you need to show up with clarity, conviction, and calm ...

Lessons from companies that are defying the odds by Michael Mankins and Patrick Litre Nearly every major corporation has embarked on some sort of transformation in recent years. By our estimates, at ...

We live in an era of risk and instability. Globalization, new technologies, and greater transparency have combined to upend the business environment and give many CEOs a deep sense of unease. Just ...

Management behaviors that foster employee engagement by Paul J. Zak Companies are twisting themselves into knots to empower and challenge their employees. They’re anxious about the sad state of ...

The HBR Executive Playbook on removing chronic barriers to collaboration. by Ania W. Masinter Cross-functional collaboration has always been critical for innovation. New problems and new solutions ...