In today’s perma-crisis world, waiting for stability is like waiting for a train that’s never coming. When everything around you feels unsteady, four questions can serve as strategic tools to help you work through ambiguity, reframe risk, and strengthen your…

We’ve all been there: after proactively trying to streamline a process at work, you feel mentally drained and less able to perform other tasks well. But did taking initiative to improve your job tasks actually make you worse at other activities by the end…

AI should be implemented thoughtfully to enhance rather than diminish the strategic influence of board chairs. By identifying key strategic roles and the actions through which leaders exercise the power inherent in their roles, as well as fencing AI involvement…

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There are certain rules and standards at work that are shared in formal trainings and onboarding, but there are also many norms that employees pick up over time—like whether taking vacation is encouraged or seen as signaling a lack of commitment or whether…

The authors, who study AI ethics and policy, recently asked nine popular generative Large Language Models (LLMs) to rank their own values using a questionnaire typically used to ascertain human values. They did so as part of their work on the alignment problem—the…

The chief marketing officer (CMO) role has expanded significantly due to digital technologies, data, and AI, increasing both executional demands and strategic expectations. While the CMO title remains common and respected, its growing complexity has led some…

If you’re trying to lead growth of any kind, from revenue to margin expansion, it’s critical that your sales organization has a clear understanding of your go-to-market strategy. Here are three areas to focus on to ensure your sales team not only understands…

How self-disclosure at work has changed since we first covered it.

A leader seeks coaching to sort out why she’s having trouble planning big-picture initiatives.

A conversation with the head of Amazon on their competitive advantage in an age of uncertainty.

It’s easy to view the debates between company leaders and employees over return-to-office mandates as overreaction on both sides: out-of-touch senior executives who don’t understand that the world has changed versus pampered, entitled, and unmotivated workers.…

Celebrity shareholders offer several major benefits. Their investment signals market confidence, attracting institutional and retail investors. High-profile investors can sway other stakeholders, creating a ripple effect that boosts stock demand. Celebrity…

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Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson walks through how to restore trust and communication in a broken team.

Companies can greatly reduce their risk of failure by carefully navigating five critical steps.

President Donald Trump’s drive to rebuild the U.S. manufacturing sector ignores the reality that expanding manufacturing jobs alone won’t be enough to rebuild the American middle class. Even more important is turning service jobs into ones that are highly…

Change is no longer an occasional disruption but a constant. Employees are now experiencing five times more planned change initiatives than they did just a decade ago. Add unrealistic goals, and the result is predictable: disengagement, burnout, and a sharp…

A major source of unease around AI is how its advance can make societies’ existing inequities even worse—a systemic phenomenon called “artificial inequality.” This happens as socioeconomic opportunities and outcomes are concentrated within narrow societal…

Corporate boards often rely on backward-looking data when selecting CEOs, leading to flawed decisions. To improve the selection process, boards should ask candidates to create a growth plan that outlines their vision for the company’s future, providing a…