A conversation with designer and author Nick Foster about how to face the unknown.

In today’s volatile and uncertain world, leadership skills have become more crucial than ever, yet many organizations struggle to train their managers to lead effectively. But experiential learning and failure-based training, as practiced by U.S. Army Special…

Senior leaders often have to make unpopular choices that are necessary for the organization, but aren’t ones everyone agrees with. Many find themselves needing to balance bringing people along without letting others’ emotions derail necessary changes. Here’s…

Learn how to own your decisions, expand your network, and position yourself for success.

Jamil Zaki, a psychologist and longtime student of empathy, responds to questions about a variety of topics: his previous writing for HBR on empathy; changing professional attitudes toward empathy in the workplace; the discrepancy between how leaders and…

While quitting a job is sometimes the right answer, circumstances—such as financial obligations, location constraints, or a challenging job market—often make staying the better (or only) option. Here are practical steps to take if you feel like you’re stuck…

While traditional change management emphasizes gradual tactics like pursuing small wins and building coalitions, in turbulent times these gradual tactics aren’t necessary—and they can hold leaders back from taking advantage of bigger opportunities. Research…

The best leaders don’t hide their emotions or overlook others’. They notice, name, get curious, and normalize them. The more you value and explore emotions, the healthier, more resilient, and effective you will become. There are simple practices you can use…

Our Management Tip of the Day newsletter continues to be one of HBR’s most popular newsletters. In this article, we’ve compiled seven of our favorite Tips on leading effective meetings, from how to boost participation to how to stay grounded and guide high…

An analysis of Twitter data from 2020 to 2022, including 100 brands across 20 product categories, found that referencing a rival competitor in marketing messages can boost consumer engagement and purchasing intent—but not all competition is made equal. To…

C-suite leaders are facing unprecedented levels of uncertainty and disruption due to the rise of AI, the fall of the postwar order, and economic fluctuation. Vikram Malhotra, McKinsey’s former managing partner of the Americas, and a team of senior partners…

Many leaders treat culture as a communication strategy. They believe it lives in messaging—in the articulation of purpose, the rollout of values, the tone of internal campaigns. But culture doesn’t shift because a new narrative is introduced. It shifts when…

Boards select CEOs for their vision and abilities. But once you step into the top job, your task is to turn the directors’ belief in you into operational reality. This starts with building better alignment with your chair. You can do so in eight ways: establish…

In today’s high-stakes, fast-moving, and ambiguous environment, leaders hold onto decision-making for a number of reasons. They want to protect quality, avoid mistakes, or keep things moving. However, not delegating decision-making creates a hidden cost:…

A conversation with speaker Adam Christing on finding your funny.

An analysis of over 1,000 occupations and hundreds of skills—capturing 70 million job transitions—examined the importance of foundational skills (like reading comprehension, basic math, and the ability to work well in teams) to career progression. Those who…

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Even Gen AI–savvy teams often overlook the opportunity to use AI in collaborative settings—workshops, planning sessions, strategy reviews—defaulting to pre-AI habits. But when Gen AI is embedded intentionally in meeting it can elevate group thinking, sharpen…

Leadership development is a critical yet often overlooked driver of long-term organizational success. Building leaders from within ensures cultural continuity and the preservation of institutional knowledge. This playbook outlines four ways executives help…

If you embrace the skill of boredom, you might get better at confronting life’s bigger questions around meaning, happiness, and work. When we are bored, our brain moves to its default mode network, which are structures that switch on when you don’t have anything…