Today’s CEOs have a fresh set of challenges that the standard management playbook is ill-equipped to address. As a result, ...

Psychological safety—a shared belief among team members that it’s ok to speak up with candor—is critical for effective decision-making and forward momentum on senior teams. Yet as the concept has ...

If employees are working while sick, your policies aren’t the problem—your structure is. To tackle presenteeism, start by addressing the root causes: job design, cultural expectations, and the ...

When people feel invisible at work, they disengage. As a leader, one of your most powerful tools is the ability to notice—deliberately, consistently, and with purpose. Here’s how to do it. Recognize ...

A conversation with author Whitney Johnson on recovering from a career disruption. In a period of increasing political and economic uncertainty, government funding cuts, and AI that can outperform ...

For decades, workplace stress was viewed primarily as an individual concern to be managed by HR—often through wellness programs or stress management workshops—rather than as a systemic ...

How to solve the dual problems of market readiness and supplier deadlines. Sign up for HBR Executive Agenda - for insights you need to steer your business now. Only available to HBR Executive ...

Pricing expert Rafi Mohammed warns against hasty changes to keep customers. Rafi Mohammed, founder of the consulting firm Culture of Profit, says a crisis or recession is not the time to panic ...

The HBR Executive Playbook on building an adaptive, future-ready workforce. by Ania W. Masinter “Today’s CEOs are the final generation of executives leading exclusively human workforces ...

An HBR Executive Masterclass with Rainer Strack. In corporate strategy projects, executive leadership teams work through a series of questions to determine how their businesses can succeed.

Yesterday, we shared three ways to begin structuring work for AI-human teams. Today, we’re back with four more tips to help you build a scalable workforce strategy that treats agentic AI as a ...

The HBR Executive Playbook on forming strong, long-lasting relationships with your directors. by Rachel DuRose Strategic alignment between a CEO and their board starts with one crucial element: trust.