As companies grow and ownership becomes more complex, leaders often assume the answer is to get everyone more involved. But too much participation can bog down decisions, fuel frustration, and weaken ...

A survey of hundreds of executives shows that the most common “red flags“ that deter qualified candidates from interviewing ...

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Constructive disagreement can spark creativity, prevent costly errors, and drive better decisions. To keep disagreements from escalating into conflict, you need to use language that shows your ...

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A survey of hundreds of executives point to six red flags that derail organizational hiring, sometimes preventing otherwise ...

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 ...

The questions senior leaders are asking about gen AI have evolved since LLMs first entered the mainstream: It’s less about if they should experiment with gen AI, and more about how to do so ...

At 8:00 AM on a gray March morning, the CEO of a fast-growing biotech company clicked “join” on a video call with her senior team. In the past 24 hours, new sanctions in Eastern Europe had forced ...

Our guide to all things strategy, from “adjacency expansion” to “value stick.” by HBR Editors What is strategy? This question may be familiar if you’re a seasoned HBR reader: It’s the title of a ...

The HBR Playbook on overcoming change fatigue and positioning your people for agility. by Ania W. Masinter The amount and pace of organizational change today is staggering. Gartner research found that ...

There has been no shortage of questions and predictions about the end of middle management—from the pages of HBR in 2011 to the BBC four years later. Despite this, the proportion of middle managers ...