Three experts on the qualities they find essential for navigating tough decisions. Sign up for HBR Executive Agenda - for insights you need to steer your business now. Only available to HBR Executive ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

AI is no longer just a tool; it’s part of your workforce. If you want to lead effectively in this new era of “agentic AI”—AI systems that can act independently, without constant human ...

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 ...

How to make everyday interactions teachable moments for your direct reports. Sydney Finkelstein, a professor of management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, encourages leaders ...

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.

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.

The HBR Executive Playbook on when and how to share negative updates with your directors. by Rachel DuRose Whether it’s a financial setback, the departure of a key leader, a cybersecurity breach ...