Is Your Leadership Too Reactive?
Senior executives have to deal with a constant stream of what seem like urgent challenges. But it’s not always clear when they need to...
Your Company Needs to Focus on Fewer Projects. Here’s How.
Success comes not from starting more, but from stopping what no longer creates value.
New Research Debunks a Common Criticism of Pay Transparency
Employees develop beliefs about what their colleagues are paid whether or not a company discloses salary information.
Job Interviews Aren’t Evaluating the Right Skills
It’s time to close the gap between what we say we’re looking for and what we actually evaluate.
How to Communicate Layoffs to Your Staff
The HBR Playbook on keeping employees motivated in troubling times.
How Middle-Market Companies Can Find the Best Leadership Talent
Three steps to address the issue of frequent CEO turnover.
4 Research-Backed Ways to Strengthen Your Pitch and Get Funding
Founders can dramatically improve their odds simply by matching their choice of words to the strength of their evidence.
HBR’s Most-Read Gen AI Articles of 2025 So Far
A collection of our most popular pieces, from how to build your own AI assistant to how the technology is redefining managerial roles.
How AI Can Help Tackle Collective Decision-Making
The success of an MIT Media Lab tool in Hamburg, Germany, demonstrates how AI can be used for scenario planning and consensus building.
The Success-Then-Happiness Fallacy
How to actually improve your work life for the better.