Our Management Tip of the Day newsletter continues to be one of HBR’s most popular newsletters. In this article, we’ve ...

With trust and engagement at an all-time low, companies need to help leaders strengthen human skills such as self-awareness, ...

Frontline employees’ close contact with customers and processes often put them in the best position to generate innovative ...

Metaphors can make or break your transformation message. They simplify complexity, create emotional connection, and cut through resistance. But not just any metaphor will do. Use these four questions ...

An executive’s guide on developing the talent who will secure your company’s success. by Rachel DuRose When Target announced in August 2025 that COO Michael Fiddelke would assume the company’s top ...

Energy is no longer merely a cost to be managed. by Andrew Winston, George Favaloro and Tim Healy Large companies spend millions, or billions, of dollars directly on energy each year—and millions more ...

Feedback is crucial. That’s obvious: It improves performance, develops talent, aligns expectations, solves problems, guides promotion and pay, and boosts the bottom ...

Hear the word “innovation,” and you might think of an R&D lab, a design group, or a start-up venture. But today innovators are in demand everywhere—from the factory floor to the salesroom, the IT help ...

IQ and technical skills are important, but emotional intelligence is the sine qua non of leadership. by Daniel Goleman Every businessperson knows a story about a highly intelligent, highly skilled ...

In the fall of 2017, when the New York Times and other media began reporting on widespread sexual harassment and assault by powerful male entertainment figures, many people were heartened. The ...

Agentic AI holds transformative potential, but only for those organizations that approach it with discipline and strategic ...

Just as the internet has drastically lowered the cost of information transmission, AI will lower the cost of cognition. That’s according to Harvard Business School professor Karim Lakhani, who has ...