As an unprecedented number of people began working from home during the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic, my HBR colleagues and I wondered what this shift would mean—and what core aspects of the ...

As generative artificial intelligence becomes more prevalent in business, the key to success for all of us humans — whether we’re junior employees or senior executives — will be to delegate our ...

A Q&A with workspace researcher Jennifer Magnolfi Astill on the importance of being together—and the role of shared spaces in getting work done. How to think about their immediate effects on supply ...

In these turbulent times learning how to manage disputes is a must. by Peter T. Coleman The past few years have been exhausting for many Western organizations. Civil strife seems to be widespread, ...

According to LinkedIn’s Workforce Confidence Index, almost half of employed workers are planning to look for a new job in 2024. This kind of data may immediately prompt some leaders to take a closer ...

Stacey, the chief executive of a nonprofit focused on energy efficiency, wanted to bolster her leadership team by creating a chief operating officer position. Her first two hires to fill the role were ...

A senior executive I worked with—let’s call her Marisol—had spent years building trust, driving impact, and delivering results, only to find her role suddenly eliminated during a company restructuring ...

When Hurricane Idalia struck the northern coast of Florida last year, it wreaked havoc on the home-building company where Elisia worked as a project manager. Several partially completed projects were ...

A reader recently told me, “I prefer to be brilliant behind the scenes.” If you’re an introvert — someone who’s more comfortable focusing on their inner thoughts and who tends to recharge in solitude ...

This month marks the five-year anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic upending life in the U.S. Those early days were marked by uncertainty, fear, and a scramble to adapt to an unprecedented global ...

Recommendations for improving productivity while encouraging employees to lead fuller lives. by Brigid Schulte Jeff, a workaholic in recovery whom I met through Workaholics Anonymous, knows that his ...

Michael was the head of a sales team at a Fortune 500 technology company. He and his colleagues felt fairly comfortable delivering presentations in a conference room or over Zoom, but the company ...