Strategic initiatives often land as abstract ideas that feel disconnected from (or irrelevant to) the reality on the ground.

Corporate boards have a critical role to play in addressing climate change, not only by overseeing risk and compliance but ...

As your visibility grows, so do the networking requests. Some are reasonable; others cross the line. While a strong network is built on mutual support, it shouldn’t leave you feeling depleted. Watch ...

Welcome to the HBR Executive Agenda for August 14, 2025. Adi Ignatius is the editor at large at Harvard Business Review and its former editor in chief. Explore HBR HBR Store About HBR Manage My ...

Many organizations are aware that they are suffering from project overload, slowing execution and obscuring strategic priorities. Yet even with this knowledge they struggle to kill projects to ...

In the debate over whether it’s helpful or hurtful to share employee pay data, consider a new finding: When the SEC mandated CEO‐to‐median‐employee pay disclosures, the information didn ...

When a big decision must be made by multiple constituencies with different goals, it can often fall victim to challenges from drawn-out processes to data overload. But AI is helping. One field ...

New research from BrightHire and Harvard Business School’s Managing the Future of Work project reveals that although interviews appear to cover most skills listed in job descriptions, they often ...

If your AI efforts aren’t paying off, it’s likely not a tech problem. The biggest barriers to success are often people and processes. To unlock real value from AI, your organization must build ...

The stakes in C-suite hiring are existential. After all, talent risk is value-creation risk. Nowhere is this truer than in the middle market, where leadership’s impact is most directly felt and ...