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When a coworker isn’t pulling their weight — or is flat-out unreliable — it can feel frustrating and like you’re not in ...

New research finds that employers overestimate how informed employees feel when they agree to policies, contracts, and even ...

Yesterday, we shared insights to kickstart 2025 with the right mindset. Today, we’re back with five more strategies to help you thrive in any professional landscape this year. Win over skeptics by ...

The firm’s new strategy prioritized flexibility and efficiency. The consulting firm McKinsey has helped its clients navigate disruption in a wide range of industries. But what can we learn from ...

Sydney Finkelstein, a professor at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, explains how it can lead you astray in two significant ways. Being the most knowledgeable and experienced ...

For decades, companies have struggled to capture and integrate data into their decision-making. In spite of protracted efforts, the results have been decidedly mixed. Last year, just 37% of ...

What happens when executives — believing that they know what’s in the best interest of the company — decide to not consult with stakeholders, or even to temporarily withhold important ...

As more organizations across all sectors increasingly use data and technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) to further their business goals, many are discovering their legacy infrastructure ...

Jenna is stressed. She has to perform some research for a client report, write up part of the report, and leave the office by 5 PM so she can pick up her son from after-school care. Working ...

Visualizing what people are really doing with gen AI, the long tail of layoffs, beer and boycotts, and more. While they can’t tell the whole story of 2024, seven charts stood out as stark ...

Summary. When we asked HBR’s social media community about their biggest leadership lessons learned in 2024, readers from around the world shared the reflections and insights they’re bringing ...