Collaboration and teams

The legendary singer on her six-decade career.

Rival companies should team up to build the market while working independently to own it.

Three conditions will determine whether you can execute the plan.

As weight loss medications strain corporate health budgets, executives are weighing whether the medications’ benefits justify their steep costs.

Lightening the mental load your employees carry is less about reducing work itself than about redesigning how it is structured and distributed.

In this week’s The Insider newsletter, peruse anything you may have missed or revisit a favorite.

Seven elements determine how well teams work across time zones, languages, and cultural norms.

How leaders can develop the skills they need to navigate differences on their teams with awareness, humility, and intention.

In this week’s The Insider newsletter, managing editor Gretchen Gavett writes about designing work around how teams actually perform best.

Research on 6,000 workers shows how one investment helps people to do their best thinking.

Four Seasons CEO Alejandro Reynal tells HBR editor at large Adi Ignatius why the luxury hotel brand hires for attitude over experience.

Four common mistakes and how to avoid them.

Leaders often behave as if they agree on why, what, and how to change—when they actually don’t. That’s why most transformation efforts fail.

In the June 22, 2026 edition of The Insider, managing editor Gretchen Gavett highlights the benefits and pitfalls of hope as part of a leader’s toolkit.

Like diversity in human workforces, agentic diversity pays significant performance dividends.

Updating a classic HBR framework.

Lessons on avoiding communication breakdowns from one of Harvard Business School’s signature programs.

Executives may believe their constant presence is indispensable, but HBS professor Ashley Whillans makes the case that time away is better for their own health—and the health of their organization.

A guide for leaders.

Columbia Business School professor Rita McGrath previews “The Power of Strategic Centering,” an article from HBR’s upcoming July-August 2026.