Leadership

His mindset: “Losing doesn’t work for me.”

It evolves over time. Here’s how to navigate each phase successfully.

Working with hidden power brokers, using back channels, and other tactics.

The legendary singer on her six-decade career.

Three conditions will determine whether you can execute the plan.

The problem usually isn’t poor leadership. It’s unprepared ownership.

Research highlights the unintentional and collective inertia that prevents leadership teams from making decisions.

How human strategists can free up time and focus on using their unique judgment.

Organizations form collective judgments about who they trust to represent the institution long before boards formally choose a CEO.

Research on communication styles among American, Chinese, and Indian employees shows how they can interpret the same guidance in dramatically different ways—and lose trust as a result.

How to protect your judgment, voice, and presence.

An HBR Executive Masterclass with Harvard Business School professor Sandra J. Sucher.

How to make fewer, better, and clearer high-stakes decisions when everything seems urgent.

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

A curated list from one of HBR’s most popular newsletters.

Employees follow what leaders do, not what they say.

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

Former Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly on how to plan for the long term during volatile times.

Attitudes about women in leadership have improved since 1965. But there are still major differences in how men and women perceive evaluation, standards, and opportunity today.

In the July 6, 2026, edition of The Insider, managing editor Gretchen Gavett highlights the growing gap between the company leaders think they run and the one employees actually experience.