Why Employees Cannot Disconnect From Work During PTO

Why Employees Aren’t Transparent About Their AI Usage

Employees are hiding AI use from managers, a transparency gap that undermines trust and governance simultaneously.

Bonuses Don’t Create Employee Buy-In. Research Shows What Leaders Are Getting Wrong

Research shows bonuses fail to build employee commitment, pointing leaders toward what actually works.

7 Common Indicators That Your Workplace Culture Is Heading in the Wrong Direction

Seven early-warning indicators signal when workplace culture is deteriorating before leaders notice damage.

How Great Leaders Build Teams That Never Stop Improving

HBR video identifies what high-performing leaders do consistently to build teams that sustain improvement over time.

I Need To Give Employees More Positive Feedback. How Do I Start?

Practical framework helps managers build a consistent habit of delivering meaningful positive feedback.

employee is using disability protections to do whatever he wants

Managers face real legal and cultural risk when employees use disability protections to avoid performance standards.

Most people want humans to lead on candidate selection

Most employees still want humans, not AI, making final decisions on candidate selection processes.

boss overshares other people’s medical info, I’m spending hours a week helping a struggling coworker, and more

Managers face dual challenges when a boss overshares medical information and colleagues drain team productivity.

Learn From High-Stakes Decisions Like an Elite Coach

HBR draws decision-making lessons from elite coaches that executives can apply to high-stakes leadership moments.

Palantir CEO Alex Karp says executives who brag about their AI cuts might as well ‘sign up for the Bernie Sanders manifesto’

Palantir CEO warns executives that publicly celebrating AI-driven headcount cuts damages leadership credibility.

Layoffs don’t have to feel inhumane

Fast Company argues layoffs can be handled with dignity, offering communicators a concrete framework for humane messaging.

The leadership crisis nobody is talking about: why your high performers might be your most vulnerable employees

High performers are quietly burning out and leaving, and most leaders are not recognizing the warning signs.

Trust is broken. Here’s how we rebuild it

Trust between leaders and employees is at a breaking point, and new research maps how to rebuild it.

New Data on How We’re Really Using AI

New HBR data reveals actual patterns in how workers are integrating AI into daily tasks.

We All Hate Meetings—Here’s How to Make Them Work

HBR identifies specific structural changes that make meetings productive rather than performative obligations.

Masterclass: Designing Organizational Change That Actually Sticks

HBR masterclass offers executives a structured approach to making organizational change actually last.

The Empathy Tax Female Leaders Pay

MIT Sloan research shows female leaders pay a measurable empathy tax that undermines their perceived authority and credibility.

my team isn’t happy I was promoted to manager, boss edits my work with ChatGPT (badly), and more

New manager facing team resentment and a boss using ChatGPT to edit work poorly surfaces two common leadership credibility threats.

HR Monitor 2026: A turning point for the people function

McKinsey's 2026 HR data identifies a turning point in how people functions must evolve to stay relevant.