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

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Most teams plan carefully for a project’s launch—but few bring that same discipline to its closure. Without a clear exit strategy, projects drag on, drain resources, and leave teams in limbo.

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

There seems to be something special about coworking spaces. As researchers who have, for years, studied how employees thrive, we were surprised to discover that people who belong to them report ...

Over the past several decades, HBR has published numerous articles about how best to develop strategy. This glossary contains descriptions of more than 40 of them, from A-Z, complete with videos ...

If it feels like leadership is getting harder, that’s because it is. AI is transforming the workplace faster than most leaders can adapt. The news cycle is relentless, geopolitical risk is ...

While change has always been difficult, we have now entered an area in which it is continuous rather than episodic. Employees are tired and morale, productivity, and innovation all suffer as a ...

Brain scans are showing us in new detail exactly what entices readers. Scientists can see a group of midbrain neurons—the “reward circuit”—light up as people respond to everything from a ...

Our Management Tip of the Day newsletter continues to be one of HBR’s most popular newsletters. In this article, we list six of our favorite tips on strategic thinking, covering topics like how ...

While backlash to DEI has challenged how many companies and practitioners approach creating more equitable workplaces, fewer have considered whether DEI work itself has room to improve. A new ...