Harvard Business Review

How Do I Work with a Difficult Boss? | Coaching Real Leaders 28 Jun 2023 --- He’s a mission driven leader who has always found roles where he can help others. He was brought in at a high level at a new organization, but he’s feeling tension and conflict with the organization’s founder. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches him through how to manage himself in this negative work dynamic. Further reading: - F...

Cirque du Soleil's Daniel Lamarre on How to Put Creativity at the Center of Your Strategy 12 May 2022 --- “There is no excuse. Creativity has to be at the forefront.” If you don't do that, one day you will wake up and discover your competitors have an edge on you, and then you're in trouble. Daniel Lamarre is the executive vice chairman of Cirque du Soleil, a position he took after serving for nea...

Research: When Extra Effort Makes You Worse at Your Job 23 Jul 2025 --- Trying to improve how you work can boost progress—but research shows it also drains mental energy. Here’s how to manage that cost. Read the full article here: https://s.hbr.org/4m8J2gx ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What It's Like to Make TikToks for a Living | Career Crush 8 Jul 2021 --- 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮! ✨ https://www.youtube.com/c/HBRAscend ✨ I can watch TikToks for hours. I’ve even made a few. But what is it like to make them for a living? 00:00 I want to make TikToks for a living 00:40 Meet Dave Jorgenson 02:00 How do you keep this up everyday? 02:39 Does the editor-in-chief approve the TikTok...

Tom Brady’s 7 Key Behaviors for Great Team Leadership 15 Aug 2024 --- Ever wondered what made football legend Tom Brady a great leader? In a new HBR article, Brady and former Harvard Business School dean Nitin Nohria explore his top seven team leadership tips. From putting the team first to connecting outside the office, it’s all about elevating those around you. Read it here: https://hbr.org/2024...

What Leaders Must Do Today to Address Systemic Racism 4 Jun 2020 --- How do we start real conversations about race in our organizations? This video was recorded live on June 3, 2020. Research shows that how organizations respond to large-scale, diversity-related events can either help employees feel psychologically safe — or contribute to racial identity threat and mistrust of authority. Laura Mor...

How Taylor Swift Handles Criticism 12 Apr 2025 --- Criticism doesn’t derail Taylor Swift—it sharpens her strategy. In this clip, HBR’s Kevin Evers breaks down how she turns backlash into empowerment, and why that mindset matters for leaders. 🎧 Listen to the full episode on HBR IdeaCast here: https://s.hbr.org/3EhNtFn ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...

5 Mistakes Managers Make When Giving Negative Feedback 25 Jan 2025 --- Navigating performance conversations is one of the toughest challenges for new managers. It’s natural to feel nervous about giving critical feedback, but avoiding these common mistakes can help ensure the discussion is productive and constructive. Read the full article by Steve Vamos here: https://s.hbr.org/40X2hlv ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​...

How Apple Is Organized for Innovation: Leadership at Scale 27 Jan 2021 --- As Apple has grown, its functional structure and leadership model have had to evolve. (Part 3 of 3) This is part 3 of 3 Part 1--The Functional Organization: https://youtu.be/5hENFA3CJUY Part 2--The Leadership Model: https://youtu.be/d5enAGG51PQ Deciding how to organize areas of expertise to best enable collaboration and rap...

4 Traps to Avoid as You Transition into a Leadership Role 14 Jan 2025 --- What you do before you start a new leadership role is critical to your success in the first 90 days — and beyond. While it’s tempting to rely on what you know, leaning on the things that worked for you in the past may push you in the wrong direction. Here are four common traps leaders make when transitioning into a new role,...

Innovation Starts with Noticing This 4 Jun 2025 --- Want to get better at innovating? Start by training your team to notice what everyone else overlooks. Read the full article by Martin Reeves and Bob Goodson: https://s.hbr.org/4jSLSEV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Outlook for Global Business 1 Jul 2020 --- When will we see economic recovery? This video was recorded live on June 30, 2020. IMF head Kristalina Georgieva discusses the outlook for global business and helps identify which economies could recover most quickly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keep Your Team Connected While You’re Apart (Quick Study) 6 Apr 2020 --- It’s about collaborating in small groups, embracing each other’s humanity, and designating a “Yoda.” The Covid-19 crisis is forcing leaders to discover new ways of fostering connectivity among team members. But in virtual meetings, teams need to create psychological safety and space for open communication in order to succeed....

Developing the CEO Within You 3 Nov 2008 --- An interview with Joseph L. Bower, Professor, Harvard Business School. To become an effective CEO, work for companies committed to leadership development, and take responsibility for your own development on the job. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Identity Crisis: Why Defining Yourself by Your Career Is a Problem 17 Sep 2024 --- One way to develop a healthier relationship with your career may be to visualize its end. “The party’s going to finish,” says HBS Professor and co-author (with Oprah Winfrey) of "Build the Life You Want" Arthur C. Brooks. Here are some steps you can take to mentally and emotionally prepare for the inevitable. 00:00...

How McKinsey Plans to Survive AI (and Reinvent Consulting) 9 Feb 2026 --- How does a storied consulting firm reflect on its history while forging a path ahead in uncertain times? In this episode of HBR IdeaCast, McKinsey Global Managing Partner Bob Sternfels speaks with host Adi Ignatius about the controversies that have ignited change at the large consulting firm, how exactly they are reorganizin...

Worried About Your Legacy? 25 Nov 2024 --- Thinking it might be time to retire, but you’re worried about your legacy? Executive coach Muriel Wilkins is here with advice and strategies that can help — delivered in one minute or less. Wilkins is the host of HBR’s Coaching Real Leaders, available wherever you get your podcasts. You can also listen here: https://s.hbr.org/3YByY6M Learn more about your...

Does Virtual Presence Still Matter at Work? | Christine vs. Work 6 Apr 2021 --- 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮! ✨ https://www.youtube.com/c/HBRAscend ✨ After a year of remote working and spending most of our waking hours glued to video calls, what have we learned? Many of us have been working (and living) from home for over a year, and our days are spent being camera ready for video calls and virtual...

8 Email Etiquette Tips - How to Write Better Emails at Work 7 Jul 2021 --- Learning the unspoken rules for writing professional emails can improve how competent you appear in the eyes of colleagues. 00:00 Why bother with email etiquette? 01:19 Include CTA in subject line 02:13 One email thread per topic 02:48 Manage recipients 03:27 Start with the main point 04:30 Summarize in your reply 05:10 Hyp...

How Do I Improve the Role I Have? (HBR Podcast) 5 May 2022 --- Part three of our four-part special series, Find Joy in Any Job, with Marcus Buckingham on how to design your work to focus on what you love. A lot of us are feeling unhappy and disengaged at work – and that started long before the pandemic. A big part of the problem, says Marcus Buckingham, is that we don’t take the initiative to do m...

What Is Strategy? It’s a Lot Simpler Than You Think 23 Feb 2022 --- To many people, strategy is a total mystery. But it’s really not complicated, says Harvard Business School’s Felix Oberholzer-Gee, author of "Better, Simpler Strategy". 00:00 To many people, strategy is a mystery. 00:25 Strategy does not start with a focus on profit. 00:52 It's about creating value. 01:00 There's a simple tool to...

How to Build Your Own AI Assistant 8 Jul 2025 --- Data journalist Alexandra Samuel shows how anyone can create a custom AI assistant in five easy steps. Read the full article here: https://s.hbr.org/46v9JXR Prefer audio? Listen to our newest IdeaCast episode with Alex for a deeper dive: https://s.hbr.org/4lNiZeB ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...

Sanofi’s CEO on How Company Culture Can Thrive in a Distributed, Hybrid World 11 Nov 2021 --- Paul Hudson, head of one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, says leaders need to sit back and listen more often. HBR editor in chief Adi Ignatius sat down with the Sanofi CEO to talk about how to drive a strong corporate culture in a dispersed, hybrid era; what the office of the future might...

Power: What It Is, How to Get It, and What to Do with It 1 Oct 2024 --- For many, power is a taboo topic. Jennifer Jordan, professor of leadership and organizational behavior at IMD Business School, argues it's important to acknowledge our discomforts while also realizing that power, ethically used, can be a force for good. She provides insights into innate, primary, and secondary bases of power,...

Former Unilever CEO Paul Polman Says Aiming for Sustainability Isn’t Enough. The Goal Is Much Higher 19 Nov 2021 --- Paul Polman, who now chairs Imagine, challenges business leaders to ask themselves if they care about the world’s problems — and if they do, how far are they willing to push their companies to help solve them? HBR editor in chief Adi Ignatius sat down with Polman, whose new book is...