Many leaders of growing organizations bemoan employee resistance to change. But the reason most change efforts fail is that leaders suffer from the hero complex. David M. Sluss October 01, 2025 Reading Time: 10 min Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images Summary: Many leaders blame employee pushback when change efforts fail — but they may […]
ALISON BEARD: I’m Alison Beard. ADI IGNATIUS: I’m Adi Ignatius, and this is the HBR IdeaCast. ALISON BEARD: Adi, what are some of the most important skills that you think leaders out there need to be successful right now? ADI IGNATIUS: If you’d asked me a couple of years ago, I probably would’ve said empathy […]
A framework for navigating high-stakes, high-pressure moments without formal executive coaching. #Coach #Complex #Problems
Business leaders are always searching for ways to create impact—studying consumer sentiment data, monitoring economic indicators, running predictive models. But amid all this effort, the real challenge is cutting through the noise to create something that actually resonates. #Set #Brand #Create #Moments #Shareable #Joy
A chemical engineer by training, Angela Nakalembe worked in the sciences and management consulting before landing at YouTube as the company’s engineering program manager for trust and safety. At YouTube, Angela explains, AI has become a first line of defense against harmful content. The technology not only accelerates content moderation tasks but makes the process […]
Even as the pressure to innovate grows, many companies are finding it harder and more expensive to bring new ideas to life. This slowdown is often attributed to rising R&D costs, longer development timelines, and market uncertainty. But our research shows something different: Many organizations already have the ideas they need. The real challenge is […]
Four Strategic Signals Technology Leaders Are Tuning In To – SPONSOR CONTENT FROM ARM Skip to content #Strategic #Signals #Technology #Leaders #Tuning
This week, Oracle appointed co-CEOs to lead the company into the AI age: Clay Magouyrk, who’d most recently led cloud infrastructure and AI training operations, and Mike Sicilia, who’d been overseeing industry application suites, including AI agents. (They replaced Safra Katz, who was herself a co-CEO with Mark Hurd until he resigned for health reasons […]
Topics Column Our expert columnists offer opinion and analysis on important issues facing modern businesses and managers. More in this series Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images Summary: Burnout isn’t healthy for individuals or organizations, but merely taking a break isn’t a long-term solution. Instead, people need a radically new approach to personal growth, along […]
Muriel Wilkins: I’m Muriel Wilkins, and this is Coaching Real Leaders, part of the HBR podcast network. I’m a longtime executive coach who works with highly successful leaders who’ve hit a bump in the road. My job is to help them get over that bump by clarifying their goals and figuring out a way to […]
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