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 […]
The headlines seem clear: Corporate ESG is retreating. Sustainability is under political fire. Coalitions are dissolving. Climate commitments appear dead. Under closer examination, however, a more nuanced picture emerges: Although a fraction of companies have pulled back, many more are staying the course, or even doubling down. They’re just doing it quietly. #Companies #Scaling #Climate […]
A recent experiment by the BCG Henderson Institute suggests that gen AI-powered tutoring can be as effective as—and more engaging than—traditional interventions to build human skills. #Gen #Transform #Learning #Development
AMANDA KERSEY: Welcome to “HBR On Leadership” case studies and conversations with the world’s top business and management experts, hand-selected to help you unlock the best in those around you. I’m HBR, senior editor and producer Amanda Kersey. In this 2017 “HBR Ideacast” conversation, you’ll hear how leaders move beyond either or decisions to make […]
September 26, 2025, Updated September 26, 2025 History is rife with examples of highly successful companies that lost their footing after their founders or early leaders who made them great left or died. Their ranks include Ford Motor Company, Walt Disney Company, Apple after Steve Jobs was pushed out in 1985, Hewlett-Packard, and Starbucks. #Costcos […]
An HBR Executive exclusive Q&A with Lew Frankfort, the former CEO of Coach and author of the new book, Bag Man. #Reinvent #Legacy #Brandand #Win
How to think about your business’s online presence in the age of AI. #Brand #Optimized #Search
When a CEO’s leadership style creates more problems than it solves, organizational performance can suffer—sometimes dramatically. Research from McKinsey shows that up to 45% of a company’s performance variation is directly tied to the effectiveness of its CEO. Gallup finds that managers and leaders account for 70% of the variance in employee engagement. In other […]
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