Jamil Zaki, a psychologist and longtime student of empathy, responds to questions about a variety of topics: his previous ...

The best leaders don’t hide their emotions or overlook others’. They notice, name, get curious, and normalize them. The more you value and explore emotions, the healthier, more resilient, and ...

While quitting a job is sometimes the right answer, circumstances—such as financial obligations, location constraints, or a ...

Four challenges that keep leaders from focusing on critical work—and how to overcome them. Sign up for HBR Executive Agenda - for insights you need to steer your business now. Only available to HBR ...

Many organizations are aware that they are suffering from project overload, slowing execution and obscuring strategic priorities. Yet even with this knowledge they struggle to kill projects to ...

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

The advent of generative AI (gen AI) marked a watershed moment in the global business landscape. It’s arguable whether any recent technological development has garnered so much attention so ...

New research from BrightHire and Harvard Business School’s Managing the Future of Work project reveals that although interviews appear to cover most skills listed in job descriptions, they often ...

Summary. This collection of the 10 most-read HBR articles on gen AI in the first half of 2025 can help leaders engage with, and answer, some of today’s most pressing questions about the ...

If your AI efforts aren’t paying off, it’s likely not a tech problem. The biggest barriers to success are often people and processes. To unlock real value from AI, your organization must build ...

When uncertainty strikes, the default reaction is often to retreat. But courageous leaders don’t wait for clarity—they create it. Courage is not about being fearless; it’s about acting in ...