Psychologist Daniel Goleman Says AI Can Give You Answers, but Great Leaders Still Need This 1 Human Skill to Succeed
Goleman argues emotional intelligence remains the irreplaceable executive skill AI cannot replicate.
Esther Perel has a warning for executives: your workforce is suffering from social atrophy and AI is making it worse
Esther Perel warns executives that AI is accelerating social atrophy and eroding workplace connection.
Research Roundup: The Death of the Cover Letter, Boring Meetings, Wide Salary Ranges, and More
HBR research roundup covers cover letter decline, meeting quality, and salary range signaling effects.
Stop AI from Eroding Your Brand
HBR warns that careless AI deployment can silently erode brand credibility executives have spent years building.
John Ternus Is Apple’s Next CEO. The Skills That Propelled His Career Could Sink Him
Apple's incoming CEO shows how a leader's greatest strengths can become liabilities at the top.
Sales incentives misaligned with what drives performance
New data finds sales incentives consistently misaligned with the behaviors that actually drive performance.
The happiness mistake almost every entrepreneur makes
Entrepreneurs commonly misread what drives sustainable satisfaction and effectiveness at work.
Hotel group Accor hired law firm to investigate conduct of CEO Bazin
A hotel CEO under internal investigation illustrates how conduct probes become reputation crises.
What CEOs Need to Know About Sovereign AI
MIT Sloan outlines what sovereign AI means for corporate strategy and executive decision-making.
as a manager, how can I stop saying “we” when I mean “you”?
A common manager verbal habit — saying 'we' when you mean 'you' — undermines accountability and clear feedback.
Employers pushed staff to use AI more. That has backfired
Pushing employees to adopt AI without support is backfiring, damaging morale and productivity.
The CEO’s role in transformation
McKinsey research clarifies what CEOs must personally own to lead successful organizational transformation.
Chipotle’s COO takes employees to dinner every week to spot his next leaders—here are the 4 traits he’s seeking
Chipotle's COO uses weekly team dinners to identify leadership potential through four observable traits.
Air Canada Picks Outsider as Next CEO to Rebuild Trust After Video Fallout
Air Canada's choice of an outside CEO after a trust crisis signals how boards use leadership hires to signal accountability.
The Mind-Bending Company That Gets a Million Job Applications—and Rejects 99.9%
A company receiving one million applications while accepting 0.1 percent reveals new dynamics in elite talent filtering.
Flexible working hasn’t disappeared, it’s matured
New data shows flexible work norms have stabilized into a mature model rather than retreating or expanding further.
The operating model advantage: Why AI winners are rewiring their organizations
McKinsey finds AI winners are rewiring operating models, not just deploying tools — a strategic framing shift for executives.
This is the feedback mistake that experienced leaders keep making
Experienced leaders repeatedly make one specific feedback error that undermines trust and behavior change.
AI Upskilling at Scale: Bank of America’s Bernard Hampton
Bank of America's head of HR details how large-scale AI upskilling is being executed in practice.
I need to give my employees more positive feedback
A manager's candid struggle with giving positive feedback surfaces a common leadership gap worth examining.