HBR On Leadership

Becoming a manager for the first time comes with many common challenges: balancing your time, managing team conflicts, and delegating work to direct reports. But leadership coach Jen Dary says there a...

Are leaders born or made? University of Michigan Ross School of Business professor Sue Ashford has studied leadership for decades. She says that leadership does come more easily to some people than ot...

Do you trust the people you work with? Without trust, organizational psychologist Liane Davey says it’s hard to have the two key ingredients for any healthy team: effective communication and productiv...

When you think of good leadership, what comes to mind? Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter argue that good leadership isn’t rooted in power or public speaking skills. They say that, in fact, mindful...

Are you struggling to motivate your team? You’re not alone. Professor and author Richard Boyatzis says there’s a motivation crisis in workplaces. He places the responsibility for workers’ demotivation...

As the head of science at NASA, Thomas Zurbuchen managed an $8.6 billion dollar budget. A typical Monday, for him, might have involved hitting an asteroid with a space craft or trying to launch a rock...

When was the last time you disagreed with your boss? Did you tell them — or just let it go? HBR contributing editor Amy Gallo says it’s much easier to just agree with your boss. But sometimes it’s imp...

Most of us think of mentoring a colleague as a one-way street—a gift of professional guidance and advice. But Sylvia Ann Hewlett says sponsorship needs to be a reciprocal relationship. Hewlett is an e...

When Rosalind Fox took over as manager of John Deere’s largest factory in Des Moines, Iowa, she had to adjust to a more strategic role. But Fox was also the first Black female manager at the Iowa fact...

Management decisions almost always involve uncertainty. But what if you just can’t get the facts you need—or if your colleagues disagree about what you should decide? Harvard Business School professor...