Sue Ashford, a professor at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, breaks down her decades of research on leadership—who achieves it, and how a group grants it. She explains that the world isn't divided into leaders and followers.…
Mark Mortensen, an associate professor of organizational behavior at INSEAD, discusses the research on "multiteaming"—when employees work not only across multiple projects, but multiple teams.…
Annie McKee, a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and author of the book "How to Be Happy at Work," tells the story of her journey to happiness—starting with her early job as a caregiver for an elderly couple.…
Jennifer Riel, an adjunct professor at the Rotman School of Management, presents a model way to solve problems: integrative thinking. It's taking the best from two inadequate options to come up with a successful solution.…
Satya Nadella, Microsoft's third CEO, opens up about his effort to refresh the culture of the company and renew its focus on the future. He reflects on important life lessons he learned growing up in India, immigrating to the U.S., and working for…
Dorie Clark, a marketing strategy consultant, answers a burning question: how do people make money off of what they know? She outlines the options for experts who want to monetize their knowledge.…
Jeff Bussgang, a venture capitalist who teaches entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School, knows from personal experience and having funded many startups that there's more than one way into that world. You don't have to have a technical background.…
Nancy Koehn, a Harvard Business School historian, tells the life stories of three influential leaders: the abolitionist Frederick Douglass, the pacifist Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and the ecologist Rachel Carson.…
Pablo Isla, the CEO of Inditex, is No. 1 on Harvard Business Review's list of "The Best-Performing CEOs in the World 2017." He opens up about his management style and reflects on his tenure leading the Spanish clothing and accessories giant, whose brands…
Scott Kelly, a retired U.S. astronaut, spent 520 days in space over four missions. Working in outer space is a lot like working on earth, but with different challenges and in closer quarters.…
Irene Yuan Sun, a consultant at McKinsey, explains why so many Chinese entrepreneurs are setting up factories in Africa. She describes what it's like inside these factories, who works there, what they're making—and how this emerging manufacturing sector…
Freek Vermeulen, an associate professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at the London Business School, argues that too many companies are following so-called best practices that are actually holding them back.…
Andrew Liveris, the CEO of Dow Chemical, discusses the 120-year-old company's ambitious sustainability agenda. He says an environmentally driven business model is good for the earth—and the bottom line.…
Aaron Levie, the CEO of Box, reflects on the cloud storage company's entry into the enterprise market. He was skeptical about pivoting away from consumers, and it was challenging.…
Rachel Botsman, the author of "Who Can You Trust?", talks about how trust works, whether in relation to robots, companies, or other people. Technology, she says, speeds up the development of trust and can help us decide who to trust.…
Aron Ain, the CEO of Kronos Incorporated, explains why unlimited vacation can be in the best interests of employees and the organization. He describes how his software tracks requests for time off and the conversations he's had with skeptical managers and…
Mihir Desai, a professor of finance at Harvard Business School, breaks down the brand-new U.S. tax law. He says it will affect everything from how corporate assets are financed to how business are structured.…
Patty McCord, Netflix's former Chief Talent Officer, sees hiring as constant matchmaking. Building a team of people that gets amazing work done, she says, requires managers to really know what they need, and for HR to actually understand the workings of…
Sydney Finkelstein, a professor of management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, encourages leaders to approach their direct reports like teachers.…
Jagdip Singh, a professor of marketing at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, explains his research team's new findings about customer satisfaction.…