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Recently my friend Nancy, who I haven’t seen in years, sent me an email with some photos attached. “You’ll love these,” she wrote. The photos circulating through the Internet were of a polar bear and a dog playing together. I first saw them in a National...

“New year, new me” is a common trope around this time of year. A new year is a fresh start; an opportunity for reinvention. And for leaders, there’s no shortage of advice on what to “be” to drive results and effectively lead people. But an emerging leadership theory...

The last 21 months have been the most volatile period in the history of commercial aviation. The industry experienced peak aircraft deliveries in 2018, with Boeing and Airbus hitting 1,860 combined aircraft and the supply chain continuing efforts to ramp up production...

  Our Management Tip of the Day newsletter continues to be one of HBR’s most popular newsletters. In this article, we list 10 of our favorites from the past year. Topics range from why you should use timeboxing to get a better handle of your to-do list to how to...

Does it ever seem like mindfulness just comes easier to some people? You know the people I’m talking about—the ones who always seem calm, present, and engaged. I know a few of those folks, too. But I’ll tell you a secret: Mindfulness is both an inherent ability that...

Lots of people were betting that workers would return to the workforce the moment extended unemployment benefits ended. Although, I’m not much of a gambler, I recently went all in and made a bet that I knew I couldn’t lose. A friend of mine, who is an executive, told...

The pandemic accelerated many trends, from streaming, e-commerce, and food delivery platforms to the widespread adoption of remote work. But instead of taking advantage of this opportunity to improve how we work, most organizations simply took their offices online,...

According to the US Department of Labor, September posted a record-high level of voluntary job resignations: 4.4 million. Since April, that brings the total to more than 20 million people who’ve quit. Most employers are anxious about the mass exodus happening from...

One of the hard realities of starting a business or coming into a new leadership position is that, unless you’ve done it many times before, you likely don’t know how to do your job well. This doesn’t mean you’re not talented; it’s just the nature of constantly...