New Research on Why Teams Overwork—and What Leaders Can Do About It

If you want sustainable performance, break the link between speed and success—and help your team find a more human pace.
If you want sustainable performance, break the link between speed and success—and help your team find a more human pace.
An HBR Executive Masterclass with Karthik RamannaJuly 9, 2025Public outrage is becoming an ever-present threat to businesses and leaders in today’s hyperconnected and polarized world. It travels ...
Companies have ambitious plans for rapidly digitizing the procurement function, especially through emerging technologies like AI. That was a finding of a study that we conducted with Digital ...
The ongoing trade war has dominated conversations in boardrooms and newsrooms. On-again, off-again tariffs and economically bellicose statements have led to uncertainty, confusion, and even fear. ...
How often has your team changed lately? A new member joins. A key player exits. Roles shift. Strategy evolves. A conflict brews. Performance dips. Today’s teams are in constant flux—reshaped by ...
A client of mine, Melissa, the CEO of a tech company in the healthcare sector, vented to me about a conversation she’d had with her CHRO, Ben. He came to her and said, “I’m hearing frustrations on ...
Retailers with brick-and-mortar networks have increasingly turned to store-based fulfillment to compete with online platforms, but the concept is far from new. As early as the late 19th century, ...
An executive’s guide on developing a momentum-building game plan when the future is foggy. by Rachel DuRoseJuly 7, 2025Today, with uncertainty a seemingly permanent condition, executives need to ...
From commencement speeches to career advice columns, the call to “follow your passion” is all around us. The advice, increasingly doled out and internalized, is clear: Find work you love, and ...
Although companies invest considerably in marketing technology (martech), it is often under-utilized, and its impact is modest. As part of our research compiling The CMO Survey, we (a team of two ...
Conventional wisdom says that when it comes to career opportunities, it’s not about what you know, but who you know. And research has found, in fact, that prestigious connections do open doors and ...
Data suggests that the companies that thrive during uncertainty combine prudence with bold action.