HBR On Leadership

Harvard Business Review 168 - How Leaders Create the Conditions for Innovative Thinking

Leadership isn’t just a personality trait, it’s a set of skills that you can build. Whether you’re managing up or motivating a team, HBR On Leadership is your destination for insights and inspiration from the world’s top leadership practitioners and experts. Every Wednesday, the editors at the Harvard Business Review hand-picked case studies and conversations with global business leaders, management experts, academics, from across HBR to help you unlock the best in those around you.

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How Leaders Create the Conditions for Innovative Thinking

An Announcement from HBR On Leadership

Why Speed and Trust Are Critical to Solving Hard Problems

How to Actually Finish What You Need to Get Done

How to Cultivate Your “Personal Power” as a Leader

How Shake Shack Balanced Digitalization with Its Hospitality Ethos

Getting Buy-In for Your Next Big Idea

Redefining What Efficiency Means in the Age of AI

Communicating with Confidence When You’re Under Pressure

Build Your Resilience in the Face of Tough Change

Making the Shift from Individual Contributor to Leader

Scaling a Business Beyond the Family Playbook

Is Your Company Suffering from Initiative Overload?

When You’re Worn Down—and Your Team Is Too

The Most Successful Leaders Never Stop Learning

What It Takes to Execute a Successful Company Turnaround

Looking Back on Nike’s Evolution from Startup to Global Enterprise

Why Storytelling Matters When Changing Company Culture

Combatting Cynicism in Your Organization

Why Most Projects Fail—and How to Achieve Better Outcomes

Asking for Help When Others Look to You for Answers

Where to Look for Ethical Risk Inside a Company

When Leading a Global Team, Don’t Leave Connection to Chance

How to Speak with Confidence When You’re Put on the Spot

How to Strengthen Your Focus When Demands Never Let Up

What Actually Works to Change Someone’s Mind

How the Best Leaders Develop and Spend “Innovation Capital”

What Jargon Says About Your Company Culture

Setting Goals for Your Team When the Path Isn’t Clear

Bring More Discipline to Your Decision-Making

Communicating Clearly When You’re Under Stress

How to Scale What’s Working at Your Company

The “Hidden Blockers” That Are Limiting Your Leadership Potential

Why Purpose Is Foundational in Leadership

How Design Thinking Unlocks Creativity

How Business Leaders Can Help Solve the World’s Toughest Problems

How Better Contracts Can Strengthen Strategic Partnerships

Leading a Team When the Strategy Keeps Changing

Cultivating an Experimental Mindset in Your Organization

Moving Beyond Either-Or Decision-Making

The Types of Questions Every Leader Should Ask

What It Takes to Join Your First Board

Change How Your Colleagues See You

The Risks of Putting People on Too Many Project Teams

Make a Mid-Career Industry Change with Confidence

How to Make Fractional Leadership Work

Step Up from Middle Management to Senior Leadership

3 Types of Executive Team Dysfunction

How Leaders Undermine Their Own Authority

Is the C-Suite Right for You?