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Harvard professors discuss news at the crossroads of business and culture.

Real-life coaching sessions with leaders working to overcome professional challenges. Muriel Wilkins is an executive coach with a strong track record of helping CEOs and senior leaders get through ...

For the past 20 years, the theory of disruptive innovation has been enormously influential in business circles and a powerful tool for predicting which industry entrants will succeed ...

The advice show for workplace dilemmas. We take your questions and offer a better way forward.

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While traditional change management emphasizes gradual tactics like pursuing small wins and building coalitions, in turbulent times these gradual tactics aren’t necessary—and they can hold leaders ...

A generation ago, a “Kodak moment” meant something that was worth saving and savoring. Today, the term increasingly serves as a corporate bogeyman that warns executives of the need to stand up ...

Perfectionism is often driven by striving for excellence, but it can be self-sabotaging. There are three big mistakes that tend to kill perfectionists’ productivity. First, they are often unable ...