Organizational change

Diversity efforts in the workplace have been undertaken with great goodwill, but, ironically, they often end up fueling tensions. They rarely spur the...

Change is hard, especially in a large organization. Yet some leaders succeed--often spectacularly--at transforming their workplaces. What makes them able...

Three strategies that will help you save your accounts.

What could be harder than turning around a seemingly wildly successful company by imposing a centralized framework on a heretofore radically decentralized,...

Health care providers are being paid less to produce better outcomes.

Transformation is punishingly difficult if you don't reimagine the business or allocate resources toward the change.

Unlike the traditional factors of production--land, labor, and capital--knowledge is a resource that can't be forced out of people. But creating and sharing...

Work with these six building blocks.

Gautam Mukunda, Harvard Business School assistant professor, explains why "abnormal" leaders make a real difference.

Metaphors can be powerful tools for leading teams through the uncertainty of change.

Four strategies to help you shift your mindset.

Northern Oil is moving offices, and CEO Fritz Schumacher wants to make the most of the move in this fictional case study. He believes that adopting an...

My father was a young boy during World War II. He grew up in a small village in the Netherlands just south of the river Maas, which, parallel to two arms...

The rapid rate of change in the world of management continues to escalate. New government regulations, new products, growth, increased competition, technological...

Complaints against HR, which are nothing new, have a cyclical quality. They're driven largely by the business context. When companies are struggling with...

When tackling urgent organizational problems, leaders usually work hard to identify underlying causes, tap a wide range of knowledge, and experiment with...

Our ability to manage change hinges on our ability to manage ourselves, including our fears and anxieties.

What to say - and what not to say - when your colleague needs some support.

Many large companies fail to pay enough attention to their leadership pipelines and succession practices. That leads to excessive turnover at the top...

"Rogue cops" are actually an institutional problem.