Managing uncertainty

A study on climate solutions shows how the technology can help leaders track trends, identify changing markets, and seize emerging opportunities.

An HBR Executive Masterclass with HBS professor Linda A. Hill on how to steer the ship even when you can’t see through the fog.

Three ways CEOs can ensure their senior leaders remain aligned.

Insights from conversations with CEOs, CHROs, and innovation leaders.

Start by framing it as the guiding force behind your company’s biggest decisions.

Experience is often seen as the key to growing as a leader. But knowing what to let go of can be just as important.

Insights based on a survey of 500 organizations.

The C-suite, business-unit presidents, regional CEOs, and functional heads should operate as a single, interconnected system.

Four strategies to protect long-term value while operating under short-term pressure.

A guide for leading through chaos, without losing direction.

Five ways to preserve imagination, morale, and momentum through fear and uncertainty.

A study of 27,000 healthcare workers found that those who felt safe speaking out were less stressed, less likely to burn out, and more likely to stay—even when resources were tight.

When companies focus on cost cutting and hoarding cash, they can alienate customers, employees, suppliers, shareholders, and communities—just when they’re needed most.

Harvard Business School’s Andy Wu discusses the industry’s unique challenges, competitive forces, and potential outcomes.

Four guidelines for taking principled, decisive action—even when it seems like there are no good options.

How Frontier Communications improved upskilling, internal mobility, and engagement.

A curated list from one of HBR’s most popular newsletters.

Great leaders align their role, systems, and signals to the demands of the moment.

Broaden coalitions, build resiliency, and reset expectations.

A playbook for checking your instincts.