Social and global issues

New survey data sheds light on three key reasons.

Six questions to ask before you fill the role.

A one-size-fits-all plan isn't good enough.

A guide to building a better pipeline.

People won't speak up if they don't trust the process.

The U.S. government can and should do more to support working parents. In fact, the nation is an outlier among Western industrialized countries for its...

The makeup of the global workforce is about to undergo a seismic shift. In four years, Millennials-the people born between 1977 and 1997-will account...

How you respond to a crisis will have repercussions for years to come.

Research-backed strategies to help directors ensure that everyone's voice is heard.

An analysis of the 25 global AI leaders reveals which countries are pulling ahead — and the drivers behind their advantage.

A Q&A with Twitter's Chief HR Officer, Jennifer Christie.

A few years ago, while I was a first-year Ph.D. student in the engineering school at Johns Hopkins University, I had a business idea. I had taken two excellent courses on microelectronics, and decided that I could build a business around them in my native Nigeria. As a college student in Nigeria, I had wanted […]

A quick skim through just a few of the discussions taking place on the HBR Answer Exchange’s live event with Tammy Erickson suggests there’s a whole lot of misunderstanding going on between Generation X managers and their Boomer and Gen Y colleagues and supervisors. Dress codes, goals and expectations, and office politics are all on […]

Research on downsizing, gender, and race.

As Afghan-U.S. relations continue to deteriorate, it's hard to imagine that the two nations can find political common ground. But the language of business...

Russia invaded Ukraine just as pressures on the U.S. economy appeared to have peaked.

Melissa, a talented Gen X'er, is given a promotion that puts her in direct contention for a key senior spot. Although her Boomer colleagues are offering...

The professors of doom are pitching their tents once again on the pegs of a “leadership crisis.” This is nothing new. In fact, each time the world heads into an economic downturn we see soul-searching begin on the quality of leadership. These drums have begun to sound in the past weeks, louder in the US […]

A national brewing and distilling company grapples with its most profitable brand's racist history. This fictional case study by Joseph C. Miller, Michael...

Five ways to take meaningful action against climate change.