New research from Gartner finds that in many companies, the C-suite team isn''t acting like one. Surveys show that just 31% of C-suite executives consider the C-suite to be their primary team. When senior leaders are asked about their team, they''re more likely to think about their functional units-marketing, finance, technology-and the people below them on the org chart. This alignment contributes to behaviors and dynamics that create .....more

Leadership theory suggests CEOs should focus on high-level issues such as strategy and resource allocation. These authors challenge this conventional wisdom by spotlighting CEOs who dive deep into day-to-day execution rather than hovering at the strategic level. By exploring best practices at Amazon, Danaher, RELX, and Toyota, they argue that top-performing companies thrive because of leaders who actively shape how work gets done. These CEOs-Jeff .....more

High-performing leaders often face internal limiting beliefs that hinder their effectiveness and career growth. Identifying and reframing these hidden blockers can unlock greater leadership potential and improve team and organizational outcomes. Common limiting beliefs include the need to be involved in every detail, an urgency for immediate results, a belief in always being right, a fear of making mistakes, expectations that others should perform .....more

In the book 1929, the New York Times journalist and CNBC coanchor Andrew Ross Sorkin explores the events leading up to the historic stock market crash that set off the Great Depression. The parallels between them and those chronicled in Sorkin''s earlier book on the 2008 financial crisis, Too Big to Fail, are striking-and more than a little unsettling.

This case traces Walmart''s decade-long transformation following CEO Doug McMillon''s 2015 decision to invest $2.7 billion in raising frontline wages and strengthening associate development. Initially met with investor skepticism and a sharp stock decline, the strategy reflected a deliberate shift toward a people-first model in the face of slowing sales, rising reputational pressures, and intensifying competition from Amazon and other .....more

In July 2024, Gareth Southgate stepped down from his position as manager of the England national men''s soccer team. He left the role after eight years in charge-a period in which he guided England to a fourth-place finish at the FIFA World Cup in Russia in 2018 and the quarterfinals at the World Cup in Qatar in 2022, as well as two runners-up finishes at the European Championship (''the Euros'') in 2020 and 2024. When he commenced .....more

In March 2025, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) awards Comcast NBCUniversal the U.S. media rights to the 2034 and 2036 Olympic Games. The deal, worth $3 billion, is a continuation of a long-time partnership: Comcast NBCUniversal has been the sole Olympics media-rights holder in the U.S. since the 2000 Games and holds the rights for the upcoming 2026, 2028, 2030 and 2032 Games, totaling 17 consecutive Olympic Games. But after viewership for .....more

In 2025, songwriter Jamie Hartman and screenwriter Ed Bennett-Coles signed an agreement with Broadcast Music, Inc, to launch ARK, an intellectual property protection app. The pair were creative industry veterans who had observed longstanding problems with collaborative work: intentional and unintentional plagiarism, idea theft, and poorly-regulated systems for assigning credit. In the 2020s, they warily observed the rise of artificial intelligence, .....more

Research has shown that fortune favors the bold, not the cautious. But in volatile and uncertain times, many leaders hesitate to act, and others simply freeze up. The question is, Can bravery be acquired? In this article an HBS professor who has done extensive research on the subject argues that everyone can-and should-learn to be courageous. Risk management helps tamp down fear, of course, but it isn''t enough. By studying daring CEOs like .....more