November 03, 2025

6 Defensive Behaviors That Show Up at Work—and How Psychological Safety Can Help

How to create the conditions for employees to bring forward their best thinking, candor, and creativity.

Don’t Cling to Your Old Job After Being Promoted

Your new role is an invitation to lead differently.

How to Ask for Executive Support—Without Undermining Yourself

A framework for deciding whether you need backing, when to ask for it, and how to move forward.

Your Transformation Can’t Succeed Without a Talent Strategy

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

Employee Discontent Is on the Rise. Here’s What to Do About It.

Eight questions to help leaders understand what’s driving unhappiness on their teams.

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Lead with purpose—and joy.

Get weekly insights from The Leader’s Happiness Reset, a six-week newsletter on happiness at work from HBR and Arthur C. Brooks.

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Leadership Unblocked: Break Through the Beliefs That Limit Your Potential

By Muriel Maignan Wilkins

In Leadership Unblocked, C-suite adviser Muriel M. Wilkins reveals seven key beliefs that hold leaders back, from “I know I’m right” to “I need to be involved” to “I don't belong here.” Combining illustrative and powerful coaching conversations and research from the fields of neuroscience, leadership, and adult development theory, Wilkins offers a self-coaching guide for identifying, unpacking, and breaking through these barriers.

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HBR Guide to Generative AI for Managers Toolkit

By Elisa Farri and Gabriele Rosani

You’re probably aware that generative AI can output quality text and create stunning images in seconds. But smart managers are now using gen AI for high-level work—problem-solving, driving innovation, strategic thinking, and dozens of other applications. Managers who develop their generative AI capabilities will soon be leaping ahead of those who don’t. Fortunately, you can start today and see immediate results. In the HBR Guide to Generative AI for Managers Toolkit, you’ll find exercises, strategies, tips, and frameworks to accelerate and improve countless aspects of your work.

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