Plenty of shoppers say they prefer sustainable products over ordinary ones. Yet for consumer product companies, tapping into this green demand can prove tricky. One challenge: establishing that ...

Psychologists believe that body language is a significant factor in spreading a kind of emotional contagion to teammates, and that celebrating increases pressure on the next kicker, who will be from ...

The group expects the U.S. economy to contract by 11 percent by the end of the year. Significantly, it estimated that 60 percent of that contraction will be the direct consequence of uncertainty: that ...

Companies worldwide are seeking their place in a time of constant change and new possibility. Wherever you are reading this, as you look into the future of your business, you’re likely striving for ...

Companies in the U.S. were already sitting on piles of cash before tax reform passed in December 2017. Now, with a strengthening global economy and a tax overhaul that lowers the corporate tax rate ...

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Leadership is not just for leaders anymore. Top companies are beginning to understand that sustaining peak performance requires a firm-wide commitment to developing leaders that is tightly aligned to ...

Four Types of Authentic Informal Leaders Every organization has people who influence and energize others without relying on their title or formal position in the hierarchy to do so. We call them ...

Imagine two call centers. In the first, you see smiles and concentrating faces, and overhear heartfelt efforts to help. There is a tangible buzz of hard work but also a feeling of energy and ...

The second failure point, and one to which boards of directors are particularly susceptible, is a disproportionate focus on skills that should be table stakes. For instance, having a strategic ...

This presents most senior executives with an unfamiliar challenge. In major transformations of large enterprises, they and their advisors conventionally focus their attention on devising the best ...

A version of this article appeared in the Summer 2021 issue of strategy+business. Niki Leondakis, a veteran hotel-industry CEO, started managing people in college when she was promoted from waiter to ...