Leadership Skills
Ask Sanyin: What’s the Right Way to Carry Out Layoffs?
Leaders’ direct involvement and presence in all stages of a workforce reduction helps maintain trust and mitigate harm.
Leaders’ direct involvement and presence in all stages of a workforce reduction helps maintain trust and mitigate harm.
Don’t over-rely on a chief information security officer: Every board member must learn cybersecurity.
Persuading employees to use data to make better decisions requires both top-down leadership and grassroots initiatives.
New data shows that strong leadership and growth opportunities are key to whether employees choose to stay put.
Rethinking the “first 100 days” mindset and going slow to go fast are two key considerations raised in this excerpt of The New CEO.
The examples of Apple, Uber, and Tesla strengthen our ability to predict the impact of in-process innovations.
Leaders who explore, evaluate, and refine their values set themselves up to make better decisions.
Support for job crafting can lead to greater engagement, more effective working relationships, and more adaptable teams.
Experts debate how effectively organizations are adjusting risk management practices to govern AI.
A three-part framing outlines the reasons for businesses to act on the world’s climate change challenges.
When you’re pitching to execs in your organization, deliver slides that fit those particular people just right.
The nonprofit is delivering technology and services to help its staff build AI applications efficiently and safely.
To reduce the risk of accidentally using bad artificial intelligence, we need regulation — and skepticism.
Social, cognitive, emotional, and physical/sensory neuroinclusion are needed for employees to flourish in the workplace.
MIT SMR wants to hear from you, our readers, to better understand your biggest challenges and help you meet them.
The spring 2024 issue of MIT SMR looks at opportunities in digital innovation, automation, generative AI, and more.
There’s a widespread belief that U.S. companies are increasingly choosing to deglobalize. But is that really happening?
A survey highlights generational differences in employees’ attitudes and expectations of business’s role in society.
Executives deciding their next move should weigh how they can best apply five types of personal capital.
Here’s how to fix the root problems that make organizations feel rude and uncaring to employees.