Leadership

In the May 11, 2026, edition of The Insider, managing editor Gretchen Gavett highlights a recent story about treating AI agents as coworkers, the results of the latest Insider Insights survey, and more.

By understanding and promoting your people’s stories—rather than your own—you can motivate them to do their best work.

Your most devoted employees and customers have a lot to teach you about loyalty and performance.

Seven research-backed practices.

It’s riskier than you think. Here’s when it makes sense and who to choose.

Does your organization reward looking accountable—or being accountable?

Lessons on leadership and strategic discipline from Tim Cook’s 15-year tenure as Apple’s CEO.

Two ways to identify the values that matter most for your leadership.

Lessons from HBR’s archive on making the high-stakes process successful.

Companies that successfully integrate AI will prioritize leading human-centric transformation.

It can offer diversified income streams, more autonomy, and improved work-life balance.

A curated list from one of HBR’s most popular newsletters.

Five behaviors that stand out.

Five concrete actions to bridge the divide.

The HBR Executive Playbook on turning C-suite onboarding into a leadership team-wide performance upgrade.

Three traps to avoid as you gain more formal power.

The quality of the interactions between your sellers and clients has to improve—not simply increase in volume.

Harvard Business School professor Sandra Sucher tells HBR: “This is the time to take action to move the needle.”

An HBR Executive Live conversation with Pinterest CEO Bill Ready.

The psychology of rewiring your company’s invisible belief systems.