Leadership Skills
Leading in the Age of Exploding Transparency
Today, information flows faster — and more broadly — than many leaders can handle. These stay-sane strategies can help.
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Leadership Skills
Ask Sanyin: How Can I Convince Myself I Belong in Leadership?
How can a new leader overcome the lack of confidence they feel with their new team? Sanyin Siang has three suggestions.
Sanyin Siang
Ethics
AI Ethics at Unilever: From Policy to Process
Unilever examines its AI projects with a risk analysis process that looks specifically for ethical trouble points.
Thomas H. Davenport and Randy Bean
Leadership Skills
The Real Measure of Presentation Success
Analytics and other measurements offer insight into what audiences think about a talk both during and after the event.
Nancy Duarte
Leadership Skills
The Delicate Dynamics of Challenging a Superior
These guidelines can help make your most challenging workplace conversations both constructive and respectful.
Benjamin Laker
Sustainability
The Burden of Proof for Corporate Sustainability Is Too High
Sustainability efforts often get blamed when companies trip up. That’s not fair or logical.
Andrew Winston
Leading Change
Want More Clarity on Generative AI? Experiment Widely
Less than a year after the launch of ChatGPT, there’s a lot of uncertainty around how fast it will move into the workplace — but many experiments are already underway.
Lynda Gratton
Talent Management
AI Unlocks New Power for Employees: Are HR Leaders Ready?
HR teams must prepare for generative AI’s effects on workers’ job roles, training, and access to information.
Josh Bersin
Leading Change
Leading AI Is Still Leading
MIT Sloan Management Review’s fall 2023 issue includes a look at what it takes to lead artificial intelligence efforts.
Abbie Lundberg
IT Governance & Leadership
Generative AI at Mastercard: Governance Takes Center Stage
Even with its deep AI experience, Mastercard is feeling its way toward how it uses generative AI.
Thomas H. Davenport and Randy Bean
Leadership Skills
Ask Sanyin: Why Can’t We Get Meetings Right?
Get past employees’ “too many meetings” gripes and make better use of time spent with your team.
Sanyin Siang
Skills & Learning
Make Your Case for Communication Upskilling
Focusing on the ROI from soft skills training is often key to getting companies to make a serious investment in them.
Nancy Duarte
Talent Management
Communication Is at the Heart of Positive Employee Relationships
Employers should set the expectation and the example of clear communication with current and prospective employees.
Benjamin Laker
Talent Management
It’s Time to Face the Three Challenges of Learning
Learning needs to be personalized, presented in a hybrid manner, and focused on transferable skills.
Lynda Gratton
AI & Machine Learning
The Impact of Generative AI on Hollywood and Entertainment
New AI tools can produce text, audio, and images. What does that mean for creative professionals? Two experts weigh in.
Thomas H. Davenport and Randy Bean
AI & Machine Learning
What, Me Worry?
MIT Sloan Management Review’s summer 2023 issue includes a look at the risks and potential rewards of generative AI.
Elizabeth Heichler
Sustainability
We Should Bring Moore’s Law to Climate Action
Exponential growth has been key to technology’s progress. The same is needed for climate action.
Andrew Winston
Leadership Skills
Ask Sanyin: How Can I Field a Winning Team Without All-Star Players?
CEO coach Sanyin Siang offers advice on tapping into people’s latent strengths to build an effective team.
Sanyin Siang
Managing Your Career
Don’t Let Quiet Quitting Harm Your Career
Rather than quietly disengaging at work, employees should speak up, seek feedback, and strive for excellence.
Josh Bersin
AI & Machine Learning
How Northwestern Mutual Embraces AI
The journey to be more client-centric has brought a focus on artificial intelligence and data at Northwestern Mutual.