Collaboration

This issue of MIT SMR focuses on the leadership qualities that enable both their businesses and employees to grow.

Learn how one bank boosted collaboration and revenue by training leaders in psychological safety and perspective-taking.

When you just don’t get along with a colleague, reset the relationship by focusing on trust.

Learn strategies to improve Gen Z’s satisfaction with hybrid work arrangements in this short video.

Checking assumptions and mapping out work processes can help ensure that ML solutions fit the job to be done.

Bolstered dignity eases the path to constructive problem-solving and collaboration.

Job crafting empowers workers to proactively transform jobs they have into jobs they want.

Insecure managers who feel threatened by subordinates who have innovative ideas need incentives to change their behavior.

On the Me, Myself, and AI podcast, Jackie Rocca explains how Slack uses artificial intelligence to relieve user pain points.

This short video teaches leaders how to speak in ways that strengthen both credibility and trust.

AT&T’s Project Raindrops lets employees kill annoying or outdated processes and tools. Check out key lessons.

Leaders’ delegation decisions should reflect the trust they have in both their people and organizational processes.

Knowledge sharing platforms may not deliver full value if users are focused on self-promotion, not learning from others.

Managers must thoughtfully navigate parental leave conversations to retain working parents and support their teammates.

Apply the objectives and key results model to align individual- and team-level goals with broader organizational aims.

Managers who seem to be delivering others’ messages rather than acting autonomously can lose credibility and authority.

Managers and their direct reports can use these strategies to take their one-on-one meetings to the next level.

Open innovation requires moving knowledge across divides. Organizational silos are the biggest barriers to success.

Employees in connector roles can bridge the gaps between departments that often thwart data science project success.

The fall 2023 issue of MIT Sloan Management Review examines innovation systems and strategies for business leaders.