Strategic initiatives often land as abstract ideas that feel disconnected from (or irrelevant to) the reality on the ground.

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Most teams plan carefully for a project’s launch—but few bring that same discipline to its closure. Without a clear exit strategy, projects drag on, drain resources, and leave teams in limbo.

When a big decision must be made by multiple constituencies with different goals, it can often fall victim to challenges from drawn-out processes to data overload. But AI is helping. One field ...

Many organizations are aware that they are suffering from project overload, slowing execution and obscuring strategic priorities. Yet even with this knowledge they struggle to kill projects to ...

Welcome to the HBR Executive Agenda for August 14, 2025. Adi Ignatius is the editor at large at Harvard Business Review and its former editor in chief. Explore HBR HBR Store About HBR Manage My ...

In the debate over whether it’s helpful or hurtful to share employee pay data, consider a new finding: When the SEC mandated CEO‐to‐median‐employee pay disclosures, the information didn ...

Many professionals pursue success first, assuming happiness will follow. But research shows that this sequence is flawed: success alone rarely delivers lasting satisfaction. Instead, happiness is ...

When uncertainty strikes, the default reaction is often to retreat. But courageous leaders don’t wait for clarity—they create it. Courage is not about being fearless; it’s about acting in ...