Cross-functional management

How BBVA, one of Europe’s largest banks, brought AI use out of the shadows by ditching centralized mandates and following employees’ lead on adoption.

Agents need structure, feedback, and evaluations.

Breakthrough solutions aren’t enough. New ideas can’t flourish without “bridgers”—leaders who excel at collaborating across boundaries.

What it takes to earn trust, build influence, and lead change in established organizations.

A metaphor is a lightning flash—it illuminates the landscape in an instant, helping to calm the brain, coordinate energy, and clarify direction.

Successful leadership duos capitalize on their fundamentally different strengths.

Five ways to speak their language—while steadily shaping strategy and outcomes.

AI has the potential to unify and elevate your organization. But without deliberate effort, it can just as easily divide it.

The HBR Executive Playbook on removing chronic barriers to collaboration.

Get the help you need without overstepping.

What scientific breakthroughs can teach business leaders about engineering “aha” moments.

Six ways leaders can demonstrate a steady hand in turbulent times.

Eight ways to nurture respectful disagreement.

And where many others go wrong.

This issue's Spotlight consists of four articles on leading teams. The first, "New Rules for Teamwork," by McKinsey's Angus Dawson and Katy George, introduces...

And how companies can better support these important cross-functional workers.

Five elements can move you beyond episodic success.

Cracking the code on sustained profitable growth

Cracking the code on sustained profitable growth

Many leaders learned how to navigate vertical hierarchies—but not how to collaborate with peers who have different agendas, motivations, and priorities.