Trustworthiness

If you have to do it, be transparent about it.

The risks of overconfidence—and five ways to rebuild your credibility.

A new study suggests that employers overestimate how informed employees feel when they agree to policies, contracts, and even extra tasks at work — which can result in disengagement and turnover.

They assume the size of the pie is fixed—and miss opportunities to create value.

The NFL great explains how he motivated himself and fellow players.

Collaboration is more complex than ever—and more difficult to get right. Here’s how organizations can build better teams.

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 managers should handle this double-edged sword.

It takes longer than you think, but patience pays surprising dividends.

Choosing the company's next leader is one of the most crucial decisions a board makes. Yet directors, incumbents, and incoming leaders routinely underestimate...

And how to professionalize a maturing practice

Stars are using their influencer status to launch their own products and capture more profits for themselves.

The author set a new and high standard for health care in Bangladesh and achieved it.

Over the past 20 years the social media influencer industry has completely rearranged the way information and culture are conceived, produced, marketed,...

Handholding and over coaching are major pitfalls.

Tips from a crisis veteran

A survey of 1,000 workers identified five behaviors.

The best ad campaigns make a memorable, valuable, and deliverable promise to customers.

And how to protect yourself against them.