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For decades, workplace stress was viewed primarily as an individual concern to be managed by HR—often through wellness programs or stress management workshops—rather than as a systemic ...

and I wish I were more than just a janitor. A version of this article appeared in the May–June 2025 issue of Harvard Business Review. Zach Mercurio is a researcher and adviser on purposeful ...

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An HBR Executive Masterclass with Nitin Nohria. Time is a CEO’s most precious—and most limited—resource. And yet a study of 30 CEOs revealed surprising gaps between where leaders think they ...

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To many people, strategy is a total mystery. But it’s really not complicated, says Harvard Business School’s Felix Oberholzer-Gee. Strategy is simply a plan to create value. Explore HBR HBR ...