Work-life balance

Are you a good boss--or a great one? Good bosses can handle the day-to-day work of running a team. Great bosses go beyond that, finding ways to help employees...

A plan for conquering collaborative overload to drive performance and innovation, reduce burnout, and enhance well-being. Most organizations have created...

The loss of the lease at their Michelin-starred Cyrus 1.0 in Sonoma County, California gives the partners an opportunity to shut down and rework a "broken"...

Don't wait for someone else to manage your career. Career paths are far from straightforward. "HBR Guides to Managing Your Career Collection" offers the...

Find a way to work that works for you. The 9-to-5 office routine no longer exists. Many employees have the option to work anywhere, any time. But how...

Say no to a culture of constant work. We often equate our productivity with the number of hours we spend working. But do we really need to work endlessly,...

This case traces the rise of James Conant from a working-class neighborhood in Boston to president of Harvard University. The case describes how Conant,...

This case depicts the critical decisions Xingli Dong (Shirley) made during her career transition from a female Ph. D. in engineering to Energy Automation...

Lead your hybrid team to success. The strictly nine-to-five office routine no longer exists, and you may be managing a team that works in several different...

Building a successful career starts with you. It's easy to get caught up in the day-to-day demands of your current job and lose sight of the big picture,...

The always-on, hustle culture creates an unhealthy, counterproductive relationship with work. Many workers believe that to compete with other top talent,...

Build your careers, your family, and your life--together. When you're part of a two-career family, you manage the competing demands of your careers, child-rearing,...

This case describes the rise of Cassius Clay, who later called himself Muhammad Ali, from the poor streets of Louisville, Kentucky to international fame....

This case describes the rise of Marie Curie from a poor family in Poland to the pinnacle of scientific fame. The case describes how Curie, as a young...

As founders of the software company Basecamp, Jason Fried and David H. Hansson were used to being the subjects of social media attention. Both maintained...

Burnout is rampant. Recognize the signs and make the right changes. The always-on workplace and increasing pressures are leading to a high rate of burnout....

Manage your energy--and your mood. How to be human at work. HBR's Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of...

Teach your team how to generate creative solutions to their toughest problems by embracing paradoxes. When you are faced with a seemingly unsolvable problem,...

Overworked? Overwhelmed? Protect yourself from burnout. The amount of work placed on women is often insurmountable. Along with doing what's required for...

Be fair and don’t panic.

The problem is not your inability to switch off, but to switch on.

Five research-backed strategies that actually work.

The difference between living life and leading life is more than just semantics.

Are you a good boss--or a great one? Good bosses can handle the day-to-day work of running a team. Great bosses go beyond that, finding ways to help employees...

Three ways to rediscover your purpose.

Netflix showed that it just takes trust.

Why are you here? It's arguably life's most important question, but is it one you ask yourself? I recognize it's a question some people might view as...

Mo Gawdat, founder of One Billion Happy and former Chief Business Officer at Google’s X, spent years working in technological innovation. At Google’s so-called “dream factory,” he learned how to operationalize moonshot ventures aiming to solve some of the world’s hardest problems. But then a personal tragedy — the loss of his son — set him on a new path. Gawdat launched a startup with the moonshot goal of helping one billion people find happiness. Gawdat is also the author of “Solve for Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy.”

It was real even before the pandemic.