From the former dean of Harvard Business School comes a deeply researched and practical exploration of the CEO role and what it truly takes to succeed in it. Based on decades of experience teaching, advising, and studying leaders, Nitin Nohria reveals the often unseen work of setting direction, allocating resources, shaping culture, and managing stakeholders. Combining rigorous insight with vivid examples and practical wisdom, The CEO offers a rare inside look at how exceptional leaders think, decide, communicate, and lead under pressure.

Optimism is one of the most powerful predictors of happiness, performance, and success—but sustaining it through uncertainty, setbacks, and pressure is a challenge. Drawing on the latest neuroscience and her work with thousands of leaders, Michelle Gielan reveals five repeatable behaviors that define resilient optimists: recalibrating your mindset, transforming your stress response, triaging commitments, recharging smarter, and connecting the dots.

Great careers don’t happen by accident. Take charge of yours.

This essential collection of current and classic Harvard Business Review articles will help you create opportunities, navigate career transitions, and achieve your most ambitious goals. Discover what drives you, craft a meaningful career, build a standout personal brand, negotiate your role, bounce back from setbacks, and stay relevant in a changing world of work.

Most people use AI to complete tasks faster. But generative AI can do more: it can act as a co-thinker to help you challenge assumptions, explore alternatives, and make better decisions on complex business problems.

In this interactive Virtual Group Learning session, you’ll practice using AI to strengthen your strategic thinking and work through a real-world challenge. You’ll learn how to distinguish between using AI as a co-pilot and co-thinker and build effective co-thinking prompts using a four-part framework. Drawing on the HBR Guide to Generative AI for Managers, this one-hour, facilitator-free session helps teams turn AI into a practical partner for better thinking and decision-making.