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3 Forces Are Redefining the Transition from Manager to Leader
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Michael D. Watkins
Updating a classic HBR framework.

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June 17, 2026
How C-Suite and Board Roles Are Being Reshaped Around AI
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Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
Old roles are evolving—and new ones are emerging.

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June 08, 2026
A Breakthrough Board Presentation Can Win You the CEO Job
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Pete Weissman
How to nail the most important interview of your career.

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May 18, 2026
Research: For Women on Boards, Prestige Can Be a Bottleneck
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Isabel Fernandez-Mateo, Hans Frankort, and Raina Brands
A study of nearly 2,000 FTSE-100 board directors reveals a striking paradox.

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May 01, 2026
Managing Difficult Directors
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Marianna Zangrillo, Thomas Keil, and Stevo Pavićević
Practical advice for executives and fellow board members.

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From the May–June 2026 Issue
Should You Appoint an Interim CEO?
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Nicolas T. Deuschel, Robert Langan, and Christoph Mât
It’s riskier than you think. Here’s when it makes sense and who to choose.

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From the May–June 2026 Issue
How to Succeed Like Apple’s Tim Cook
Business management Agenda Newsletter
Adi Ignatius
Lessons on leadership and strategic discipline from Tim Cook’s 15-year tenure as Apple’s CEO.

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April 24, 2026
AI Is Reshaping Cyber Risk. Boards Need to Manage the Threat.
Cybersecurity and digital privacy Working Knowledge
Hise O. Gibson
It’s no longer just a technical problem, but a leadership test.

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April 07, 2026
Decision-Making by Consensus Doesn’t Work in the AI Era
Management Digital Article
Jonathan Rosenthal and Neal Zuckerman
Success will depend on the speed at which companies identify signals, make decisions, and execute.

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April 07, 2026
The Pitfalls of an Interim CEO
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Adi Ignatius
Interim CEOs are often framed as low-risk bridges in moments of disruption, but research suggests they can unsettle stakeholders and stall strategy.

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April 03, 2026
Boards Are Falling Short on Cybersecurity
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Jeffrey Proudfoot and Stuart Madnick
Three common points of failure—and how to address them.

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April 02, 2026
Boards Need to Rethink How They Advise CEOs
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David Garfield
Three strategies to inspire better questions and more strategic conversations.

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March 31, 2026
What to Do When Your Board Is Meddling in Operational Work
Corporate governance Digital Article
Kathryn Landis and Julie Kratz
Diagnose what’s driving the overreaching behavior so you can shift their focus back to strategy.

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March 05, 2026
The Skills Board Chairs Need Now
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Pedro Fontes Falcão and Randall S. Peterson
They must juggle competing stakeholder priorities, adapt as new technologies upend strategies, and help a diverse group of directors find common ground.

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From the March–April 2026 Issue
Are You Leveraging the Diverse Talent on Your Board?
Boards Working Knowledge
Linda A. Hill, Lynn S. Paine, and James I. Cash, Jr.
Tapping into a range of views prevents the groupthink and blind spots that undermine decision-making and creativity.

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February 23, 2026
The Benefits—and Challenges—of an Insider CEO
Succession planning Agenda Newsletter
Adi Ignatius
All eyes will be on the newly minted CEOs at Target, Walmart, and Disney as they try to show they were the right insiders for the top job.

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February 13, 2026
The Questions CEO Candidates Need to Ask
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Jason Baumgarten and Courtney della Cava
How to avoid the traps that compel talented leaders to accept the wrong roles.

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January 12, 2026
How to Handle a Difficult Board Member
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Rachel DuRose
The HBR Executive Playbook on protecting governance, repairing trust, and keeping the work on track.

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January 07, 2026
Leading After the Founder
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Samantha Hellauer, Sanja Kos, Julie Vermoote, Sapna Sadarangani Werner, and BJ Wright
When the person who built the company steps back, emotions run high—and many organizations stumble. Here’s how to manage the transition.

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From the January–February 2026 Issue
CEO Turnover Is Accelerating
Business management Agenda Newsletter
Adi Ignatius
A closer look at what’s driving the turnover.

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November 24, 2025

Show Up to Win: How to Land the Leadership Role You Want
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Kelly O Kay and Jeff Sanders
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To win top leadership roles, be as skilled at your job search as you are at your job. Today, executive careers are more fluid than ever, and so is the...

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July 07, 2026
Joining the GoHealth Board of Directors (B)
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Suraj Srinivasan, Lynn Sharp Paine, and Will Hurwitz
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B case to 126073 In early 2020, Joseph Flanagan was considering an offer to join the board of GoHealth, a health insurance intermediary. Flanagan was...

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June 24, 2026
Joining the GoHealth Board of Directors (A)
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Suraj Srinivasan, Lynn Sharp Paine, and Will Hurwitz
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In early 2020, Joseph Flanagan was considering an offer to join the board of GoHealth, a health insurance intermediary. Flanagan was CEO and a director...

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June 24, 2026
The Mulliez Family Business: Unlocking the secrets of entrepreneurial DNA (A)
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Peter Vogel and Anouk Lavoie
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Though little-known outside of its home country of France, the Mulliez family enterprise is one of the largest privately held business networks in the...

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May 27, 2026
The Mulliez Family Business: Unlocking the secrets of entrepreneurial DNA (B)
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Peter Vogel and Anouk Lavoie
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Case B of the Mulliez Family Business case series examines the family's entrepreneurial 'DNA': the unique set of characteristics that have enabled the...

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May 27, 2026
Mentorship and Mobility at Walmart
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Summer R. Jackson and James I. Cash Jr.
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In the spring of 2024, Jerry Geisler, executive vice president and chief information security officer (CISO) for Walmart, learned that his deputy Rob...

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April 29, 2026
CDL's Boardroom Battles: Succession in the Kwek Family Empire
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Marleen Dieleman and Phuong Thao Thi Pham
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City Developments Limited (CDL), one of Singapore's largest listed property developers, had been a cornerstone of the Kwek family business empire in Singapore...

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April 10, 2026
Mass Culture: A Participatory Governance Model in Canadian Arts Research
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Laurence D. Dubuc and Kenji Maeda
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The case retraces the individual and collective decisions, as well as the community-engaged processes, that led to the formalization of the national network...

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March 16, 2026
YPO Turns 75
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Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
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YPO, the global leadership group, founded by Ray Hickok, was celebrating its 75th anniversary. YPO had grown to over 500 chapters with more than 38,000...

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January 26, 2026
United Rentals: Governing Growth
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Suraj Srinivasan, Lynn S. Paine, and Steven Zhu
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In 2025, the board of directors of United Rentals, Inc., the largest equipment rental company in the US, is reviewing its governance strategy and practices...

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January 23, 2026
Optimax: Ownership, Management, and Culture in Precision Optics Manufacturing
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Nien-he Hsieh, Jenny Everett, Tony Guidotti, Mark Hand, and Emma Salomon
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Following the retirement of the company's long-time owners, Pete Kupinski became the president of Optimax, an innovative precision optics manufacturer...

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January 22, 2026
CEO Ready: What You Need to Know to Earn the Job--and Keep the Job
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Mark Thompson and Byron Loflin
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Your track record of success isn't enough. Here's what it really takes to be "CEO Ready." You're on the short list for the CEO job, and you have a record...

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November 25, 2025
Milo's: Building on Sweet Success
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Josh Baron
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In 2025, Tricia Wallwork, third-generation Chair and CEO of Milo's Tea Company, faced critical strategic decisions as the family-owned business-now the...

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October 23, 2025
Thermax: Four paths to succession in a family business
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Peter Vogel and Anouk Lavoie Orlick
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From its origins as a manufacturer of hospital equipment for the Indian market, Thermax has grown into a multinational corporation operating in 90 countries,...

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October 13, 2025
OpenAI and Microsoft (B): Partnerships Heat Up
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Juan Alcacer, Raffaella Sadun, Tom Quinn, and Kerry Herman
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This case follows OpenAI and Microsoft (A): Partnership or Alliance? (726-372) and provides a brief update since July 2025 on the state of negotiations...

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September 29, 2025
OpenAI and Microsoft (A): Partnership or Alliance?
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Juan Alcacer, Raffaella Sadun, Tom Quinn, and Kerry Herman
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Leading artificial intelligence company OpenAI and tech giant Microsoft had forged a highly lucrative and mutually beneficial partnership: Microsoft supplied...

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September 29, 2025
The Boardroom
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William R. Kerr
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This case explores the growth and strategic challenges of The Boardroom, a European network founded by Diana Markaki-Bartholdi to prepare senior women...

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September 22, 2025
Sandoz (B): The art of staying true to your mission
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Jim Pulcrano, Charan Singh, Zita Falk, Franciska Darmer, and Barbara Schmidt-Ley
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This case series explores Sandoz's spin off from Novartis, which was finalized on 4 October 2023. Case B looks at Sandoz once it has become independent....

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September 18, 2025
Sandoz (A): Breaking free to stand alone
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Jim Pulcrano, Charan Singh, Zita Falk, Franciska Darmer, and Barbara Schmidt-Ley
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This case series explores Sandoz's spin off from Novartis, which was finalized on 4 October 2023. Case A follows Richard Saynor's (CEO, Sandoz) ruminations...

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September 17, 2025
Oriental Weavers: Handing Over the Loom
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Christina R. Wing and Ahmed Dahawy
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Over the course of forty years, Oriental Weavers had grown from a modest Egyptian family business into one of the world's largest manufacturers of machine...

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