Collaboration and teams

Anyone can shift the culture at their organization.

A new study shows that being proactive comes at a cost.

Avoid the Western assumptions that often derail cross-cultural work.

Six misconceptions that have led organizations astray.

Six strategies for mobilizing, engaging, and connecting with others.

Three perspectives on how the role might evolve.

A Q&A with workspace researcher Jennifer Magnolfi Astill on the importance of being together—and the role of shared spaces in getting work done.

Organizations that thrive in uncertainty don’t wait for clarity; they proactively seek out and address early signals of trouble.

Three behaviors that can undermine you—and how to counteract them.

Targeted solutions to help you break down internal barriers.

Remote work allows organizations to hire the best candidates, no matter where they live. But success requires different skills and disciplines.

A study of UN peacekeepers found that encouraging workers to pivot from lofty goals to smaller, more-focused wins can help them stay engaged.

How to decide where remote and hybrid work policies fit into your organization’s vision.

A study offered 167 global leaders AI coaching support. Here’s how it went.

Eight ways to nurture respectful disagreement.

A new study found that some monitoring methods can foster openness, collaboration, and innovation — while others lead employees to disengage and withhold new ideas.

Five common mistakes to avoid.

An app shouldn’t be the primary means of addressing mental health at work — but it can help as part of a larger strategy.

Matching employees’ skills with specific projects, rather than confining them to fixed roles, can help unleash people’s talents. But companies need to deal with three tensions to make it work.

While employees may be physically distant, new tools empower us to maintain, and even enhance, the essence of teamwork.