In the management press.

How to make better friends at work.Sloan Management Review, Spring 2024

Driving organizational change – without abandoning tradition. Harvard Business Review, April 24, 2023

Make space for grief after a year of loss. Harvard Business Review, December 21, 2020

Musings on Zoom fatigue. Psychoanalytic dialogues, Winter 2020

Should management be political? That is the wrong question. Quartz, November 20, 2020

It’s time to talk about how Joe Biden defeated a dominant model of leadership. Fast Company, November 16, 2020

In praise of the office. Harvard Business Review, July 16, 2020

A brush with death can strip us of our humanity, or help us discover it. Work, Summer 2020

Are our management theories outdated? Harvard Business Review, June 18, 2020

To fight systemic racism, protest ‘leadership’—not just leadersFast Company, June 5, 2020

Every manager is having a midlife crisis. Financial Times, June 1

Your people need care, not a battle cryMIT Sloan Management Review, Summer 2020

We are all zoombies now, but it has to stopFinancial Times, May 14, 2020

Why leadership isn’t a miracle cure for the COVID-19 crisis (and what can really help)Fast Company, May 5, 2020

The psychology behind effective crisis leadership. Harvard Business Review, April 22, 2020

Keep your people learning when you go virtual. (with Annie Peshkam) Harvard Business Review, April 10, 2020

Why are you panic working? Try this instead.  Bloomberg Opinion, March 24, 2020

Learning for a living. MIT Sloan Management Review, Winter 2020

Going back to work after a pregnancy loss. (with Sally Maitlis) Harvard Business Review, December 5, 2019

When a colleague is grieving. (with Sally Maitlis) Harvard Business Review, July-August, 2019

How to leave a job you love. Harvard Business Review, November 15, 2018

Business does not need the humanities–but humans do. Harvard Business Review, November 2, 2018

Are you sacrificing for your work, or just suffering for it? Harvard Business Review, August 28, 2018

The art of great leadership. HR Magazine, July 2018

To overcome your insecurity, recognise where it really comes from. Harvard Business Review, June 27, 2018, with Svenja Weber

Andrés Iniesta’s farewell, and how to make endings count at work. Harvard Business Review, May 30, 2018, with Tim Leberecht

To take charge of your career, start by building your tribe. Harvard Business Review, April 5, 2018

Thriving in the gig economy. (with Sue Ashford & Amy Wrzesniewski) Harvard Business Review, March-April 2018

When Every Leader Promises to Change the World, How Can We Tell Who Will Leave Us Better Off? Harvard Business Review, December 4, 2017

Bruce Springsteen, Artful Leadership, and What Rock Star Bosses Do. Harvard Business Review, September 27, 2017

The Portable Leader is the New “Organisation Man.” Harvard Business Review, August 10, 2017

The Talent Curse. (with Jennifer Petriglieri) Harvard Business Review, May 2017 

Psychoanalysing the world’s problems won’t help us solve them. Harvard Business Review, Jan 24, 2017

In defense of cosmopolitanism. Harvard Business Review, Dec 15, 2016

What ‘The Art of The Deal’ reveals about leadership fairy tales. Harvard Business Review, Aug 26, 2016

Clinton, Trump, and the danger of comparing leadership styles. Harvard Business Review, Aug 3, 2016

Brexit and the leadership equivalent of empty calories. (audio) Harvard Business Review, June 30, 2016

Are leaders getting too emotional? (audio) Harvard Business Review, March 17, 2016

Why we pick leaders with deceptively simple answers. Harvard Business Review, May 9, 2016

How to really customize leadership development. Harvard Business Review, Feb 18, 2016

After Paris, we need more fellowship, not more leadership. Harvard Business Review, Nov 14, 2015

What if management ideas actually mattered? Harvard Business Review, Nov 5, 2015

Technology is not threatening our humanity—we are. Harvard Business Review, 2015

Is overwork killing you? Harvard Business Review, Aug 31, 2015

Making sense of Zappo’s war on managers. Harvard Business Review, 2015

Stop trying to find your true self at work. Harvard Business Review, 2015

How leaders earn legitimacy and trust. (video) Harvard Business Review, 2015

There is no shortage of leaders. Harvard Business Review, Dec 15, 2014

Learning is the most celebrated neglected activity in the workplace. Harvard Business Rev., Nov 6, 2014

Emotions are data, too. Harvard Business Review, May 9, 2014

Give HR departments more authority. Wall Street Journal, May 1, 2014

The limits of emotional intelligence. Wall Street Journal, April 28, 2014

Why work is lonely. Harvard Business Review, March 5, 2014

The unspeakable Davos. Harvard Business Review, January 24, 2014

Nomadic leaders need roots. (audio) Harvard Business Review, January 2, 2014

Four key questions for CEOs. Wall Street Journal, Nov 25, 2013

Microsoft’s next leader needs to build trust. Wall Street Journal, Oct 21, 2013

Why I’m skeptical about MOOCs. Wall Street Journal, Oct 11, 2013

Why it’s hard to make professors more productive. Wall Street Journal, Oct 10, 2013

Education isn’t just about churning out ‘skilled’ employees. Wall Street Journal, Oct 9, 2013

Let them eat MOOCs. Harvard Business Review, Oct 9, 2013

Let’s turn off all technology in the office once a day. Wall Street Journal, Sep 17, 2013

Innovation is a nice, but too often misunderstood, buzzword. Wall Street Journal, Sep 16, 2013

Boston’s heartbreak and the search for meaning. Harvard Business Review, Apr 17, 2013

Getting stuck can help you grow. Harvard Business Review, Feb 6, 2013

Obama’s inauguration and why we still need rituals. Harvard Business Review, Jan 21, 2013

Finding the job of your life. Harvard Business Review, Dec 12, 2012

Are business schools clueless or evil? Harvard Business Review, Nov 14, 2012

Moving around without losing your roots. Harvard Business Review, Oct 3, 2012

The art of career development. (video) Harvard Business Review, Sep 25, 2012

Who can teach leadership? Harvard Business Review, Aug 28, 2012

Marissa Mayer is not the exception—she is the norm. Forbes, Jul 20, 2012

Mark Zuckerberg’s magic touch. Harvard Business Review, May 18, 2012

The best path to success is your own. Harvard Business Review, May 11, 2012

Turn your career into a work of art. Harvard Business Review, Apr 24, 2012

Privilege: A user’s guide. Harvard Business Review, Jan 25, 2012

How Steve Jobs reinvented leadership. Forbes, Oct 10, 2011

Steve Jobs wasn’t (just) a leader. Harvard Business Review, Oct 7, 2011

A lesson in engaged artistry. Harvard Business Review, Mar 23, 2011

Fueling an appetite for leadership. Harvard Business Review, Jun 3, 2011

The perils of being groomed for leadership. Forbes, Jan 11, 2011