Collaboration

Insecure managers who feel threatened by subordinates who have innovative ideas need incentives to change their behavior.

On the Me, Myself, and AI podcast, Jackie Rocca explains how Slack uses artificial intelligence to relieve user pain points.

This short video teaches leaders how to speak in ways that strengthen both credibility and trust.

AT&T’s Project Raindrops lets employees kill annoying or outdated processes and tools. Check out key lessons.

Leaders’ delegation decisions should reflect the trust they have in both their people and organizational processes.

Knowledge sharing platforms may not deliver full value if users are focused on self-promotion, not learning from others.

Managers must thoughtfully navigate parental leave conversations to retain working parents and support their teammates.

Apply the objectives and key results model to align individual- and team-level goals with broader organizational aims.

Managers who seem to be delivering others’ messages rather than acting autonomously can lose credibility and authority.

Managers and their direct reports can use these strategies to take their one-on-one meetings to the next level.

Open innovation requires moving knowledge across divides. Organizational silos are the biggest barriers to success.

Employees in connector roles can bridge the gaps between departments that often thwart data science project success.

Digital collaboration can steer innovators down a disruptive or incremental path, depending on how they use the tools.

The authors offer 11 strategies for leading more effective hybrid teams based on a recent survey of marketing leaders.

Research finds that cultivating self-compassion at work may be key to boosting helping behaviors among employees.

Solving big, systemic problems will require organizations to come together to develop strategies as a group.

The skill of perspective taking can help build teams’ psychological safety for creative, collaborative problem-solving.

The 2023 MIT SMR-Deloitte Future of the Workforce global survey finds top workforce managers excel at eight activities.

This issue of MIT SMR focuses on creating and managing successful, engaged teams in a pandemic-changed world.

Leaders are meeting employee demands for more flexible work arrangements amid culture and innovation concerns.