Workplace, Teams, & Culture

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

Lessons from the golden age of Black business can teach today’s leaders how to help Black entrepreneurs prosper.

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

Research shows that a company’s confessions to past wrongs enhances people’s perception of its corporate responsibility.

The author shares science-backed steps to help managers better structure meetings and build trust with direct reports.

Learn how open discussions and new quantitative measurement tools can strengthen inclusion efforts.

Managerial authority and hierarchy should be redesigned for business today, but they won’t disappear.

Leaders can use a free tool from Deloitte — HX TrustID — to gauge employee trust and devise strategies for improving it.

Managers can help employees turn fears into fleeting thoughts as opposed to permanent restraints.

Workplace toxicity leads to a host of negative mental and physical health outcomes, particularly for women of color.

Psychological safety isn’t enough for innovation. Managers need to create conditions for healthy debate.

Workaholic behavior can damage organizations and teams; managers can take steps to help employees attain better balance.

Giving employees flexibility is becoming crucial to reducing stress and building their confidence in the organization.

Employees who do their work without going above and beyond are often simply behaving rationally in response to unfair circumstances.

Mistakes and critical incidents can serve as learning opportunities and help build a culture of growth and innovation.

Before they can address workplace deviance, leaders need to recognize the role they may be playing.

Organizational experts offer leaders advice on how to make meaningful changes to increase employee engagement.

MIT SMR’s top articles of 2022 focused on employee engagement, toxic culture, and transformative leadership.

The lack of transparency in corporate philanthropy doesn’t serve companies or their stakeholders.

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