Leading Change

HBR IdeaCast is the weekly interview show from Harvard Business Review. Alison Beard and Adi Ignatius, both HBR editors, talk with leading thinkers about business and management. It is a steady way to hear new thinking on leadership before it turns into a book.

Adam Grant is an organizational psychologist and the author of Think Again and Hidden Potential. His newsletter shares research, books and links on motivation, character, connection and change. He also hosts the podcast Re:Thinking. Read it for evidence you can bring to a meeting where people are resisting a new plan.

Chip Heath teaches organizational behavior at Stanford's business school, and Dan Heath is a senior fellow at Duke's CASE center. Their book Switch explains change with three parts: the Rider, the Elephant and the Path. The site offers a one-page summary of that model to keep on your desk. It is a quick way to check whether your plan speaks to reason, feeling and circumstance.

Rita McGrath writes a weekly newsletter on strategy, innovation and the signs that a market is about to turn. She argues that competitive advantage is shorter-lived than the old textbooks assume. The free tier carries the full weekly posts. Read it if the change you are leading came from outside the building.

The Center for Creative Leadership has worked in leadership development for more than 50 years. Its Leading Effectively articles are research-based and open to read on the site. Recent pieces cover AI and leadership judgment, neurodiversity and building organizational capability. Start here when you want a tested framework.