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How can executives make themselves smarter about strategy? This collection of articles from MIT Sloan Management Review examines the ways managers can set themselves up to think more strategically, examine opportunities, and then sell their ideas to stakeholders.

Leadership Collection Leaders grapple with bringing accountability into everything they do, for both internal audiences and the wider community of stakeholders.

Leadership Collection How do you decide how to decide? What are the best strategies for problem-solving? This collection of articles from MIT Sloan Management Review explores the critical importance of knowing what problem you are trying to solve, taking the time to thoroughly frame a decision and explore the full scope of options, and recognizing that consensus isn’t always the best policy.

Leadership Collection Today’s leaders need to be able to adapt and stay focused in the age of uncertainly. This collection of articles from MIT Sloan Management Review examines the need for continual reinvention, the ways to tap creativity strategically, and the fact that to grow as executives, people sometimes have to manage their strongest tendencies.

Leadership Collection What are the best ways to make sure that projects and new ideas move forward smoothly and smartly? This collection of articles from MIT Sloan Management Review examines the ways to tap employees for their best ideas, encourage them to share their concerns, and use strategy loops to incorporate new information and translate it into effective action.

Leadership Collection What does it mean to compete in today’s world? This collection of articles from MIT Sloan Management Review examines new ways of thinking about business models, the importance of using analytics and data to support strategic vision, and the best ways to compete against larger companies and disruptive technology.

Leadership Collection What are today’s best practices for finding, developing, and keeping the very best employees? This collection from MIT Sloan Management Review looks at what it takes to build and sustain a strong talent pipeline — one of the biggest challenges facing companies globally today.

Leadership Collection Conflict can be a source of creativity and new ideas, or a weight that drags down people’s emotions and productivity. This collection of articles from MIT Sloan Management Review looks at how to deal with strong emotions in the workplace, how to manage divergent points of view, and how to make sure that the company doesn’t fall victim to the “Immutable Law of the Ex.”

MIT SMR and Deloitte’s 2018 global executive study and research report investigates how born-digital and legacy organizations alike achieving digital maturity through continuous learning.

Once upon a time, business leaders could leave technology to the technologists. But today, we are at the starting line of a universal technological revolution — one that is fundamentally altering commerce, health care, learning, and the environment.