Leadership & management

How can business leaders respond to the growing uncertainty? How can they make decisions and act? Darden Professor Saras Sarasvathy, one of the world’s leading authorities on entrepreneurial decision-making, shares tips on how to thrive amid unpredictability.

A new technical note by Professor Kim Whitler explores how technology company Publicis Sapient moved beyond deploying AI tools and instead redesigned marketing work itself—unlocking growth without increasing headcount. Its five-step framework offers lessons for any organization struggling to incorporate new technologies at a time of rapid change.

A new two-part case from UVA Darden Professor Allison Elias explores track and field Olympic champion Allyson Felix’s contract negotiations with Nike — and the lessons that apply in the world of work.

Power is one of the most misunderstood and uncomfortable topics in organizational life. In a new technical note, UVA Darden Professor Peter Belmi and case researcher Bianca Kemp clarify what power truly is, how it differs from status and why that distinction matters.

For decades, organizations essentially bought talent from outside. But in an era where AI is rewriting job descriptions every six months and careers are stretching 60 years, the “buy talent” model is broken. To succeed, organizations must pivot to become builders of capability.

Laura Morgan Roberts, an associate professor at UVA Darden, discusses the concept of “flourishing at work” by exploring four freedoms: the freedom to be, the freedom to become, the freedom to fade and the freedom to fail.

In the latest episode of Office Hours, a faculty spotlight series hosted by Darden Admissions, UVA Darden professor Scott C. Miller reflects on how financial crises reshape societies.

Rules define what’s permitted, expected and discouraged at work, yet leaders are rarely trained to design, communicate or enforce them, says UVA Darden Professor Bobby Parmar. He offers six questions to help leaders design and implement rules that encourage thoughtful judgment rather than blind compliance.

New research from UVA Darden Professor Roshni Raveendhran offers a structured approach to designing remote work strategies that align with an organization's performance objectives rather than merely reacting to employees’ flexibility demands.

Ideas don’t matter if leaders can’t communicate them effectively. In the latest episode of Office Hours, Professors June West and Steve Soltis explain why leadership communication isn’t a “soft skill,” but a core driver of strategy and performance.