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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Talent
by Harvard Business Review
read by Joshua Saxon, Ann Sprinkle
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Invest in your most valuable resource: your people.
Top talent is hard to come by. And seeing your stars walk out the door is painful-and expensive. You need to take steps to ensure that you attract, develop, and retain your best people.
If you read (or listen to) nothing else on managing talent in your organization, listen to these ten articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you boost the engagement, skills, and commitment of your highest performers.
This book will inspire you to: build a winning talent strategy, recruit and hire the best candidates, identify and develop high-potential employees, foster a just and inclusive workplace, overcome the challenges of hybrid work, and prepare your workforce for the future.
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HBRs 10 Must Reads 2020
by Various Authors
read by Steve Menasche, Teri Schnaubelt
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place.
We've reviewed the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to keep you up-to-date on the most cutting-edge, influential thinking driving business today. With authors from Michael E. Porter to Katrina Lake and company examples from Alibaba to 3M, this volume brings the most current and important management conversations right to your fingertips.
This book will inspire you to: ask better questions to boost your learning, persuade others, and negotiate more effectively; create workplace conditions where gender equity can thrive; boost results by allowing humans and AI to enhance one another's strengths; make better connections with your customers by giving them a glimpse inside your company; scale your agile processes from a few teams to hundreds; build a commitment to both economic and social values in your organization; and prepare your company for a rapidly aging workforce and society.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing in a Downturn
by Various Authors
read by Rick Adamson, Susan Hanfield
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
If you listen to nothing else on preparing for a tough economy and coming back stronger, listen to these ten articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help your company persevere through economic challenges and continue to grow even as your competitors stumble.
This book will inspire you to get your company ready before a downturn strikes, learn the right lessons from previous recessions, minimize pain while cutting costs and managing risk, foster a healthy organizational culture during anxious times, and seize the opportunity to innovate and reinvent your business.
This collection of articles includes "Seize Advantage in a Downturn," by David Rhodes and Daniel Stelter; "How to Survive a Recession and Thrive Afterward: A Research Roundup," by Walter Frick; "How to Bounce Back from Adversity," by Joshua D. Margolis and Paul G. Stoltz; "Rohm and Haas's Former CEO on Pulling Off a Sweet Deal in a Down Market," by Raj Gupta; "Leadership in a (Permanent) Crisis," by Ronald Heifetz, Alexander, Grashow, and Marty Linsky; "How to Be a Good Boss in a Bad Economy," by Robert I. Sutton; "Layoffs That Don't Break Your Company," by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta; and "Getting Reorgs Right," by Stephen Heidari-Robinson and Suzanne Heywood.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Creativity
by Harvard Business Review
read by Randye Kaye, William Sarris
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Are your organization's ideas growing stale? Do your employees need to refresh their thinking?
We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the ten most important ones to help you instill creativity across your organization.
This book will inspire you to: understand the "rules" of creativity and how they work; think imaginatively to develop ideas for new products and innovations; encourage your team's curiosity and champion their ideas; build a culture of originality and experimentation; use creativity to define groundbreaking strategies; and reclaim your creative confidence by overcoming your fear of judgment.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Organizational Resilience
by Harvard Business Review
read by Randye Kaye, Walter Dixon
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Build resilience in your company to weather the greatest crises.
We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the ten most important ones to help your company prepare for and overcome disruption, social upheaval, and disaster.
This book will inspire you to: reposition your core business while launching a separate, disruptive business; build the ability to continually anticipate and adjust to emerging trends; prepare for the business implications of climate change; learn about the risks of hyperefficient businesses; develop organizational grit; rebound from a recession faster than your competitors; and lead your company through any kind of crisis.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Performance Management
by Harvard Business Review
read by Shaina Summerville, Michael Kirby
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Performance management is changing. Adapt your approach along with it.
For decades, performance management has been seen as an annual chore by managers and HR alike. But this process is changing, and there are ways to make it more effective for your organization and more useful for employees.
If you read (or listen to) nothing else on performance management in your organization, listen to these ten articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you assess performance more accurately, have more effective feedback conversations, and encourage the growth of your employees.
This book will inspire you to: learn where current performance management processes are falling short; create sustainable performance across the organization; deliver feedback that motivates and develops your team members; help your people reach their professional goals; identify your role in an employee's poor performance; and evaluate performance fairly, even in a remote environment.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Diversity
by Various Authors
read by David Sadzin, Janina Edwards
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Reap the benefits of a diverse workforce.
We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you create a culture that seeks and celebrates difference.
This book will inspire you to: identify and address bias; short-circuit discrimination instead of unintentionally feeding it; attract, retain, and engage talented people who represent myriad identities; ensure that everyone has equal access to growth opportunities; trade outdated policies for practices that are proven to foster inclusion; and harness employees' unique skills and perspectives to transform how your company operates.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leading Digital Transformation
by Harvard Business Review
read by Brian Holden
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Become a digital-first organization-and avoid disruption.
If you read (or listen) to nothing else on the principles and practices that lead to successful digital transformation, listen to these ten articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you reinvent your digital strategy, overcome barriers to change, and win in the continuously connected world.
This book will inspire you to: devise an industry-transforming business model; minimize risk using discovery-driven transformation; leverage torrents of data more strategically; prepare your employees for the future of work; prioritize the right initiatives; and compete in the age of AI.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Across Cultures
by Harvard Business Review
read by Jonathan Yen, Liisa Ivary
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Put an end to miscommunication and inefficiency-and tap into the strengths of your diverse team.
If you read (or listen to) nothing else on managing across cultures, listen to these ten articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you manage culturally diverse employees, whether they're dispersed around the world or you're working with a multicultural team in a single location.
This book will inspire you to: develop your cultural intelligence, overcome conflict on a team where cultural norms differ, adopt a common language for more efficient communication, use the diverse perspectives of your employees to find new business opportunities, take varying cultural practices into account when resolving ethical issues, and accommodate and plan for your expatriate employees.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Reinventing HR
by Various Authors
read by Rick Adamson, Emily Ellet
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
How HR can lead.
We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones on how HR leaders can partner with the C-suite, drive change throughout the organization, and develop the workforce of the future.
This book will inspire you to: overhaul performance management practices to jump-start motivation and engagement; use agile processes to transform how you hire, develop, and manage people; establish diversity programs that increase innovation and competitiveness as well as inclusion; use people analytics to bring unprecedented insight to hiring and talent management; prepare your company for the double waves of artificial intelligence and an older workforce; and close the gap between HR and strategy.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Teams
by Harvard Business Review
read by Gregory St. John, Susan Larkin
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Most teams underperform. Yours can beat the odds.
If you read (or listen) to nothing else on building better teams, listen to these ten articles. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you assemble and steer teams that get results.
Leading experts such as Jon Katzenbach, Teresa Amabile, and Tamara Erickson provide the insights and advice you need to: boost team performance through mutual accountability; motivate large, diverse groups to tackle complex projects; increase your teams' emotional intelligence; prevent decision deadlock; extract results from a bunch of touchy superstars; and fight constructively with top-management colleagues.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Risk
by Harvard Business Review
read by Daniel Henning, Janina Edwards
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Is your business playing it safe-or taking the right risks?
Risk is a regular part of business, but knowing which risks to take and when to step back is often unclear. Whether you're assessing a new opportunity for innovation or thinking about your long-term strategy in an unsteady economy, you need to know the best way to proceed while ensuring that your company is financially secure and thriving.
We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the ten most important ones to help you determine which risks are worth taking and mitigate those your company-and your industry at large-are already facing.
This audiobook will inspire you to: understand the three categories of risk and tailor your risk-management processes accordingly; gain experience through small strategic bets before launching larger initiatives; embrace uncertainty as a key element of breakthrough innovation; find opportunities in emerging markets-and avoid those you can't practically serve; get ahead of and minimize political risk; and avoid common mistakes when confronting risk.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People
Featuring "Are You a Good Boss--or a Great One?" by Linda A. Hill and Kent Lineback
by Harvard Business Review
read by Chelsea Stephens, Tom Beyer
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Bring out their best.
If you read (or listen to) nothing else on managing people, listen to this book. We've chosen a new selection of current and classic Harvard Business Review articles that will help you earn your people's trust, build successful teams, and coach employees to help them reach their potential.
This book will inspire you to balance the competing priorities of managing both up and down; identify the most common sources of conflict-and learn how to resolve them; fine-tune your management style using emotional intelligence; navigate the challenges of dispersed and hybrid teams; find-and keep-the best people; and more.
HBR's 10 Must Reads are definitive collections of classic ideas, practical advice, and essential thinking from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Exploring topics like disruptive innovation, emotional intelligence, and new technology in our ever-evolving world, these books empower any leader to make bold decisions and inspire others.
This updated and expanded edition features new, breakthrough articles, additional short-form pieces, and a detailed discussion guide to give you and your team the tools you need for sustained success.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management, Volume 2
by Harvard Business Review
read by Barry Abrams, Randye Kaye
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Lead change amid constant turbulence and disruption.
More of the ideas you want, from the authors you trust. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you spearhead change in your organization.
With insights from leading experts including John Kotter and Indra Nooyi, this book will inspire you to: lead through the eight critical stages of change; create and instill a sense of urgency; transform your company's culture; get reorgs right; reshape your organization for climate sustainability; remodel the chief learning officer position to lead change; scale agile practices throughout your organization; and lead change when business is good-but also when times are tough.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People (With Featured Article "Leadership That Gets Results," By
by Harvard Business Review
read by Mark Cabus, Susan Larkin
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Managing people is fraught with challenges-even if you're a seasoned manager. Here's how to handle them.
If you read (or listen to) nothing else on managing people, listen to these ten articles (featuring "Leadership That Gets Results," by Daniel Goleman). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you maximize your employees' performance.
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People will inspire you to: tailor your management styles to fit your people; motivate with more responsibility, not more money; support first-time managers; build trust by soliciting input; teach smart people how to learn from failure; build high-performing teams; and manage your boss.
This collection of bestselling articles includes: featured article "Leadership That Gets Results" by Daniel Goleman, "One More Time: How Do You Motivate Employees?," "The Set-Up-to-Fail Syndrome," "Saving Your Rookie Managers from Themselves," "What Great Managers Do," "Fair Process: Managing in the Knowledge Economy," "Teaching Smart People How to Learn," "How (Un)ethical Are You?," "The Discipline of Teams," and "Managing Your Boss."
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HBR's 10 Must Reads for Business Students
by Harvard Business Review
read by Ann Sprinkle, Walter Dixon
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Take your business education to the next level-and push your career forward.
If you read (or listen to) nothing else to stand out in class and prepare for what's next, listen to these ten articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the best ones to help you understand the most important ideas in management, feel confident in business school, and thrive in any role you take on.
You'll discover: how to think more strategically; inspire and execute innovation; develop marketing plans that deliver competitive advantage; perform at your highest personal level; learn with a growth mindset; and redefine what career success looks like to you.
“HBR's 10 Must Reads” series is the definitive collection of books for new and experienced leaders alike. Leaders looking for the inspiration that big ideas provide, both to accelerate their own growth and that of their companies, should look no further. The series focuses on the core topics that every ambitious manager needs to know: leadership, strategy, change, managing people, and managing yourself. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an ever-changing business environment.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself, Volume 2
by Harvard Business Review
read by Steve Menasche, Teri Schnaubelt
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
You're adept at managing your job-working toward the goals of your team, your unit, and your company. But too often busy managers neglect to apply their planning, management, and execution skills to themselves. How do you make time to manage yourself? You need to focus on your work-succeeding in the job you have now. But you also need to think about your career and professional growth-actively plotting, nurturing, and developing the arc of your working life. Finally, you need to balance your work with the rest of your life-finding time to strengthen the connections between your work, your family, and your other commitments.
Get more of the management ideas you want, from the authors you trust, with HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (Vol. 2). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you stay engaged, be productive, and maintain your sanity throughout your working life.
With insights from leading experts, this book will inspire you to identify areas for personal growth; assess your strengths, work preferences, values, and contributions; build your skill set and stay relevant; develop learning agility; map out a plan for where you'd like your career to go-both short and long term; find fulfillment in your work; and prepare for your next opportunity.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Boards
With Bonus Article "What Makes Great Boards Great" by Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld
by Harvard Business Review
read by William Sarris, Randye Kaye
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Serving on a board is like having a second full-time job.
Earning a seat on a board is a rite of passage for senior leaders. Serving on a board is an opportunity to share your skills and extend your reach beyond your own organization as you help select, appoint, and review the performance of an organization's senior leadership team, determine compensation and incentive plans, approve strategic decisions, and ensure the financial well-being of the organization in both the short- and long-term. But in today's increasingly complex business environment, serving on a board also means working to address detailed issues such as increasing diversity on the board itself and in the organization, ensuring a risk-mitigation plan that prepares the organization for everything from hackers to sexual predators, and navigating big-picture challenges such as the unprecedented pace of change and disruption-all while managing financials and shareholder expectations.
We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the ten most important ones to help you address classic challenges such as increasing diversity, ensuring a culture that reflects company values, and providing strategic oversight while also addressing emerging issues such as shareholder activism, cybersecurity, and ever-shifting regulations.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy, Volume 2
by Harvard Business Review
read by Janet Metzger, Michael Lenz
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Do you have the right strategy to lead your company into the future?
Get more of the management ideas you want, from the authors you trust, with HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy (Vol. 2). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you combat new competitors and define the best strategy for your company.
With insights from leading experts including Michael E. Porter, A. G. Lafley, and Clayton M. Christensen, this book will inspire you to: choose a strategy that meets the demands of your competitive environment; identify the signals of disruption and take steps to avoid it; understand lean methodology and how it is changing business; transform your products and services into platforms; instill your strategy with creativity and purpose; and generate value for your company, while also contributing to society.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Lifelong Learning
by Harvard Business Review
read by Teri Schnaubelt, Steve Menasche
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Create and sustain a learning culture.
The ever-increasing pace of change in today's organizations requires us all to understand and quickly adapt to constant shifts in the way our companies operate and how work gets done. Developing your own and your team's learning agility will keep your skills fresh, and help you stay flexible, grow from mistakes, and successfully respond to unexpected challenges.
We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you and your organization create a supportive learning environment, develop flexible learning processes and practices, and reinforce a growth mindset and behavior.
This book will inspire you to: acquire skills and knowledge quickly; solicit constructive feedback as you try out new approaches; cultivate relentless curiosity; build an intellectually diverse network; learn from failure; build learning opportunities into daily job activities for yourself and your team; model the behaviors you'd like your team to adopt; and stay relevant.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing in a Downturn
by Harvard Business Review
read by Rick Adamson, Susan Hanfield
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
How do the most resilient companies survive-and even thrive-during a slowdown?
We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help your company persevere through economic challenges and continue to grow while your competitors stumble. This book will inspire you to: harness your resources to pull through a pandemic; learn the right lessons from previous recessions; minimize pain while cutting costs and managing risk; foster a healthy culture during anxious times; make smart moves to protect your own job; and seize the opportunity to innovate and reinvent your business.
This collection of articles includes:
"Seize Advantage in a Downturn" by David Rhodes and Daniel Stelter;
"How to Survive a Recession and Thrive Afterward: A Research Roundup" by Walter Frick;
"How to Bounce Back from Adversity" by Joshua D. Margolis and Paul G. Stoltz;
"Rohm and Haas's Former CEO on Pulling off a Sweet Deal in a Down Market" by Raj Gupta;
"How to Be a Good Boss in a Bad Economy" by Robert I. Sutton;
"Layoffs That Don't Break Your Company" by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta;
"Getting Reorgs Right" by Stephen Heidari-Robinson and Suzanne Heywood;
"Reigniting Growth" by Chris Zook and James Allen;
"Reinvent Your Business Model Before It's Too Late" by Paul Nunes and Tim Breene;
And more.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads 2021
The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review
by Harvard Business Review
read by Barry Abrams, Randye Kaye
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place.
We've combed through the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to help you get up to speed fast on the relevant concepts driving business today. Discover new ideas and sample the latest thinking of our vast array of management experts. Revisit these topics now to make sure your organization is incorporating the best, most up-to-date practices, or keep this book as a reference so you can turn to these memorable pieces when you need them the most. The collection includes articles on leadership, strategy, and innovation, as well as articles that will help you manage yourself and others.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads for Executive Teams
by Harvard Business Review
read by Michael Lenz, Rachel Perry
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Executive leadership is a team sport.
As part of an executive team, you wear many hats. Not only are you responsible for working with other senior leaders to establish strategic goals for the organization and ensure their execution, but you're making tough decisions, shaping organizational culture, and communicating regularly with employees.
If you read (or listen to) nothing else on working effectively as a member of an executive team, listen to these ten articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you understand what's required of you as a senior leader so you can set your team and organization up for success.
This book will inspire you to: build the qualities you need as a senior leader in your company; assemble a group that will think boldly and work harmoniously; feel confident while making strategic decisions as a team; avoid common traps when managing risk; help newly hired executives adapt quickly to the organization; and grow talent throughout the company, especially in underrepresented groups.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Collaboration
by Harvard Business Review
read by Chris Kayser
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Join forces with others inside and outside your organization to solve your toughest problems.
If you read (or listen) to nothing else on collaborating effectively, listen to these ten articles. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you work more productively with people on your team, in other departments, and in other organizations.
Leading experts such as Daniel Goleman, Herminia Ibarra, and Morten Hansen provide the insights and advice you need to: forge strong relationships up, down, and across the organization; build a collaborative culture; bust silos; harness informal knowledge sharing; pick the right type of collaboration for your business; manage conflict wisely; and know when not to collaborate.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads 2016
The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review
by Harvard Business Review
read by Tamara Marston, David Drummond
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place.
We've examined the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to bring you the latest, most significant thinking driving business today. With authors from Marcus Buckingham to Herminia Ibarra and company examples from Google to Deloitte, this volume brings the most current and important management conversations to your fingertips.
This book will inspire you to: tap into the new technologies that are changing the way businesses compete; fuel performance by redesigning your organization's practices around feedback; learn techniques to move beyond intuition for better decision making; understand; why your strategy execution isn't working-and how to fix it; lead with authenticity by moving beyond your comfort zone; and transform your physical office space to promote creativity and productivity.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads 2023
The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year From Harvard Business Review
by Harvard Business Review
read by Rachel Perry, Michael Lenz
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
We've reviewed the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to keep you up to date on the most cutting-edge, influential thinking driving business today. With authors from Francesca Gino to Adam Grant and company examples from Pfizer to Microsoft, this volume brings the most current and important management conversations right to your fingertips.
This book will inspire you to: adopt the best practices for creating a truly flexible workplace; refocus your strategy to prioritize the few initiatives with the greatest potential impact; navigate the challenges of role transitions-and learn how those in changing roles can get up to speed faster; implement diversity training that will help employees overcome bias and commit to improvement; overcome roadblocks during the innovation process so rapid experimentation will pay off; and lead with a commitment to sustainability.
This collection of articles includes "The Future of Flexibility at Work," by Ellen Ernst Kossek, Patricia Gettings, and Kaumudi Misra; "Eliminate Strategic Overload," by Felix Oberholzer-Gee; "Drive Innovation with Better Decision-Making," by Linda A. Hill, Emily Tedards, and Taran Swan; "Unconscious Bias Training that Works," by Francesca Gino and Katherine Coffman; and more.
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Hbr’s 10 Must Reads 2024: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year From Harvard Business Review
by Harvard Business Review
read by Kitty Hendrix, Lyle Blaker
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place.
We've combed through the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to help you get up to speed fast on the relevant concepts driving business today. Discover new ideas and sample the latest thinking from our vast array of management experts. Revisit these topics now to make sure your organization is incorporating the best, most up-to-date practices, or keep this book as a reference so that you can turn to these memorable pieces when you need them the most. The collection includes articles on leadership, diversity, and strategy, as well as articles that will help you manage yourself and others.
HBR's 10 Must Reads series is the definitive collection of books for new and experienced leaders alike. Leaders looking for the inspiration that big ideas provide, both to accelerate their own growth and that of their companies, should look no further. HBR's 10 Must Reads series focuses on the core topics that every ambitious manager needs to know: leadership, strategy, change, managing people, and managing yourself. Harvard Business Review has sorted through hundreds of articles and selected only the most essential reading on each topic. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an ever-changing business environment.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads 2015
The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review
by Harvard Business Review
read by Susan Larkin, Daniel Thomas May
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place.
We've combed through ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to help you get up to speed fast on the freshest, most relevant thinking driving business today. With authors from Clayton Christensen to Roger Martin and company examples from Netflix to Unilever, this volume brings the most current and important management conversations to your fingertips.
This book will inspire you to: lead by focusing your attention on the right things; import new management practices into your organization the right way-whether they come from other companies or across the globe; better manage your organization's-and your leaders'-time; rethink vital functions such as HR and marketing; move from a yearly planning cycle to building a winning strategy; and make long-term organizational decisions with an eye to national and global economic trends.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads 2022
The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review
by Harvard Business Review
read by Jonathan Yen, Chloe Cannon
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place.
We've combed through the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to help you get up to speed fast on the relevant concepts driving business today. Discover new ideas and sample the latest thinking of our vast array of management experts. Revisit these topics now to make sure your organization is incorporating the best, most up-to-date practices, or keep this book as a reference so you can turn to these memorable pieces when you need them the most. The collection includes articles on leadership, diversity, and strategy, as well as articles that will help you manage yourself and others.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategic Marketing
by Harvard Business Review
read by Susan Larkin, Bernard Setaro Clark
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Stop pushing products-and start cultivating relationships with the right customers.
If you read (or listen to) nothing else on marketing that delivers competitive advantage, listen to these ten articles. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you reinvent your marketing by putting it-and your customers-at the center of your business.
Leading experts such as Ted Levitt and Clayton Christensen provide the insights and advice you need to: figure out what business you're really in; create products that perform the jobs people need to get done; get a bird's-eye view of your brand's strengths and weaknesses; tap a market that's larger than China and India combined; deliver superior value to your B2B customers; and end the war between sales and marketing.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence (featuring "What Makes a Leader? by Daniel Goleman)
by Harvard Business Review
read by Mike Lenz, Sanya Simmons
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Develop the most important skill for leadership success
If you read (or listen to) nothing else on emotional intelligence, listen to this book. We've chosen this selection of current and classic Harvard Business Review articles to help you build the people skills you need to thrive, strengthen your resilience and self-awareness, and adapt your leadership style for any situation.
This book will inspire you to discover your authentic sense of self; become more mindful and present at work; help your team become more emotionally intelligent; build optimism and openness to change; learn from tough criticism; and foster a culture of empathy and belonging.
HBR's 10 Must Reads are definitive collections of classic ideas, practical advice, and essential thinking from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Exploring topics like disruptive innovation, emotional intelligence, and new technology in our ever-evolving world, these books empower any leader to make bold decisions and inspire others.
This updated and expanded edition features new, breakthrough articles, additional short-form pieces, and a detailed discussion guide to give you and your team the tools you need for sustained success.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on High Performance
Featuring "Nine Things Successful People Do Differently" by Heidi Grant
by Harvard Business Review
read by Shannon Condon, Tom Parks
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Set ambitious goals-and achieve them.
If you read (or listen to) nothing else on high performance, listen to this book. We've chosen a new selection of current and classic Harvard Business Review articles that will help you build on your strengths, assemble a network that supports your development, and achieve extraordinary results.
This book will inspire you to activate your leadership mindset; cultivate habits to crush your goals; manage your energy and attention; get the feedback you need to continue to grow; share your expertise to help others learn; and use strategic thinking to clarify what truly matters.
HBR's 10 Must Reads are definitive collections of classic ideas, practical advice, and essential thinking from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Exploring topics like disruptive innovation, emotional intelligence, and new technology in our ever-evolving world, these books empower any leader to make bold decisions and inspire others.
This updated and expanded edition features new, breakthrough articles, additional short-form pieces, and a detailed discussion guide to give you and your team the tools you need for sustained success.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management
Featuring "Leading Change" by John P. Kotter
by Harvard Business Review
read by Rick Barr, Petrea Burchard
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Change is constant-so become great at it.
If you read (or listen to) nothing else on change management, listen to this book. We've chosen a new selection of current and classic Harvard Business Review articles that will help you lead initiatives effectively, avoid common mistakes, and capture the full value of your change effort.
This book will inspire you to communicate the benefits of change clearly; win support through compelling storytelling; gain buy-in from peers and leaders; convince decision-makers to take action; overcome attempts to undermine transformation; and build organizational agility and resilience.
HBR's 10 Must Reads are definitive collections of classic ideas, practical advice, and essential thinking from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Exploring topics like disruptive innovation, emotional intelligence, and new technology in our ever-evolving world, these books empower any leader to make bold decisions and inspire others.
This updated and expanded edition features new, breakthrough articles, additional short-form pieces, and a detailed discussion guide to give you and your team the tools you need for sustained success.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on AI, Analytics, and the New Machine Age
by Various Authors
read by Teri Schnaubelt, Shawn Compton
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Machine learning and data analytics are powering a wave of groundbreaking technologies. Is your company ready?
We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you understand how these technologies work together, how to adopt them, and why your strategy can't ignore them.
In this book you'll learn how: data science, driven by artificial intelligence and machine learning, is yielding unprecedented business insights; blockchain has the potential to restructure the economy; drones and driverless vehicles are becoming essential tools; 3-D printing is making new business models possible; augmented reality is transforming retail and manufacturing; smart speakers are redefining the rules of marketing; and humans and machines are working together to reach new levels of productivity.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership, Volume 2
by Harvard Business Review
read by Barry Abrams, Kim Niemi
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Stay on top of your leadership game.
Leadership isn't something you're born with or gifted as a reward for an abundance of charisma; true leadership stems from core skills that can be learned.
Get more of the leadership ideas you want, from the authors you trust, with HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership (Vol. 2). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you maximize your own and your organization's performance.
With insights from leading experts including Michael D. Watkins, Herminia Ibarra, and Michael E. Porter, this book will inspire you to: identify areas for personal growth; build trust with and among your employees; develop a more dynamic and sophisticated communication style; try out different leadership styles and behaviors to find the right approach for you-and your organization; transform yourself from a problem solver to an agenda setter; harness the power of connections; and become an adaptive and strategic leader.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Sales
by Various Authors
read by Tom Parks
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Sales isn't about pushing products or being efficient; it's about building the right systems to manage and empower your salespeople.
We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you understand how to create the conditions for sales success.
This book will inspire you to: understand your customer's buying center, integrate your sales and marketing operations, assess your business cycle and its impact on your sales force, transition away from solution sales, leverage the power of micromarkets, introduce tiebreaker selling and consensus selling, and motivate your sales force properly.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads 2025
The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review (with bonus article "Use St
by Harvard Business Review
read by Stacy Gonzalez, Derek Shoales
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
"A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place. We've reviewed the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to keep you up to date on the most cutting-edge, influential thinking driving business today. With authors from Ginni Rometty to Robert I. Sutton and company examples from Maersk to Nvidia, this volume brings the most current and important management conversations right to your fingertips. This book will inspire you to:
● Reskill your organization in the age of AI
● Rid your company of the obstacles that infuriate everyone
● Understand what today's rainmakers do differently
● Market sustainable products effectively
● Choose the right sources of demand to grow your company at the right speed
● Use strategic thinking to create the life you want"
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy for Healthcare
(featuring articles by Michael E. Porter and Thomas H. Lee, MD)
by James C. Collins
read by Tim Fannon, Linda Jones
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Is your healthcare organization spending too much time on strategy-with too little to show for it?
If you read (or listen to) nothing else on strategy, listen to these ten articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones for healthcare professionals to help you catalyze your organization's strategy development and execution.
This collection of articles includes "What Is Strategy?" by Michael E. Porter; "The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy," by Michael E. Porter; "Health Care Needs Real Competition," by Leemore S. Dafny and Thomas H. Lee; "Building Your Company's Vision," by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras; "Reinventing Your Business Model," by Mark W. Johnson, Clayton M. Christensen, and Henning Kagermann; "Will Disruptive Innovations Cure Health Care?" by Clayton M. Christensen, Richard Bohmer, and John Kenagy; "Blue Ocean Strategy," by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne; "Rediscovering Market Segmentation," by Daniel Yankelovich and David Meer; "The Office of Strategy Management," by Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton; and "The Strategy That Will Fix Health Care," by Michael E. Porter and Thomas H. Lee.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Communication (With Featured Article "The Necessary Art of Persuasion," By
by Harvard Business Review
read by Susan Larkin, Gregory St. John
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
The best leaders know how to communicate clearly and persuasively. How do you stack up?
If you read (or listen to) nothing else on communicating effectively, listen to these ten articles. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you express your ideas with clarity and impact-no matter what the situation.
Leading experts such as Deborah Tannen, Jay Conger, and Nick Morgan provide the insights and advice you need to: pitch your brilliant idea-successfully; connect with your audience; establish credibility; inspire others to carry out your vision; adapt to stakeholders' decision-making style; frame goals around common interests; and build consensus and win support.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership (With Featured Article "What Makes an Effective Executive," by
by Harvard Business Review
read by Dan Triandiflou
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Go from being a good manager to an extraordinary leader.
We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles on leadership and selected the most important ones to help you maximize your own and your organization's performance.
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership will inspire you to: motivate others to excel, build your team's self-confidence in others, provoke positive change, set direction, encourage smart risk-taking, manage with tough empathy, credit others for your success, increase self-awareness, and draw strength from adversity.
This collection of bestselling articles includes:
"What Makes an Effective Executive" by Peter F. Drucker, "What Makes a Leader?," "What Leaders Really Do," "The Work of Leadership," "Why Should Anyone Be Led by You?," "Crucibles of Leadership," "Level 5 Leadership: The Triumph of Humility and Fierce Resolve," "Seven Transformations of Leadership," "Discovering Your Authentic Leadership," and "In Praise of the Incomplete Leader."
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (With Bonus Article "How Will You Measure Your Life?" by
by Harvard Business Review
read by Chris Kayser
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
The path to your professional success starts with a critical look in the mirror.
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself will inspire you to: stay engaged throughout your fifty-plus-year work life; tap into your deepest values; solicit candid feedback; replenish physical and mental energy; balance work, home, community, and self; spread positive energy throughout your organization; rebound from tough times; decrease distractibility and frenzy; and delegate and develop employees' initiative.
This collection of bestselling articles from Harvard Business Review includes:
"How Will You Measure Your Life?" by Clayton M. Christensen, "Managing Oneself," "Management Time: Who's Got the Monkey?," "How Resilience Works," "Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time," "Overloaded Circuits: Why Smart People Underperform," "Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life," "Reclaim Your Job," "Moments of Greatness: Entering the Fundamental State of Leadership," "What to Ask the Person in the Mirror," and "Primal Leadership: The Hidden Driver of Great Performance."
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Making Smart Decisions
by Harvard Business Review
read by James Edward Thomas
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Learn why bad decisions happen to good managers-and how to make better ones.
If you read (or listen to) nothing else on decision making, listen to these ten articles. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you and your organization make better choices and avoid common traps.
Leading experts such as Ram Charan, Michael Mankins, and Thomas Davenport provide the insights and advice you need to: make bold decisions that challenge the status quo; support your decisions with diverse data; evaluate risks and benefits with equal rigor; check for faulty cause-and-effect reasoning; test your decisions with experiments; foster and address constructive criticism; and defeat indecisiveness with clear accountability.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Innovation
by Harvard Business Review
read by Susan Larkin, Bryan Brendle
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
To innovate profitably, you need more than just creativity. Do you have what it takes?
If you read (or listen to) nothing else on inspiring and executing innovation, listen to these ten articles. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you innovate effectively.
Leading experts such as Clayton Christensen, Peter Drucker, and Rosabeth Moss Kanter provide the insights and advice you need to: decide which ideas are worth pursuing; innovate through the front lines-not just from the top; adapt innovations from the developing world to wealthier markets; tweak new ventures along the way using discovery-driven planning; tailor your efforts to meet customers' most pressing needs; and avoid classic pitfalls such as stifling innovation with rigid processes.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence (With Featured Article "What Makes a Leader?" by Da
by Harvard Business Review
read by Susan Larkin, James Edward Thomas
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
In his defining work on emotional intelligence, bestselling author Daniel Goleman found that it is twice as important as other competencies in determining outstanding leadership.
If you read (or listen to) nothing else on emotional intelligence, listen to these ten articles by experts in the field. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you boost your emotional skills-and your professional success.
This book will inspire you to: monitor and channel your moods and emotions; make smart, empathetic people decisions; manage conflict and regulate emotions within your team; react to tough situations with resilience; better understand your strengths, weaknesses, needs, values, and goals; and develop emotional agility.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Career Resilience
by Harvard Business Review
read by Daniel Henning, Janet Metzger
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Building a successful career starts with you.
It's easy to get caught up in the day-to-day demands of your current job and lose sight of the big picture, but with a typical career spanning fifty years or more, you do so at your “own” peril. It's up to you to chart your “own” course to professional success.
We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the ten most important ones to help you develop yourself, make the right career moves, navigate inevitable detours and disruptions, and turn your professional dreams into reality.
This book will inspire you to:
• Identify and leverage your strengths
• Cultivate the curiosity, skills, and knowledge you need to maintain your professional relevance far into the future
• Navigate messy job transitions gracefully
• Build and sustain a network that supports and encourages your growth
• Restore meaning and passion to your work
• Bounce back from career setbacks big and small
• and reinvent yourself, even in tough times.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads
The Essentials
by Harvard Business Review
read by Brad Sanders, Susan Larkin
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
An introduction to the most enduring ideas on management from Harvard Business Review
Change is the one constant in business, and we must adapt or face obsolescence. Yet certain challenges never go away. These are the ten seminal articles by management's most influential experts, on topics of perennial concern to ambitious managers and leaders hungry for inspiration-and ready to run with big ideas to accelerate their own and their companies' success.
Includes articles by: Michael Porter on creating competitive advantage and distinguishing your company from rivals; John Kotter on leading change through eight critical stages; Daniel Goleman on using emotional intelligence to maximize performance; Peter Drucker on managing your career by evaluating your own strengths and weaknesses; Clay Christensen on orchestrating innovation within established organizations; Tom Davenport on using analytics to determine how to keep your customers loyal; Robert Kaplan and David Norton on measuring your company's strategy with the Balanced Scorecard; Rosabeth Moss Kanter on avoiding common mistakes when pushing innovation forward; Ted Levitt on understanding who your customers are and what they really want; and C. K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel on identifying the unique, integrated systems that support your strategy.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy (Including Featured Article "What Is Strategy?" by Michael E. Por
by Harvard Business Review
read by Paul McLain
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Is your company spending too much time on strategy development-with too little to show for it?
If you read (or listen to) nothing else on strategy, listen to these ten articles (featuring "What Is Strategy?" by Michael E. Porter). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you catalyze your organization's strategy development and execution.
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy will inspire you to: distinguish your company from rivals; clarify what your company will and won't do; craft a vision for an uncertain future; create blue oceans of uncontested market space; use the Balanced Scorecard to measure your strategy; capture your strategy in a memorable phrase; make priorities explicit; allocate resources early; and clarify decision rights for faster decision making.
This collection of bestselling articles includes: featured article "What Is Strategy?" by Michael E. Porter, "The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy," "Building Your Company's Vision," "Reinventing Your Business Model," "Blue Ocean Strategy," "The Secrets to Successful Strategy Execution," "Using the Balanced Scorecard as a Strategic Management System," "Transforming Corner-Office Strategy into Frontline Action," "Turning Great Strategy into Great Performance," and "Who Has the D? How Clear Decision Roles Enhance Organizational Performance."
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HBR's 10 Must Reads for CEOs
by Various Authors
read by Steve Menasche
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
As CEO, you set the vision, the strategy, and the tone of your organization.
You establish priorities, anticipate and address challenges, champion and lead change efforts, set people up for success, and manage risk. Though you may have a great senior executive team and a top-flight board, the success of your organization depends on your leadership.
We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the best ones to help you toggle between long- and short-term views, manage risk and innovation, and cultivate productive relationships with your staff and your board. This book will inspire you to: navigate the changing global business environment; customize your company's strategy to the environment you're working in; attract, engage, and retain the best talent; anticipate and address legislative and regulatory issues; sharpen your awareness of the tactical and soft skills you need to lead; adopt a founder's mindset and build new offerings, move into new markets, and create next-generation solutions; and manage and build relationships with your board-and your shareholders.