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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Projects and Initiatives
With Bonus Article "The Rise of the Chief Project Officer" by Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez
by Harvard Business Review
read by Lyle Blaker, Kitty Hendrix
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Everyone is now a project leader. Learn how to manage them more effectively.
If you read (or listen to) nothing else on managing projects and initiatives, listen to these ten articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you lead initiatives that will inspire your people, tackle your biggest challenges with agile, and prepare yourself and your organization for a world driven by projects.
This book will inspire you to deliver on time and within budget; become a better project sponsor; allocate resources to the highest-potential projects; understand when agile versus traditional methods are best; get deeper insight into your organization's project portfolio; and prioritize your projects and stop what needs stopping.
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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 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 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.
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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 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 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 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 Women and Leadership
by Harvard Business Review
read by William Sarris, Callie Beaulieu
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
What will it take to create a more gender-balanced workplace?
We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you understand where gender equality is today-and how far we still have to go.
This book will inspire you to: better understand the path women must take to leadership; learn the root causes of the barriers that exist for women in the workplace; check your own gender biases and distinguish between confidence and competence in your colleagues; manage a more effective gender-diversity program; recognize the issues women face when speaking up about bias or harassment; and help women reenter the workforce after taking time off-and create opportunities for them to reach their ambitions.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness
Featuring "How to Stop Worrying About What Other People Think of You" by Michael Gervais
by Harvard Business Review
read by Gina Rogers, Gary Tiedemann
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Come back from every setback stronger and more confident.
If you read (or listen to) nothing else on mental toughness, listen to this book. We've chosen a new selection of current and classic Harvard Business Review articles that will help you embrace challenges and adversity, learn from disappointment, and build your emotional strength and resilience.
This book will inspire you to handle tough criticism; let go of your fear of other people's opinions; recognize when to push through-and when to quit; remain steady and execute in a crisis; navigate difficult work and career transitions; and turn passion and perseverance into top performance.
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 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 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 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 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 Mid-Level Managers
by Harvard Business Review
read by Sofia Willingham, David de Vries
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
The pandemic, and the resultant ever-evolving landscape of hybrid work, highlighted that we're asking more of our mid-level managers than ever. You balance leading your team with maintaining your high-level individual performance. You provide feedback and coaching, support your people through tough times, field requests large and small, and communicate in every direction. Mid-level managers are the key to managing a hybrid workforce, leading innovation, managing talent, and helping your organization-and its people-adapt to our changing world.
If you read (or listen to) nothing else on being an effective mid-level manager, listen to these ten articles by experts in the field. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the best ones to help you manage up and down, interpret and distill important messages, lobby for time and resources for key projects and players, and lead change-all while getting things done.
This book will inspire you to: build teams and develop talent; transform your role from intermediary to innovator; encourage critical thinking; foster a culture of psychological safety; lead change by leveraging internal networks; understand the cognitive and emotional drain of having both high and low power; and form partnerships at every level of the organization.
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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 AI
by Harvard Business Review
read by Lauren Pedersen, Will Tulin
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
The next generation of AI is here-use it to lead your business forward.
If you read (or listen to) nothing else on artificial intelligence and machine learning, 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 the future direction of AI, bring your AI initiatives to scale, and use AI to transform your organization. This book will inspire you to: create a new AI strategy, learn to work with intelligent robots, get more from your marketing AI, be ready for ethical and regulatory challenges, understand how generative AI is game changing, and stop tinkering with AI and go all in.
This collection of articles includes "Competing in the Age of AI," by Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani; "How to Win with Machine Learning," by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb; "Developing a Digital Mindset," by Tsedal Neeley and Paul Leonardi; "Learning to Work with Intelligent Machines," by Matt Beane; "Getting AI to Scale," by Tim Fountaine, Brian McCarthy, and Tamim Saleh; "Why You Aren't Getting More from Your Marketing AI," by Eva Ascarza, Michael Ross, and Bruce G. S. Hardie; "The Pitfalls of Pricing Algorithms," by Marco Bertini and Oded Koenigsberg; "A Smarter Strategy for Using Robots," by Ben Armstrong and Julie Shah; and more.
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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 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 People, Volume 2
by Harvard Business Review
read by Michael Butler Murray, Teri Schnaubelt
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Are you a good boss-or a great one?
Get more of the management ideas you want, from the authors you trust, with HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People (Vol. 2). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you master the innumerable challenges of being a manager.
With insights from leading experts including Marcus Buckingham, Michael D. Watkins, and Linda Hill, this book will inspire you to: draw out your employees' signature strengths; support a culture of honesty and civility; cultivate better communication and deeper trust among global teams; give feedback that will help your people excel; hire, reward, and tolerate only fully formed adults; motivate your employees through small wins; and foster collaboration and break down silos across your company.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management (Including Featured Article "Leading Change," by John P
by Harvard Business Review
read by Susan Larkin, Bernard Setaro Clark
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Most company's change initiatives fail. Yours don't have to.
If you read (or listen to) nothing else on change management, listen to these ten articles (featuring "Leading Change," by John P. Kotter). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you spearhead change in your organization.
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management will inspire you to: lead change through eight critical stages; establish a sense of urgency; overcome addiction to the status quo; mobilize commitment; silence naysayers; minimize the pain of change; concentrate resources; and motivate change when business is good.
This collection of bestselling articles includes: featured article "Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail" by John P. Kotter, "Change Through Persuasion," "Leading Change When Business Is Good: An Interview with Samuel J. Palmisano," "Radical Change, the Quiet Way," "Tipping Point Leadership," "A Survival Guide for Leaders," "The Real Reason People Won't Change," "Cracking the Code of Change," "The Hard Side of Change Management," and "Why Change Programs Don't Produce Change."
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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 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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HBRs 10 Must Reads on Building a Great Culture
by Various Authors
read by Norah Tocci, William Sarris
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Your organization's culture can feel like something that has a life of its own; it's long-standing, inherited, and seemingly impermeable-in fact, a strong culture is often an obstacle to doing new things or going in new directions. But leaders are the stewards of a company's culture and have the power to shape it. The best leaders know that organizational culture is a fundamental and powerful management tool that can drive positive outcomes.
We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you assess the type and current state of your company's culture, communicate change, do things differently, and anticipate and address implementation challenges.
This book will inspire you to:
- Determine what type of culture you have.
- Understand the psychology behind your company's social patterns
- Gather input on what needs to be fixed or initiated.
- Communicate change, do things differently, and deal with implementation roadblocks.
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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 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 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
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 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 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 Managing Yourself
Featuring "How Will You Measure Your Life?" by Clayton M. Christensen
by Harvard Business Review
read by Rudy Sanda, Amanda Troop
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Take charge of your own success.
If you read (or listen to) nothing else on managing yourself, listen to this book. We've chosen a new selection of current and classic Harvard Business Review articles that will help you understand your strengths, clarify your personal goals and direction, and build a career you're proud of.
This book will inspire you to manage your time, energy, and stress effectively; use a growth mindset to expand your network; define, develop, and communicate your personal brand; build your skills and keep learning; navigate conflict with confidence; and align your professional goals with your personal values.
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 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 Public Speaking and Presenting
by Harvard Business Review
read by Randye Kaye, Michael Lenz
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Command the room-whether you're speaking to an audience of one or to hundreds.
We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the ten most important ones to help you speak confidently in front of a group and connect with audiences of any size.
This book will inspire you to: feel more confident when it's your turn to present; understand how to persuade, motivate, and change minds; frame your message so people really listen; gain your audience's trust by being more authentic; use visuals and data more effectively; learn to be more charismatic; and infuse your day-to-day communication with storytelling.
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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 Data Strategy
by Harvard Business Review
read by Randye Kaye, Walter Dixon
Part of the HBR's 10 Must Reads series
Your data is your business. Is it supporting your strategy?
Algorithms, machine learning, generative AI. With the latest advancements in technology, data is taking center stage in organizations. But without a clear plan for how you're storing, integrating, and gaining value from that information, your company will be at risk-and fall behind.
If you read (or listen to) nothing else on setting a data strategy 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 improve your analytic and algorithmic capabilities, navigate digital transformation, and achieve competitive advantage in our hyperconnected world.
This book will inspire you to quantify the benefits of a digital transformation; discover opportunities for innovative, data-backed products and services; better understand and improve your customer experience; break down silos and share higher-quality information across your organization; identify areas susceptible to cyberattacks and data breaches; and ensure metrics aren't overshadowing strategic objectives.