Book description
Timeless advice from the pages of Harvard Business Review
This six-title collection includes only the most critical articles from the world's top management experts, curated from Harvard Business Review's rich archives. We've done the work of selecting them so you won’t have to. These books are packed with enduring advice from the best minds in business such as: Michael Porter, Clayton Christensen, Peter Drucker, John Kotter, Daniel Goleman, Jim Collins, Ted Levitt, Gary Hamel, W. Chan Kim, Renee Mauborgne and much more.
The HBR's 10 Must Reads Boxed Set includes:
HBR's 10 Must Reads: The Essentials
This book brings together the best thinking from management's most influential experts. Once you've read these definitive articles, you can delve into each core topic the series explores: managing yourself, managing people, leadership, strategy, and change management.
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself
The path to your professional success starts with a critical look in the mirror. Here's how to stay engaged throughout your 50-year work life, tap into your deepest values, solicit candid feedback, replenish your physical and mental energy, and rebound from tough times. This book includes the bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?" by Clayton M. Christensen.
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People
Managing your employees is fraught with challenges, even if you're a seasoned pro. Boost their performance by tailoring your management styles to their temperaments, motivating with responsibility rather than money, and fostering trust through solicited input. This book includes the bonus article "Leadership That Gets Results," by Daniel Goleman.
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership
Are you an extraordinary leader--or just a good manager? Learn how to motivate others to excel, build your team's confidence, set direction, encourage smart risk-taking, credit others for your success, and draw strength from adversity. This book includes the bonus article "What Makes an Effective Executive," by Peter F. Drucker.
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy
Is your company spending too much time on strategy development, with too little to show for it? Discover what it takes to distinguish your company from rivals, clarify what it will (and won't) do, create blue oceans of uncontested market space, and make your priorities explicit so employees can realize your vision. This book includes the bonus article "What Is Strategy?" by Michael E. Porter.
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management
Most companies' change initiatives fail--but yours can beat the odds. Learn how to overcome addiction to the status quo, establish a sense of urgency, mobilize commitment and resources, silence naysayers, minimize the pain of change, and motivate change even when business is good. This book includes the bonus article 'Leading Change," by John P. Kotter.
About the HBR's 10 Must Reads Series:
HBR's 10 Must Reads series is the definitive collection of ideas and best practices for aspiring and experienced leaders alike. These books offer essential reading selected from the pages of Harvard Business Review on topics critical to the success of every manager. Each book is packed with advice and inspiration from the best minds in business.
Table of contents
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HBR's 10 Must Reads: The Essentials
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Meeting the Challenge of Disruptive Change
- Competing on Analytics
- Managing Oneself
- What Makes a Leader?
- Putting the Balanced Scorecard to Work
- Innovation: The Classic Traps
- Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail
- Marketing Myopia
- What Is Strategy?
- The Core Competence of the Corporation
- About the Contributors
- Index
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- How Will You Measure Your Life?
- Managing Oneself
- Management Time: Who’s Got the Monkey?
- How Resilience Works
- Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time
- Overloaded Circuits
- 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
- Primal Leadership: The Hidden Driver of Great Performance
- About the Contributors
- Index
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Leadership That Gets Results
- 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
- Managing Your Boss
- About the Contributors
- Index
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- What Makes a Leader?
- What Makes an Effective Executive
- 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
- In Praise of the Incomplete Leader
- About the Contributors
- Index
-
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- What Is Strategy?
- 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
- Who Has the D? How Clear Decision Roles Enhance Organizational Performance
- About the Contributors
- Index
-
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail
- 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
- Why Change Programs Don’t Produce Change
- About the Contributors
- Index
Product information
- Title: HBR's 10 Must Reads Boxed Set (6 Books) (HBR's 10 Must Reads)
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2011
- Publisher(s): Harvard Business Review Press
- ISBN: 9781422183298
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