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The one primer you need to develop your managerial and leadership skills. Whether you’re a new manager or looking to have more influence in your current management role, the challenges you face come in all shapes and sizes--a direct report’s anxious questions, your boss’s last-minute assignment of an important presentation, or a blank business case staring you in the face. To reach your full potential in these situations, you need to master a new set of business and personal skills. Packed with step-by-step advice and wisdom fromHarvard Business Review’s management archive, theHBR Manager’s Handbook provides best practices on topics from understanding key financial statements and the fundamentals of strategy to emotional intelligence and building your employees’ trust. The book’s brief sections allow you to home in quickly on the solutions you need right away--or take a deeper dive if you need more context. Keep this comprehensive guide with you throughout your career and be a more impactful leader in your organization. In theHBR Manager’s Handbook you’ll find: - Step-by-step guidance through common managerial tasks - Short sections and chapters that you can turn to quickly as a need arises - Self-assessments throughout - Exercises and templates to help you practice and apply the concepts in the book - Concise explanations of the latest research and thinking on important management skills fromHarvard Business Review experts such as Dan Goleman, Clayton Christensen, John Kotter, and Michael Porter - Real-life stories from working managers - Recaps and action items at the end of each chapter that allow you to reinforce or review the ideas quickly The skills covered in the book include: - Transitioning into a leadership role - Building trust and credibility - Developing emotional intelligence - Becoming a person of influence - Developing yourself as a leader - Giving effective feedback - Leading teams - Fostering creativity - Mastering the basics of strategy - Learning to use financial tools - Developing a business case

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"Whether you are new to being a boss or are simply looking to stand out from the pack, this is the one primer you need to develop your managerial and leadership skills. Packed with step-by-step advice and wisdom from HBR's management archive, the book provides best practices on topics from building credibility and emotional intelligence to hiring and engaging the best employees, as well as understanding key financial statements and the fundamentals of strategy. Keep this comprehensive guide with you as you grow as a leader and you will have a bigger impact in your organization and on your career."--

Make every minute count. Your calendar is full, and yet your meetings don’t always seem to advance your work. Problems often arise with unrealistic or vague agendas, off-track conversations, tuned-out participants who don’t know why they’re there, and follow-up notes that no one reads--or acts on. Meetings can feel like a waste of time. But when you invest a little energy in preparing yourself and your participants, you’ll stay focused, solve problems, gain consensus, and leave each meeting ready to take action. With input from over 20 experts combined with useful checklists, sample agendas, and follow-up memos, theHBR Guide to Making Every Meeting Matter will teach you how to: * Set and communicate your meeting’s purpose * Invite the right people * Prepare an achievable agenda * Moderate a lively conversation * Regain control of a wayward meeting * Ensure follow-through without babysitting or haranguing Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, from a source you trust. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges.

HBR Guide to Making Every Meeting Matter (HBR Guide Series)

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Communicate Better with Everyone (HBR Working Parents Series)

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John H. Zenger

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Lifelong Learning (with Bonus Article the Right Mindset for Success with Carol Dweck)

Virtual Collaboration (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series)

Learn how to be strategic and formidable in all aspects of negotiation -- from readingthe room, to staying cool, to achieving the best outcome. If you read nothing else on negotiation, read these 10 articles. We've combed throughhundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most importantones to help you clinch successful deals in business and beyond. This book will inspire you to: Control the negotiation even before you enter the room Understand your counterpart's position and gain their trust Keep your negotiations from becoming confrontations Understand the rules of negotiating across cultures Find ways to expand the pie for all involved Set the stage for a healthy relationship after the ink has dried Know when to walk away from a deal

Hbr's 10 Must Reads on Negotiation (with Bonus Article "15 Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer" by Deepak Malhotra)

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leading Digital Transformation (with Bonus Article How Apple Is Organized for Innovation by Joel M. Podolny and Morten T. Hansen)

We’ve combed through the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year ofHarvard Business Review to help you get up to speed fast on the relevant trends driving business today. Revisit these topics now to make sure you’re incorporating the smartest, most up-to-date thinking in your organization, or keep this book as a reference so you can access these important pieces when you need them most. The collection includes articles on leadership, strategy, and innovation, as well as articles that will help you manage yourself and others. A year’s worth of management wisdom, all inone place.

The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review (HBR's 10 Must Reads)

HBR's 10 Must Reads 2017

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