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Find the right person to help supercharge your career. Whether you’re eyeing a specific leadership role, hoping to advance your skills, or simply looking to broaden your professional network, you need to find someone who can help. Wait for a senior manager to come looking for you —and you’ll probably be waiting forever. Instead, you need to find the mentoring that will help you achieve your goals. Managed correctly, mentoring is a powerful and efficient tool for moving up. The HBR Guide to Getting the Mentoring You Need will help you get it right. You’ll learn how to:Find new ways to stand out in your organizationSet clear and realistic development goalsIdentify and build relationships with influential sponsorsGive back and bring value to mentors and senior advisersEvaluate your progress in reaching your professional goals

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The best leaders know how to communicate clearly and persuasively. How do you stack up? </p?If you read nothing else on communicating effectively, read these 10 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—successfullyConnect with your audienceEstablish credibilityInspire others to carry out your visionAdapt to stakeholders’ decision-making styleFrame goals around common interestsBuild consensus and win support

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ARE YOUR WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WORKING AGAINST YOU? To achieve your goals and get ahead, you need to rally people behind you and your ideas. But how do you do that when you lack formal authority? Or when you have a boss who gets in your way? Or when you’re juggling others’ needs at the expense of your own? By managing up, down, and across the organization. Your success depends on it, whether you’re a young professional or an experienced leader. The HBR Guide to Managing Up and Across will help you:Advance your agenda—and your career—with smarter networkingBuild relationships that bring targets and deadlines within reachPersuade decision makers to champion your initiativesCollaborate more effectively with colleaguesDeal with new, challenging, or incompetent bossesNavigate office politics

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MEET YOUR GOALS—ON TIME AND ON BUDGET. How do you rein in the scope of your project when you’ve got a group of demanding stakeholders breathing down your neck? And map out a schedule everyone can stick to? And motivate team members who have competing demands on their time and attention? Whether you’re managing your first project or just tired of improvising, this guide will give you the tools and confidence you need to define smart goals, meet them, and capture lessons learned so future projects go even more smoothly. The HBR Guide to Project Management will help you:Build a strong, focused teamBreak major objectives into manageable tasksCreate a schedule that keeps all the moving parts under controlMonitor progress toward your goalsManage stakeholders’ expectationsWrap up your project and gauge its success

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IS YOUR WORKLOAD SLOWING YOU—AND YOUR CAREER—DOWN? Your inbox is overflowing. You’re paralyzed because you have too much to do but don’t know where to start. Your to-do list never seems to get any shorter. You leave work exhausted but have little to show for it. It’s time to learn how to get the right work done. In the HBR Guide to Getting the Right Work Done , you’ll discover how to focus your time and energy where they will yield the greatest reward. Not only will you end each day knowing you made progress—your improved productivity will also set you apart from the pack. Whether you’re a new professional or an experienced one, this guide will help you:Prioritize and stay focusedWork less but accomplish moreStop bad habits and develop good onesBreak overwhelming projects into manageable piecesConquer e-mail overloadWrite to-do lists that really work

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DON’T LET YOUR FEAR OF FINANCE GET IN THE WAY OF YOUR SUCCESS Can you prepare a breakeven analysis? Do you know the difference between an income statement and a balance sheet? Or understand why a business that’s profitable can still go belly-up? Has your grasp of your company’s numbers helped—or hurt—your career? Whether you’re new to finance or you just need a refresher, this go-to guide will give you the tools and confidence you need to master the fundamentals, as all good managers must. The HBR Guide to Finance Basics for Managers will help you:Learn the language of financeCompare your firm’s financials with rivals’Shift your team’s focus from revenues to profitsAssess your vulnerability to industry downturnsUse financial data to defend budget requestsInvest smartly through cost/benefit analysis

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If you need the best practices and ideas for launching new ventures&#151;but don&#8217;t have time to find them&#151;this book is for you. Here are nine inspiring and useful perspectives, all in one place.This collection of HBR articles will help you:&#149; Zero in on your most promising prospects&#149; Set a clear direction for your start-up&#149; Test and revise your assumptions along the way&#149; Tackle risks that could sabotage your efforts&#149; Carve out opportunities in emerging markets&#149; Launch a start-up within your company&#149; Hand over the reins when it&#8217;s time

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If you need the best practices and ideas for achieving career growth and fulfillment–but don't have time to find them–this book is for you. Here are 9 inspiring and useful perspectives, all in one place.This collection of HBR articles will help you:– Break out of a career rut- Earn a spot on your company's high-potential list- Find out what's really holding you back- Get the kind of mentoring that leads to a promotion- Groom yourself for an external move- Turn the job you have into the job you want- Crack the code of C-suite entry- Take control of your career after being fired

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Beat local companies at their game.If you need the best practices and ideas for gaining market share in developing economies–but don't have time to find them–this book is for you. Here are 10 inspiring and useful perspectives, all in one place.This collection of HBR articles will help you:– Manage risk in unstable environments- Ward off political threats to your business- Customize your business model for emerging markets- Tailor your strategy to capitalize on countries' strengths- Gain ground on emerging giants- Compete in China's new high-tech market- Win the war for talent in developing economies- Serve the bottom of the pyramid profitably

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Revise your game plan–and profit from the change.If you need the best practices and ideas for creating business models that drive growth–but don't have time to find them–this book is for you. Here are 10 inspiring and useful perspectives, all in one place.This collection of HBR articles will help you:– Reinvent your business profitably- Set your model up for success with a winning competitive strategy- Test and change your assumptions about customers- Spot trends that could transform your business- Exploit disruptive technologies- Give traditional offerings a shot in the arm- Produce game changers for your industry or market- Build a new business in an established organization

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