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To innovate profitably, you need more than just creativity. Do you have what it takes? If you read nothing else on inspiring and executing innovation, 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 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 pursuingInnovate through the front lines—not just from the topAdapt innovations from the developing world to wealthier marketsTweak new ventures along the way using discovery-driven planningTailor your efforts to meet customers’ most pressing needsAvoid classic pitfalls such as stifling innovation with rigid processes

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This essential, comprehensive digital collection delivers the entire 12 books of the HBR’s 10 Must Reads series with over 120 Harvard Business Review articles.With this essential collection from Harvard Business Review, you’ll have the best management ideas and advice all in one place. Now offered as a comprehensive digital compilation, this set includes the entire library of Harvard Business Review articles (more than 120 of them) found in the HBR 10 Must Reads book series. From leadership and strategy to innovation and marketing, no other collection offers the top thinking from global experts on today’s most essential management topics.The collection includes must-have articles on the following topics: Leadership, Managing Yourself, Strategy, Managing People, Change Management, Communication, Innovation, Making Smart Decisions, Teams, Collaboration, and Strategic Marketing. In addition, you’ll get articles from the foundational HBR’s 10 Must Reads: The Essentials, which offers seminal pieces chosen by the editorial team at Harvard Business Review.Each book is 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, Renée Mauborgne and much more.The HBR’s 10 Must Reads Collection includes:HBR’s 10 Must Reads: The EssentialsThis 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 YourselfThe 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 PeopleManaging 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 LeadershipAre 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 StrategyIs 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 ManagementMost 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.HBR’s 10 Must Reads on InnovationTo innovate profitably, you need more than just creativity. Learn how to decide which ideas are worth pursuing, innovate through the front lines, tailor your efforts to meet customer’s needs, and avoid classic pitfalls. This book includes the bonus article “The Discipline of Innovation” by Peter F. Drucker.HBR’s 10 Must Reads on CommunicationThe best leaders know how to communicate clearly and persuasively. From connecting with the audience and establishing credibility to inspiring others to carry out your vision, get the skills you need to express your ideas with clarity and impact—no matter what the situation. This book includes the bonus article “The Necessary Art of Persuasion” by Jay A. Conger.HBR’s 10 Must Reads on CollaborationJoin forces with others inside and outside your organization to solve your toughest problems. Learn how to forge strong relationships, build a collaborative culture, and manage conflict wisely. This book includes the bonus article “Social Intelligence and the Biology of Leadership” by Daniel Goleman and Richard Boyatzis.HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Strategic Marketing Reinvent your marketing by putting it—and your customers—at the center of your business. Leading experts provide the insights and advice you need to figure out what business you’re really in, uncover your brand’s strengths and weaknesses, and end the war between sales and marketing. This book includes the bonus article “Marketing Myopia” by Theodore Levitt.HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Making Smart DecisionsDiscover why bad decisions happen to good managers—and how to make better ones. Get the skills you need to make bold decisions that challenge the status quo, support your decisions with data, and foster and address constructive criticism. This book includes the bonus article “Before You Make that Big Decision …” by Daniel Kahneman, Dan Lovallo, and Olivier Sibony.HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Teams Most teams underperform. Yours can beat the odds. Learn how to boost team performance through mutual accountability, motivate large, diverse groups to tackle complex projects, and increase your teams’ emotional intelligence. This book includes the bonus article “The Discipline of Teams” by John R. Katzenbach and Douglas K. Smith.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.

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Becoming a great leader takes work. This digital collection from Harvard Business Review offers the ideas and strategies to help get you there.The HBR’s 10 Must Reads Leader’s Collection includes digital editions of all the Harvard Business Review articles found in the popular books HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Leadership, HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself, and HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Strategy. This curated compilation offers insights from world-class experts on the topics most important to your success as a leader. You’ll learn the skills and attitudes that turn a good leader into an extraordinary one, how to inspire others and improve team performance, how to galvanize your organization’s strategy development and execution, and the best ways to chart your own path to professional success. The collection includes thirty articles from renowned thought leaders such as Michael Porter, Peter Drucker, John Kotter, Daniel Goleman, W. Chan Kim, and Renée Mauborgne, as well as the bonus award-winning article “How Will You Measure Your Life?” by Clayton Christensen.It’s time to transform yourself from a good manager into a great leader. The HBR’s 10 Must Reads Leader’s Collection will help you do just that—and will become an invaluable addition to your management toolkit.The HBR’s 10 Must Reads Leader’s Collection includes:HBR’s 10 Must Reads on LeadershipAre 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 Managing YourselfThe 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 StrategyIs 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.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.

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Managing people is fraught with challenges—even if you're a seasoned manager. Here's how to handle them. If you read nothing else on managing people, read these 10 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 peopleMotivate with more responsibility, not more moneySupport first-time managersBuild trust by soliciting inputTeach smart people how to learn from failureBuild high-performing teamsManage your boss This collection of best-selling 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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Most company's change initiatives fail. Yours don't have to. If you read nothing else on change management, read these 10 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 stagesEstablish a sense of urgencyOvercome addiction to the status quoMobilize commitmentSilence naysayersMinimize the pain of changeConcentrate resourcesMotivate change when business is good This collection of best-selling 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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The path to your professional success starts with a critical look in the mirror. If you read nothing else on managing yourself, read these 10 articles ( plus the bonus article “How Will You Measure Your Life?” by Clayton M. Christensen ). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles to select the most important ones to help you maximize yourself. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself will inspire you to:Stay engaged throughout your 50+-year work lifeTap into your deepest valuesSolicit candid feedbackReplenish physical and mental energyBalance work, home, community, and selfSpread positive energy throughout your organizationRebound from tough timesDecrease distractibility and frenzyDelegate and develop employees' initiative</pThis collection of best-selling articles includes: bonus article “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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Is your company spending too much time on strategy development—with too little to show for it? If you read nothing else on strategy, read these 10 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 rivalsClarify what your company will and won't doCraft a vision for an uncertain futureCreate blue oceans of uncontested market spaceUse the Balanced Scorecard to measure your strategyCapture your strategy in a memorable phraseMake priorities explicitAllocate resources earlyClarify decision rights for faster decision making This collection of best-selling 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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Go from being a good manager to an extraordinary leader. If you read nothing else on leadership, read these 10 articles ( featuring “What Makes an Effective Executive,” by Peter F. Drucker ). 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 excelBuild your team's self-confidence in othersProvoke positive changeSet directionEncourage smart risk-takingManage with tough empathyCredit others for your successIncrease self-awarenessDraw strength from adversity This collection of best-selling articles includes: featured article «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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Change is the one constant in business, and we must adapt or face obsolescence. Yet certain challenges never go away. That's what makes this book «must read.» These are the 10 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. If you read nothing else – full stop – read:Michael Porter on creating competitive advantage and distinguishing your company from rivalsJohn Kotter on leading change through eight critical stagesDaniel Goleman on using emotional intelligence to maximize performancePeter Drucker on managing your career by evaluating your own strengths and weaknessesClay Christensen on orchestrating innovation within established organizationsTom Davenport on using analytics to determine how to keep your customers loyalRobert Kaplan and David Norton on measuring your company's strategy with the Balanced ScorecardRosabeth Moss Kanter on avoiding common mistakes when pushing innovation forwardTed Levitt on understanding who your customers are and what they really wantC. K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel on identifying the unique, integrated systems that support your strategy

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Put an end to miscommunication and inefficiency—and tap into the strengths of your diverse team. If you read nothing else on managing across cultures, read these 10 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 differAdopt a common language for more efficient communicationUse the diverse perspectives of your employees to find new business opportunitiesTake varying cultural practices into account when resolving ethical issuesAccommodate and plan for your expatriate employees This collection of articles includes «Cultural Intelligence,» by P. Christopher Earley and Elaine Mosakowski; «Managing Multicultural Teams,» by Jeanne Brett, Kristin Behfar, and Mary C. Kern; «L'Oreal Masters Multiculturalism,» by Hae-Jung Hong and Yves Doz; «Making Differences Matter: A New Paradigm for Managing Diversity,» by David A. Thomas and Robin J. Ely; «Navigating the Cultural Minefield,» by Erin Meyer; «Values in Tension: Ethics Away from Home,» by Thomas Donaldson; «Global Business Speaks English,» by Tsedal Neeley; «10 Rules for Managing Global Innovation,» by Keeley Wilson and Yves L. Doz; «Lost in Translation,» by Fons Trompenaars and Peter Woolliams; and «The Right Way to Manage Expats,» by J. Stewart Black and Hal B. Gregersen.

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