-Titulo Original : The Social Life Of Information: Updated, With A New Preface-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: Understand the human place in a digital world. “Should be read by anyone interested in understanding the future,” The Times Literary Supplement raved about the original edition of The Social Life of Information. We’re now living in that future, and one of the seminal books of the Internet Age is more relevant than ever. The future was a place where technology was supposed to empower individuals and obliterate social organizations. Pundits predicted that information technology would spell the end of almost everything from mass media to bureaucracies, universities, politics, and governments. Clearly, we are not living in that future. The Social Life of Information explains why. John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid show us how to look beyond mere information to the social context that creates and gives meaning to it. Arguing elegantly for the important role that human sociability plays, even perhaps especially in the digital world, The Social Life of Information gives us an optimistic look beyond the simplicities of information and individuals. It shows how a better understanding of the contribution that communities, organizations, and institutions make to learning, working, and innovating can lead to the richest possible use of technology in our work and everyday lives. With a new introduction by David Weinberger and reflections by the authors on developments since the book’s first publication, this new edition is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the human place in a digital world. Review Praise for The Social Life of Information: “A thoughtful and challenging read that belongs on the bookshelf of anyone trying to invent or make sense of the new world of information.” Amazon “Essential Reading for Modern Managers” Businessweek “An intellectual gem” Publisher’s Weekly “This deserves to be one of the best-read books of the internet age.” The Financial Times “The Social Life of Information will help technologists keep an eye on the bigger picture and avoid the tunnel vision that can lead promising companies down blind alleys.” Eric Schmidt About the Author John Seely Brown ( JSB) was the Chief Scientist of Xerox Corporation, as well as the director of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. He is currently a visiting scholar and adviser to the provost at the University of Southern California and the Independent Co-Chairman for Deloitte’s Center for the Edge. His personal research interests include new approaches to learning, digital youth culture, digital media, and the application of technology to accelerate deep learning within and across organizational boundaries. Paul Duguid is an adjunct full professor in the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley. He was formerly Professorial Research Fellow at Queen Mary, University of London. Earlier, he was affiliated with the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center and the Institute for Research on Learning. Duguid has sought to investigate problems that arise from reducing the complexities and richness of human insight and communication to the mere appropriation and exchange of information...

-Titulo Original : Smart Growth: How To Grow Your People To Grow Your Company-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: Creating a culture of learning and growthGrowth is the goal. Helping people develop their potential-enabling them to articulate and become the self they want to be, are capable of being, and that best serves them and others in the short and long term-is what we as individuals and leaders strive toward.But how do we grow? It turns out it happens in a predictable way, which means we can understand where we are in our growth and chart a way forward. In this compact, complete guide, Whitney Johnson dives more deeply than ever into the S Curve of Learning so that you can envision how growth happens and direct yourself and others in your organization to create a culture that fosters it.The growth and learning journey comes in three phases: the Launch Point, the Sweet Spot, and Mastery. Compelling examples of successful people will show you when and why growth is slow, how to keep going, what to do when growth and learning are almost too fast to keep up with, and how to leap from one growth journey to another.As individuals grow, so do organizations and societies. Growth is learning put into action-action that betters the world as we better ourselves and our small niches, both personal and professional, within it. Growth occurs when learning is internalized-when we try something new and invest the effort to move it from being something we do to something we are. Review Johnson is equal parts practical and inspiring. - Publishers WeeklyAdvance Praise for Smart Growth:This book is tremendous. I couldnt stop reading. An elegantly simple framework and a seriously smart book. - Stephen M. R. Covey, bestselling author, The Speed of TrustThis is a groundbreaking book in a class by itself. It hooked me with the first sentence, and it kept getting more intriguing. Smart Growth is required reading for anyone interested in growing a company in the most satisfying ways. - Bob Proctor, bestselling author, You Were Born RichSimply genius. Brava! - Nancy Duarte, CEO, Duarte, Inc.; bestselling author, slide:ology and ResonateIts rare that a book makes me slow down and immerse myself, but Smart Growth did just that. It had me thinking about my own growth. I cant recommend this book highly enough. - Tom Rath, New York Times bestselling author, How Full Is Your Bucket? and StrengthsFinder 2.0If I were a CEO, Id want every one of my leaders to read this human, engaging, and realistic book about building high-performance, high-growth teams. - Rita McGrath, Professor, Columbia Business School; bestselling author, Seeing Around CornersJohnson offers actionable advice on how to love our lives and do our best work. I loved this book! - Kim Scott, New York Times bestselling author, Radical Candor and Just WorkWhitney Johnson has written a true masterpiece. Her model is instructive and straightforward. I love, love, love the case studies. Yes, its a serious study, but its also a true, genuine page-turner. - Tom Peters, bestselling coauthor, In Search of Excellence About the Author Whitney Johnson is the CEO of Disruption Advisors, a tech-enabled talent development company, and an expert on smart growth leadership: growing your people to grow your company. Thinkers50 ranked her among the top ten management thinkers in the world in 2021, and in 2020 she was a Top Voice on LinkedIn, where she has 1.8 million followers. Johnson is an award-winning author, world-class keynote speaker, frequent lecturer for Harvard Business Publishings Corporate Learning division, and an award-winning executive coach and adviser to CEOs. She is the author of several bestselling books, including Disrupt Yourself and Build an A-Team, and hosts the weekly Disrupt Yourself podcast. You can reach her at wj@whitneyjohnson ...

-Titulo Original : Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition How To Create Uncontested Market Space And Make The Competition Irrelevant-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: OVER 4 MILLION COPIES SOLDWALL STREET JOURNAL AND BUSINESSWEEK BESTSELLERRECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC AND IMPACTFUL STRATEGY BOOKS EVER WRITTENThe global phenomenon that has sold over 4 million copies, is published in a record-breaking 46 languages and is a bestseller across five continents--now updated and expanded with new content. Named by Fast Company as one of the most influential leadership books in its Leadership Hall of Fame. A strategy classic.In this perennial bestseller, embraced by organizations and industries worldwide, globally preeminent management thinkers W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne challenge everything you thought you knew about the requirements for strategic success. Recognized as one of the most iconic and impactful strategy books ever written, BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY, now updated with fresh content from the authors, argues that cutthroat competition results in nothing but a bloody red ocean of rivals fighting over a shrinking profit pool. Based on a study of 150 strategic moves (spanning more than 100 years across 30 industries), the authors argue that lasting success comes not from battling competitors but from creating blue oceans--untapped new market spaces ripe for growth.BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY presents a systematic approach to making the competition irrelevant and outlines principles and tools any organization can use to create and capture their own blue oceans. This expanded edition includes:A new preface by the authors: Help! My Ocean Is Turning RedUpdates on all cases and examples in the book, bringing their stories up to the present timeTwo new chapters and an expanded third one--Alignment, Renewal, and Red Ocean Traps --that address the most pressing questions readers have asked over the past 10 yearsA landmark work that upends traditional thinking about strategy, this bestselling book charts a bold new path to winning the future. Consider this your guide to creating uncontested market space--and making the competition irrelevant.To learn more about the power of BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY, visit blueoceanstrategy . There youll find all the resources you need--from ideas in practice and cases from government and private industry, to teaching materials, mobile apps, real-time updates, and tips and tools to help you make your blue ocean journey a success. Review one of the bestselling business books of the century -- Financial TimesBlue Ocean Strategy is the most successful book on business master-planning -- The EconomistA great read for any leader looking to get a real edge in business and establish a real competitive advantage in the market. -- Qantas The Australian WayPraise for Blue Ocean Strategy:A bestseller across 5 continentsMore than 4 million copies sold worldwideTranslated into 46 languagesA Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, and Fast Company bestsellerThinkers50 Strategy Award for Best Business Book of the decadeThe Fast Company Leadership Hall of FameWinner of the Carl S. Sloane Award for Excellence in Management Consulting About the Author W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne are Professors of Strategy at INSEAD and Codirectors of the INSEAD Blue Ocean Strategy Institute. They are the authors of the New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller, BLUE OCEAN SHIFT and the international bestseller BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY, which is recognized as one of the most iconic and impactful strategy books ever written. Blue Ocean Strategy has sold over 4 million copies, is being published in a record-breaking 46 languages, and is a bestseller across five continents. In 2019, Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne were named the worlds most influential business thinkers by Thinkers50. They are the recipients of numerous academic and management awards around the world including the Nobels Colloquia Prize for Leadership on Business and Economic Thinking, the Carl S. Sloane Award by the Association of Management Consulting Firms, the Leadership Hall of Fame...

-Titulo Original : Playing To Win How Strategy Really Works-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: Are you just playing-or playing to win?Strategy is not complex. But it is hard. It’s hard because it forces people and organizations to make specific choices about their future-something that doesn’t happen in most companies.Now two of today’s best-known business thinkers get to the heart of strategy-explaining what it’s for, how to think about it, why you need it, and how to get it done. And they use one of the most successful corporate turnarounds of the past century, which they achieved together, to prove their point.A.G. Lafley, former CEO of Procter & Gamble, in close partnership with strategic adviser Roger Martin, doubled P&G’s sales, quadrupled its profits, and increased its market value by more than $100 billion in just ten years. Now, drawn from their years of experience at P&G and the Rotman School of Management, where Martin is dean, this book shows how leaders in organizations of all sizes can guide everyday actions with larger strategic goals built around the clear, essential elements that determine business success-where to play and how to win.The result is a playbook for winning. Lafley and Martin have created a set of five essential strategic choices that, when addressed in an integrated way, will move you ahead of your competitors. They are:* What is our winning aspiration?* Where will we play?* How will we win?* What capabilities must we have in place to win?* What management systems are required to support our choices?The stories of how P&G repeatedly won by applying this method to iconic brands such as Olay, Bounty, Gillette, Swiffer, and Febreze clearly illustrate how deciding on a strategic approach-and then making the right choices to support it-makes the difference between just playing the game and actually winning. Review “One of the best books on Strategy is Roger Martin and A. G. Lafleys Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works.” - TIME magazine“Winner - Thinkers50 Best Book Award 2012 and 2013.” - Thinkers50 (thinkers50 )“Playing to Win is a rare tale from the front lines of business and from two of its smartest minds.” - Washington Post“[Playing to Win]: How Strategy Really Works may be the best business and strategy book I’ve read since Michael Porter. There is plenty of practical advice, including the fact that business people often confuse a vision for a strategy. Instead, the authors claim “winning through distinctive choices is the always-and-forever job of every strategist.” - Jonathan Becher, SAP via Forbes Lafley and Martin have artfully combined two virtues that dont often mix: rigor and brevity. Winning strategy doesnt come from inspirational happy-talk; it comes from deeply substantive hard thinking, and they tell us how its done, with many examples. The book is short, crisp, a pleasure to read. - Fortune“I doubt there are two more intelligent business minds out there than Lafley and Martin. Playing to Win meets the high expectations raised by those two names, and is the best business book I’ve read so far this year.” - Jack Covert, 800 CEO READ“clear and effective” - WSJ (Wall Street Journal) “Read their book. They, in turn, are sure to inspire you.” - Forbes I hate CEO books...[but]...this book totally rocks. Its a beautiful manual...a triumph. - Tom Keene, Bloomberg TV“This is a fascinating tale, featuring a cast of familiar brands, including Pampers, Tide and Olay, each of which went through a transformation under Mr. Lafley’s eye.” - The Economist“this new offering by former Procter & Gamble CEO Lafley (coauthor of The Game-Changer) and Martin (dean of the Rotman School of Management and author of Fixing the Game) is a clear standout…This collection of insights and captivating examples about strategy is a must-read for leaders at any level in the for-profit or not-for-profit world.” - Publishers Weekly“Strategy lessons, 101… a manual for strategy practitioners.” - Financial Times“The many stories from one of the biggest consum...

-Titulo Original : Financial Intelligence, Revised Edition A Managers Guide To Knowing What The Numbers Really Mean-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: The book Inc. magazine calls one of the best, clearest guides to the numbers on the market.Inc. magazine calls it one of the best, clearest guides to the numbers on the market. Readers agree, saying its exactly what I need to know and calling it a must-read for decision makers without expertise in finance.Since its release in 2006, Financial Intelligence has become a favorite among managers who need a guided tour through the numbers--helping them to understand not only what the numbers really mean, but also why they matter.This new, completely updated edition brings the numbers up to date and continues to teach the basics of finance to managers who need to use financial data to drive their business. It also addresses issues that have become even more important in recent years--including questions around the financial crisis and those around broader financial and accounting literacy.Accessible, jargon-free, and filled with entertaining stories of real companies, Financial Intelligence gives nonfinancial managers the confidence to understand the nuance beyond the numbers--to help bring everyday work to a new level. Review Nonfinancial managers will appreciate this nontechnical, in-depth guided tour through financial statements and financial concepts and analysis. -- Choice Magazine About the Author Karen Berman and Joseph Knight are the founders of the Los Angeles-based Business Literacy Institute. They train managers at organizations such as American Express, P&G, Pacific Life, GM and Tyco International. They have been interviewed in a wide range of print media including BusinessWeek, USA Today and the Los Angeles Times...

-Titulo Original : The Innovators Dilemma When New Technologies Cause Great Firms To Fail (management Of Innovation And Change)-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: Named one of 100 Leadership & Success Books to Read in a Lifetime by Amazon EditorsA Wall Street Journal and Businessweek bestseller. Named by Fast Company as one of the most influential leadership books in its Leadership Hall of Fame. An innovation classic. From Steve Jobs to Jeff Bezos, Clay Christensen’s work continues to underpin today’s most innovative leaders and organizations.The bestselling classic on disruptive innovation, by renowned author Clayton M. Christensen.His work is cited by the world’s best-known thought leaders, from Steve Jobs to Malcolm Gladwell. In this classic bestseller-one of the most influential business books of all time-innovation expert Clayton Christensen shows how even the most outstanding companies can do everything right-yet still lose market leadership.Christensen explains why most companies miss out on new waves of innovation. No matter the industry, he says, a successful company with established products will get pushed aside unless managers know how and when to abandon traditional business practices.Offering both successes and failures from leading companies as a guide, The Innovator’s Dilemma gives you a set of rules for capitalizing on the phenomenon of disruptive innovation.Sharp, cogent, and provocative-and consistently noted as one of the most valuable business ideas of all time-The Innovator’s Dilemma is the book no manager, leader, or entrepreneur should be without. Review A Wall Street Journal and Businessweek bestseller. Named by Fast Company as one of the most influential leadership books in its Leadership Hall of Fame.“His book, one of the most significant business books of the past 50 years, became a mammoth bestseller, and its title entered the language.” - Fortune magazine“Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dilemma is the foundational read for managing disruptive innovation.” - Steve Blank, Silicon Valley serial-entrepreneur and academician, as seen in strategybusiness magazine“This is an important read, even if you’re at the very early stages of growing a startup.” - Drew Houston, CEO, DropboxPraise for The Innovator’s Dilemma and Clayton M. Christensen:Forbes“[Clayton Christensen is] one of the most influential business theorists of the last fifty years.”The Financial Times“The Innovator’s Dilemma achieves a rare feat: It is at once a satisfying intellectual solution to a long-standing business puzzle and a practical guide for executives and investors.” Wired“. . . Required reading in Silicon Valley, where it has been championed by the likes of Steve Jobs, George Gilder, and Andy Grove.”The Huffington Post“A seminal book.”Bloomberg Businessweek“A holy book for entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley . . .” Fortune“The notion of ‘disruptive technology’ is one of the timeliest ideas of the Internet age. Coined by Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen, it’s at the heart of his influential book The Innovator’s Dilemma.” About the Author Clayton M. Christensen is the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He is the author of eight critically acclaimed books, including the bestsellers The Innovator’s Solution, How Will You Measure Your Life?, and Disrupting Class. Christensen is the cofounder of Innosight, a management consultancy; Rose Park Advisors, an investment firm; and the Innosight Institute, a nonprofit think tank...

-Titulo Original : Competing In The Age Of Ai Strategy And Leadership When Algorithms And Networks Run The World-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: a provocative new book -- The New York TimesAI-centric organizations exhibit a new operating architecture, redefining how they create, capture, share, and deliver value.Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani show how reinventing the firm around data, analytics, and AI removes traditional constraints on scale, scope, and learning that have restricted business growth for hundreds of years. From Airbnb to Ant Financial, Microsoft to Amazon, research shows how AI-driven processes are vastly more scalable than traditional processes, allow massive scope increase, enabling companies to straddle industry boundaries, and create powerful opportunities for learning--to drive ever more accurate, complex, and sophisticated predictions.When traditional operating constraints are removed, strategy becomes a whole new game, one whose rules and likely outcomes this book will make clear. Iansiti and Lakhani:Present a framework for rethinking business and operating modelsExplain how collisions between AI-driven/digital and traditional/analog firms are reshaping competition, altering the structure of our economy, and forcing traditional companies to rearchitect their operating modelsExplain the opportunities and risks created by digital firmsDescribe the new challenges and responsibilities for the leaders of both digital and traditional firmsPacked with examples--including many from the most powerful and innovative global, AI-driven competitors--and based on research in hundreds of firms across many sectors, this is your essential guide for rethinking how your firm competes and operates in the era of AI. Review Gold Medal Winner for Best Artificial Intelligence/Robotics/Algorithms Book in the 2021 Axiom Business Book AwardsNamed one of the Top Ten Technology Books Of 2020 - ForbesNamed a Best Leadership Book of 2020 by Leadership NowNamed one of the Best Business Books 2020: Strategy by strategybusinessNamed one of Bloombergs 20 Best Books on Business and LeadershipNamed one of 16 New Business Books You Need to Read in 2020 by Inc. magazineThis book is a comprehensive guide to how artificial intelligence is built and can be easily understood by non-technical professionals. As AI and big data become ever more central to business success, this book is essential reading. - Forbesyour essential guide for rethinking how your firm competes and operates in the era of AI. - Irish Tech NewsAdvance Praise for Competing in the Age of AI:Iansiti and Lakhani have written an important book that explains whats required to rethink the firm and become an AI-first company. Anyone interested in the impact of AI should read this book. -- Satya Nadella, CEO, MicrosoftWith the rise of our digital economy and artificial intelligence, the landscape of disruption is shifting in remarkable ways. Competing in the Age of AI is a compelling and mandatory read for leaders hoping to survive in the new world of business. -- Clayton Christensen, Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; author, Wall Street Journal and >Businessweek bestseller The Innovators DilemmaCompeting in the Age of AI captures the essence of trends were seeing across the business landscape: If youre not leveraging AI and machine learning to guide real-time decision making, youre on the precipice of disruption from competitors who are. -- Dave Munichiello, General Partner, GV (formerly Google Ventures)The ethical and business implications of AI are gradually revealing themselves as more and more AIs are plucked from research labs and deployed in the wild. Iansiti and Lakhanis book is a great foundation for any business professional who hopes to succeed in this evolving environment. -- Tim Brady, Partner, Y CombinatorThis book provides insight into working more effectively with AI experts and better equips executives to make important decisions in their AI journeys. -- Abidali Neemuchwala, CEO and Managing Dire...

-Titulo Original : Primal Leadership, With A New Preface By The Authors Unleashing The Power Of Emotional Intelligence-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: This is the book that established “emotional intelligence” in the business lexicon-and made it a necessary skill for leaders.Managers and professionals across the globe have embraced Primal Leadership, affirming the importance of emotionally intelligent leadership. Its influence has also reached well beyond the business world: the book and its ideas are now used routinely in universities, business and medical schools, and professional training programs, and by a growing legion of professional coaches.This refreshed edition, with a new preface by the authors, vividly illustrates the power-and the necessity-of leadership that is self-aware, empathic, motivating, and collaborative in a world that is ever more economically volatile and technologically complex. It is even timelier now than when it was originally published.From bestselling authors Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee, this groundbreaking book remains a must-read for anyone who leads or aspires to lead.Also available in ebook format wherever ebooks are sold. Review A New York Times Book Review, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Globe and Mail, Boston Globe, and Booklist bestseller.“Primal Leadership reassesses what makes a great leader.” - TIME“Invigorating.” - USA Today“a timely resource for those aspiring to lead on the cutting edge of todays business environment.” “Thoroughly action-oriented, it breaks down the qualities making up primal-or resonant-leadership, discussing how to develop each one, with specific examples from various organizations.” - TD magazine (American Society for Training & Development)“[A] fascinating account of how emotions are at the heart of effective leadership. Filled with practical advice backed up by research, this book is a gem-smart reading for students and leaders alike.” - David Gergen, Professor of Public Service and Director, Center for Public Leadership, John F. Kennedy School, Harvard University“Sound and practical advice on leading effectively, based on science and business experience, from the leader in the field of emotional intelligence.” - Martin Seligman, Fox Leadership Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania About the Author Daniel Goleman is an internationally known psychologist and author of the bestselling Emotional Intelligence. Richard Boyatzis is Distinguished University Professor at Case Western Reserve University, and an expert in the field of emotional intelligence. Annie McKee is a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and adviser to leaders around the globe...

-Titulo Original : The Heart Of Business Leadership Principles For The Next Era Of Capitalism-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: A Wall Street Journal BestsellerNamed a Financial Times top titleHow to unleash human magic and achieve improbable results.Hubert Joly, former CEO of Best Buy and orchestrator of the retailers spectacular turnaround, unveils his personal playbook for achieving extraordinary outcomes by putting people and purpose at the heart of business.Back in 2012, Everyone thought we were going to die, says Joly. Eight years later, Best Buy was transformed as Joly and his team rebuilt the company into one of the nations favorite employers, vastly increased customer satisfaction, and dramatically grew Best Buys stock price. Joly and his team also succeeded in making Best Buy a leader in sustainability and innovation.In The Heart of Business, Joly shares the philosophy behind the resurgence of Best Buy: pursue a noble purpose, put people at the center of the business, create an environment where every employee can blossom, and treat profit as an outcome, not the goal.This approach is easy to understand, but putting it into practice is not so easy. It requires radically rethinking how we view work, how we define companies, how we motivate, and how we lead. In this book Joly shares memorable stories, lessons, and practical advice, all drawn from his own personal transformation from a hard-charging McKinsey consultant to a leader who believes in human magic.The Heart of Business is a timely guide for leaders ready to abandon old paradigms and lead with purpose and humanity. It shows how we can reinvent capitalism so that it contributes to a sustainable future. Review Named one of the Best Books of the Year by BloombergThis is one of those candid books about life at the top that you will want to read for its own magic. - The Institute of Leadership and Management Edge magazineHubert Joly is one of my business heroes. ...A new age of business requires a new approach to leadership…To understand the new model, read this book. - Alan Murray, FORTUNEJoly, former CEO of Best Buy, debuts with a striking call to action for managers of companies large and small to make business and the world better places. - Publishers WeeklyAdvance Praise for The Heart of Business:The Heart of Business will be the defining business book of this decade. Hubert Joly shares his highly successful, simple, profound insights that reprioritize purpose, people, and profit. His proven philosophies are a brilliant guide for all leaders and companies preparing to rapidly pivot toward serving all stakeholders in this new age of inclusive capitalism. - Angela Ahrendts, former Senior Vice President, Apple Retail; former CEO, BurberryBest Buys turnaround under Hubert Jolys leadership was remarkable-a case study that should and will be taught in business schools around the world. Bold and thoughtful-he has a lot to teach. - Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO, AmazonLeaders often focus on the technology and business transformations underway. In The Heart of Business, Hubert Joly shows us what true and effective leadership is really about: articulating a noble purpose, putting people at the center, embracing all stakeholders, and treating profit as an outcome. - Aicha Evans, CEO, ZooxHubert Joly is a refreshing voice on organizational transformation, and with The Heart of Business he now shares an equally visionary perspective on the next potential phase of stakeholder capitalism. This is must-read material for anyone looking to understand modern business as a force for global good, the changing nature of leadership, and why deep purpose needs to be at the heart of everything we do. - Alex Gorsky, Chairman and CEO, Johnson & JohnsonIn his inspiring and transformative book, The Heart of Business, Hubert Joly uses his years of experience at Best Buy to clearly show the importance of purposeful and human leadership and how to implement it. This playbook for unleashing human magic will change hearts and minds not only on how companies ...

-Titulo Original : Master Your Next Move, With A New Introduction The Essential Companion To The First 90 Days-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: Your next professional move can make or break your career. Are you ready?In business, especially today, you are only as successful as your next career transition. Do well, and youll be on the fast track to even more challenging roles. Fail, and you could irreparably harm your career--and your organization.In his international bestseller The First 90 Days, transition guru Michael D. Watkins outlined a set of basic principles for getting up to speed quickly in new professional roles. Since that book was published Watkins has worked with thousands of leaders, helping them to accelerate their transitions. These leaders posed challenging questions on how to apply the basic principles in real-life situations. The truth that emerged: the First 90 Days framework can be applied in every transition, but the way you apply it is entirely different when you have been promoted to a higher level than it is when you are joining a new organization or taking a role in a different country.Master Your Next Move answers a distinct need, focusing on the most common types of transitions leaders face and the unique challenges posed by each. Based on years of research, and now with a new introduction, this indispensable book explores eight crucial transitions virtually everyone encounters during their career, including promotion, leading former peers, onboarding into a new company, making an international move, and turning around a business in crisis.With real-world examples and many practical models and tools, Master Your Next Move is your guide to surviving and thriving as you make your next move . . . and every one after that. About the Author Michael D. Watkins, PhD, is the worlds foremost expert on accelerating leadership transitions. He is cofounder of Genesis, a leadership development consultancy based in Boston, Massachusetts, and author of the international bestseller The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter (Harvard Business Review Press, 2013), which was named one of the 100 Leadership and Success Books to Read in a Lifetime by Amazon editors in 2016.Author social media/website info: twitter /michaeldwatkins?lang=en, genesisadvisers /, linkedin /in/michaeldwatkin...

-Titulo Original : How Finance Works The Hbr Guide To Thinking Smart About The Numbers-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: Based on a popular class taught by a Harvard Business School professor.If youre not a numbers person, then finance can be intimidating and easy to ignore. But if you want to advance in your career, youll need to make smart financial decisions and develop the confidence to clearly communicate those decisions to others.In How Finance Works, Mihir Desai--a professor at Harvard Business School and author of The Wisdom of Finance--guides you into the complex but endlessly fascinating world of finance, demystifying it in the process.Through entertaining case studies, interactive exercises, full-color visuals, and a conversational style that belies the topic, Professor Desai tackles a broad range of topics that will give you the knowledge and skills you need to finally understand how finance works. These include:How different financial levers can affect a companys performanceThe different ways in which companies fund their operations and investmentsWhy finance is more concerned with cash flow than profitsHow value is created, measured, and maximizedThe importance of capital markets in helping companies growWhether youre a student or a manager, an aspiring CFO or an entrepreneur, How Finance Works is the colorful and interactive guide you need to help you start thinking more deeply about the numbers. Review If youre intimidated by all things finance and accounting, How Finance Works: The HBR Guide to Thinking Smart About the Numbers will give you the confidence youve been lacking. - Small Business Trends (smallbiztrends )Advance Praise for How Finance Works:Helen Riley, Chief Financial Officer, Google X--Mihirs book provides the perfect combination of intuitive explanations, contemporary examples, and rigor so that both finance pros and novices can truly enhance their capabilities.Marne Levine, Chief Operating Officer, --Informative and engaging, this book . . . is a must-read for business students and aspiring business leaders--or anyone looking to deepen their understanding of finance.Sarah Kauss, founder and CEO, Swell--Professor Mihir Desais advice--both practical and witty--was an inspiration when I was a student at Harvard Business School. . . Im thrilled that hes written this book so that even more people can benefit from his wisdom!Aswath Damodaran, Professor of Finance, NYU Stern School of Business; author, The Little Book of Valuation--Mihir Desais book on how finance works is masterful at laying bare the simple truths and the commonsense principles that underlie much of finance. . . readers, no matter what their background or interests, will come out more informed and enlightened by the journey.David Wolfson, Executive Director, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy--For anyone who wants to be able to utilize financial information. . . How Finance Works provides clarity and guidance to what can be, for many, an intimidating arena.Michael Jaff, MD, President, Newton-Wellesley Hospital--Finally, someone has provided a mechanism for gaining intuition about finance for those of us who deliberately avoided any financial studies in school.Cyrus Taraporevala, President and CEO, State Street Global Advisors--Professor Desai has accomplished a rare feat: transforming the typically complex and often dry subject of finance into a lively and accessible tour de force, without trivializing its importance.Jennifer Morgan, President, Americas and Asia Pacific Japan, SAP--Mihir manages to make finance fun and accessible--and, by the end of it, youll have the confidence, intuition, and understanding you need to succeed as a leader or executive in any organization. About the Author Mihir Desai is the Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance at Harvard Business School and a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. An award-winning teacher and a leading scholar of corporate finance and tax policy, Professor Desai has been educating varied student populations fo...

-Titulo Original : Net Positive How Courageous Companies Thrive By Giving More Than They Take-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: A Financial Times Best Business Book of the YearAn advocate of sustainable capitalism explains how its done - The EconomistPolmans new book with the sustainable business expert Andrew Winston…argues that its profitable to do business with the goal of making the world better. - The New York TimesNamed as recommended reading by Fortunes CEO Daily…Polman has been one of the most significant chief executives of his era and that his approach to business and its role in society has been both valuable and path-breaking. - Financial TimesThe ex-Unilever CEO who increased his shareholders returns by 300% while ensuring the company ranked #1 in the world for sustainability for eleven years running has, for the first time, revealed how to do it. Teaming up with Andrew Winston, one of the worlds most authoritative voices on corporate sustainability, Paul Polman shows business leaders how to take on humanitys greatest and most urgent challenges-climate change and inequality-and build a thriving business as a result.In this candid and straight-talking handbook, Polman and Winston reveal the secrets of Unilevers success and pull back the curtain on some of the worlds most powerful c-suites. Net Positive boldly argues that the companies of the future will profit by fixing the worlds problems, not creating them.Together the authors explode our most prevalent corporate myths: from the idea that business only function is to maximise profits, to the naive hope that Corporate Social Responsibility will save our species from disaster. These approaches, they argue, are destined for the graveyard. Instead, they show corporate leaders how to make their companies Net Positive-thriving by giving back more to the world than they take. Net Positive companies unleash innovation, build trust, attract the best people, thrill customers, and secure lasting success, all by helping create stronger, more inclusive societies and a healthier planet. Heal the world first, they argue, and you’ll satisfy your investors as a result.With ambitious vision and compelling stories, Net Positive will teach you how to find the inner purpose and courage you need to embrace the only business model that will matter in the years ahead. You will learn how to lead others and unlock your companys soul, while setting and delivering big and aggressive goals, and taking responsibility for all of your companys impacts. Youll find out the secrets to partnering with others, including your competition and critics, to drive transformative change from which you will prosper. Youll build a company that serves your people, your customers, your communities, your shareholders-and your children and grandchildren will thank you for it.Is this win-win for business and humanity too good to be true? Dont believe it. The worlds smartest CEOs are already taking their companies on the Net Positive journey and benefitting as a result. Will you be left behind?Join the movement at netpositive.world Review Named as one of 5 Books Entrepreneurs Should Read Immediately If Not Sooner by Inc. magazineNamed one of the Best Books of the Year by BloombergNamed a top 10 Book of 2021 by BørsenThis is a book for our time, relevant to everyone who wants to make a difference. - Institute of Leadership and Managements EDGE Journal…the greatest value of this book is in the practical detailed guidance - Developing Leaders (IEDP)The bottom line is that Net Positive clearly lays out the case that businesses should be able to do well by doing good. Drawing on the important example of Unilever during Polmans tenure, its also a high-level guide for organizations to more aggressively contribute to combating climate change and inequality. - CharterIt makes a more optimistic case for courageous progressive companies and their leaders, who can offer practical, positive ways of tackling environment, social and governance issues. - Financial TimesAdvance Prais...

-Titulo Original : Understanding Michael Porter The Essential Guide To Competition And Strategy-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: Competitive advantage. The value chain. Five forces. Industry structure. Differentiation. Relative cost. If you want to understand how companies achieve and sustain competitive success, Michael Porter’s frameworks are the foundation. But while everyone in business may know Porter’s name, many managers misunderstand and misuse his concepts.Understanding Michael Porter sets the record straight, providing the first concise, accessible summary of Porter’s revolutionary thinking. Written with Porter’s full cooperation by Joan Magretta, his former editor at Harvard Business Review, this new book delivers fresh, clear examples to illustrate and update Porter’s ideas.Magretta uses her wide business experience to translate Porter’s powerful insights into practice and to correct the most common misconceptions about them-for instance, that competition is about being unique, not being the best; that it is a contest over profits, not a battle between rivals; that strategy is about choosing to make some customers unhappy, not being all things to all customers.An added feature is an original Q&A with Porter himself, which includes answers to managers’ FAQs.Eminently readable, this book will enable every manager in your organization to grasp Porter’s ideas-and swiftly deploy them to drive your company’s success. Review “The Harvard professors books are required reading for health care leaders tackling strategy.” - American Hospital Association“A book on understanding Porter is worthwhile because hes often misunderstood. He is widely and rightly regarded as the all-time greatest strategy guru, but that view gets the emphasis wrong.” - Fortune magazine“If you have always intended to read Michael Porters groundbreaking management classics, but have never quite got around to doing so, Joan Magrettas Understanding Michael Porter does the hard work for you” - Financial Mail (South Africa)“Magretta’s book is a timely reminder that serves to put Porter’s thinking and concepts before us again-ideas that all firms and strategy practitioners would be well-advised to study and learn from…an excellent read.” - Quality Digest“Summing Up: Highly recommended” - CHOICE“Joan Magretta lays out Porter’s ideas on competition in a concise, easy-to-read volume.” - Business Day (South Africa)“The book is a great read even for those who are looking to get initiated into the Michael Porter way of thinking” - The Economic Times (India)“Magretta adds value through fresh case studies showing how companies such as Zara, Ikea and In-N-Out Burger deploy Porter’s ideas. Written in a very accessible style, this is a book for managers rather than academics.” - The Irish Times“Ms. Magretta does a superb job of clearly and logically explaining Prof. Porter’s concepts, with lots of helpful examples. This is a distillation, but it never feels sparse, with ample time for the reader to learn a concept and sufficient reinforcement of the ideas as you are guided through the Porter oeuvre. Reading it brings you up-to-date on his ideas and, more importantly, helps you to understand your own business and the strategic elements you may have missed.” - The Globe & Mail“200 pages of simple, non-faddish common sense for business.” - Anna Farmery, TheEngagingBrand “Book of the Month. This book will become the strategy bible for today’s busy managers.” - Business Executive About the Author Joan Magretta has worked with Michael Porter for almost two decades; she is a Senior Associate at the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School, a McKinsey Award winner, and author of What Management Is, a top pick of its year by The Economist. She was a Bain partner and strategy editor of the Harvard Business Review...

-Titulo Original : Unleashed The Unapologetic Leaders Guide To Empowering Everyone Around You-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: Unleashed is worth an afternoon of your time, whether or not you are already a leader. It is sparkily written and personal, drawing on the experiences of co-authors (and spouses) Frei and Morriss.- Financial TimesLeadership isnt easy. It takes grit, courage, and vision, among other things, that can be hard to come by on your toughest days. When leaders and aspiring leaders seek out advice, theyre often told to try harder. Dig deeper. Look in the mirror and own your natural-born strengths and fix any real or perceived career-limiting deficiencies.Frances Frei and Anne Morriss offer a different worldview. They argue that this popular leadership advice glosses over the most important thing you do as a leader: build others up. Leadership isnt about you. Its about how effective you are at empowering other people-and making sure this impact endures even in your absence. As Frei and Morriss show through inspiring stories from ancient Rome to present-day Silicon Valley, the origins of great leadership are found, paradoxically, not in worrying about your own status and advancement, but in the unrelenting focus on other peoples potential.Unleashed provides radical advice for the practice of leadership today. Showing how the boldest, most effective leaders use a special combination of trust, love, and belonging to create an environment in which other people can excel, Frei and Morriss offer practical, battle-tested tools-based on their work with companies such as Uber, Riot Games, WeWork, and others-along with interviews and stories from their own personal experience, to make these ideas come alive. This book is your indispensable guide for unleashing greatness in other people . . . and, ultimately, in yourself.To learn more, please visit theleadersguide . Review Silver Medal Winner for Best Leadership Book in the 2021 Axiom Business Book AwardsShortlisted for the OWL (Outstanding Works of Literature) Awards in Management and CultureNamed one of 8 New Books That Will Make You a Better Leader In 2021 - ForbesFull of superb stories, this book first dispels an enduring misapprehension for many leaders-its just not about you-then makes clear that a leaders job above all else is to unleash potential in others. - SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management)Their book is generous, humane-and yes, empowering. - BizEd magazineAdvance Praise for Unleashed:Frei and Morriss have written the definitive guide to leadership today, just when we need it most. In voices that are fresh, playful, and unapologetically direct, they give us permission to look beyond ourselves and focus instead on the true challenge of leadership: how to help others unlock their full potential. - Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO, Thrive GlobalThrough insight drawn from their extensive work teaching leaders and companies how to thrive, Frances Frei and Anne Morriss offer more proof that trust is a competitive advantage and the key to building effective, happy teams. - Doug McMillon, President and CEO, Walmart No matter where you are on your leadership journey, the engaging stories and real-life examples Frei and Morriss use to illustrate the traits of effective leaders will help you empower others to do their best work and create lasting impact. - Peggy Johnson, Executive Vice President, Business Development, MicrosoftFrei and Morriss have a unique gift of understanding how to empower leaders to unlock the potential in themselves, their teams, and their businesses. The guidance they share in Unleashed is invaluable for me and for the leadership teams I work with. - Jacqui Canney, Chief People Officer, WPPIn Unleashed, Frei and Morriss provide an incredibly compelling case for effective leadership by distilling what leadership is all about. The stories and frameworks have helped me take meaningful steps on my lifelong journey toward being a better person and a better leader. - Marc Merrill, cofounder and Cochairma...

-Titulo Original : Hbrs 10 Must Reads For New Managers (with Bonus Article “how Managers Become Leaders” By Michael D. Watkins) (hbrs 10 Must Reads)-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: Develop the mindset and presence to successfully manage others for the first time.If you read nothing else on becoming a new manager, read these 10 articles. We’ve combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you transition from being an outstanding individual contributor to becoming a great manager of others.This book will inspire you to:Develop your emotional intelligenceInfluence your colleagues through the science of persuasionAssess your team and enhance its performanceNetwork effectively to achieve business goals and for personal advancementNavigate relationships with employees, bosses, and peersGet support from aboveView the big picture in your decision makingBalance your team’s work and personal life in a high-intensity workplaceThis collection of articles includes “Becoming the Boss,” by Linda A. Hill; “Leading the Team You Inherit,” by Michael D. Watkins; “Saving Your Rookie Managers from Themselves,” by Carol A. Walker; “Managing the High-Intensity Workplace,” by Erin Reid and Lakshmi Ramarajan; “Harnessing the Science of Persuasion,” Robert B. Cialdini; “What Makes a Leader?” by Daniel Goleman; “The Authenticity Paradox,” by Herminia Ibarra; “Managing Your Boss,” by John J. Gabarro and John P. Kotter; “How Leaders Create and Use Networks,” by Herminia Ibarra and Mark Lee Hunter; “Management Time: Who’s Got the Monkey?” by William Oncken, Jr., and Donald L. Wass; and BONUS ARTICLE: “How Managers Become Leaders,” by Michael D. Watkins. About the Author Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, 11 international licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review provides professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact.Author social media/website info: hbr.org, @HarvardBi...

-Titulo Original : Doing Agile Right Transformation Without Chaos-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: About the Author Darrell Rigby is a partner in the Boston office of Bain & Company, where he leads the Global Innovation practice. He is a frequent speaker and writer on innovation, agile, and retail and has appeared on CNBC, CNNs Moneyline, and Bloomberg. His research has been published in Harvard Business Review, the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, the Financial Times, and other publications. Sarah Elk is a partner in Bains Chicago office and the global head of the firms Operating Model practice. Steve Berez is a partner in Bains Boston office and a founding member of the firms Enterprise Technology practice.You can visit the authors on LinkedIn at:Darrell Rigby: linkedin /in/darrellrigby/Sarah Elk: linkedin /in/sarah-elk-6b643/Steve Berez: linkedin /in/steveberez/ Agile has the power to transform work--but only if its implemented the right way.For decades business leaders have been painfully aware of a huge chasm: They aspire to create nimble, flexible enterprises. But their day-to-day reality is silos, sluggish processes, and stalled innovation. Today, agile is hailed as the essential bridge across this chasm, with the potential to transform a company and catapult it to the head of the pack.Not so fast. In this clear-eyed, indispensable book, Bain & Company thought leader Darrell Rigby and his colleagues Sarah Elk and Steve Berez provide a much-needed reality check. They dispel the myths and misconceptions that have accompanied agiles rise to prominence--the idea that it can reshape an organization all at once, for instance, or that it should be used in every function and for all types of work. They illustrate that agile teams can indeed be powerful, making peoples jobs more rewarding and turbocharging innovation, but such results are possible only if the method is fully understood and implemented the right way.The key, they argue, is balance. Every organization must optimize and tightly control some of its operations, and at the same time innovate. Agile, done well, enables vigorous innovation without sacrificing the efficiency and reliability essential to traditional operations. The authors break down how agile really works, show what not to do, and explain the crucial importance of scaling agile properly in order to reap its full benefit. They then lay out a road map for leading the transition to a truly agile enterprise.Agile isnt a goal in itself; its a means to becoming a high-performance operation. Doing Agile Right is a must-have guide for any company trying to make the transition--or trying to sustain high agility. Review Named one of the Top Ten Technology Books Of 2020 - ForbesNamed one of Ten Mind-Opening Business Books for 2020 by ForbesShortlisted for the OWL (Outstanding Works of Literature) Awards in Management and CultureI highly encourage you to…consider reading Doing Agile Right, a wonderful book with numerous use cases that highlight how agile really works, what to avoid, the importance of scaling agile correctly to gain full benefits. - ZDNetAdvance Praise for Doing Agile Right:Doing Agile Right resists extremes and introduces a much-needed, balanced model. It marries innovation with the timeless principles of management to support enduring success. -- John Donahoe, President and CEO, NikeDoing Agile Right will help those who truly want to be agile, not just do agile. -- Maya Leibman, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, American AirlinesNearly half of agile transformations fail, and many more fall short of expectations. For the thousands of companies pursuing agile transformation--as well as for agile practitioners--Doing Agile Right is a must-read that will put them on the path to results instead of the road to disappointment. -- Jeff Sutherland, Cocreator, Scrum; Creator, Scrum@ScaleA must-read if you want to improve innovation. Doing Agile Right is a timely and targeted resource for driving...

-Titulo Original : Hbrs 10 Must Reads On Change Management (including Featured Article Leading Change, By John P. Kotter)-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: About the Author Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, 11 international licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review provides professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Most companys change initiatives fail. Yours dont have to.If you read nothing else on change management, read these 10 articles (featuring “Leading Change,” by John P. Kotter). Weve combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you spearhead change in your organization.HBRs 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 goodThis 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 Wont Change, Cracking the Code of Change, The Hard Side of Change Management, and Why Change Programs Dont Produce Change...

-Titulo Original : Immunity To Change How To Overcome It And Unlock The Potential In Yourself And Your Organization (leadership For The Common Good)-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: Unlock your potential and finally move forward.A recent study showed that when doctors tell heart patients they will die if they dont change their habits, only one in seven will be able to follow through successfully. Desire and motivation arent enough: even when its literally a matter of life or death, the ability to change remains maddeningly elusive.Given that the status quo is so potent, how can we change ourselves and our organizations?In Immunity to Change, authors Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey show how our individual beliefs--along with the collective mind-sets in our organizations--combine to create a natural but powerful immunity to change. By revealing how this mechanism holds us back, Kegan and Lahey give us the keys to unlock our potential and finally move forward. And by pinpointing and uprooting our own immunities to change, we can bring our organizations forward with us.This persuasive and practical book, filled with hands-on diagnostics and compelling case studies, delivers the tools you need to overcome the forces of inertia and transform your life and your work. About the Author Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey, coauthors of How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work, have been research and practice collaborators for twenty-five years. Kegan is the William and Miriam Meehan Professor in Adult Learning and Professional Development at Harvard Universitys Graduate School of Education. Lahey is the Associate Director of Harvards Change Leadership Group and a founding principal of Minds at Work, a leadership-learning professional services firm...

-Titulo Original : The Innovators Solution Creating And Sustaining Successful Growth-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: An innovation classic. From Steve Jobs to Jeff Bezos, Clay Christensen’s work continues to underpin today’s most innovative leaders and organizations.A seminal work on disruption-for everyone confronting the growth paradox.For readers of the bestselling The Innovator’s Dilemma-and beyond-this definitive work will help anyone trying to transform their business right now.In The Innovator’s Solution, Clayton Christensen and Michael Raynor expand on the idea of disruption, explaining how companies can and should become disruptors themselves. This classic work shows just how timely and relevant these ideas continue to be in today’s hyper-accelerated business environment.Christensen and Raynor give advice on the business decisions crucial to achieving truly disruptive growth and propose guidelines for developing your own disruptive growth engine. The authors identify the forces that cause managers to make bad decisions as they package and shape new ideas-and offer new frameworks to help create the right conditions, at the right time, for a disruption to succeed. This is a must-read for all senior managers and business leaders responsible for innovation and growth, as well as members of their teams.Based on in-depth research and theories tested in hundreds of companies across many industries, The Innovator’s Solution is a necessary addition to any innovation library-and an essential read for entrepreneurs and business builders worldwide. Review A Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and National Post Bestseller.Praise for The Innovator’s Solution:The Financial Times“Fresh thinking aplenty . . . nothing less than a handbook for managers who would rather disrupt than be disrupted.”Fast Company“Every dilemma demands a solution. And this book lives up to its promise: More than an engrossing read, shot through with Christensen’s rigorous thinking and trademark clarity, it’s a valuable tool for every aspiring upstart-whether you’re inside a billion-dollar company or have a billion-dollar glimmer in your eye.”The New York Times“If [Christensen’s] first book left business with the quandary of how a middle-aged company can be as creative as the new kid on the block, [this] book is an instructive tutorial on how to rekindle the spark of youth and nurture the fragile flame.”The Miami Herald“The Innovator’s Solution is an intelligent, perceptive (and frequently counterintuitive) look at innovation, and well worth the time it takes to read and digest it to gain a greater understanding of the complex and profound combination of forces driving business development.”The Conference Board Review“. . . Required reading for every manager in America.”The Toronto Globe and Mail“A promising blueprint for innovation.” About the Author Clayton M. Christensen is the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He is the author of eight critically acclaimed books, including the bestsellers How Will You Measure Your Life?, The Innovator’s Dilemma, and Disrupting Class. Christensen is the cofounder of Innosight, a management consultancy; Rose Park Advisors, an investment firm; and the Innosight Institute, a nonprofit think tank.Michael E. Raynor is a director with Deloitte Services LP. He works with senior executives in the world’s leading corporations across a wide range of industries. He is the author of three critically acclaimed books: The Innovator’s Solution, coauthored with Clayton M. Christensen, The Strategy Paradox, and The Innovator’s Manifesto. Raynor publishes regularly in leading magazines and scholarly journals...

-Titulo Original : Harvard Business Review Managers Handbook The 17 Skills Leaders Need To Stand Out (hbr Handbooks)-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: 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 from Harvard Business Review’s management archive, the HBR 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 the HBR 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 from Harvard 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 quicklyThe 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 caseHBR Handbooks provide ambitious professionals with the frameworks, advice, and tools they need to excel in their careers. With step-by-step guidance, time-honed best practices, real-life stories, and concise explanations of research published in Harvard Business Review, each comprehensive volume helps you to stand out from the pack--whatever your role. About the Author Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, 11 international licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review provides professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact...

-Titulo Original : The Experience Economy, With A New Preface By The Authors Competing For Customer Time, Attention, And Money-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: Time is limited. Attention is scarce. Are you engaging your customers?Apple Stores, Disney, LEGO, Starbucks. Do these names conjure up images of mere goods and services, or do they evoke something more--something visceral?Welcome to the Experience Economy, where businesses must form unique connections in order to secure their customers affections--and ensure their own economic vitality.This seminal book on experience innovation by Joe Pine and Jim Gilmore explores how savvy companies excel by offering compelling experiences for their customers, resulting not only in increased customer allegiance but also in a more profitable bottom line. Translated into thirteen languages, The Experience Economy has become a must-read for leaders of enterprises large and small, for-profit and nonprofit, global and local.Now with a brand-new preface, Pine and Gilmore make an even stronger case for experiences as the critical link between a company and its customers in an increasingly distractible and time-starved world. Filled with detailed examples and actionable advice, The Experience Economy helps companies create personal, dramatic, and even transformative experiences, offering the script from which managers can generate value in ways aligned with a strong customer-centric strategy. Review Praise for The Experience Economy:A brilliant, absolutely original book. -- Tom Peters, coauthor, In Search of ExcellenceOne of the best business books of the twentieth century, now renewed for the challenges of the twenty-first. -- Tom Kelley, Partner, IDEOA provocative argument. -- Fast CompanyA wise, deep, and enlightening book. -- The Globe and MailJoseph Pine and James Gilmore captured . . . the most compelling expression of consumer culture in the twenty-first century. -- Psychology TodayA good look at how every business is morphing into show business . . . Just creating a product and waiting for the world to come to your door is not going to cut it. -- Wired About the Author B. Joseph Pine II and James H. Gilmore are cofounders of Strategic Horizons LLP, an Ohio-based thinking studio dedicated to helping enterprises conceive and design new ways of adding value to their economic offerings. They are coauthors of Authenticity: What Consumers Really Want. Pine, who also wrote Mass Customization: The New Frontier in Business Competition, is a Senior Fellow with the Design Futures Council and a Lecturer in Columbia Universitys Masters Program in Technology Management. Gilmore is an Assistant Professor of Design and Innovation at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University and a Batten Fellow at the University of Virginias Darden School of Business.You can visit the authors at:strategichorizons /linkedin /in/joepineen.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._Joseph_Pine_I...

-Titulo Original : Act Like A Leader, Think Like A Leader-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: You aspire to lead with greater impact. The problem is you’re busy executing on today’s demands. You know you have to carve out time from your day job to build your leadership skills, but it’s easy to let immediate problems and old mind-sets get in the way. Herminia Ibarra-an expert on professional leadership and development and a renowned professor at INSEAD, a leading international business school-shows how managers and executives at all levels can step up to leadership by making small but crucial changes in their jobs, their networks, and themselves. In Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader, she offers advice to help you:* Redefine your job in order to make more strategic contributions* Diversify your network so that you connect to, and learn from, a bigger range of stakeholders* Become more playful with your self-concept, allowing your familiar-and possibly outdated-leadership style to evolveIbarra turns the usual “think first and then act” philosophy on its head by arguing that doing these three things will help you learn through action and will increase what she calls your outsight-the valuable external perspective you gain from direct experiences and experimentation. As opposed to insight, outsight will then help change the way you think as a leader: about what kind of work is important; how you should invest your time; why and which relationships matter in informing and supporting your leadership; and, ultimately, who you want to become.Packed with self-assessments and practical advice to help define your most pressing leadership challenges, this book will help you devise a plan of action to become a better leader and move your career to the next level. It’s time to learn by doing. Review Such a clearly written and empowering book, that does so much more than the title suggests (which is quite a lot!) This book has really helped re-energise me as a person, as well as look at our agency and my role--now I focus on the business and not the work. I appreciate its a bit out of place from the rest of the selection, so see it as an update on where were at now as people and as a business. The music is still there, the art is still there, and the inspiration is still there. -- Dan Moore, managing director, Its Nice That2016 Axiom Business Book Silver Award in LEADERSHIP“[One] of my favourite business books…Ibarra, an Insead professor, points out that the best way to learn how to be a leader is to lead… She includes great advice about networking, authenticity and storytelling, areas that in other hands can seem like hopeless fads.” - Financial Times“Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader serves as a thoroughly original, practical guide to becoming a better leader.” - TD magazine (Association for Talent Development)“Packed with self-assessments and a huge amount of practical advice this book will help you to devise a plan of action to become a better leader and bring your career to the next level. One of the best self-improvement and leadership books now around.” - Andreas von der Heydt, Head of Kindle Content at Amazon, GermanyAct Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader, another of my favourite business books of 2015...an action-packed guide to the leadership transition” - Andrew Hill, Financial Times“The opposite of a traditional guidebook, the book will inspire you to achieve success and satisfaction in a fast-evolving workplace.” - Business Insider“Looking at the flood of new publications on the theme of leadership, the question arises if they are actually of any use to the reader. The book Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader by INSEAD Professor Herminia Ibarra is unquestionably an exception. Based on a solid academic basis, it delivers concrete assistance for the first time takeover of a leadership role….” - Personalwirtschaft magazine“According to Ibarra, building a more diverse network can deliver flashes of outsight, which in turn can help us redefine what we do and who we are. H...

-Titulo Original : Leadership On The Line, With A New Preface Staying Alive Through The Dangers Of Change-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: The dangerous work of leading change--somebody has to do it. Will you put yourself on the line?To lead is to live dangerously. Its romantic and exciting to think of leadership as all inspiration, decisive action, and rich rewards, but leading requires taking risks that can jeopardize your career and your personal life. It requires putting yourself on the line, disrupting the status quo, and surfacing hidden conflict. And when people resist and push back, theres a strong temptation to play it safe. Those who choose to lead plunge in, take the risks, and sometimes get burned. But it doesnt have to be that way say renowned leadership experts Ronald Heifetz and Marty Linsky. In Leadership on the Line, they show how its possible to make a difference without getting taken out or pushed aside. They present everyday tools that give equal weight to the dangerous work of leading change and the critical importance of personal survival. Through vivid stories from all walks of life, the authors present straightforward strategies for navigating the perilous straits of leadership. Whether youre a parent or a politician, a CEO or a community activist, this practical book shows how you can exercise leadership and survive and thrive to enjoy the fruits of your labor. About the Author Ronald Heifetz is a cofounder of the international leadership and consulting practice Cambridge Leadership Associates (CLA) and the founding director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is renowned worldwide for his innovative work on the practice and teaching of leadership. Marty Linsky is a cofounder of CLA and has taught at the Kennedy School for more than twenty-five years.You can find the authors at:Ronald Heifetz:hks.harvard.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/ronald-heifetz /pages/Ronald-Heifetz/112388868773261?fref=tsmobile.twitter /RonHeifetzMarty Linsky:hks.harvard.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/marty-linskycambridge-leadership /team-member/marty-linsky/ /marty.linskylinkedin /in/marty-linsky; mobile.twitter /martylinsk...

-Titulo Original : Hbr Guide To Buying A Small Business Think Big, Buy Small, Own Your Own Company (hbr Guide Series)-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: Think big, buy small.Are you looking for an alternative to a career path at a big firm? Does founding your own start-up seem too risky? There is a radical third path open to you: You can buy a small business and run it as CEO. Purchasing a small company offers significant financial rewards as well as personal and professional fulfillment. Leading a firm means you can be your own boss, put your executive skills to work, fashion a company environment that meets your own needs, and profit directly from your success.But finding the right business to buy and closing the deal isnt always easy. In the HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business, Harvard Business School professors Richard Ruback and Royce Yudkoff help you:Determine if this path is right for youRaise capital for your acquisitionFind and evaluate the right prospectsAvoid the pitfalls that could derail your searchUnderstand why a dull business might be the best investmentNegotiate a potential deal with the sellerAvoid deals that fall through at the last minute About the Author Richard S. Ruback is the Willard Prescott Smith Professor of Corporate Finance at Harvard Business School. He has taught a variety of corporate finance courses throughout his career. Over the last few years, he and Royce Yudkoff have been developing and teaching a new second-year case course, “The Financial Management of Smaller Firms,” and a field course, “Entrepreneurship through Acquisition,” both of which are focused on the entrepreneurial acquisition of smaller firms. Ruback earned his PhD in business administration at the University of Rochester in 1980 and taught at the MIT Sloan School of Management before joining the HBS faculty as a visiting professor in 1987. He was appointed associate professor in 1988 and full professor in 1989. Ruback has served as an editor for the Journal of Financial Economics and is the author of numerous articles on corporate finance and valuation. Ruback has served as a consultant to corporations on corporate finance issues and has acted as an independent advisor to outside directors. He also served as an expert witness on valuation and security issues.Royce Yudkoff is a Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School. Yudkoff cofounded and served for over 20 years as Managing Partner of ABRY Partners, a leading private equity investment firm. During his tenure the firm completed hundreds of acquisitions across various industries. Yudkoff also served on numerous corporate boards. Yudkoff earned his MBA at Harvard Business School, graduating as a Baker Scholar, and his AB at Dartmouth College, graduating as a Rufus Choate Scholar...