-Titulo Original : Build An A-team Play To Their Strengths And Lead Them Up The Learning Curve-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: Lead each person on your team up the learning curve.Whats the secret to having an engaged and productive team? Its having a plan for developing all employees--no matter where they are on their personal learning curves.Better morale and higher performance happen through learning, argues Whitney Johnson. In over twenty years of coaching, investing, and consulting, Johnson has seen that employees need continuous learning and fresh challenges to stay motivated.The best bosses know this, and they know how to make it happen by thoughtfully designing people’s jobs around the skills they have today as well as the skills theyll need to be even more valuable tomorrow. Thats how entire organizations stay competitive in an unpredictable, rapidly changing business environment.In this book, Johnson explains how to become one of those bosses and how to build your A-team by:Identifying what your employees already know and what they need to learnDesigning their jobs to maximize engagement and learningApplying a seven-step process for leading each person up their learning curveWe all want opportunities to learn, experiment, and grow in our jobs. When our bosses work with us to help us leap to new challenges, the result is a team that knows how to thrive, no matter what the future holds. Review Advance Praise for Build an A-Team:Marshall Goldsmith, executive coach; New York Times-bestselling author, Triggers and What Got You Here Wont Get You There--If you want to be a leader who gets hired, and a boss people love to work for, Build an A-Team is a must-read.Clayton Christensen, Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; New York Times-bestselling author, The Innovators Dilemma--Management, when practiced well, is a noble profession. Build an A-Team is an important book for managers who desire to help their team members learn, grow, and realize their potential.Aicha Evans, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Intel--Build an A-Team drives the point home that success is rooted in spending the time to build and nurture learning teams. Thats the role of the best leaders today.Raju Narisetti, CEO, Gizmodo Media Group--Illustrated by dozens of real-life examples, Build an A-Team is an essential guide for managers.Maureen Chiquet, former Global CEO, Chanel; author, Beyond the Label--Whitneys keen observations and case studies make a thoughtful and timely guide to help both managers and employees contribute to a thriving and innovative culture.Alissa Johnson, Chief Information Security Officer, Xerox--In a time when the skills gaps are rising and technology is always changing, read Johnsons Build an A-Team to learn how to build a highly productive team and keep it.Alan Mulally, former President and CEO, Ford Motor Company; former CEO, Boeing Commercial Airplanes; and Director, Google and Carbon 3D--Whitney Johnson delivers an insightful book, providing strategies every leader can use to build high-performing teams. 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 : Connected Strategy Building Continuous Customer Relationships For Competitive Advantage-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: Business Models for Transforming Customer RelationshipsWhat if there were a way to turn occasional, sporadic transactions with customers into long-term, continuous relationships--while simultaneously driving dramatic improvements in operational efficiency? What if you could break your existing trade-offs between superior customer experience and low cost?This is the promise of a connected strategy. New forms of connectivity--involving frequent, low-friction, customized interactions--mean that companies can now anticipate customer needs as they arise, or even before. Simultaneously, enabled by these technologies, companies can create new business models that deliver more value to customers. Connected strategies are win-win: Customers get a dramatically improved experience, while companies boost operational efficiency.In this book, strategy and operations experts Nicolaj Siggelkow and Christian Terwiesch reveal the emergence of connected strategies as a new source of competitive advantage. With in-depth examples from companies operating in industries such as healthcare, financial services, mobility, retail, entertainment, nonprofit, and education, Connected Strategy identifies the four pathways--respond-to-desire, curated offering, coach behavior, and automatic execution--for turning episodic interactions into continuous relationships. The authors show how each pathway creates a competitive advantage, then guide you through the critical decisions for creating and implementing your own connected strategies.Whether youre trying to revitalize strategy in an established company or disrupt an industry as a startup, this book will help you:Reshape your connections with your customersFind new ways to connect with existing suppliers while also activating new sources of capacityCreate the right revenue modelMake the best technology choices to support your strategyIntegrating rich examples, how-to advice, and practical tools in the form of workshop chapters throughout, this book is the ultimate resource for creating competitive advantage through connected relationships with your customers and redefined connections in your industry. Review …enlightening and easy to read… The book is a worthwhile read for those looking to build new business models based on digital strategies. It is a useful resource for C-suite executives, strategic planners, consumer researchers, and others responsible for operations, marketing, consumer research, finance, and technology functions. - RTM (Research Technology Management)Advance Praise for Connected Strategy:Adam Grant, author, New York Times bestsellers Originals and Give and Take--In a connected world, companies live and die on their ability to create great customer experiences. In this book, two leading experts on strategy and innovation team up to explore how to create those experiences in a rapidly changing world. Their lively, practical book offers rich cases, evidence, and frameworks for gaining and maintaining a competitive advantage.Reid Hoffman, cofounder, LinkedIn; Partner, Greylock Partners; and coauthor, Blitzscaling--This insightful book blends academic rigor with practical, step-by-step tools that can help you design innovative business models for the Networked Age. Connected Strategy shows how to leverage continuous connectivity and emerging AI to make deep relationships that benefit customers and businesses alike. Read this book if you want to build a business model of the future.William P. Lauder, Executive Chairman, The Estee Lauder Companies--A timely and practical guide and a great resource for how to create deeper relationships with consumers. In todays increasingly competitive environment, connected strategies that seamlessly link consumers, companies, and suppliers will be the future in many industries.William McNabb, former Chief Executive, The Vanguard Group--In their brilliant new book, Nicolaj Siggelkow and Christian Terwiesch upend ...

-Titulo Original : Harvard Business Review Leaders Handbook Make An Impact, Inspire Your Organization, And Get To The Next Level (hbr Handbooks)-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: The one primer you need to develop your leadership skills.Put aside all the overhyped new frameworks, the listicles, the 10 best things you need to succeed as a leader today. The critical leadership practices--the ones that will allow a leader to make the biggest impact over time--are well established. Theyre about how you create a vision and inspire others to follow it. How you make difficult strategic choices. How you lead innovation. How you get results. These fundamental skills are even more important today as organizations and teams become increasingly networked, virtual, agile, fast-moving, and socially conscious.In this comprehensive handbook, strategy and change experts Ron Ashkenas and Brook Manville distill proven ideas and frameworks about leadership from Harvard Business Review, interviews with senior executives, and their own experience in the field--all to help rising leaders stand out and have a big impact.In the HBR Leaders Handbook youll find:Concise explanations of proven leadership frameworks from Harvard Business Review contributors such as Clayton M. Christensen and Michael E. PorterIn-depth case studies of senior leaders such as Jim Wolfensohn at the World Bank, Paula Kerger at PBS, Darren Walker at the Ford Foundation, and Jim Smith at Thomson ReutersStep-by-step guidance to help you understand and start implementing six core leadership practices: building a unifying vision, developing a strategy, getting great people on board, focusing on results, innovating for the future, and leading yourselfHBR 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. Review a tour through some of the best leadership advice of the past few decades. -- BizEd magazine About the Author Ron Ashkenas, Partner Emeritus of Schaffer Consulting, advises corporate, nonprofit, and startup executives on how to accelerate growth and build leadership. His clients have included the World Bank, GE, Thomson Reuters, and Merck. He is a frequent contributor to HBR and is the author of Simply Effective.Brook Manville, a former partner at McKinsey & Company and executive vice president of United Way Worldwide, advises leaders on strategy, organizational development, and leadership. He regularly contributes to HBR, Forbes , and other business publications. His previous books are A Company of Citizens and Judgment Calls...

-Titulo Original : Strategy Maps Converting Intangible Assets Into Tangible Outcomes-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: More than a decade ago, Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton introduced the Balanced Scorecard, a revolutionary performance measurement system that allowed organizations to quantify intangible assets such as people, information, and customer relationships. Then, in The Strategy-Focused Organization, Kaplan and Norton showed how organizations achieved breakthrough performance with a management system that put the Balanced Scorecard into action.Now, using their ongoing research with hundreds of Balanced Scorecard adopters across the globe, the authors have created a powerful new tool--the strategy map--that enables companies to describe the links between intangible assets and value creation with a clarity and precision never before possible. Kaplan and Norton argue that the most critical aspect of strategy--implementing it in a way that ensures sustained value creation--depends on managing four key internal processes: operations, customer relationships, innovation, and regulatory and social processes. The authors show how companies can use strategy maps to link those processes to desired outcomes; evaluate, measure, and improve the processes most critical to success; and target investments in human, informational, and organizational capital. Providing a visual aha! for executives everywhere who cant figure out why their strategy isnt working, Strategy Maps is a blueprint any organization can follow to align processes, people, and information technology for superior performance. Review ...a useful resource for any manager who is or will be leading a balanced scorecard initiative. -- Strategic Finance, March 2004 About the Author Robert S. Kaplan is the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at Harvard Business School and Chairman of the Balanced Scorecard Collaborative. David P. Norton is Founder and President of the Balanced Scorecard Collaborative...

-Titulo Original : Buy-in Saving Your Good Idea From Getting Shot Down-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: Youve got a good idea. You know it could make a crucial difference for you, your organization, your community. You present it to the group, but get confounding questions, inane comments, and verbal bullets in return. Before you know whats happened, your idea is dead, shot down. Youre furious. Everyone has lost: Those who would have benefited from your proposal. You. Your company. Perhaps even the country.It doesnt have to be this way, maintain John Kotter and Lorne Whitehead. In Buy-In, they reveal how to win the support your idea needs to deliver valuable results. The key? Understand the generic attack strategies that naysayers and obfuscators deploy time and time again. Then engage these adversaries with tactics tailored to each strategy. By inviting in the lions to critique your idea--and being prepared for them--youll capture busy peoples attention, help them grasp your proposals value, and secure their commitment to implementing the solution.The book presents a fresh and amusing fictional narrative showing attack strategies in action. It then provides several specific counterstrategies for each basic category the authors have defined--including:- Death-by-delay: Your enemies push discussion of your idea so far into the future its forgotten.- Confusion: They present so much data that confidence in your proposal dies.- Fearmongering: Critics catalyze irrational anxieties about your idea.- Character assassination: They slam your reputation and credibility.Smart, practical, and filled with useful advice, Buy-In equips you to anticipate and combat attacks--so your good idea makes it through to make a positive change. About the Author John P. Kotter is the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School and is widely considered the worlds foremost authority on leadership and change. Lorne A. Whitehead is Leader of Education Innovation at the University of British Columbia, where he has also been a professor and the NSERC/3M Chairholder in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. PrefaceMost people skip Prefaces (occasionally feeling guilty as they do so) because they are not particularly interested in an introduction to a book, its history, any research behind it, or the writers. If you are a skipper, just flip to page 13. And don’t feel guilty.We have all experienced the basic problem addressed here, and in a very personal way, because it is an old, common, human, and increasingly important problem. You need sufficient support for a good idea or the right decision will not be accepted and implemented well. You or your allies present the plan. You present it well. Then, along with thoughtful issues being raised, come the confounding questions, inane comments, and verbal bullets-either directly at you or, even worse, behind your back. It matters not that the idea clearly makes sense. It matters not that the idea is needed, insightful, innovative, and logical. It matters not even if the issues involved are extremely important to a business, an individual, or even a nation. The proposal is still shot down, accepted but without sufficient support to gain all of its true benefits, or slowly dies a sad death. You’ve been there, both on and off the job. It can be maddening. You can end up flustered, embarrassed, or furious. All those who would benefit from the idea lose. You lose. In an extreme case, a whole company or nation may lose. And, as we shall demonstrate in this book, it doesn’t have to be that way. The argument put forth here, summarized simply, is this:1. The competent creation and implementation of good ideas is a basic life skill, relevant to the 21 year old college graduate, the 55 year old corporate CEO, and virtually everyone else. This skill, or the lack of it, affects the economy, governments, families, and most certainly our own lives. This point may be obvious, but les...

-Titulo Original : Alive At Work The Neuroscience Of Helping Your People Love What They Do-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: Poll after poll has confirmed that an astonishing number of workers are disengaged from their work. Why is this happening? And how can we fix the problem?In this bold, enlightening book, social psychologist and professor Daniel M. Cable takes leaders into the minds of workers and reveals the surprising secret to restoring their zest for work.Disengagement isnt a motivational problem, its a biological one. Humans arent built for routine and repetition. Were designed to crave exploration, experimentation, and learning--in fact, theres a part of our brains, which scientists have coined the seeking system, that rewards us for taking part in these activities. But the way organizations are run prevents many of us from following our innate impulses. As a result, we shut down.Things need to change. More than ever before, employee creativity and engagement are needed to win. Fortunately, it wont take an extensive overhaul of your organizational culture to get started. With small nudges, you can personally help people reach their fullest potential.Alive at Work reveals:How to encourage people to bring their best selves to work and use their greatest strengths to help your organization flourishHow to build creative environments that motivate people to share ideas, work smarter, and embrace changeHow to enhance peoples connection to their work and your customersHow to create personalized experiences that help people feel a deeper sense of purposeFilled with fascinating stories from the authors extensive research, Alive at Work is the inspirational guide that you need to tap into the passion, creativity, and purpose fizzing beneath the surface of every person who falls under your leadership. Review In his book, Cable shows how organizations have constrained seeking systems since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, how to activate employees seeking systems, and how leaders can use this change to help employees (and organizations) reach their full potential. -- TD magazine (Association for Talent Development)In this lively book, the organisational behavioural expert suggests small changes and interventions by leaders to encourage employees to experiment and gain a sense of purpose to make Sunday nights happy again. -- Financial TimesAdvance Praise for Alive at Work:Adam Grant, New York Times--bestselling author of Give and Take, Originals, and Option B (with Sheryl Sandberg)--If you care about improving the quality of life at work, youll enjoy this lively book. Daniel Cable presents a bold vision and practical ideas for breathing life into every organization.Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive and To Sell Is Human--In this smart, insightful book, Daniel Cable argues that too many organizations suppress our innate, biological drive to learn and grow--and thereby leave us feeling listless and unproductive. The solution, Cable says, is a set of small redesigns to bring organizations into harmony with our true selves. Well-researched and eminently practical, Alive at Work is an essential read for leaders at every level.Bruce Daisley, Vice President, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Twitter--Once every ten years a book comes along that lights the way for us. Not since Daniel Pinks Drive has a book so clearly illuminated what the future of leadership should look like.Gary Hamel, author of The Future of Management and What Matters Now--Daniel Cable lends an energetic and inspirational voice to a problem that nags leaders: How do we encourage people to inject more passion into what they do? Dans deep insights will make you think about engagement and motivation in an entirely new way.William P. Lauder, Executive Chairman, The Estee Lauder Companies--Alive at Work offers an illuminating look into our minds and emotions--what inspires us, what lights a fire inside of us, and what drives us to achieve more at work and in our lives. Daniel Cables eye-opening insights will help leaders unleash...

-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 : Artificial Intelligence The Insights You Need From Harvard Business Review (hbr Insights Series)-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: Companies that dont use AI will soon be obsolete.From making faster, better decisions to automating rote work to enabling robots to respond to emotions, AI and machine learning are already reshaping business and society. What should you and your company be doing today to ensure that youre poised for success and keeping up with your competitors in the age of AI?Artificial Intelligence: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review brings you todays most essential thinking on AI and explains how to launch the right initiatives at your company to capitalize on the opportunity of the machine intelligence revolution.Business is changing. Will you adapt or be left behind?Get up to speed and deepen your understanding of the topics that are shaping your companys future with the Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review series. Featuring HBRs smartest thinking on fast-moving issues--blockchain, cybersecurity, AI, and more--each book provides the foundational introduction and practical case studies your organization needs to compete today and collects the best research, interviews, and analysis to get it ready for tomorrow. You cant afford to ignore how these issues will transform the landscape of business and society. The Insights You Need series will help you grasp these critical ideas--and prepare you and your company for the future. About the Author Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, 12 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. Visit hbr.org. Follow @HarvardBiz on Twitter; find us on and LinkedIn.Author social media/website info: Twitter: @HarvardBiz; hbr.org; : @HBR; : @harvard_business_revie...

-Titulo Original : The Solution Revolution How Business, Government, And Social Enterprises Are Teaming Up To Solve Societys Toughest Problems-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: Government Alone Can’t Solve Society’s Biggest ProblemsWorld hunger. Climate change. Crumbling infrastructure. It’s clear that in today’s era of fiscal constraints and political gridlock, we can no longer turn to government alone to tackle these and other towering social problems. What’s required is a new, more collaborative and productive economic system. The Solution Revolution brings hope-revealing just such a burgeoning new economy where players from across the spectrum of business, government, philanthropy, and social enterprise converge to solve big problems and create public value.By erasing public-private sector boundaries, the solution economy is unlocking trillions of dollars in social benefit and commercial value. Where tough societal problems persist, new problem solvers are crowdfunding, ridesharing, app-developing, or impact-investing to design innovative new solutions for seemingly intractable problems. Providing low-cost health care, fighting poverty, creating renewable energy, and preventing obesity are just a few of the tough challenges that also represent tremendous opportunities for those at the vanguard of this movement. They create markets for social good and trade solutions instead of dollars to fill the gap between what government can provide and what citizens need.So what drives the solution economy? Who are these new players and how are their roles changing? How can we grow the movement? And how can we participate?Deloitte’s William D. Eggers and Paul Macmillan answer these questions and more, and they introduce us to the people and organizations driving the revolution-from edgy social enterprises growing at a clip of 15 percent a year, to megafoundations, to Fortune 500 companies delivering social good on the path to profit. Recyclebank, RelayRides, and LivingGoods are just a few of the innovative organizations you’ll read about in this book.Government cannot handle alone the huge challenges facing our global society-and it shouldn’t. We need a different economic paradigm that can flexibly draw on resources, combine efforts, and create value, while improving the lives of citizens. The Solution Revolution shows the way. From Booklist Executives Eggers and Macmillan set out to explain the multitrillion dollar “solution economy,” which is arising as governments partner with the private sector (citizens, businesses, entrepreneurs, and foundations) to address society’s urgent and deep-seated problems locally and worldwide. This new approach replaces the historic government-dominated model for solving entrenched problems in fields including health care, poverty, education, housing, and recycling. The public-private partnerships are possible because of technology and access to funding, collaborating tools for citizens to work together on challenging issues, and corporate awareness that enables its leaders to devote resources to addressing society’s pressing problems. The authors cite many new players in the societal problem-solving arena during the last 10 years, including Acumen, Ashoka, Kiva, and Zipcar. The authors conclude that a brighter future is ours “if we are savvy enough to grasp it.” Loaded with important information for a wide range of library patrons. --Mary Whaley Review “…pulsating with fresh ideas about civic and business and philanthropic engagement…the breadth of examples is impressive and global.” - The Wall Street Journal“Eggers and Macmillan’s work succeeds…as a guide to new opportunities to profit from ‘socially impactful’ activities once thought unprofitable.” - Financial Times“Another good read, The Solution Revolution explores how business, government, philanthropy and social enterprise are converging to solve big problems and create public value...the innovations Eggers and Macmillan outline, and the possibilities they imagine, are fascinating and tantalizing.” - The Washington Post“The Solution Revolution is an excellent primer for any...

-Titulo Original : Out-innovate How Global Entrepreneurs--from Delhi To Detroit--are Rewriting The Rules Of Silicon Valley-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: About the Author Alex Lazarow has worked at the intersection of investing, innovation, and economic development across the public, private, and social sectors for more than a decade. He is a venture capitalist with Cathay Innovation and was previously with Omidyar Network. He is a Kauffman Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations term member, and an adjunct professor specializing in social-impact investment and entrepreneurship at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School and the University of Manitoba.You can find Alexandre Lazarow at twitter /alex_lazarow or at alexlazarow . The new playbook for innovation and startup success is emerging from beyond Silicon Valley--at the frontier.Startups have changed the world. In the United States, many startups, such as Tesla, Apple, and Amazon, have become household names. The economic value of startups has doubled since 1992 and is projected to double again in the next fifteen years.For decades, the hot center of this phenomenon has been Silicon Valley. This is changing fast. Thanks to technology, startups are now taking root everywhere, from Delhi to Detroit to Nairobi to Sao Paulo. Yet despite this globalization of startup activity, our knowledge of how to build successful startups is still drawn primarily from Silicon Valley.As venture capitalist Alexandre Lazarow shows in this insightful and instructive book, this Silicon Valley gospel is due for a refresh--and it comes from what he calls the frontier, the growing constellation of startup ecosystems, outside of the Valley and other major economic centers, that now stretches across the globe. The frontier is a truly different world where startups often must cope with political or economic instability and lack of infrastructure, and where there might be little or no access to angel investors, venture capitalists, or experienced employee pools.Under such conditions, entrepreneurs must be creators who build industries rather than disruptors who change them because there are few existing businesses to disrupt. The companies they create must be global from birth because local markets are too small. They focus on resiliency and sustainability rather than unicorn-style growth at any cost.With rich and wide-ranging stories of frontier innovators from around the world, Out-Innovate is the new playbook for innovation--wherever it has the potential to happen. Review Alex Lazarow has provided us with an up-to-date map of the fast-moving world of innovation: how it works now and where it is headed. Out-Innovate is a must-read for all current and prospective entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and every business leader with a plan to grow.--Bill Draper, cochair and co-founder, Draper Richards Kaplan FoundationAlex Lazarows incisive and much-needed book tells a story that has long been ignored: Innovation is thriving globally, from Bangalore to Beijing, yet often looks different than in Silicon Valley. The global lessons in Out-Innovate are paramount for entrepreneurs everywhere.--Nandan Nilekani, Nonexecutive Chairman and co-founder, InfosysWith vivid storytelling, Lazarow describes and defines how innovation occurs on the frontier--nascent urban and rural startup communities in developed countries as well as in emerging markets. A must-read for entrepreneurs and startup-community developers all over the world.--Brad Feld, Partner, Foundry Group; co-founder, Techstars; and author, Startup CommunitiesIn Out-Innovate, Alex Lazarow provides an outstanding perspective on how startups and entrepreneurs can succeed no matter where they originate--in a mega city like Chicago or a more rural environment like Cedar Rapids.--Penny Pritzker, former United States Secretary of CommerceSome of the most exciting venture-investment possibilities over the next decades are sure to come from emerging economies. In Out-Innovate, Alex Laz...

-Titulo Original : Global Dexterity How To Adapt Your Behavior Across Cultures Without Losing Yourself In The Process-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: “I wrote this book because I believe that there is a serious gap in what has been written and communicated about cross-cultural management and what people actually struggle with on the ground.”-From the IntroductionWhat does it mean to be a global worker and a true “citizen of the world” today? It goes beyond merely acknowledging cultural differences. In reality, it means you are able to adapt your behavior to conform to new cultural contexts without losing your authentic self in the process. Not only is this difficult, it’s a frightening prospect for most people and something completely outside their comfort zone.But managing and communicating with people from other cultures is an essential skill today. Most of us collaborate with teams across borders and cultures on a regular basis, whether we spend our time in the office or out on the road. What’s needed now is a critical new skill, something author Andy Molinsky calls global dexterity.In this book Molinsky offers the tools needed to simultaneously adapt behavior to new cultural contexts while staying authentic and grounded in your own natural style. Based on more than a decade of research, teaching, and consulting with managers and executives around the world, this book reveals an approach to adapting while feeling comfortable-an essential skill that enables you to switch behaviors and overcome the emotional and psychological challenges of doing so.From identifying and overcoming challenges to integrating what you learn into your everyday environment, Molinsky provides a guidebook-and mentoring-to raise your confidence and your profile. Practical, engaging, and refreshing, Global Dexterity will help you reach across cultures-and succeed in today’s global business environment. Review Global Dexterity by Andy Molinsky is the best book I’ve come across for providing practical, research-based suggestions for adapting (and not adapting) behavior. - David Livermore, PhD as seen on Cultural Intelligence Center“A resolutely practical approach, supported by numerous examples that make this book lively, useful and interesting to read.” - Manageris“Its a book I recommend highly, particularly to people who are put in non-U.S. cultural situations but have not yet put much thought into the implications.” - Federal Computer Week“Global Dexterity is an easy read and one that is accessible to people from all cultural backgrounds…” - International Higher Education Consulting“…an important book with wide application to the field of international education.” - NAFSA’s International Educator“When it comes to cultural competence, there are some big gaps between knowing about, knowing how to, and actually developing and applying the skills to manage self in real situations. Andy Molinsky has provided us with a methodology for bridging into the third and most critical of these steps, and his choice of the word dexterity in the title of the book is well chosen... The book is well written and an easy read.” - George Simons-SIETAR France (Society of Intercultural Education Training and Research)“This book is a quick and easy-to-understand resource for anyone who might find himself in a remotely foreign culture. It might simply save you some unneeded embarrassment, or it might go as far as saving your job.” - 800 CEO READ“Molinsky presents a succinct method for figuring out how to adapt to new cultural events, such as delivering feedback to Japanese colleagues, interviewing for a job in an overseas country, or participating more successfully in a meeting with foreign executives.” - Global Business and Organizational Excellence“a very readable and enjoyable primer with helpful tips for cross cultural behavior.” - The International Admissions Officer Bookshelf - Summer 2013, Intead (International Education Advantage)“This is a one-of-a-kind book on developing cross-cultural insight. Like most subjects, you cannot learn it in one reading. Practice is essential. B...

-Titulo Original : White Working Class, With A New Foreword By Mark Cuban And A New Preface By The Author Overcoming Class Cluelessness In America-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: It is really worth a read… -- Former Vice President Joe Biden, interviewed on Pod Save AmericaNow in paperback with a new Foreword by Mark Cuban and a new Preface by the author, White Working Class explains why so much of the elites analysis of the white working class is misguided, rooted in class cluelessness.Joan C. Williams, described as having something approaching rock star status by the New York Times, explains that many people have conflated working class with poor--but the working class is, in fact, the elusive, purportedly disappearing middle class. They often resent the poor and the professionals alike. But they dont resent the truly rich, nor are they particularly bothered by income inequality. Their dream is not to join the upper middle class, with its different culture, but to stay true to their own values in their own communities--just with more money. While white working-class motivations are often dismissed as racist or xenophobic, Williams shows that they have their own class consciousness.White Working Class is a blunt, bracing narrative that sketches a nuanced portrait of millions of people who have proven to be a potent political force. For anyone stunned by the rise of populist, nationalist movements, wondering why so many would seemingly vote against their own economic interests, or simply feeling like a stranger in their own country, White Working Class will be a convincing primer on how to connect with a crucial set of workers--and voters. About the Author Joan C. Williams is Distinguished Professor of Law and Hastings Foundation Chair at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Williams’s work includes What Works for Women at Work, coauthored with Rachel Dempsey (New York University Press, 2014); Unbending Gender: Why Family and Work Conflict and What To Do About It (Oxford University Press, 2000); and such widely read reports as “The Three Faces of Work-Family Conflict,” coauthored with Heather Boushey. Williams is frequently featured as an expert on social class. For more information, visit JoanCWilliams ...

-Titulo Original : Hbr Guide To Getting The Right Work Done (hbr Guide Series)-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: IS YOUR WORKLOAD SLOWING YOU AND YOUR CAREER DOWN?Your inbox is overflowing. You’re paralyzed because you have too much to do but don’t know where to start. Your to-do list never seems to get any shorter. You leave work exhausted but have little to show for it.It’s time to learn how to get the right work done.In the HBR Guide to Getting the Right Work Done, you’ll discover how to focus your time and energy where they will yield the greatest reward. Not only will you end each day knowing you made progress your improved productivity will also set you apart from the pack.Whether you’re a new professional or an experienced one, this guide will help you:Prioritize and stay focusedWork less but accomplish moreStop bad habits and develop good onesBreak overwhelming projects into manageable piecesConquer e-mail overloadWrite to-do lists that really work 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 : 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 : Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-truths And Total Nonsense Profiting From Evidence-based Management-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: About the Author Jeffrey Pfeffer is Professor of Organizational Behavior at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. Robert I. Sutton is Professor of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford. They coauthored The Knowing-Doing Gap (HBS Press, 2000). The best organizations have the best talent. . . Financial incentives drive company performance. . . Firms must change or die. Popular axioms like these drive business decisions every day. Yet too much common management “wisdom” isn’t wise at all-but, instead, flawed knowledge based on “best practices” that are actually poor, incomplete, or outright obsolete. Worse, legions of managers use this dubious knowledge to make decisions that are hazardous to organizational health.Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert I. Sutton show how companies can bolster performance and trump the competition through evidence-based management, an approach to decision-making and action that is driven by hard facts rather than half-truths or hype. This book guides managers in using this approach to dismantle six widely held-but ultimately flawed-management beliefs in core areas including leadership, strategy, change, talent, financial incentives, and work-life balance. The authors show managers how to find and apply the best practices for their companies, rather than blindly copy what seems to have worked elsewhere.This practical and candid book challenges leaders to commit to evidence-based management as a way of organizational life-and shows how to finally turn this common sense into common practice. Review Named one of the “Highlights from the Decade” in strategybusiness magazine...

-Titulo Original : Groundswell, Expanded And Revised Edition Winning In A World Transformed By Social Technologies-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: Corporate executives struggle to harness the power of social technologies. Twitter, , blogs, YouTube are where customers discuss products and companies, write their own news, and find their own deals but how do you integrate these activities into your broader marketing efforts? Its an unstoppable groundswell that affects every industry -- yet its still utterly foreign to most companies running things now.When consumers youve never met are rating your companys products in public forums with which you have no experience or influence, your company is vulnerable. In Groundswell, Josh Bernoff and Charlene Li explain how to turn this threat into an opportunity.In this updated and expanded edition of Groundswell, featuring an all new introduction and chapters on Twitter and social media integration, youll learn to:- Evaluate new social technologies as they emerge- Determine how different groups of consumers are participating in social technology arenas- Apply a four-step process for formulating your future strategy- Build social technologies into your businessGroundswell is required reading for executives seeking to protect and strengthen their companys public image. Review “If you haven’t read the book, I would highly recommend you buy a personal copy and read it to get a comprehensive understanding of how our world is being transformed by social technologies and how you can take advantage of it.” - Business 2 Community About the Author Charlene Li is an independent thought leader and founder of the Altimeter Group. Josh Bernoff is a vice president at Forrester Research and one of their most senior and most frequently quoted research analysts. He created the Technographics segmentation, a classification of consumers according to how they approach technology...

-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...

-Titulo Original : Hbr Guide To Finance Basics For Managers (hbr Guide Series)-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: Are you struggling to reach newclients, customers, or social media followers?Frustrated with adsnot producing good results?Paying thousands of dollars to social media managers and SEOs and still only minimal conversions?Then let this snappy, little guide from the INFLUENCER series help you in typical, fun - SassyZenGirl - style!What 98% of businesses miss why they fail!PART 1 starts with the 10 must-have pillars for any internet marketing success. This is what 98% of entrepreneurs and business owners miss and why they fail!Your marketing campaigns cannot be successful if you forget even one of these marketing basics, and you need to have them in place before even considering any marketing strategies!Learn how the 2% of successful entrepreneurs smartly position their brands, so customers will always choose their business over everyone else (hint: it’s not luck - there is a proven branding strategy at play here and you can apply it, too!).In PART 2, we will cover the psychological principles of effective copywriting and how you can make your sales copy instantly more effective by just changing one or two words.You will see what your #1 FOCUS needs to be, especially during your first year (its probably not what you expected...).In PART 3, we will cover the:TOP 15 most effective Digital Marketing Strategies for 2020so you can pick the ones best suited for your business while maximizing their effectiveness. Whether you:Have struggled to gain traction with your blog posts or want to use blogging for profit...Want to leverage the amazing power of influencer marketing, learn the most effective influencer strategies and how to find influencers on Instragram, & Youtube that will actually bring you results...Read every social media bible…:) but are still struggling with social media copywriting or branding, still not gaining any followers in large numbers…Want to explore newer strategies like messenger chat bots & MediumDiscover how Pinterest can generate you a 100K a month (not a typo!)Or…Still wondering how to start a business online andWhat do I need to start a business?You will have a clear action plan in place once you finish this book and finally feel that you, YES YOU (even the quiet introvert in the back...:), can master marketing and get your business the attention - and financial rewards - you deserve.Ready to #ShareYourAWESOME with the world?Then scroll up to the top and hit that BUY BUTTON...

-Titulo Original : Hbrs 10 Must Reads On Managing Yourself (with Bonus Article How Will You Measure Your Life? By Clayton M. Christensen)-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. 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). Weve combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles to select the most important ones to help you maximize yourself.HBRs 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 initiativeThis collection of best-selling articles includes: bonus article “How Will You Measure Your Life?” by Clayton M. Christensen, Managing Oneself, Management Time: Whos 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. Review A Washington Post BestsellerAll in all, this is an excellent collection of insights by business people and writers on business subjects, particularly on management. Get it and benefit from it. -- Biz IndiaThe organization of the boxes is superb and very helpful to the reader... relevant to overworked and overstressed employees seeking ways to take charge of themselves to perform better and develop a work-life balance. -- Portland Book Revie...

-Titulo Original : Hbrs 10 Must Reads On Strategy (including Featured Article What Is Strategy? By Michael E. Porter)-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: Review “…this provides a lot of insight, information, and advice that will help readers.” - Free Press Journal 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). Weve combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you catalyze your organizations strategy development and execution.HBRs 10 Must Reads on Strategy will inspire you to:Distinguish your company from rivalsClarify what your company will and wont 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 makingThis collection of best-selling articles includes: featured article What Is Strategy? by Michael E. Porter, The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy, Building Your Companys 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. 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 : Reverse Innovation Create Far From Home, Win Everywhere-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Amazon BestsellerReverse Innovation is the new business idea everyone is talking about. Why? Because it presents the blueprint for scaling growth in emerging markets, and importing low-cost and high impact innovations to mature ones.Innovation is no longer the exclusive domain of the Silicon Valley elite. Reverse Innovation will open your eyes to the fact that the dynamics of global innovation are changing-and if you want your firm to survive, you’d better pay attention. The gap between rich nations and emerging economies is closing. No longer will innovations travel the globe in only one direction, from developed to developing nations. They will also flow in reverse. CEOs of the world’s most influential companies agree and have cited Reverse Innovation as their playbook for the next generation of global growth. Authors Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth explain where, when, and why reverse innovation is on the rise and why the implications are so profound. Learn how to make innovation in emerging markets happen and how such innovations can unlock even greater opportunity throughout the world. You’ll follow some of the world’s leading companies (including GE, Deere & Company, P&G, and PepsiCo) through stories that illustrate exactly what works and what doesn’t.If you’re in a Western economy, you need to accept that the future lies far from home. But the idea is not just for Western audiences. If innovation is at the heart of your company or your career, no matter where you practice business, Reverse Innovation is a phenomenon you need to understand. This book will help you do that. Review Named a Best Business Book for 2012 in strategybusiness magazine“Whether you are an executive of a global company or you are simply interested in innovation among cultural differences, creativity, and diversity, this is a lovely and persuasive read.” - Business Insider“In Reverse Innovation: Create Far from Home, Win Everywhere, Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble make a compelling argument for companies to not just widen their lens, but shift it to a completely different context- that of developing economies.” - strategybusiness magazine“This lovely, persuasive work couples the focused repetition of a good textbook with the lively style of an entertaining article.” - Directorship (South Africa)“Highly recommended... released this year to a chorus of approval from global business leaders this book explains the way in which the flow of innovation has changed... Reverse Innovation shows senior managers how to make innovation in emerging markets happen, and how these innovations can unlock business opportunities on a global scale - using real-life case studies to illustrate the theories.” - Business Executive“The book presents its ideas clearly, with about half devoted to the general concepts and the other half to case examples of companies such as GE, Procter & Gamble and PepsiCo, which are leading the way in reverse innovation. If your company can benefit from reverse innovation - or might suffer from it-the book is well worth reading.” - Globe & Mail“…a book that offers provocative insights into the quickly changing dynamics of the global economy.” “The book is rich with examples…” - The Wall Street Journal“In Reverse Innovation, [the authors] argue that…western businesses must similarly learn new tricks from their emerging markets. It is an idea that they have been championing for years and which has become increasingly fashionable.” - The Financial Times“The book, an extension of a 2009 Harvard Business Review article that Govindarajan and Trimble co-authored with General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt, reads like a how-to guide for executives looking to innovate beyond the U.S. and Europe...Its a useful and even inspiring read for any executive who cares about the future of business innovation.” - Fortune “Re...

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-Titulo Original : Hbr Guide To Data Analytics Basics For Managers (hbr Guide Series)-Fabricante : Harvard Business Review Press-Descripcion Original: Dont let a fear of numbers hold you back.Todays business environment brings with it an onslaught of data. Now more than ever, managers must know how to tease insight from data--to understand where the numbers come from, make sense of them, and use them to inform tough decisions. How do you get started?Whether youre working with data experts or running your own tests, youll find answers in the HBR Guide to Data Analytics Basics for Managers. This book describes three key steps in the data analysis process, so you can get the information you need, study the data, and communicate your findings to others.Youll learn how to:Identify the metrics you need to measureRun experiments and A/B testsAsk the right questions of your data expertsUnderstand statistical terms and conceptsCreate effective charts and visualizationsAvoid common mistakes About the Author Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, 13 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; @HarvardBiz; linkedin /company/harvard-business-review; /harvardbusinessreview; youtube /user/harvardbusinessrevie...

-Titulo Original : Hbrs 10 Must Reads On Making Smart Decisions (with Featured Article Before You Make That Big Decision... By Daniel Kahneman, Dan Lovallo, And Olivier Sibony)-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. Learn why bad decisions happen to good managers and how to make better ones.If you read nothing else on decision making, 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 and your organization make better choices and avoid common traps.Leading experts such as Ram Charan, Michael Mankins, and Thomas Davenport provide the insights and advice you need to:Make bold decisions that challenge the status quoSupport your decisions with diverse dataEvaluate risks and benefits with equal rigorCheck for faulty cause-and-effect reasoningTest your decisions with experimentsFoster and address constructive criticismDefeat indecisiveness with clear accountabilit...