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HBR's 10 Must Reads 2025
The definitive management ideas of the year from Harvard Business Review
Series: HBR's 10 Must Reads
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A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place. We've reviewed the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to keep you up to date on the most cutting-edge, influential thinking driving business today. With authors from Ginni Rometty...
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A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place.
We've reviewed the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to keep you up to date on the most cutting-edge, influential thinking driving business today. With authors from Ginni Rometty to Robert I. Sutton and company examples from Maersk to Nvidia, this volume brings the most current and important management conversations right to your fingertips.
This book will inspire you to:
- Reskill your organisation in the age of AI
- Rid your company of the obstacles that infuriate everyone
- Understand what today's rainmakers do differently
- Market sustainable products effectively
- Choose the right sources of demand to grow your company at the right speed
- Use strategic thinking to create the life you want
This collection of articles includes 'Reskilling in the Age of AI,' by Jorge Tamayo, Leila Doumi, Sagar Goel, Orsolya Kovacs-Ondrejkovic, and Raffaella Sadun; 'How Fast Should Your Company Really Grow?,' by Gary P. Pisano; 'How to Sustain Your Empathy in Difficult Times,' by Jamil Zaki; 'The New-Collar Workforce,' by Colleen Ammerman, Boris Groysberg, and Ginni Rometty; 'Rid Your Organization of Obstacles That Infuriate Everyone,' by Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao; 'Where Does DEI Go from Here?,' by Laura Morgan Roberts; 'What Today's Rainmakers Do Differently,' by Matthew Dixon, Ted McKenna, Rory Channer, and Karen Freeman; 'The New Era of Industrial Policy Is Here,' by Willy C. Shih; 'How to Market Sustainable Products,' by Frederic Dalsace and Goutam Challagalla; 'What Does 'Stakeholder Capitalism' Mean to You?,' by Lynn S. Paine; and 'Use Strategic Thinking to Create the Life You Want,' by Rainer Strack, Susanne Dyrchs, and Allison Bailey.
HBR's 10 Must Reads paperback series is the definitive collection of books for new and experienced leaders alike. Leaders looking for the inspiration that big ideas provide, both to accelerate their own growth and that of their companies, should look no further. HBR's 10 Must Reads series focuses on the core topics that every ambitious manager needs to know: leadership, strategy, change, managing people, and managing yourself. Harvard Business Review has sorted through hundreds of articles and selected only the most essential reading on each topic. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an everchanging business environment.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9798892790031
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 08 October 2024
Country: United States
Imprint: Harvard Business Review Press
Illustration: Illustrations
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 139.0mm
Height: 209.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 192
Collections
Business & Entrepreneurship
Business Leadership & Management
Business Strategy & Negotiation
Career Development
Company Culture & Human Resources
Ginni Rometty
Harvard Business Review
Huggy Rao
Jamil Zaki
Mindset & Self Help
New Year, New You
Non-Fiction
Robert I. Sutton
Self-Help & Personal Development
Series: HBR's 10 Must Reads
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.
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