Book cover for Hbr's 10 Must Reads for New Managers (with Bonus Article "How Managers Become Leaders" by Michael D. Watkins) (Hbr's 10 Must Reads) by Harvard Business Review, Linda A. Hill, Herminia Ibarra, Robert B. Cialdini and Daniel Goleman

Hbr's 10 Must Reads for New Managers (with Bonus Article "How Managers Become Leaders" by Michael D. Watkins) (Hbr's 10 Must Reads)

2017 Released
224 Pages
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Harvard Business Review PressISBN 9781633693029

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 intelligence
  • Influence your colleagues through the science of persuasion
  • Assess your team and enhance its performance
  • Network effectively to achieve business goals and for personal advancement
  • Navigate relationships with employees, bosses, and peers
  • Get support from above
  • View the big picture in your decision making
  • Balance your team's work and personal life in a high-intensity workplace

This 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.

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 ever‐changing business environment.

Herminia Ibarra

Herminia Ibarra is the Charles Handy Professor of Organizational Behavior at London Business School and one of the world’s foremost experts on career transitions, leadership, and professional identity. A Thinkers50 member and bestselling author of Working Identity and Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader, she advises organizations and leaders worldwide on navigating change and unlocking human potential.

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Robert B. Cialdini

Robert B. Cialdini, PhD is an award-winning behavioral scientist and author.  He is the president and CEO of Influence at Work, focusing on live and virtual keynotes, streaming and online corporate training.

In acknowledgement of his outstanding research achievements and contributions in behavioral science, Dr. Cialdini was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. He has over 230 professional and scientific publications. Robert Cialdini is Regents' Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Marketing at Arizona State University.

Dr. Cialdini is known as the foundational expert in the science of influence and how to apply it ethically in business and elsewhere, and his Principles of Persuasion have become the cornerstone for any organization serious about increasing their effectiveness in sales, leadership, marketing, management and communication. He is a three-time New York Times bestselling author, with more than 5 million copies sold throughout the world. He is frequently referred to as the “Godfather of Influence.”

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Daniel Goleman

Daniel Goleman, a former science journalist for the New York Times, is the author of thirteen books and lectures frequently to professional groups and business audiences and on college campuses. He cofounded the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning at the Yale University Child Studies Center (now at the University of Illinois, at Chicago).

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