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HBR's 10 Must Reads 2017
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HBR's 10 Must Reads: The Essentials
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Change is the one constant in business, and we must adapt or face obsolescence. Yet certain challenges never go away. That's what makes this book "must hear." These are the 10 seminal articles by management's most influential experts, on topics of perennial concern to ambitious managers and leaders hungry for inspiration - and ready to run with big ideas to accelerate their own and their companies' success.
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2 out of 5 stars
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essential, but...
- By Toco on 12-02-16
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategic Marketing
- By: Harvard Business Review, Clayton M. Christensen, Theordore Levitt, and others
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New from the best-selling HBR's 10 Must Reads series. Stop pushing products - and start cultivating relationships with the right customers. If you listen to nothing else on marketing that delivers competitive advantage, hear 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 reinvent your marketing by putting it - and your customers - at the center of your business.
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- By Adam on 09-15-16
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Innovation
- By: Harvard Business Review, Peter Ferdinand Drucker, Clayton M. Christensen, and others
- Narrated by: Susan Larkin, Bryan Brendle
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
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If you listen to nothing else on inspiring and executing innovation, listen to these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you innovate effectively.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent for corporate America, ok for startups
- By Shannon K. Holt on 03-07-16
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Making Smart Decisions
- By: Ram Charan, Harvard Business Review, Daniel Kahneman
- Narrated by: James Edward Thomas
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 126
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If you listen to nothing else on decision making, you should at least hear 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.
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4 out of 5 stars
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so that's what executives talk about
- By judy on 06-19-16
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Teams
- By: Harvard Business Review, Jon R. Katzenbach, Kathleen M. Eisenhardt, and others
- Narrated by: Gregory St. John, Susan Larkin
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 52
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If you listen to nothing else on building better teams, listen to 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 assemble and steer teams that get results.
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5 out of 5 stars
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HBR Must Read Summaries
- By Nick H. on 08-25-16
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Communication
- By: Harvard Business Review, Robert B. Cialdini, Nick Morgan, and others
- Narrated by: Susan Larkin, Gregory St. John
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 158
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2 out of 5 stars
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Wooden performances marred the content
- By Dermot H on 05-08-18
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HBR's 10 Must Reads: The Essentials
- By: Peter Ferdinand Drucker, Clayton M. Christensen, Daniel Goleman, and others
- Narrated by: Brad Sanders, Susan Larkin
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 113
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 91
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Change is the one constant in business, and we must adapt or face obsolescence. Yet certain challenges never go away. That's what makes this book "must hear." These are the 10 seminal articles by management's most influential experts, on topics of perennial concern to ambitious managers and leaders hungry for inspiration - and ready to run with big ideas to accelerate their own and their companies' success.
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2 out of 5 stars
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essential, but...
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- Narrated by: Susan Larkin, Bernard Setaro Clark
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 227
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 190
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Story4 out of 5 stars 189
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Content
- By Adam on 09-15-16
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Innovation
- By: Harvard Business Review, Peter Ferdinand Drucker, Clayton M. Christensen, and others
- Narrated by: Susan Larkin, Bryan Brendle
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 108
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If you listen to nothing else on inspiring and executing innovation, listen to these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you innovate effectively.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent for corporate America, ok for startups
- By Shannon K. Holt on 03-07-16
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Making Smart Decisions
- By: Ram Charan, Harvard Business Review, Daniel Kahneman
- Narrated by: James Edward Thomas
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 126
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Story4 out of 5 stars 102
If you listen to nothing else on decision making, you should at least hear 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.
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4 out of 5 stars
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so that's what executives talk about
- By judy on 06-19-16
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Teams
- By: Harvard Business Review, Jon R. Katzenbach, Kathleen M. Eisenhardt, and others
- Narrated by: Gregory St. John, Susan Larkin
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 52
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 44
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Story4 out of 5 stars 42
If you listen to nothing else on building better teams, listen to 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 assemble and steer teams that get results.
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5 out of 5 stars
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HBR Must Read Summaries
- By Nick H. on 08-25-16
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Communication
- By: Harvard Business Review, Robert B. Cialdini, Nick Morgan, and others
- Narrated by: Susan Larkin, Gregory St. John
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 158
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 124
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Story4 out of 5 stars 122
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2 out of 5 stars
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Wooden performances marred the content
- By Dermot H on 05-08-18
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy
- By: Harvard Business Review, Michael E. Porter, W. Chan Kim, and others
- Narrated by: Paul McLain
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 384
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Is your company spending too much time on strategy development - with too little to show for it? you listen to nothing else on strategy, you should at least hear these 10 articles.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Insightful and helpful
- By Marlene on 03-22-16
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself
- By: Harvard Business Review, Peter Ferdinand Drucker, Clayton M. Christensen, and others
- Narrated by: Chris Kayser
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 996
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The path to your professional success starts with a critical look in the mirror. If you listen to nothing else on managing yourself, you should at least hear these 10 articles (plus the bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?" by Clayton M. Christensen). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles to select the most important ones to help you maximize yourself.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Annoying Reading Structure
- By Jorge Fioranelli on 07-05-17
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership
- By: Harvard Business Review, Peter Ferdinand Drucker, Daniel Goleman, and others
- Narrated by: Dan Triandiflou
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 552
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 455
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If you listen to nothing else on leadership, you should at least hear these 10 articles (featuring "What Makes an Effective Executive", by Peter F. Drucker). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles on leadership and selected the most important ones to help you maximize your own and your organization's performance.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Loosely tied together mix of old & older Articles
- By Amazon Customer on 08-30-17
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Collaboration
- By: Harvard Business Review, Daniel Goleman, Richard E. Boyatzis, and others
- Narrated by: Chris Kayser
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 42
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4 out of 5 stars 34
Join forces with others inside and outside your organization to solve your toughest problems. If you listen to nothing else on collaborating effectively, you should at least hear 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 work more productively with people on your team, in other departments, and in other organizations.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People
- By: W. Chan Kim, Daniel Goleman, Jon R. Katzenbach, and others
- Narrated by: Mark Cabus, Susan Larkin
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 236
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 196
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Story4 out of 5 stars 193
Managing people is fraught with challenges - even if you're a seasoned manager. Here's how to handle them. If you listen to nothing else on managing people, you should at least hear these 10 articles.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Avarage
- By Anonymous User on 11-06-18
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management
- By: Renee Mauborgne, W. Chan Kim, John P. Kotter, and others
- Narrated by: Susan Larkin, Bernard Setaro Clark
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 182
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 146
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Most companies' change initiatives fail. Yours don't have to. If you listen to nothing else on change management, listen to these 10 articles (featuring "Leading Change" by John P. Kotter). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you spearhead change in your organization.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well worth my time
- By Brian K. Hill on 12-26-16
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Harvard Business Review Manager's Handbook
- The 17 Skills Leaders Need to Stand Out
- By: Harvard Business Review
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Story4 out of 5 stars 71
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.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Detailed Information But Easy Listen
- By Frank on 03-22-17
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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence
- By: Harvard Business Review
- Narrated by: Susan Larkin, James Edward Thomas
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 491
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 425
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In his defining work on emotional intelligence, best-selling author Daniel Goleman found that it is twice as important as other competencies in determining outstanding leadership. If you listen to nothing else on emotional intelligence, listen to these 10 articles by experts in the field. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you boost your emotional skills - and your professional success.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Too theoretical!
- By Masoud on 05-20-16
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HBR's 10 Must Reads for New Managers
- By: Harvard Business Review, Linda A. Hill, Herminia Ibarra, and others
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 129
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 99
If you listen to nothing else on becoming a new manager, listen to 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 a great manager of others.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great information for non-profit, too!
- By Laura B. Casey on 03-15-18
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HBR's 10 Must Reads 2016
- The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review
- By: Harvard Business Review
- Narrated by: Tamara Marston, David Drummond
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 22
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 23
We've examined the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to bring you the latest, most significant thinking driving business today. With authors from Marcus Buckingham to Herminia Ibarra and company examples from Google to Deloitte, this volume brings the most current and important management conversations to your fingertips.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Across Cultures
- By: Harvard Business Review
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen, Liisa Ivary
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
Put an end to miscommunication and inefficiency - and tap into the strengths of your diverse team. If you listen to nothing else on managing across cultures, listen to these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you manage culturally diverse employees, whether they're dispersed around the world or you're working with a multicultural team in a single location.
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HBR Guide to Emotional Intelligence
- By: Harvard Business Review
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18
Influencing those around us and supporting our own well-being requires us to be self-aware, know when and how to regulate our emotional reactions, and understand the emotional responses of those around us. No wonder emotional intelligence has become one of the crucial criteria in hiring and promotion. But luckily it's not just an innate trait: Emotional intelligence comprises skills that all of us can learn and improve on.
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3 out of 5 stars
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some sections are captured from other HBR books.
- By Ash Mohamed on 01-07-19
Publisher's Summary
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 Clayton M. Christensen to Adam Grant and company examples from Intel to Uber, this volume brings the most current and important management conversations to your fingertips.
This book will inspire you to:
- Rethink the way you work in the face of advancing automation
- Transform your business using a platform strategy
- Apply design thinking to create innovative products
- Identify where too much collaboration may be holding your people back
- See the theory of disruptive innovation in a brand-new light
- Recognize the signs that your cross-cultural negotiation may be falling apart
- "Collaborative Overload", by Rob Cross, Reb Rebele, and Adam Grant
- "Algorithms Need Managers, Too", by Michael Luca, Jon Kleinberg, and Sendhil Mullainathan
- "Pipelines, Platforms, and the New Rules of Strategy", by Marshall W. Van Alstyne, Geoffrey G. Parker, and Sangeet Paul Choudary
- "What Is Disruptive Innovation?", by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael Raynor, and Rory McDonald
- "How Indra Nooyi Turned Design Thinking into Strategy", an interview with Indra Nooyi by Adi Ignatius
- "Engineering Reverse Innovations", by Amos Winter and Vijay Govindarajan
- "The Employer-Led Health Care Revolution", by Patricia A. McDonald, Robert S. Mecklenburg, and Lindsay A. Martin
- "Getting to Sí, Ja, Oui, Hai, and Da", by Erin Meyer
- "The Limits of Empathy", by Adam Waytz
- "People Before Strategy: A New Role for the CHRO", by Ram Charan, Dominic Barton, and Dennis Carey
- "Beyond Automation", by Thomas H. Davenport and Julia Kirby.
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- MMH Toronto
- 06-29-17
A cornucopia of current and relevant ideas...
A variety of current ideas and concepts, from artificial intelligence, big data to collaboration and human resources. Enjoyed listening to the articles.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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- W Jenkins
- Detroit, MI
- 05-27-18
this was a slog to follow
I find this very difficult to stay engaged with. I'm my professional life I attend many WebEx and conference calls so I understand presentation can at times be dry. This did not have any instance if attention grabbing. I just kept hoping for it to pull me in to no avail. I eventually stopped listening.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- yep-ok
- St John's, Antigua and Barbuda
- 03-21-18
Mix of advice, not really actionable
I liked a few of the ideas, but most were old news...even for 2016. It felt like the collection was randomly picked instead of curated. Let’s see what 2018 has to offer...
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- Ulises
- 12-01-17
Excellent content
Quite interesting the Intel you get from it. I've listened to it several times and you discover something new and useful each time.
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- Technologist for Too Long
- 07-29-17
easy way to digest best 9f HBR
this was an enjoyable way to listen to the best of Harvard Business review from the past year and interesting approach of headline summary full story. this gave an interesting way to reinforce learning rather than quickly whipping through the content.
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- Surprised
- 05-22-17
Some useful info
Useful info.
I would prefer a different narrator.
Repeats the importance of constructive human interaction being an essential part of business systems and solutions regardless of the technology.