HBR's 10 Must Reads for New Managers

By: Harvard Business Review, Linda A. Hill, Herminia Ibarra, Robert B. Cialdini, Daniel Goleman

Narrated by: Tom Parks

Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins

Publisher's Summary

Develop the mindset and presence to successfully manage others for the first time.

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.

This book will inspire you to:

• Develop your emotional intelligence
• Influence your colleagues with 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

©2017 Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation (P)2017 Audible, Inc.

Great information for non-profit, too!

I am a new manager in non-profit and was very pleased at the practical insight this book offers.

No corresponding PDFs

Book is fine but I have no access to PDFs. If I knew that before I bought it i wouldn't have.

For new managers, this is a must!

The book goes through various aspects of introducing yourself in a management role. From delegating to building relationships within and outside the organization.

Wish I've read this when I was starting out.

Valuable insights to the practice of management. Will benefit both the junior and the senior manager alike.

Great book. Will listen again for sure.

Many practical tips for managers and individual top employees. I've learned many new things. the notation is excellent.

Great Articles for new and experienced managers

I really enjoyed this book, in it many different and important aspects of management were highlighted that gave me a better insight of the wide spectrum of thought in management. This is from top down and bottom up!

100% applicable at workplace

Business insights easy to put in practice work even if you're not a manager yet, this will help you to understand the other face of the coin.

Great for the new manager!

This is a great listen for new managers. It provides a good reminder of how to coach and lead your team. Valuable information you can put to use.

Concise

As usual, HBR provides 10 useful short related lectures. It was ok to listen at 2.5x speed so didn't take long to listen. Some interesting bits to remember.

too much reading data tables

significant chunks of this is just reading an article verbatim including tables of data. very difficult to follow.

interesting

very interesting articles, nicely read.
I enjoyed listening and l3arned also few important things.
It s definitely something I could recommend reading.

Well worth the listen,

A valuable read, now I need to re read and make notes. will look for the other publications in the series.
I did have to reduce the audio speed, it's a lot to take in.

Must read for anyone aspiring to lead

Brilliant insightful articles that must be listened to with full attention. Abundant details on common mistakes and what one can do to avoid and rectify such mistakes.

BEST compilation of articles for new managers

Great curation and well rounded overview on everything a managers need to know. I recommend it often to new leaders. The audio version is also good - great reader.