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, Daniel Goleman

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781633694521
Publisher:	Harvard Business Review Press
Publication date:	02/28/2017
Series:	HBR's 10 Must Reads Series
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x (d)

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, @HarvardBiz

Table of Contents

Becoming the Boss Linda A. Hill 1

Leading the Team You Inherit Michael D. Watkins 19

Saving Your Rookie Managers from Themselves Carol A. Walker 35

Managing the High-Intensity Workplace Erin Reid Lakshmi Ramarajan 49

Harnessing the Science of Persuasion Robert B. Cialdini 61

What Makes a Leader? Daniel Goleman 79

The Authenticity Paradox Herminia Ibarra 101

Managing Your Boss John J. Gabarro John P. Kotter 115

How Leaders Create and Use Networks Herminia Ibarra Mark Lee Hunter 133

Management Time: Who's Got the Monkey? William Oncken Donald L. Wass 151

Bonus Article: How Managers Become Leaders Michael D. Watkins 165

About the Contributors 181

Index 183