Harvard Business Review Press imprint: 568 books
by Jay A. Conger
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2008
In an age when managers can no longer rely on formal power, persuading people is more important than ever. Persuasion is a process of learning from colleagues and employees and negotiating shared solutions to solving problems and achieving goals.
In The Necessary Art of Persuasion, Jay Conger...
The Power of Positive Deviance
How Unlikely Innovators Solve the World's Toughest Problems
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2010
Think of the toughest problems in your organization or community. What if they'd already been solved and you didn't even know it?
In The Power of Positive Deviance, the authors present a counterintuitive new approach to problem-solving. Their advice? Leverage positive deviants--the few individuals...
Workforce of One
Revolutionizing Talent Management Through Customization
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010
Companies have excelled by treating customers as "markets of one"-offering them personalized buying experiences. But in managing talent, most firms still use one-size-fits-all HR practices. With today's diverse workforces, this approach is preventing organizations from attracting, retaining,...
Employees First, Customers Second
Turning Conventional Management Upside Down
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2010
One small idea can ignite a revolution just as a single matchstick can start a fire.
One such idea-putting employees first and customers second-sparked a revolution at HCL Technologies, the IT services giant.
In this candid and personal account, Vineet Nayar-HCLT’s celebrated CEO-recounts...
Profit at the Bottom of the Ladder
Creating Value by Investing in Your Workforce
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2010
Most managers assume that surviving, especially in recessions, requires slashing wages, benefits, and other workforce expenses. And lowest-skilled workers are often viewed as the most expendable.
In Profit at the Bottom of the Ladder, Jody Heymann overturns these assumptions. Drawing from thousands...
Being the Boss, with a New Preface
The 3 Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2019
The indispensable guide to making the transformation from becoming a first-time manager to actually being an effective manager and leader--to being the boss.
Wisdom from HBS leadership professor Linda Hill, the preeminent authority on the crucial transition into the management role.
Takes the...
Strategic Speed
Mobilize People, Accelerate Execution
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Only 30 percent of strategic initiatives are successfully executed. Of those that are, most CEOs view the process as too slow. What’s going on? And how can you accelerate execution in your company?
In Strategic Speed, the authors provide the answers. Start by understanding the barriers to...
The Future of Competition
Co-Creating Unique Value With Customers
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2004
In this visionary book, C. K. Prahalad and Venkat Ramaswamy explore why, despite unbounded opportunities for innovation, companies still can't satisfy customers and sustain profitable growth. The explanation for this apparent paradox lies in recognizing the structural changes brought about by the...
Rocking the Boat
How Tempered Radicals Effect Change Without Making Trouble
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2008
Most people feel at odds with their organizations at one time or another: Managers with families struggle to balance professional and personal responsibilities in often unsympathetic firms. Members of minority groups strive to make their organizations better for others like themselves without limiting...
Us Plus Them
Tapping the Positive Power of Difference
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
Moving beyond mere tolerance
Us-versus-them is the costly mind-set in which organizations, communities, and whole nations too often find themselves trapped. In fact, recognizing difference as a positive force can bring astonishing value to even the most diverse organizations.
In Us Plus...
Flying Without a Net
Turn Fear of Change into Fuel for Success
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2011
Named one of 100 Leadership & Success Books to Read in a Lifetime by Amazon Editors
Confronted by omnipresent threats of job loss and change, even the brightest among us are anxious. In response, we're hunkering down, blocking ourselves from new challenges. This response hurts us and our...
Iconoclast
A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2010
No organization can survive without iconoclasts -- innovators who single-handedly upturn conventional wisdom and manage to achieve what so many others deem impossible.
Though indispensable, true iconoclasts are few and far between. In Iconoclast, neuroscientist Gregory Berns explains why. He...
Yes to the Mess
Surprising Leadership Lessons from Jazz
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
What Duke Ellington and Miles Davis teach us about leadership
How do you cope when faced with complexity and constant change at work? Here’s what the world’s best leaders and teams do: they improvise. They invent novel responses and take calculated risks without a scripted plan or a safety...
Beating the Commodity Trap
How to Maximize Your Competitive Position and Increase Your Pricing Power
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2010
Commoditization-a virulent form of hypercompetition-is destroying markets, disrupting industries, and shuttering long-successful firms. Conventional wisdom says the best way to combat commoditization is differentiation. But differentiation is difficult and expensive to implement, and keeps you ahead...