Harvard Business Review (HBR)

Your boss plays an important role in your career. So how do you navigate this delicate, significant professional relationship without playing political games or compromising your character? Managing Up offers concise, expert tips on:Understanding your manager's priorities and pressuresSetting a positive tone for the relationshipManaging expectations–and egosEarning trust and respect Don't have much time? Get up to speed fast on the most essential business skills with HBR's...

Protect the earth and your bottom line.If you need the best practices and ideas for turning sustainability into competitive advantage–but don't have time to find them–this book is for you. Here are 10 inspiring and useful perspectives, all in one place.This collection of HBR articles will help you:– Craft strategy to compete on green turf- Redesign your business model, products, and processes toachieve green goals- Parlay your efforts into lower costs and higher revenues- Capture more value...

ARE YOUR WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WORKING AGAINST YOU? To achieve your goals and get ahead, you need to rally people behind you and your ideas. But how do you do that when you lack formal authority? Or when you have a boss who gets in your way? Or when you’re juggling others’ needs at the expense of your own? By managing up, down, and across the organization. Your success depends on it, whether you’re a young professional or an experienced leader. The HBR Guide to Managing Up and Across ...

Intimidated by corporate finance? The numbers (and the jargon) can feel overwhelming–but you have to understand them to manage effectively. Finance Basics explains the fundamentals simply and quickly, introducing you to key terms and concepts such as:How to navigate financial statementsHow to weigh costs and benefitsWhat’s involved in budgeting and forecastingHow to gauge a company's financial health Don't have much time? Get up to speed fast on the most essential business skills...

Is your company's top talent jumping ship as good replacements become harder to get?If you need the best practices and ideas for winning the race for talent–but don't have time to find them–this book is for you. Here are 11 inspiring and useful perspectives, all in one place.This collection of HBR articles will help you:– Look for good people in all the right places- Interview more effectively- Make–and keep–compelling promises to candidates and employees- Mitigate the risks of hiring...

How do you keep your customers coming back-and get them to bring others?If you need the best practices and ideas for making your customers loyal and profitable–but don't have time to find them–this book is for you. Here are nine inspiring and useful perspectives, all in one place.This collection of HBR articles will help you:– Turn angry customers into loyal advocates- Get more people to recommend you- Boost customer satisfaction by satisfying your employees- Focus on profitable...

Conducting performance reviews can be stressful. But these conversations are critical to your employees' development, allowing you to formally communicate with them about their accomplishments relative to their goals. Performance Reviews guides you through the basics. You’ll learn to:Gather and analyze the right informationDocument your assessmentAddress performance problemsSet challenging goals Don't have much time? Get up to speed fast on the most essential business skills with ...

The best of Clayton Christensen’s seminal work on disruptive innovation, all in one place. No business can afford to ignore the theory of disruptive innovation. But the nuances of Clayton Christensen’s foundational thinking on the subject are often forgotten or misinterpreted. To achieve continuing growth in your business while defending against upstarts, you need to understand clearly what disruption is and how it works, and know how it applies to your industry and your company. In this...

If you need the best practices and ideas for achieving career growth and fulfillment–but don't have time to find them–this book is for you. Here are 9 inspiring and useful perspectives, all in one place.This collection of HBR articles will help you:– Break out of a career rut- Earn a spot on your company's high-potential list- Find out what's really holding you back- Get the kind of mentoring that leads to a promotion- Groom yourself for an external move- Turn the job you have...

If you need the best practices and ideas for launching new ventures—but don’t have time to find them—this book is for you. Here are nine inspiring and useful perspectives, all in one place.This collection of HBR articles will help you:• Zero in on your most promising prospects• Set a clear direction for your start-up• Test and revise your assumptions along the way• Tackle risks that could sabotage your efforts• Carve out...