The one primer you need to develop your leadership skills.
Put aside all the overhyped new frameworks, the listicles, the "10 best
things you need to succeed as a leader today." The critical leadership
practices--the ones that will allow a leader to make the biggest impact
over time--are well established. They're about how you create a vision
and inspire others to follow it. How you make difficult strategic
choices. How you lead innovation. How you get results. These fundamental
skills are even more important today as organizations and teams become
increasingly networked, virtual, agile, fast-moving, and socially
conscious.
In this comprehensive handbook, strategy and change experts Ron Ashkenas
and Brook Manville distill proven ideas and frameworks about leadership
from Harvard Business Review, interviews with senior executives, and
their own experience in the field--all to help rising leaders stand out
and have a big impact.
In the HBR Leader's Handbook you'll find:
- Concise explanations of proven leadership frameworks from Harvard
Business Review contributors such as Clayton M. Christensen and
Michael E. Porter
- In-depth case studies of senior leaders such as Jim Wolfensohn at the
World Bank, Paula Kerger at PBS, Darren Walker at the Ford Foundation,
and Jim Smith at Thomson Reuters
- Step-by-step guidance to help you understand and start implementing
six core leadership practices: building a unifying vision, developing
a strategy, getting great people on board, focusing on results,
innovating for the future, and leading yourself
HBR Handbooks provide ambitious professionals with the frameworks,
advice, and tools they need to excel in their careers. With step-by-step
guidance, time-honed best practices, real-life stories, and concise
explanations of research published in Harvard Business Review, each
comprehensive volume helps you to stand out from the pack--whatever your
role.
