As CEO, you set the vision, the strategy, and the tone of your
organization.
You establish priorities, anticipate and address challenges, champion
and lead change efforts, set people up for success, and manage risk.
Though you may have a great senior executive team and a top-flight
board, the success of your organization depends on your leadership.
If you read nothing else on being an effective chief executive, read
these 10 articles by experts in the field. We've combed through hundreds
of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the best ones to
help you toggle between long- and short-term views, manage risk and
innovation, and cultivate productive relationships with your staff and
your board. This book will inspire you to:
- Navigate the changing global business environment
- Customize your company's strategy to the environment you're working in
- Attract, engage, and retain the best talent
- Anticipate and address legislative and regulatory issues
- Sharpen your awareness of the tactical and soft skills you need to
lead
- Adopt a founder's mindset and build new offerings, move into new
markets, and create next-generation solutions
- Manage and build relationships with your board--and your shareholders
This collection of articles includes Your Strategy Needs a Strategy, by
Martin Reeves, Claire Love, and Philipp Tillmanns; Managing Your
Innovation Portfolio, by Bansi Nagji and Geoff Tuff; Leading Change: Why
Transformation Efforts Fail, by John P. Kotter; Reinventing Your
Business Model, by Mark W. Johnson, Clayton M. Christensen, and Henning
Kagermann; Leadership Is a Conversation, by Boris Groysberg and Michael
Slind; Strategic Intent, by Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad; When Growth
Stalls, by Matthew S. Olson, Derek van Bever, and Seth Verry; The
Secrets to Successful Strategy Execution, by Gary L. Neilson, Karla L.
Martin, and Elizabeth Powers; The Focused Leader, by Daniel Goleman;
Managing Risks: A New Framework, by Robert S. Kaplan and Anette Mikes;
21st-Century Talent Spotting, by Claudio Fernandez-Araoz; and How CEOs
Can Work with an Active Board, by Ken Banta and Stephen D. Garrow.
