How-to guides to your most pressing work challenges.This 16-volume, specially priced boxed set makes a perfect gift for aspiring leaders looking for trusted advice on such diverse topics as data analytics, negotiating, business writing, and coaching.This set includes:Persuasive PresentationsBetter Business WritingFinance BasicsData AnalyticsBuilding Your Business C...

Are you a good boss—or a great one?Good bosses can handle the day-to-day work of running a team. Great bosses go beyond that, finding ways to help employees become better versions of themselves as people and professionals. But as a manager, how do you reach that next level?The HBR Guide to Being a Great Boss contains practical tips and advice to help you become a more well-rounded leader, one who sparks creativity, engagement, collaboration...

Is your company spending too much time on strategy development—with too little to show for it?If you read nothing else on strategy, read these 10 articles (featuring “What Is Strategy?” by Michael E. Porter). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you catalyze your organization's strategy development and execution.HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy will i...

Tackle complex situations with critical thinking.You're facing a problem at work. There are many ways you can approach the situation, but each comes with its own pros and cons. How do you sort through all the information so that you know you're taking the right path?The answer is in how you think. The HBR Guide to Critical Thinking will help you navigate your most challenging issues, from difficult problems to tough decisions to complex sce...

IS YOUR WORKLOAD SLOWING YOU—AND YOUR CAREER—DOWN?Your inbox is overflowing. You’re paralyzed because you have too much to do but don’t know where to start. Your to-do list never seems to get any shorter. You leave work exhausted but have little to show for it.It’s time to learn how to get the right work done.In the HBR Guide to Getting the Right Work Done, you’ll discover how to focus your time and energy where they will y...

The essential guide for managers to learn how to think strategically, focus on the big picture, and develop the mindset they need to be ready to step up to leadership.Shows managers how to develop their strategic thinking skills and integrate strategic thinking into their daily work.Provide key insights and practical advice from a variety of experts to help managers develop and implement this kind of strategic thinking.Helps readers answer tough questions ...

Get up to speed fast on the most essential business skills with the 16-book 20-Minute Manager boxed set.Key concepts for managers and aspiring leaders.Builds a manager's professional library all in one place.Audience: Managers and aspiring leaders.

Seven bestselling Harvard Business Review collections—in one convenient set.You want the most important ideas on management all in one place. Now you can have them—in a set of HBR’s 10 Must Reads, available as a 7-volume paperback boxed set or as an ebook set. We’ve combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles on change, leadership, strategy, managing people, and managing yourself and selected the most important ones to help you maximize you...

Learn why bad decisions happen to good managers—and how to make better ones.If you read nothing else on decision making, read these 10 articles. We’ve combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you and your organization make better choices and avoid common traps.Leading experts such as Ram Charan, Michael Mankins, and Thomas Davenport provide the insights and advic...

Stop pushing products—and start cultivating relationships with the right customers.If you read nothing else on marketing that delivers competitive advantage, read these 10 articles. We’ve combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you reinvent your marketing by putting it—and your customers—at the center of your business.Leading experts such as Ted Levitt and Clayt...

MEET YOUR GOALS—ON TIME AND ON BUDGET.How do you rein in the scope of your project when you’ve got a group of demanding stakeholders breathing down your neck? And map out a schedule everyone can stick to? And motivate team members who have competing demands on their time and attention?Whether you’re managing your first project or just tired of improvising, this guide will give you the tools and confidence you need to define smart goals, meet them, and captu...

Run more productive meetings.Whether you're new to running meetings or a seasoned executive with no time to waste, leading effective (and even pleasant!) meetings is a must. Running Meetings guides you through the basics of:Crafting a useful agendaInviting the right team membersMaking sure everyone's voice is heard while avoiding conflictCapturing decisions, ideas, and follow-up tasks...