The best leaders know how to communicate clearly and persuasively. How do you stack up?If you read (or listen to) nothing else on communicating effectively, listen to these ten articles. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you express your ideas with clarity and impact—no matter what the situation.Leading experts such as Deborah Tannen, Jay Conger, and Nick Mo...

With humor and heart, Over Our Dead Bodies does for the undertaking profession what Mary Roach's Stiff did for cadavers, and, like Caitlin Doughty's Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? gives us permission to embrace our morbid curiosity. From the authors of Mortuary Confidential.Not knowing what to do, I sat on the church steps and waited. As the gravity of my failure began to well up in me, I began to cry . . .I HA...

Managing Your Scarcest ResourcesBusiness leaders know that the key to competitive success is smart management of scarce resources. That's why companies allocate their financial capital so carefully. But capital today is cheap and abundant, no longer a source of advantage. The truly scarce resources now are the time, the talent, and the energy of the people in your organization—resources that are too often squandered.Building off of the popular Harvard B...

Most teams underperform. Yours can beat the odds.If you read (or listen) to nothing else on building better teams, listen to these ten articles. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you assemble and steer teams that get results.Leading experts such as Jon Katzenbach, Teresa Amabile, and Tamara Erickson provide the insights and advice you need to: boost team per...

Reframing Leadership translates Bolman s influential four-frame model of leadership and organizations developed in their bestselling Jossey-Bass Book, Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice and Leadership, (over 300,000 copies sold in 4 editions) into a thought-provoking and practical guide for leaders in business and other organizations. This book will offer leaders a template and guide for understanding four major dimensions of organizational life: structure, people, politics, and sym...

Based on a multi-year study with several large companies, Resurgence reveals how some of the most interesting and notable brands in the world have managed to stage remarkably successful comebacks following periods of decline. The core of this book is a smart, simple four-part framework for reinvention, plus compelling advice distilled for general business readers. Yet,it also features fascinating, insider accounts of the change process, with stories from a core group of leaders at...

How might the Christian church effectively engage today's politically charged, profit-motivated world while remaining faithful to its biblical and theological roots? The contributors in this book argue that public theology provides a promising pathway forward. The public theology emerging from these pages has been influenced by the theological interests and commitments of Gary M. Simpson, Lutheran pastor and systematic theologian. His approach to public theology is intersectional and globa...

Set in San Francisco and North Carolina, the linked stories in Damn Love introduce us to characters struggling with love in all its complicated forms, including a young doctor getting over a breakup with the help of a patient, a newly married gay man who reconnects with his estranged mother, a trio of physicists caught in a surprising love triangle, and a soldier who takes secrets with her to the Iraqi desert. Together, these stories report out from the fault lines of American life, uncert...

Philosophy of Religion: A 50-Book Anthology offers a profound exploration into the depths of religious thought, doctrine, and philosophical inquiry. Spanning various epochs, this collection encompasses an astonishing range of literary styles—from theological treatises and personal reflections to rigorous philosophical arguments and poetic musings. The anthology's diversity brings forth both ancient reflections and modern critiques, showcasing standout pieces that delve deeply into the esse...

Discover the Wisdom of the Early Church FathersThe Ultimate Early Church Collection brings together timeless writings from some of Christianity's most influential voices. This carefully curated anthology offers profound insights into faith, theology, devotion, and the life of the early Church.Included in this Collection:The Imitation of ChristAugustine's ConfessionsStatement of FaithLife of AntonyApologyOn the Flesh of ChristPrescription Against HereticsEpistle to the EphesiansEpistle to t...

In '50 Spiritual Classics,' readers are invited to traverse an expansive and richly textured landscape of spiritual thought spanning centuries and continents. This anthology masterfully assembles a myriad of voices from diverse backgrounds, encompassing a wide range of literary styles and philosophical frameworks. From the meditative prose of Eastern mysticism to the impassioned calls of Western theologians, the collection embraces the profound diversity of human spirituality. Highlighting...

The Ultimate Early Church Collection brings together timeless writings from some of Christianity's most influential voices. This carefully curated anthology offers profound insights into faith, theology, devotion, and the life of the early Church.Included in this Collection:The Imitation of ChristAugustine's ConfessionsStatement of FaithLife of AntonyApologyOn the Flesh of ChristPrescription Against HereticsEpistle to the EphesiansEpistle to the RomansEpistle to the SmyrnaeansThe First Apo...