Description

The one primer you need to develop your managerial and leadership skills.

Whether youre a new manager or looking to have more influence in your current management role, the challenges you face come in all shapes and sizesa direct reports anxious questions, your bosss last-minute assignment of an important presentation, or a blank business case staring you in the face. To reach your full potential in these situations, you need to master a new set of business and personal skills.

Packed with step-by-step advice and wisdom from Harvard Business Reviews management archive, the HBR Managers Handbook provides best practices on topics from understanding key financial statements and the fundamentals of strategy to emotional intelligence and building your employees trust. The books brief sections allow you to home in quickly on the solutions you need right awayor take a deeper dive if you need more context.

Keep this comprehensive guide with you throughout your career and be a more impactful leader in your organization.

In the HBR Managers Handbook youll find:

Step-by-step guidance through common managerial tasks

Short sections and chapters that you can turn to quickly as a need arises

Self-assessments throughout

Exercises and templates to help you practice and apply the concepts in the book

Concise explanations of the latest research and thinking on important management skills from Harvard Business Review experts such as Dan Goleman, Clayton Christensen, John Kotter, and Michael Porter

Real-life stories from working managers

Recaps and action items at the end of each chapter that allow you to reinforce or review the ideas quickly

The skills covered in the book include:

Transitioning into a leadership role

Building trust and credibility

Developing emotional intelligence

Becoming a person of influence

Developing yourself as a leader

Giving effective feedback

Leading teams

Fostering creativity

Mastering the basics of strategy

Learning to use financial tools

Developing a business case

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 packwhatever your role.

Author: Harvard Business Review
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Published: 01/03/2017
Series: HBR Handbooks
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.1lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781633691247
Language: English