HBR's 10 Must Reads for CEOs (with bonus article "Your Strategy Needs a Strategy" by Martin Reeves, Claire Love, and Philipp Tillmanns)
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.

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HBR's 10 Must Reads for CEOs (with bonus article "Your Strategy Needs a Strategy" by Martin Reeves, Claire Love, and Philipp Tillmanns)
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.

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HBR's 10 Must Reads for CEOs (with bonus article Your Strategy Needs a Strategy by Martin Reeves, Claire Love, and Philipp Tillmanns)

HBR's 10 Must Reads for CEOs (with bonus article "Your Strategy Needs a Strategy" by Martin Reeves, Claire Love, and Philipp Tillmanns)

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HBR's 10 Must Reads for CEOs (with bonus article Your Strategy Needs a Strategy by Martin Reeves, Claire Love, and Philipp Tillmanns)

HBR's 10 Must Reads for CEOs (with bonus article "Your Strategy Needs a Strategy" by Martin Reeves, Claire Love, and Philipp Tillmanns)

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Overview

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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781633697157
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Publication date: 05/14/2019
Series: HBR's 10 Must Reads Series
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.80(d)

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Table of Contents

Bonus Article

Your Strategy Needs a Strategy Martin Reeves Claire Love Philipp Tillmanns 1

Managing Your Innovation Portfolio Bansi Nagji Geoff Tuff 17

Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail John P. Kotter 33

Reinventing Your Business Model Mark W. Johnson Clayton M. Christensen Henning Kagermann 51

Leadership Is a Conversation Boris Groysberg Michael Slind 73

Strategic Intent Gary Hamel C.K. Prahalad 87

When Growth Stalls Matthew S. Olson Derek van Bever Seth Verry 119

The Secrets to Successful Strategy Execution Gary L. Neilson Karla L. Martin Elizabeth Powers 147

The Focused Leader Daniel Goleman 171

Managing Risks: A New Framework Robert S. Kaplan Anette Mikes 187

21st-Century Talent Spotting Claudio Fernández-Aráoz 207

Bonus Article From HBR.ORG How CEOs Can Work with an Active Board Ken Banta Stephen D. Garrow 225

About the Contributors 231

Index 235

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