Office and workplace Books

The best articles HBR has published on gender and women in leadership and in the workplace.The best articles on gender in the workplace, all in one place. A resource for leaders who want to see change, no matter their own gender identity. Includes both...

Look around your office. Turn on the TV. Incompetent leadership is everywhere, and there's no denying it.There's also no denying that women make up only a tiny handful of senior leaders worldwide. In this provocative book, author Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic...

How do you get to what's real?Your organisation's culture is the key to its success. Strategic planning is essential. People's competencies should be measured and their weaknesses shored up. People crave feedback. These may sound like basic truths of our...

Our organisations are failing us. They're sluggish, change-phobic, and emotionally arid. Human beings, by contrast, are adaptable, creative, and full of passion. This gap between individual and organisational capability is the unfortunate by-product of...

No one will pay as close attention to your personal growth and development as you will. Whether you're lucky enough to work for an organisation that encourages a learning mindset for everyone or whether you're in a place where only a handful of stars get...

Poll after poll has confirmed that an astonishing number of workers are disengaged from their work. Why is this happening? And how can we fix the problem?In this bold, enlightening book, social psychologist and professor Daniel M. Cable takes leaders...

Master the most critical professional skills with this five-volume set that covers topics from personal effectiveness to leading others. This specially priced collection includes books from the HBR Guide series on the topics of Getting the Right Work...

Whether you're starting out in your career or just want a refresher on the fundamentals, the HBR Essential 20-Minute Manager Collection gives you a hand-picked selection of concise, practical primers on the professional skills you need to master most...

Creating an authentic leadership style that aligns with your personal values and character can have a host of benefits. But in the face of uncertainty, conflict, and cultural expectations, many struggle to show their vulnerability while still appearing...

Many professionals aspire to work for startups. Executives from large companies view them as models to help them adapt to today's dynamic innovation economy, while freshly minted MBAs see magic in founding something new. Yes, startups look magical, but...

A guide for women on how to overcome barriers in the workplace and move into leadership positions.  As a woman, you may not be reaching the levels of leadership you desire. Despite the many efforts by organizations and managers alike,...

Whether your employees are dispersed across the globe or you're working with a multicultural team in one location, managing a culturally diverse set of employees is fraught with miscommunication, inefficiencies, and frustration. If you read nothing else...

Manage your team from anywhere.Leading any team involves managing people, technical oversight, and project administration, but leaders of virtual teams perform these functions from afar. Leading Virtual Teams walks you through the basics of:Connecting...

Don't leave creativity up to the "creatives" in your organization. Fostering creativity within your team can help your organization solve problems, create innovative products, break out into a new market, and even communicate...

Being Essential presents the seven questions that will help any leader discover an authentic path to the true self and master a virtuous cycle of self-awareness that fosters purpose, value, and joy at work and in life.Leaders often know what they need to...

Harness Your Digital Empathy and Learn Skills to Be a Better Boss, Employee, and Colleague in a Virtual or Hybrid OfficeHow do you manage a poor performer over Zoom? How do you casually deliver positive feedback via Slack? What's the most professional...

'You provide a red-carpet treatment for your employees and they'll reward you with their effort, time, and loyalty.' Jeffrey W. HayzlettThe world is changing and it's time to reimagine and reshape your employee experience. Take care of...

There's always more work to be done. How do you make sure you'll finish your most important tasks and make progress in your key projects by the end of the day? This book runs you through the basics of prioritizing your work, staying focused, delegating...

Whether you're struggling with a problem employee or want to reward a high performer on your team, you need to be able to share feedback that's easy to understand and act on. This book provides the basic guidelines to help you help your team excel. About...

When you're swamped with your own work, it's hard to make time to coach your employees--and to do it well. But if you don't help them build their skills, they'll keep coming to you for answers instead of finding their own solutions. In the long run,...

This is a story of reinvention.Jim Whitehurst, celebrated president and CEO of one of the world's most revolutionary software companies, tells first-hand his journey from traditional manager (Delta Air Lines, Boston Consulting Group) and "chief" problem...

Now in paperback, this bestseller proves more than ever, your success as a leader isn't just about beinggreat at business. You must be a great person, performing well in all domains of your life-including work,home, community, and your private...

Turn the tables on cybercriminals. Keep your loved ones safe.We live much of our personal and professional lives online, but fraudsters and hackers have made the internet dangerous. Cyberattacks are the US's fastest growing crime: consumers lost more...

Crowned "the picture of grace" by Vogue magazine, the founder of The Plaza Hotel's Finishing Program spills her insider tips on how to achieve an upper edge in your career.Etiquette expert Myka Meier has coached thousands of business professionals and...

Essential steps for leaders working to build an antiracist organizationProviding a roadmap to workplace and organizational change, Inside Out is packed with practical tools for working collectively towards racial justice and dismantling institutional...

What all of us can do to fight the pervasive human tendency to enable wrongdoing in the workplace, politics, and beyond.It is easy to condemn obvious wrongdoers such as Elizabeth Holmes, Adam Neumann, Harvey Weinstein, and the Sackler family. But we...

How one global organization's lingua franca mandate shaped the lives of its employees around the worldFor nearly three decades, English has been the lingua franca of cross-border business, yet studies on global language strategies have been scarce...

We do business in a results-oriented world. Our focus on growth is laudable for its clarity, but one of its downsides is that firms can lose sight of the process: how business gets done and the individuals or employees through whom results are achieved...

Americans are taught to believe that upward mobility is possible for anyone who is willing to work hard, regardless of their social status, yet it is often those from affluent backgrounds who land the best jobs. Pedigree takes readers behind the closed...

Guesstimation 2.0 reveals the simple and effective techniques needed to estimate virtually anything--quickly--and illustrates them using an eclectic array of problems. A stimulating follow-up to Guesstimation, this is the must-have book for anyone...

Guesstimation is a book that unlocks the power of approximation--it's popular mathematics rounded to the nearest power of ten! The ability to estimate is an important skill in daily life. More and more leading businesses today use estimation questions in...

Private equity firms are snapping up brand-name companies and assembling portfolios that make them immense global conglomerates. They're often able to maximize investor value far more successfully than traditional public companies. How do PE firms...

In Sleeping with Your Smartphone, Harvard Business School professor and ethnographer Leslie Perlow delves into the new connected world of work and challenges the notion that you must be constantly plugged in to be successful. Furthermore, her work and...

Most people feel at odds with their organizations at one time or another: Managers with families struggle to balance professional and personal responsibilities in often unsympathetic firms. Members of minority groups strive to make their organizations...

We all wish we could sharpen key management skills-like writing more effective emails or proposals, focusing to-do lists on what really matters, giving more persuasive presentations, or dealing with a boss who makes you want to scream. But who has the...

Richard Hackman, one of the world's leading experts on group and organizational behavior, argues that teams perform at their best when leaders create conditions that allow them to manage themselves effectively.Leading Teams is not about subscribing to a...

In this book, the authors argue that the most successful everyday innovators break down the process into six manageable steps: 1. Divide the labor; 2. Assemble the dedicated team; 3. Manage the partnership; 4. Formalize the experiment; 5. Break down the...

Think video games are kids' stuff? Think again. According to authors John C. Beck and Mitchell Wade all those hours immersed in game culture have created masses of employees with unique attributes. This new generation that's ninety-million strong has an...

Most of our communication is unconscious. What you are actively aware of is only a tiny part of the visual and other input your brain receives. Further, studies show that we make most of our decisions unconsciously, based on these...

You've been asked to manage a key project. Its success could propel your career, but before you take the reins, you want a brief overview of what's expected of you. Managing Projects walks you through the basics start to finish, highlighting proven...

When your boss looks good, so do you. But how do you navigate this sensitive professional relationship without playing political games or sacrificing your identity? Managing Up offers concise, expert tips on: - Aligning your goals with your boss's-...

This book will help you develop your leadership presence. The authors offer a simple and compelling framework as well as practices for developing your "signature voice." Leaders who are able to be authentic while connecting with and impacting others have...

Since its release in 2006, Financial Intelligence has become a favorite among managers who need a guided tour through the numbers-helping them to understand not only what the numbers really mean, but also why they matter. This new, completely updated...

In today's fast-paced world of competitive workplaces and turbulent economic conditions, each of us is searching for effective tools that can help us to manage, adapt, and strike out ahead of the pack.  By now, emotional intelligence (EQ) needs...

A well-crafted business plan generates enthusiasm for your idea and boosts your odds of success--whether you're proposing a new initiative within your organization or starting an entirely new company. Creating Business Plans quickly walks you through the...

Boost your productivity with these essential tips. About HBR's 20-Minute Manager Series: Don't have much time? Get up to speed fast on the most essential business skills with HBR's 20-Minute Manager series. Whether you need a crash course or a brief...

Whether you're sweating over a last-minute speech or simply trying to sharpen your skills without investing a lot of time, Presentations provides expert tips you can immediately put to use. You'll get a brief overview of fundamentals like: Crafting your...

It's not a revelation that work-related stress can bleed into every area of your life--making you irritable, disturbing your sleep, killing your diet - and that all these problems lead to even "more" stress on the job. But how do you stop the vicious...