HBR's 10 Must Reads: The Essentials


Harvard Business Review

2011
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Change is the one constant in business, and we must adapt or face obsolescence. Yet certain challenges never go away. That's what makes this book a "must read." These are 10 seminal articles by management's most influential experts, on topics of perennial concern to ambitious managers and leaders hungry for inspiration - and ready to run with big ideas to accelerate their own and their companies' success.

If you read nothing else - full stop - read:

  • Michael Porter on competitive advantage
  • John Kotter on leading change
  • Daniel Goleman on emotional intelligence
  • Peter Drucker on managing your career
  • Clay Christensen on disruptive innovation
  • Tom Davenport on analytics
  • Robert Kaplan and David Norton on the Balanced Scorecard
  • Rosabeth Moss Kanter on innovation
  • Ted Levitt on marketing
  • C.K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel on core competence

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Harvard Business Review. (2011). HBR's 10 must reads: The essentials. Harvard Business Review Press.