Management and management techniques Books

From a Stripe and Google executive, a practical guide to company building and scaling the most important resource it has: its people.A leader at both Google and Stripe from their early days, Claire Hughes Johnson has worked with founders and company...

The Greek mythical story of Icarus leaves us wishing to equip our children with the character and skills to navigate through life and change course when flying too close to the sun. In today's world, young adults face unprecedented distractions and...

Generative AI and the remote-work revolution show us every day that we're in a new era. The rules and norms have changed and so must leadership.And yet, coercive bureaucracy, hierarchy, and control old ways of thinking and working are still...

Sales leadership essentials for an era of rapidly advancing digital technology.Effective sales management and running an effective sales organisation is the key to revenue generation, customer satisfaction, and business results. Whether you are a sales...

A first-of-its-kind look at the outrage being directed at organisations across the globe and how leaders can respond to it.Outrage is everywhere on the left and on the right and many companies are finding themselves in the crosshairs. Go Fund Me was...

A curated collection of 10 HBR magazine articles on performing at your highest level and achieving remarkable results.We've read everything HBR has ever published on high performance so you don't have to. Curates the best and most...

A curated collection of HBR's latest thinking for leaders and managers about the practices and policies that will make hybrid organizations successful.Curates the latest and most important thinking on organizational design and leadership competencies in...

Find a way to work that works for you.The 9-to-5 office routine no longer exists. Many employees have the option to work anywhere, any time. But how do you find the flexible arrangement that's right for you? And how do you manage a team when...

Be mindful, empathetic, and authentic-even on-screen.Managing your team, building relationships and trust, and facilitating effective meetings in a hybrid or fully remote workforce is challenging.Virtual EI explores how to develop, practice, and...

Build a mentally healthy workplace.Mental health is just as important as physical health. Yet being honest about depression, anxiety, and other psychological conditions at work can feel risky - and hasn't always been welcome. How can you ensure that you...

Whether you're searching for courage to start a new project, change careers, launch a business, develop an idea, or reinvent yourself after a disappointment or life change, you will face uncertainty-that ambiguous and uncomfortable state that...

Profit from the Source, by BCG leaders Christian Schuh and colleagues, does for procurement what The Machine that Changed the World did for lean management. It will give readers everywhere the strategies they need to build resilient new organisations in...

'What does a workplace utopia look like to you?'This is the question Dr. Ella F. Washington asks company leaders, and often she hears about an ideal vision of an organisation that values diversity and inclusion and wants employees to...

An insightful and inspiring book on using 'both/and' thinking to make more creative, flexible, and impactful decisions in a world of competing demands.Life is full of paradoxes. How can we each express our individuality while also being...

The pressure to 'be digital' has never been greater, but you can meet the challenge.The digital revolution is here, changing how work gets done, how industries are structured, and how people from all walks of life work, behave, and...

Bending Reality is the innovative process used by billionaires, tech leaders, and the world's most successful people to make the impossible... probable. Bending Reality is Victoria Song's innovative process used by billionaires, tech...

As organizations shift to depend more on team-basedstructures, the pressure to develop high-performing teams is more critical thanever. In the modern work environment, teams are expected to embrace change,navigate complexity, and collaborate well under...

When we make decisions, our thinking is informed by societal norms, 'guardrails' that guide our decisions, like the laws and rules that govern us. But what are good guardrails in today's world of overwhelming information flows and...

In Nine-Figure Mindset, Brandon Dawson unveils how to tap into the remarkable potential hidden inside each and every one of us. Drawing from his own awe-inspiring journey, Brandon shows that success and leadership are attainable to anyone willing to...

In this thought-provoking new work, historian Justin M. Jacobs challenges the widely accepted belief that much of Western museums' treasures were acquired by imperialist plunder and theft. The account re-examines the allegedly immoral provenance...

In Awaken Your Potential, leadership coach Chad Reyes becomes a type of virtual mentor to help people fulfill their maximum potential, to become leaders, and then to turn around and help others fulfill their own potential.Today's institutions are facing...

Naked at The Knife-Edge, Vivian James Rigney's compelling and often harrowing true account of summitingEverest, offers a unique window into lessons on leadership and what it takes to succeed in any circumstance.Only a relatively small group of...

"Powerful, profound, and beautifully written,Brand Seductionraises the bar for every marketer to do work that truly matters." -Seth Godin, author of All Marketers Are Liars"Clever, creative, and jam-packed with useful insights, Brand Seduction shows how...

The words of business leaders matter. They can spark action, enhance branding, share knowledge, transmit values, and influence social and cultural behavior.Decoding CEO-Speak critiques the public language of a powerful class of people the Chief Executive...

This book was shortlisted for the National Business Book Award 2022.What accounts for the lack of diversity in leadership positions?Looking carefully at how current leaders view the relationship between top tier management and diverse groups, Opening...

Why are your smartest and most successful employees often the worst learners? Likely, they haven't had the opportunities for introspection that failure affords. So when they do fail, instead of critically examining their own behavior, they cast blame...

This book provides an actionableroadmap for leaders to enhance client-centricity, shift mindsets, and create the rightteaming climate so that a culture of collaboration, innovation, and inclusivity can thrive.Derived from over 280 interviews with senior...

Drive transformation.Change is now constant. As a leader, you must serve as interpreter, project manager, cheerleader, and conduit. Plans evolve. Contexts shift. Progress happens in fits and starts. Through it all, you must push your team forward even...

Learning is the mindset, the differentiating skill, and the approach to life and the world that defines the most successful leaders.When you put learning at the center of everything you do, you'll grow your career, boost your leadership skills,...

Overworked? Overwhelmed? Protect yourself from burnout.The amount of work placed on women is often insurmountable. Along with doing what's required for our jobs, we're often asked to manage tasks that don't lead to career...

Pattern Breaks is a handbook for navigating the world of creative facilitation. It is for facilitators, trainers, educators, group leaders, and anyone who would like to bring more creativity out of their groups and out of themselves. It provides food for...

AI including generative AI is radically transforming business. Are you ready? Accenture technology leaders Paul Daugherty and Jim Wilson provide crucial insights and advice to help you meet the challenge.Look around you. Artificial intelligence is no...

The Digital Transformation Playbook: What You Need to Know and Do is anindispensable resource for you and your organization as you embark on theexciting and challenging journey of digital transformation. It features insightfulideas and best practices...

When Sir Alex Ferguson retired at the end of the 2013 season he was the most successful football manager Britain had ever seen, having won twice as many trophies as his nearest rival. But that success had not come easily. Thirty-five years previously he...

Everyone leads projects. Learn how to manage them more effectively.If you read nothing else on leading projects large and small, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most...

Culture and power have been bedfellows since ancient times. But now, more than ever, exhibits and the organisations responsible for them have become part of our troubled politics. Protests force out problematic patrons and curators, and pressure museums...

Leaders, don't let AI get the best of you.The AI transformation is underway, but where are the leaders who will ensure their companies implement AI successfully and responsibly? Up until now, leaders have largely ceded their role in the AI...

Move past the ESG culture wars and make better choices for your business.Embracing ESG environmental, social, and governance goals isn't just the right thing to do. It's good business. Companies that don't address their...

In Lead Boldly, peak performance coach Hugh Blane shares his three guiding principles for converting human potential into inspired performance. He does this by providing a detailed road map for transforming a leader's results at work and home in...

Say no to a culture of constant work.We often equate our productivity with the number of hours we spend working. But do we really need to work endlessly, through weekends and during vacations, to be seen as stars? To find a healthy balance between our...

LIKE FILM SCHOOL FOR TRAINERS! Film and edit effective training videos-using your smartphone. Whether you're a facilitator, instructional designer, or L&D department of one, you don't need a fancy DSLR camera or film crew to create successful...

Strengthen your soft skills and reach your leadership potential.If you read nothing else on developing your interpersonal skills, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most...

Two world-renowned experts on innovation and digital strategy explore how real-time data and AI will radically transform physical products - and the companies that make them.Tech giants like Facebook, Amazon, and Google can collect real-time data from...

Grow your audience, shrink your footprint, change the world Straight-talk on what makes a purposeful, sustainable event, including honest, practical insights into case studies of hits, misses, and lessons learned. -SHAWNA MCKINLEY, Principal, Clear...

Another tell it like it is, no holds barred addition to Dan Kennedy's No B.S. series which has sold hundreds of thousands of books worldwide. Dan S. Kennedy is back and making a large presence in 2024 with a new speaking tour, podcast features, and event...

Political strategies for tackling climate change and other "long problems" that span generationsClimate change and its consequences unfold over many generations. Past emissions affect our climate today, just as our actions shape the climate of tomorrow,...

The no-nonsense, practical guide for farm-preneurs to grow a successful farm business - completely revised and updated.You launched your farm because you love working the land and producing food. Yet to succeed you also need to think like an entrepreneur...

This turnkey guide helps you build a successful executive coaching framework and practice.The Executive Coaching Playbook offers experienced and newly minted executive coaches a complete framework for building your coaching skills and business with...