Whether you are new to being a boss or are simply looking to stand out from the pack, this is the one primer you need to develop your managerial and leadership skills. Packed with step-by-step advice and wisdom from HBR's management archive, the book provides best practices on topics from...

Leadership is a conversation / by Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind -- How managers become leaders / by Michael D. Watkins -- Strategic leadership: the essential skill / by Paul J. H. Schoemaker, Steve Krupp, and Samantha Howland -- The authenticity paradox / by Herminia Ibarra -- "Both/and"...

Your strategy needs a strategy / by Martin Reeves, Claire Love, and Philipp Tillmanns -- Transient advantage / by Rita Gunther McGrath -- Bringing science to the art of strategy / by A.G. Lafley, Roger L. Martin, Jan W. Rivkin, and Nicolaj Siggelkow -- Managing risks: a new framework / by Robert...

Section 1. The dominance of mega-firms: Managing our hub economy - strategy, ethics, and network competition in the age of digital superpowers / Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani -- Is lack of competition strangling the U.S. economy? - what industry concentration means for businesses and...

Understanding analytics basics: The five essential elements for succeeding with data - and the costs of missing any / by Thomas C. Redman - Understanding the types of data and how they're captured - increase your data literacy / by Hugo Bowne-Anderson - The right way to deploy predictive...

In today's competitive hiring market, you can't risk excluding or alienating talented employees--regardless of their gender, race, class, or physical ability. Bias can seep into the deepest corners of your workplace and hinder both the success of the people who hold marginalized identities and...

Your company needs a winning business model to thrive--and it may soon need to reinvent that business model to survive. If you read nothing else on business model innovation, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important...

Section 1. Understanding blockchain: The truth about blockchain: it will take years to transform business, but the journey begins now / Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani -- A brief history of blockchain: it's come a long way in 10 years / Vinay Gupta -- The blockchain will do to the financial...

Section 1. Understanding AI and machine learning: The business of artificial intelligence: what it can - and cannot - do for your organization / Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee -- Inside facebook's AI workshop: at the social network behemoth, machine learning has become a platform for the...