HBR's 10 Must Reads 2019: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review (with bonus article "Now What?" by Joan C. Williams and Suzanne Lebsock)

by Harvard Business Review, Joan C. Williams, Thomas H. Davenport

A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place. We've reviewed the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to keep you up-to-date on the most cutting-edge, influential thinking driving business today. With authors from Thomas H. Davenport to Michael E. Porter and company examples from Facebook to DHL, this volume brings the most current and important management conversations right to your fingertips. This book will inspire you

Genres: Business, Management, Nonfiction, Leadership

272 pages, Paperback

Published November 6, 2018

Reviews

[Keith Trnka · Rating 2 out of 5]

I've enjoyed the themed version of the HBR 10 books so I thought I'd give this a shot to see what's top of mind this year. The topics and intended audiences are all over the place so it's not as helpful.

[Harley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’ve just finished ‘Harvard Business Review Must Reads 2019’. These books are released annually and are a collection of HBRs most pivotal journal articles for the year just passed.

I was particularly interested in articles about the Gig Economy and the Hub Economy but I was most interested in Sexual Harassment in the Workplace.

52% of women in hospitality are sexually harassed once a week or more, 80% of the time by Colleagues and Customers and 56% of the time by their Managers. The #MeToo movement has generated significant positive change for women and Board of Directors now rank the focus on Sexual Harassment as high as Corruption and Fraud. Over 90% of Americans believe there should be a zero tolerance for sexual harassment in the workplace.

Improvements in this area decrease the risk of female employees ending their employment by 6.5x and have double benefit for males by creating a safer environment for those who won’t participate in sexual harassment.

The good news is, the vast majority of people know and believe that sexual harassment is not ok.

I rate this book 4 stars and while it contains valuable insights, it is a dry read.

[Victor Volpe · Rating 4 out of 5]

HBR Must Reads are always good. The team that curates the best articles of a given topic or year do a very good job. Also, the format by itself is very reader-friendly. Short chapters that you can either binge-read at once or dose it according to your available time.

This book is no exception to this rule. All the topics presented are very relevant nowadays and well-researched. There is some very good advice and insights in those pages, and some of its value is yet to come as some of the topics debated get more attention (for example AI and AR).

Are all articles super engaging? No. Some of them are just “reinforcement of best practices” and could be boring. Those, though, are the exception - the vast majority will keep you hooked until you finish. Special kudos for the “Why we undervalue competent management?” and “Managing in the hub economy”. Those 2 alone already make reading it worthy.

Recommended to all my friends in business (irrespective of the area).

[Omar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Took me months to finish this one (it’s a very dry and businessy one). It discusses several key current topics in the workplace, and provides research and statistics on them. I recommend it, although the majority of the topics are more relevant for North American corporations.

Rating: 3/5

[Akanksha Susarla · Rating 5 out of 5]

its amazing.. i love these kind of books.. i love learining about htese articles.. i want to read i am very eager to read

[Mehul Sheth]

As always, major themes of the year are provided and thoughtful discussion around them ensues.

[anna b · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are good article picks however I'm unable to related overall. This is a leadership book and I'm not there anyway.

[Aron · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some good articles, but the book (and its lack of an overall theme) made finishing it feel like a chore

[Kym Hamer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thought-provoking reading. I got a lot of useful insights and approaches for my business from this. The final discussion pieces on the rise of #metoo were very interesting to think about as well.

[Julius · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not impressed. VC articles and medium blogs have more interesting ideas than this. Unless you're in corporate.