HBR's 10 Must Reads 2021: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review

by Harvard Business Review (Contributor), Marcus Buckingham, Amy C. Edmondson

"A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place. We've combed through the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to help you get up to speed fast on the relevant concepts driving business today. Discover new ideas and sample the latest thinking of our vast array of management experts. Revisit these topics now to make sure your organization is incorporating the best, most up-to-date practices, or keep this book as a reference so you can turn to these memorable pieces when you need them the most. The collection includes articles on leadership, strategy, and innovation, as well as articles that will help you manage yourself and others. HBR's 10 Must Reads paperback series is the definitive collection of books for new and experienced leaders alike. Leaders looking for the inspiration that big ideas provide, both to accelerate their own growth and that of their companies, should look no further. HBR's 10 Must Reads series focuses on the core topics that every ambitious manager needs to leadership, strategy, change, managing people, and managing yourself. Harvard Business Review has sorted through hundreds of articles and selected only the most essential reading on each topic. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an ever-changing business environment"--

Genres: Business, Leadership, Nonfiction, Management

311 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 6, 2020

Reviews

[Riku Sayuj · Rating 4 out of 5]

Always a good series to keep track of. Some gems 👇

1/ The Feedback Fallacy
The best way to give feedback isn't telling someone what you think of their work every quarter.
It's real-time!
You need to help your team members see what’s working, stopping them with a “Yes! That!” and tell what they did well.



2/ Cross-Silo Leadership
Without a doubt the vast majority of innovation and business-development opportunities lie in the interfaces between functions. But it's hard. That's it really. The solutions are a bit meh.


3/ The Age of Continuous Connection
Offers four modes to facilitate continuous connection with customers:
1. Respond to desire
2. Curated offering
3. Coach behavior
4. Automatic execution


4/ The Hard Truth about Innovative Cultures
Innovative cultures are inherently contradictory. Creating a culture that simultaneously values learning through failure and outstanding performance is difficult.


5/ How Dual-Career Couples Make It Work
Couples who communicate at each transition about values, boundaries, and fears have a good chance of being fulfilled both in their relationships and in their careers.


6/ That Discomfort You’re Feeling Is Grief
Powerful viral article. Anticipatory grief was the most powerful anxiety driver of 2020. Perhaps still is.

[Harley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’ve just finished HBRs 2021 Must Reads and there was an article titled ‘That discomfort you’re feeling is Grief’ by Scott Berinato.

I think it’s timely, and it was definitely timely in 2021. Scott argues that to give the ‘feeling a name (Grief) is the start to addressing it.

One of the fundamental types of grief that is harrowing today is Anticipatory Grief; imaginative thoughts linked to visualised Death. It affects the strongest of those we know.

Reflecting on COVID-19 case numbers and now war, the thought of spiking anticipatory grief in colleagues makes me wonder where the balance between appropriate work topics and advocation for causes close to us stands.

Overall, an interesting book, I found AI integration topics interesting.

[Oswaldo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting insights about “providing feedback “

[Greg · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book definitely contains the best articles published by Harvard Business Review in preparation for 2021. The year 2020 is arguably a different year for all of of humanity.

The lessons in these articles will help us to think things through and give our best in the following year.