HBR's 10 Must Reads on Career Resilience

by Harvard Business Review

Building a successful career starts with you.

It's easy to get caught up in the day-to-day demands of your current job and lose sight of the big picture, but with a typical career spanning 50 years or more, you do so at your own peril. It's up to you to chart your own course to professional success.

If you read nothing else on effectively managing your career, read these 10 articles by experts in the field. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you develop yourself, make the right career moves, navigate inevitable detours and disruptions, and turn your professional dreams into reality.

This book will inspire you

Identify and leverage your strengthsCultivate the curiosity, skills, and knowledge you need to maintain your professional relevance far into the futureNavigate messy job transitions gracefullyBuild and sustain a network that supports and encourages your growthRestore meaning and passion to your workBounce back from career setbacks big and smallReinvent yourself, even in tough times

This collection of articles includes "Managing Oneself," by Peter F. Drucker; "How to Play to Your Strengths," by Laura Morgan Roberts, Gretchen Spreitzer, Jane Dutton, Robert Quinn, Emily Heaphy, and Brianna Barker Caza; "How to Stay Stuck in the Wrong Career," by Herminia Ibarra; "Five Ways to Bungle a Job Change," by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams; "Learning to Learn," by Erika Andersen; "The Strategic Side Gig," by Ken Banta and Orlan Boston; "How Leaders Create and Use Networks," by Herminia Ibarra and Mark Lee Hunter; "How to Bounce Back from Adversity," by Joshua D. Margolis and Paul G. Stoltz; "Rebounding from Career Setbacks," by Mitchell Lee Marks, Philip Mirvis, and Ron Ashkenas; "Reawakening Your Passion for Work," by Richard Boyatzis, Annie McKee, and Daniel Goleman; and "Next-Gen Retirement," by Heather C. Vough, Christine D. Bataille, Leisa Sargent, and Mary Dean Lee.

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, Audiobook, Nonfiction

210 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 26, 2021

Reviews

[Lastoadri · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the first 2 articles only. The rest are recreation of known information.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

“The hallmark of the career-change process is the emotional experienceof "liminality"-that is, of existing between a past that is clearly gone and a future that is still uncertain. Liminality can be an unpleasant state to inhabit emotionally. People going through it feel unmoored, lose their bearings, and oscillate between "holding on" and "letting go." But this fraught stage is a necessary part of the journey, because it allows you to process a lot of complex emotions and conflicting desires and ultimately prevents you from shutting down prematurely and missing better options that still lie ahead.
A crisis is likely to prolong this state of liminality for many of us. While frustrating at times, it has its benefits. As Bill Bridges has written in Transitions, "We need not feel defensive about this apparently unproductive time-out at turning points in our lives. ... In the apparently aimless activity of our time alone, we are doing important inner business”

[Natalie · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first few articles were really actionable. The last few felt like advice more targeted towards people later in career. It’s a good reference to spark reflection if you’re feeling uninspired or unfulfilled by your current work.

[Andrew · Rating 2 out of 5]

The first chapter here is also chapter 2 in the HBR "On Managing Yourself" book.

A lot of the other concepts are things I've absorbed elsewhere.

[Sandy Rechtsteiner · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not what expected but there were a few good points made.

[Raka Adrianto · Rating 4 out of 5]

By serendipity I found this compendium of career-related articles on resilience. My personal favorites are how to balance personal values with conflicting work styled and how to see retirement from different perspectives (downshift, ending, new beginning, reinvent,..). Good read for relaxed afternoons.

[Mark · Rating 5 out of 5]

Probably most useful for mid-career professionals, this compendium offers a range of options, examples, and ways of thinking strategically about the next career stage. The path doesn't always need to be linear; keys are to remain adaptive, network, and self-reflective throughout.

[Neil Krikul · Rating 3 out of 5]

There were only 2-3 chapters from this book that really speak to me, disregarding the ones that I had already read.

At least the book will teach us to be more strategic when navigating our career, because it’s never linear.

[Sam Hadfield · Rating 5 out of 5]

many people have said that only the first two articles are useful, but I actually found the latter articles to be excellent and full of insights which can help shape my career for the better.

I especially recommend "reawaken your passion for work".

[Awjtf · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting!

[Zack Hodges · Rating 4 out of 5]

egh

[SaketKr · Rating 5 out of 5]

I never had read any such book, plus have no experience with what I found here, so for me, this was a fine read. I guess this book would be more suited for someone with 15 around experience, aged late thirties or early forties I guess. I also am too early to be reading this I guess.