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Harvard Business Review Press is a leading global book publisher and a division of the Harvard Business Review Group. HBR Press publishes for the general, professional and academic markets on the topics of leadership, strategy, innovation and management.

– Book Reviews

              
Open Talent: Leveraging the Global Workforce to Solve Your Biggest Challenges

Open Talent: Leveraging the Global Workforce to Solve Your Biggest Challenges

By: John Winsor & Jin H. Paik
Reviewed by: Christa Ward, Mar 2024

              
The Leap to Leader: How Ambitious Managers Make the Jump to Leadership

The Leap to Leader: How Ambitious Managers Make the Jump to Leadership

By: Adam Bryant
Reviewed by: Michael Branham, Jan 2024

              
Good Power: Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World

Good Power: Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World

By: Ginni Rometty
Reviewed by: Christa Ward, Dec 2023

              
Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader

Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader

By: Herminia Ibarra
Reviewed by: Jose A. Sanchez, Dec 2023

              
Move Fast & Fix Things: The Trusted Leader’s Guide to Solving Hard Problems

Move Fast & Fix Things: The Trusted Leader’s Guide to Solving Hard Problems

By: Frances Frei & Anne Morriss
Reviewed by: Chris Knox, Dec 2023

              
Getting Along: How To Work With Anyone (Even Difficult People)

Getting Along: How To Work With Anyone (Even Difficult People)

By: Amy Gallo
Reviewed by: Krystal Blackwell, Oct 2023

              
Real-Time Leadership: Find Your Winning Moves When the Stakes are High

Real-Time Leadership: Find Your Winning Moves When the Stakes are High

By: David Noble and Carol Kauffman
Reviewed by: Mark Wettreich, PMP, Sep 2023

              
Harvard Business Review Project Management Handbook: How to Launch, Lead, and Sponsor Successful Projects

Harvard Business Review Project Management Handbook: How to Launch, Lead, and Sponsor Successful Projects

By: Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez
Reviewed by: A.W. Schultz, Jun 2023

              
HBR Project Management Handbook – How to Launch, Lead, and Sponsor Successful Projects

HBR Project Management Handbook – How to Launch, Lead, and Sponsor Successful Projects

By: Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez
Reviewed by: Ermioni Takou, May 2023

              
Thriving in a Male-Dominated Workplace

Thriving in a Male-Dominated Workplace

By: Stacey Abrams, Lara Hodgson, Joseph Grenny, Michelle P. King
Reviewed by: Tracy Gilmore, May 2023

              
Future Ready: The Four Pathways to Capturing Digital Value

Future Ready: The Four Pathways to Capturing Digital Value

By: Stephanie L. Woerner, Peter Weill, Ina M. Sebastian
Reviewed by: Shauna Skolnick, Apr 2023

              
Smarter Collaboration: A New Approach to Breaking Down Barriers and Transforming Work

Smarter Collaboration: A New Approach to Breaking Down Barriers and Transforming Work

By: Heidi Gardner + Ivan Matviak
Reviewed by: Kevin Darbelnet, Mar 2023

              
Next-Level Negotiating (HBR Women at Work Series)

Next-Level Negotiating (HBR Women at Work Series)

By: Amy Gallo, Deborah M. Kolb, Suzanne de Janasz, Deepa Purushothaman
Reviewed by: Dora Jara, Feb 2023

              
Harvard Business Review Project Management Handbook

Harvard Business Review Project Management Handbook

By: Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez
Reviewed by: Yasmina Khelifi, Nov 2021

              
Unleashed – The Unapologetic Leader’s Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You

Unleashed – The Unapologetic Leader’s Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You

By: Frances Frei & Anne Morriss
Reviewed by: Edward Raibick, Feb 2021

              
Eat, Sleep, Innovate: How to Make Creativity an Everyday Habit Inside Your Organization

Eat, Sleep, Innovate: How to Make Creativity an Everyday Habit Inside Your Organization

By: Scott D. Anthony, Paul Cobban, Natalie Painchaud, Andy Parker
Reviewed by: Shauna Skolnick, Nov 2020

              
Think for Yourself: Restoring Common Sense in an Age of Experts and Artificial Intelligence

Think for Yourself: Restoring Common Sense in an Age of Experts and Artificial Intelligence

By: Vikram Mansharamani
Reviewed by: John Shea, Sep 2020

              
What’s Your Problem?

What’s Your Problem?

By: Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg
Reviewed by: Michael J. Miers, Jul 2020

              
Cybersecurity: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review

Cybersecurity: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review

By: Various Authors
Reviewed by: Edward Raibick, May 2020

              
Human + Machine: Reimagining Work in the Age of AI

Human + Machine: Reimagining Work in the Age of AI

By: Paul R. Daugherty & H James Wilson
Reviewed by: Kiran Patel, May 2020

              
The Sponsor Effect: How to be a Better Leader by Investing in Others

The Sponsor Effect: How to be a Better Leader by Investing in Others

By: Sylvia Ann Hewlett
Reviewed by: Renee Lucero, May 2020

              
The Leader You Want to Be:  Five Essential Principles for Bringing Out Your Best Self — Every Day

The Leader You Want to Be: Five Essential Principles for Bringing Out Your Best Self — Every Day

By: Amy Jen Su
Reviewed by: Phil Elsner, Apr 2020

              
Being the Boss: The 3 Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader

Being the Boss: The 3 Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader

By: Linda A. Hill and Kent Lineback
Reviewed by: Sherrie Dotson, Apr 2020

              
Helping People Change: Coaching with Compassion for Lifelong Learning and Growth

Helping People Change: Coaching with Compassion for Lifelong Learning and Growth

By: Richard Boyatzil, Melvin Smith, and Ellen Van Oosten
Reviewed by: Kasandra Bell, Mar 2020

              
HBR’s 10 Must Reads: On Reinventing HR

HBR’s 10 Must Reads: On Reinventing HR

By: Marcus Buckingham, Reid Hoffman, Ram Charan, Peter Cappelli + Others
Reviewed by: Patt Chowdhury, Mar 2020

              
Master Your Next Move

Master Your Next Move

By: Michael D. Watkins
Reviewed by: Sylvia Karmanoff, Feb 2020

              
Why Should Anyone be Led by You? What it Takes to be an Authentic Leader

Why Should Anyone be Led by You? What it Takes to be an Authentic Leader

By: Bob Goffee & Garett Jones
Reviewed by: Charlie Green, Feb 2020

              
The Real Business of Block Chain: How Leaders can Create Value in a New Digital Age

The Real Business of Block Chain: How Leaders can Create Value in a New Digital Age

By: David Furlonger and Christophe Uzureau
Reviewed by: Nancy Little, Jan 2020

              
HBR’S 10 MUST READS on Business Model Innovation

HBR’S 10 MUST READS on Business Model Innovation

By: Multiple
Reviewed by: Lawrence Reid, Dec 2019

              
Alive at Work: The Neuroscience of Helping Your People Love What They Do

Alive at Work: The Neuroscience of Helping Your People Love What They Do

By: Dr Daniel M. Cable
Reviewed by: Mena Okobiah, Dec 2019

              
Everyday Chaos: Technology, Complexity, and How We’re Thriving in a New World of Possibility

Everyday Chaos: Technology, Complexity, and How We’re Thriving in a New World of Possibility

By: David Weinberger
Reviewed by: Sheila Jackson, PMP, Dec 2019

              
Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World

Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World

By: Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall
Reviewed by: Sharon Harris, Dec 2019

              
HBR Guide to Work-Life Balance

HBR Guide to Work-Life Balance

By: Harvard Business Review
Reviewed by: Charlie Green, Dec 2019

              
HBR Guide to Project Management: Motivate Your Team, Avoid Scope Creep, Deliver Results

HBR Guide to Project Management: Motivate Your Team, Avoid Scope Creep, Deliver Results

By: Multiple
Reviewed by: Venkata Ramana Edagottu, Nov 2019

              
HBR Leader’s Handbook: Make an Impact, Inspire Your Organization and Get to the Next Level

HBR Leader’s Handbook: Make an Impact, Inspire Your Organization and Get to the Next Level

By: Ron Ashkenas and Brook Manville
Reviewed by: Mark Cardullo, Nov 2019

              
Becoming A Manager: How New Managers Master the Challenges of Leadership, 2nd Ed.

Becoming A Manager: How New Managers Master the Challenges of Leadership, 2nd Ed.

By: Linda A. Hill
Reviewed by: Peter M. Walker, Nov 2019

              
Build an A-Team: Play to Their Strengths and Lead Them Up the Learning Curve

Build an A-Team: Play to Their Strengths and Lead Them Up the Learning Curve

By: Whitney Johnson
Reviewed by: Shauna Skolnick, Nov 2019

              
The Mind of the Leader: How to Lead Yourself, Your People, and Your Organization for Extraordinary Results

The Mind of the Leader: How to Lead Yourself, Your People, and Your Organization for Extraordinary Results

By: Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter
Reviewed by: Sheila Jackson, PMP, Oct 2019

              
FOCUS (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

FOCUS (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

By: Various
Reviewed by: Edward Raibick, Oct 2019