About the Book
Take charge of your own success.
If you read (or listen to) nothing else on managing yourself, listen to this book. We've chosen a new selection of current and classic Harvard Business Review articles that will help you understand your strengths, clarify your personal goals and direction, and build a career you're proud of.
This book will inspire you to manage your time, energy, and stress effectively; use a growth mindset to expand your network; define, develop, and communicate your personal brand; build your skills and keep learning; navigate conflict with confidence; and align your professional goals with your personal values.
HBR's 10 Must Reads are definitive collections of classic ideas, practical advice, and essential thinking from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Exploring topics like disruptive innovation, emotional intelligence, and new technology in our ever-evolving world, these books empower any leader to make bold decisions and inspire others.
This updated and expanded edition features new, breakthrough articles, additional short-form pieces, and a detailed discussion guide to give you and your team the tools you need for sustained success.
About the Author :
Clayton M. Christensen (1952-2020) was the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He authored eight critically acclaimed books, including the bestsellers How Will You Measure Your Life? and The Innovator's Dilemma. Christensen cofounded Innosight, a management consultancy; Rose Park Advisors, an investment firm; and the Clayton Christensen Institute, a nonprofit think tank. Amy Gallo is a contributing editor at Harvard Business Review. She is the author of the HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict and a cohost of HBR's Women at Work podcast. Her articles have been collected in dozens of books on emotional intelligence, giving and receiving feedback, time management, and leadership. As a sought-after speaker and facilitator, Gallo has helped thousands of leaders deal with conflict more effectively and navigate complicated workplace dynamics. She is a graduate of Yale University and holds a master's degree from Brown University. Peter F. Drucker (1909-2005), author of over thirty-five books, is considered one of the most influential originators of business management, whose ideas have shaped the modern corporation. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002.
Rudy Sanda is a versatile actor, singer, voice-over artist, and fight choreographer. He has acted all over the United States and England on the stage and screen, including Laguna Playhouse, Ivoryton Playhouse, the Colonial Theatre, and Ocean State Theatre. Rudy holds a BFA in acting from the University of Rhode Island and received further training at the Beverly Hills Playhouse in Los Angeles and RATA in London. He has been described as a powerful, deeply connected presence bursting with charm and enthusiasm. Amanda Troop is an actor and improvisor, and started out on stage at age eleven. Along with her work in TV and film, Amanda has been in nearly 100 national ad campaigns and commercials. Amanda's love of cartoons and audiobooks led her to the world of voice-over. Her audiobooks include Hard Girls, by J. Robert Lennon, Go the Distance, by Jen Calonita, The Rehearsals, by Annette Christie, Good Hope Road, by Lisa Wingate, Desire Lines, by Christina Baker Kline, and Saving Each Other, by Victoria Jackson and Ali Guthy. Her animation work includes Maggie Sawyer in The Death of Superman, Gladys Windsmere in the Batman Unlimited films Animal Instinct and Monster Mayhem, Jordy Defective on the indie web series Box Peek, the entire witch coven in Gendy Tartakovsky's Primal, and most recently as Eunice the Unicycle on Disney's Firebuds. As the "weird noises gal" Amanda has given voice to the Zombie Queen in Army of the Dead, spoken an invented Atlantean language for Zack Snyder's Justice League, and hacked up a hairball as Spider-Cat in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Amanda has used improvisation as a vital tool throughout most of her career, including on-camera work on Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits and Monsters, a two-year campaign for Chevrolet, and in creating several fully improvised films with her improv and production team, Ripley Improv. Her video game credits include Sophia in Wylde Flowers, Irene Lew in Dead or Alive Dimensions and in Ninja Garden 3, Loosum Hagar in Rage, Gulo in Rage 2, Horizon Zero Dawn, Lego Dimensions, and Final Fantasy VII Remake. Her recent TV appearances include Hot Date, Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters, a recurring role on the cult hit show Wilfred, Bones, Childrens Hospital, and more. Amanda is also a distance runner, native plant enthusiast, avid reader, HEMA swordfighting novice, excellent home cook, and a warrior mom.
