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The benefits of mindfulness include better performance, heightened creativity, deeper self-awareness, and increased charisma-not to mention greater peace of mind.This book gives you practical steps for building a sense of presence into your daily work routine. It also explains the science behind mindfulness and why it works and gives clear-eyed warnings about the pitfalls of the fad.This volume includes the work of:Daniel GolemanEllen LangerSusan DavidChristina CongletonThis collection of articles includes "e;Mindfulness in the Age of Complexity,"e; an interview with Ellen Langer by Alison Beard; "e;Mindfulness Can Literally Change Your Brain,"e; by Christina Congleton, Britta K. Holzel, and Sara W. Lazar; "e;How to Practice Mindfulness Throughout Your Work Day,"e; by Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter; "e;Resilience for the Rest of Us,"e; by Daniel Goleman; "e;Emotional Agility: How Effective Leaders Manage Their Thoughts and Feelings,"e; by Susan David and Christina Congleton; "e;Don't Let Power Corrupt You,"e; by Dacher Keltner; "e;Mindfulness for People Who Are Too Busy to Meditate,"e; by Maria Gonzalez; "e;Is Something Lost When We Use Mindfulness as a Productivity Tool?"e; by Charlotte Lieberman; and "e;There Are Risks to Mindfulness at Work,"e; by David Brendel.How to be human at work. The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.

MEET YOUR GOALS-ON TIME AND ON BUDGET.How do you rein in the scope of your project when you've got a group of demanding stakeholders breathing down your neck? And map out a schedule everyone can stick to? And motivate team members who have competing demands on their time and attention?Whether you're managing your first project or just tired of improvising, this guide will give you the tools and confidence you need to define smart goals, meet them, and capture lessons learned so future projects go even more smoothly.The HBR Guide to Project Management will help you:Build a strong, focused teamBreak major objectives into manageable tasksCreate a schedule that keeps all the moving parts under controlMonitor progress toward your goalsManage stakeholders' expectationsWrap up your project and gauge its success

If you read nothing else on mental toughness, read these definitive articles from Harvard Business Review.Confront and use stressPlan short-term goals to achieve long-term aspirationsLearn from survivors of PTSDUse challenges to become a better leaderRecover from setbacksAudience: Leaders and aspiring leaders, particularly those familiar with Harvard Business Review and who want a recap of the year's ideas in management, or those who are new to the magazine and looking for a way to familiarize themselves with its content.Announced first printing: 25,000Laydown goal: 7,500

Changing hearts is an important part of changing minds. With research into how appeals to human emotion can help you make your case and earn authority as a leader, this book presents both comprehensive frameworks for developing a influence and small, simple tactics that you can use to convince others every day.--

Managing people is fraught with challenges even if you're a seasoned manager. This book inspires you to tailor your management styles to fit your people; motivate with more responsibility, not more money; support first-time managers; build trust by soliciting input; teach smart people how to learn from failure; and build high-performing teams.

Offers managers and professionals the fundamental information they need to stay competitive in a fast-moving world.

A collection of 10 practical, direct HBR magazine articles giving leaders and managers the ideas and inspiration they need to lead their companies (and themselves) through a downturn, recession, or crisis.Get your company ready before a recession strikes.Stay resilient.Learn the right lessons from previous recessions.Minimize pain while cutting costs and jobs.Pull off big deals in a down market.Avoid a culture of pessimism.Protect your own job.Seize the opportunity to innovate and reinvent your business.Lead the turnaround and return to growth.Audience: Leaders and managers at all level looking for ideas, inspiration, and tools to lead their companies--and themselves--through a downturn.

The best articles HBR has published on leading, elevating, and transforming HR.Ten most important articles from HBR on reinventing HR, selected by HBR editors.Strikes a balance among practical advice, research-driven articles, and big idea pieces, so readers get a full understanding of the current state of HR and where it needs to change.Includes articles on a variety of topics related to human resources, including people analytics, hiring, performance management, talent management, and diversity.Includes a diverse set of perspectives from recognizable experts, researchers, academics, and authors, including Ram Charan, Marcus Buckingham, Dominic Barton, John Boudreau, and Peter Cappelli.Audience: Primarily HR, but also executives.

Make your professional growth a daily habit.With a packed schedule, personal and professional goals, and demands on your time and attention from every direction, it can be hard to set aside quiet time for reflection. Time to learn. Time to find inspiration. HBR Daily Leader makes it easy to regularly put your own development on your agenda. Curated from the Harvard Business Review archives, this collection provides leadership insights to spark your thinking, quotations to inspire you, and questions to encourage deep reflection. With this book as your touchstone, you'll elevate your performance as a leader.

As a manager, you're shouldering more and more responsibilities, from maximizing your team's performance, to increasing your company's market share to building profitable customer relationships. On top of all that, you need to orchestrate your own time and keep your career on track. The challenges are stacking up, but you've got less and less time to figure out how to tackle them. How are you supposed to resolve this dilemma? Happily, help is on the way: The new Management Tips from the Harvard Business Review. This concise, handy guide is packed with quick tips on a broad range of topics, organized into three major skills every manager must master: Managing yourselfManaging your teamManaging your business.Drawing from HBR's popular Management Tip of the Day, the book puts the best management practices and insights, from top thinkers in the field, right at your fingertips. Pick it up any time you have a few minutes to spare and you'll have a fresh, powerful idea you can immediately put into action. You may not be able to do much about being time-starved, but with Management Tips from the Harvard Business Review as your guide, you'll stand the best chance of succeeding in your role as a manager

"For four unforgettable seasons, Succession has riveted viewers inside and outside the business world. Too absurd to be true, too real to truly be fiction, corporate patriarch Logan Roy, his feuding children, and the executives of Waystar Royco have kept us rapt. Every week the show has dominated office chatter and flooded Slack channels with expletive-laden memes, quotes, and insults. But does the series offer any insights of real-world value to leaders or organizations? Can the psychological power dynamics, nine-figure negotiation tactics, and intricate M&A maneuvers actually teach us something about succeeding in business? Definitely: whatever the Roys do, do the exact opposite."--