This book collects 10 articles on management ideas, along with a bonus article, drawn from Harvard Business Review and written by business scholars and specialists from North America between 2018 and 2019. They address techniques for boosting learning, persuading others, and negotiating more effectively using questions; approaches for strategy that use creativity; rejecting the idea that women should act more like men in organizations and instead fixing aspects that undermine women and reinforce gender stereotypes; collaborative intelligence between humans and artificial intelligence; selling personal style to the mass market; go-to-market strategies for start-ups; moving from a handful of agile teams to hundreds; operational transparency so that customers can recognize the value being added by organizational processes; how companies can find a balance between commitment to economic and social value; time management for CEOs; and developing a longevity strategy for fostering a multigenerational workforce. Annotation ©2020 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place.
We've reviewed the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to keep you up-to-date on the most cutting-edge, influential thinking driving business today. With authors from Michael E. Porter to Katrina Lake and company examples from Alibaba to 3M, this volume brings the most current and important management conversations right to your fingertips.
This book will inspire you to:
- Ask better questions to boost your learning, persuade others, and negotiate more effectively
- Create workplace conditions where gender equity can thrive
- Boost results by allowing humans and AI to enhance one another's strengths
- Make better connections with your customers by giving them a glimpse inside your company
- Scale your agile processes from a few teams to hundreds
- Build a commitment to both economic and social values in your organization
- Prepare your company for a rapidly aging workforce and society
This collection of articles includes "The Surprising Power of Questions," by Alison Wood Brooks and Leslie K. John; "Strategy Needs Creativity," by Adam Brandenburger; "What Most People Get Wrong about Men and Women," by Catherine H. Tinsley and Robin J. Ely; "Collaborative Intelligence: Humans and AI Are Joining Forces," by H. James Wilson and Paul R. Daugherty; "Stitch Fix's CEO on Selling Personal Style to the Mass Market," by Katrina Lake; "Strategy for Start-Ups," by Joshua Gans, Erin L. Scott, and Scott Stern; "Agile at Scale," by Darrell K. Rigby, Jeff Sutherland, and Andy Noble; "Operational Transparency," by Ryan W. Buell; "The Dual-Purpose Playbook," by Julie Battilana, Anne-Claire Pache, Metin Sengul, and Marissa Kimsey; "How CEOs Manage Time," by Michael E. Porter and Nitin Nohria; and "When No One Retires," by Paul Irving.