Hbr's 10 Must Reads for Ceos (with Bonus Article Your Strategy Needs a Strategy by Martin Reeves Claire Love and Philipp Tillmanns)

<p><b>As CEO you set the vision the strategy and the tone of your organization.</b></p><p>You establish priorities anticipate and address challenges champion and lead change efforts set people up for success and manage risk. Though you may have a great senior executive team and a top-flight board the success of your organization depends on your leadership.</p><p>If you read nothing else on being an effective chief executive read these 10 articles by experts in the field. We've combed through hundreds of <b>Harvard Business Review</b> articles and selected the best ones to help you toggle between long- and short-term views manage risk and innovation and cultivate productive relationships with your staff and your board. This book will inspire you to: <ul><li>Navigate the changing global business environment<li>Customize your company's strategy to the environment you're working in<li>Attract engage and retain the best talent<li>Anticipate and address legislative and regulatory issues<li>Sharpen your awareness of the tactical and soft skills you need to lead<li>Adopt a founder's mindset and build new offerings move into new markets and create next-generation solutions<li>Manage and build relationships with your board--and your shareholders</ul></p><p>This collection of articles includes Your Strategy Needs a Strategy by Martin Reeves Claire Love and Philipp Tillmanns; Managing Your Innovation Portfolio by Bansi Nagji and Geoff Tuff; Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail by John P. Kotter; Reinventing Your Business Model by Mark W. Johnson Clayton M. Christensen and Henning Kagermann; Leadership Is a Conversation by Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind; Strategic Intent by Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad; When Growth Stalls by Matthew S. Olson Derek van Bever and Seth Verry; The Secrets to Successful Strategy Execution by Gary L. Neilson Karla L. Martin and Elizabeth Powers; The Focused Leader by Daniel Goleman; Managing Risks: A New Framework by Robert S. Kaplan and Anette Mikes; 21st-Century Talent Spotting by Claudio Fernandez-Araoz; and How CEOs Can Work with an Active Board by Ken Banta and Stephen D. Garrow.</p>