HBR's 10 Must Reads for CEOs

As CEO you set the vision the strategy and the tone of your organization.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.If you read nothing else on being an effective chief executive read these 10 articles by experts in the field. Weve combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review 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:Navigate the changing global business environmentCustomize your companys strategy to the environment youre working inAttract engage and retain the best talentAnticipate and address legislative and regulatory issuesSharpen your awareness of the tactical and soft skills you need to leadAdopt a founders mindset and build new offerings move into new markets and create next-generation solutionsManage and build relationships with your board--and your shareholdersThis 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.