HBR's 10 Must Reads for Executive Teams

Executive leadership is a team sport.As part of an executive team you wear many hats. Not only are you responsible for working with other senior leaders to establish strategic goals and ensure their execution you're also making tough decisions shaping organizational culture and communicating regularly with employees.If you read nothing else on working effectively as an executive team member read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you build the skills you need as a senior leader and set your team up for success.This book will inspire you to:Assemble a group that will think boldly and work harmoniouslyChart a course to innovation and competitive advantageLead through transformation and other organizational changeAvoid common traps when making strategic decisionsGrow talent throughout the company especially in underrepresented groupsThis collection of articles includes Reinventing Your Leadership Team by Paul Leinwand Mahadeva Matt Mani and Blair Sheppard; A Smarter Way to Network by Rob Cross and Robert Thomas; Leadership That Gets Results by Daniel Goleman; The Hidden Traps in Decision-Making by John S. Hammond Ralph L. Keeney and Howard Raiffa; Stop Wasting Valuable Time by Michael C. Mankins; Transient Advantage by Rita Gunther McGrath; Breaking Down the Barriers to Innovation by Scott D. Anthony Paul Cobban Rahul Nair and Natalie Painchaud; Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail by John P. Kotter; The Leader's Guide to Corporate Culture by Boris Groysberg Jeremiah Lee Jesse Price and J. Yo-Jud Cheng; Getting Serious About Diversity by Robin J. Ely and David A. Thomas; Designing Work That People Love by Marcus Buckingham.HBR's 10 Must Reads paperback series is the definitive collection of books for new and experienced leaders alike. Leaders looking for the inspiration that big ideas provide both to accelerate their own growth and that of their companies should look no further. HBR's 10 Must Reads series focuses on the core topics that every ambitious manager needs to know: leadership strategy change managing people and managing yourself. Harvard Business Review has sorted through hundreds of articles and selected only the most essential reading on each topic. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an ever?changing business environment.