HBR's 10 Must Reads for Mid-Level Managers

Collaborator. Communicator. Connector. Coach.As a mid-level manager you're being tasked with more than ever before. You're expected to lead innovation develop talent execute on strategy create an inclusive culture and help your people adapt to constant change. How can you do it all and be successful?If you read nothing else on being an effective mid-level manager read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the best ones to help you build buy-in up and down your organization secure time and resources for key projects and lead change—all while getting the most important work done.This book will inspire you to:Build winning teams and develop talentTransform your role from intermediary to innovatorFoster a culture of psychological safetyBalance being a leader with being an individual contributorForm partnerships and leverage internal networksLead your organization from the middleThis collection of articles includes Managers Can't Do It All by Diane Gherson and Lynda Gratton; The Real Value of Middle Managers by Zahira Jaser; In Praise of Middle Managers by Quy Nguyen Huy; Managing Your Boss by John J. Gabarro and John P. Kotter; Get the Boss to Buy In by Susan J. Ashford and James Detert; The Secrets of Great Teamwork by Martine Haas and Mark Mortensen; How the Best Bosses Interrupt Bias on Their Teams by Joan C. Williams and Sky Mihaylo; Making the Hybrid Workplace Fair by Mark Mortensen and Martine Haas; Why Strategy Execution Unravels—and What to Do About It by Donald Sull Rebecca Homkes and Charles Sull; The Leader as Coach by Herminia Ibarra and Anne Scoular; Make the Most of Your One-on-One Meetings by Steven G. Rogelberg; Learn When to Say No by Bruce Tulgan; and Begin with Trust by Frances Frei and Anne Morriss.