Can you prepare a breakeven analysis? Do you know the difference between an income statement and a balance sheet? Or understand why a business that’s profitable can still go belly-up? Has your grasp of your company’s numbers helped—or hurt—your career?Whether you’re new to finance or you just need a refresher, this go-to guide will give you the tools and confidence you need to master …
If you read nothing else on inspiring and executing innovation, read these 10 articles. We?ve combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you innovate effectively. Leading experts such as Clayton Christensen, Peter Drucker, and Rosabeth Moss Kanter provide the insights and advice you need to: ? Decide which ideas are wo…
Are you suffering from work-related stress? Feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, and short-tempered at work?and at home? Then you may have too much stress in your life. Stress is a serious problem that impacts not only your mental and physical health, but also your loved ones and your organization. So what can you do to address it? The HBR Guide to Managing Stress at Work will help you find a sustai…
You've been asked to manage a key project- or perhaps you've volunteered for an assignment that could advance your career. So how do you make sure the project succeds? Managing projects walks you quickly through the basics, including: - Drawing up a realisic schedule - Monitoring key tasks and benchmarks - Communicating with stakeholders - Bringing the project to a close
Intimidated by corporate finance? The numbers (and the jargon) can feel overwhelming- but you have to understand them to manage effectively. Finance Basics explains the fundamentals simply and quickly, introducing you to key terms and concept such as: - How to negative financial statements - How to weight costs and benefits - What's involved in budgeting and forecasting - How to gauge a company…
Is your company spending enormous time and energy on strategy development, with little to show for your efforts? We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles on strategy and selected the most important ones to help galvanize your organization's strategy development and execution. This collection includes: featured article "What Is Strategy?" by Michael E. Porter, "The Five …
Change is the one constant in business, and we must adapt or face obsolescence. Yet certain challenges never go away. That's what makes this book "must read." These are the 10 seminal articles by management's most influential experts, on topics of perennial concern to ambitious managers and leaders hungry for inspiration--and ready to run with big ideas to accelerate their own and their compani…
Managing people is fraught with challenges: What really motivates people? How do you deal with problem employees? How can you build a team that is greater than the sum of its parts? The answers to these questions can be elusive--even to a seasoned manager. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles on managing people to help you deal with t…