HBR?s 10 Must Reads Leader?s Collection (3 Books) (HBR?s 10 Must Reads)

Above all, effective executives treat change as an opportunity rather than a threat.

The information flow from subordinate to boss is usually what gets the most attention. But executives need to pay equal attention to peers’ and superiors’ information needs.

Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level. It needs to be taught explicitly to everyone in organizations that are based on knowledge.

Management involves planning and budgeting. Leadership involves setting direction.
• Management involves organizing and staffing. Leadership involves aligning people.
• Management provides control and solves problems. Leadership provides motivation.

You get results by exploiting opportunities, not solving problems.

You get results by exploiting opportunities, not solving problems.

We’re taught in finance and economics that in evaluating alternative investments, we should ignore sunk and fixed costs, and instead base decisions on the marginal costs and marginal revenues that each alternative entails. We learn in our course that this doctrine biases companies to leverage what they have put in place to succeed in the past, instead of guiding them to create the capabilities they’ll need in the future

be sure that my relationship with my family is an enduring source of happiness

with a gift for recognizing strategic inflection points that can be exploited for competitive advantage.

The question is not whether you can avoid stress but how you can control it to maintain your own sense of equilibrium.