Name: The Harvard Business Review Manager's Handbook
Author: Harvard Business Review

The one primer you need to develop your managerial and leadership skills. Whether you&#8217;re a new manager or looking to have more influence in your current management role, the challenges you face come in all shapes and sizes—a direct report&#8217;s anxious questions, your boss&#8217;s last-minute assignment of an important presentation, or a blank business case staring you in the face. To reach your full potential in these situations, you need to master a new set of business and personal skills.Packed with step-by-step advice and wisdom from Harvard Business Review &#8217;s management archive, the HBR Manager&#8217;s Handbook provides best practices on topics from understanding key financial statements and the fundamentals of strategy to emotional intelligence and building your employees&#8217; trust. The book&#8217;s brief sections allow you to home in quickly on the solutions you need right away—or take a deeper dive if you need more context.Keep this comprehensive guide with you throughout your career and be a more impactful leader in your organization.In the HBR Manager&#8217;s Handbook you&#8217;ll find: - Step-by-step guidance through common managerial tasks - Short sections and chapters that you can turn to quickly as a need arises - Self-assessments throughout - Exercises and templates to help you practice and apply the concepts in the book - Concise explanations of the latest research and thinking on important management skills from Harvard Business Review experts such as Dan Goleman, Clayton Christensen, John Kotter, and Michael Porter - Real-life stories from working managers - Recaps and action items at the end of each chapter that allow you to reinforce or review the ideas quicklyThe skills covered in the book include: - Transitioning into a leadership role - Building trust and credibility - Developing emotional intelligence - Becoming a person of influence - Developing yourself as a leader - Giving effective feedback - Leading teams - Fostering creativity - Mastering the basics of strategy - Learning to use financial tools - Developing a business case

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