The Leadership Bookshelf
Our Recommendations
Stay on top of your leadership game. Leadership isn’t something you’re born with or gifted as a reward for an abundance of charisma; true leadership stems from core skills that can be learned. This collection of articles includes:
- “Leadership Is a Conversation,” by Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind;
- “How Managers Become Leaders: The Seven Seismic Shifts of Perspective and Responsibility,” by Michael D. Watkins;
- “Strategic Leadership: The Essential Skills,” by Paul J.H. Schoemaker, Steve Krupp, and Samantha Howland; “The Authenticity Paradox,” by Herminia Ibarra;
- “Both/And’ Leadership,” by Wendy K. Smith, Marianne W. Lewis, and Michael L. Tushman;
- “Are You a Collaborative Leader?” by Herminia Ibarra and Morten T. Hansen;
- “Cross-Silo Leadership,” by Tiziana Casciaro, Amy C. Edmondson, and Sujin Jang;
- “How CEOs Manage Time,” by Michael E. Porter and Nitin Nohria;
- “The Best Leaders Are Great Teachers,” by Sydney Finkelstein;
- “Nimble Leadership,” by Deborah Ancona, Elaine Backman, and Kate Isaacs; and
- “The Focused Leader,” by Daniel Goleman.
As CEO, you set the vision, the strategy, and the tone of your organization.
You establish priorities, anticipate and address challenges, champion and lead change efforts, set people up for success, and manage risk. Though you may have a great senior executive team and a top-flight board, the success of your organization depends on your leadership.
If you read nothing else on being an effective chief executive, read these 10 articles by experts in the field. We’ve combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the best ones to help you toggle between long- and short-term views, manage risk and innovation, and cultivate productive relationships with your staff and your board. This book will inspire you to:
- Navigate the changing global business environment
- Customize your company’s strategy to the environment you’re working in
- Attract, engage, and retain the best talent
- Anticipate and address legislative and regulatory issues
- Sharpen your awareness of the tactical and soft skills you need to lead
- Adopt a founder’s mindset and build new offerings, move into new markets, and create next-generation solutions
- Manage and build relationships with your board–and your shareholders
Leaders at Google for over a decade, Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Alan Eagle experienced firsthand how the man fondly known as Coach Bill built trusting relationships, fostered personal growth—even in those at the pinnacle of their careers—inspired courage, and identified and resolved simmering tensions that inevitably arise in fast-moving environments. To honor their mentor and inspire and teach future generations, they have codified his wisdom in this essential guide.
Based on interviews with over eighty people who knew and loved Bill Campbell, Trillion Dollar Coach explains the Coach’s principles and illustrates them with stories from the many great people and companies with which he worked. The result is a blueprint for forward-thinking business leaders and managers that will help them create higher performing and faster moving cultures, teams, and companies.