Management Tips - by Harvard Business Review (Paperback)

About the Book

A compilation of HBR's "Manager's Tip of the Day," this book is a guide for both emerging leaders and seasoned veterans. Organized into three categories-- managing yourself, managing your team, managing your business-- the book teaches the soft and hard skills that are required to succeed in the workplace. Written by some of the most admired minds in business, the tips will help guide managers through the travails of leadership. Learn a diverse range of skills, from managing your time to inspiring a team and motivating customers.--

Book Synopsis

Quick tips for every manager.

As a manager, you're shouldering more and more responsibilities--from maximizing your team's performance to increasing your company's market share to building profitable customer relationships. On top of all that, you need to orchestrate your own time and keep your career on track.

The challenges are stacking up--but you've got less and less time to figure out how to tackle them.

How are you supposed to resolve this dilemma? Happily, help is on the way: the new Management Tips from the Harvard Business Review.

This concise, handy guide is packed with quick tips on a broad range of topics, organized into three major skills every manager must master:

• Managing yourself
• Managing your team
• Managing your business

Drawing from HBR's popular Management Tip of the Day, the book puts the best management practices and insights, from top thinkers in the field, right at your fingertips. Pick it up any time you have a few minutes to spare, and you'll have a fresh, powerful idea you can immediately put into action.

You may not be able to do much about being time-starved. But with Management Tips from the Harvard Business Review as your guide, you'll stand the best chance of succeeding in your role as a manager.

Review Quotes

Featured on the CIO Insight 2011 Fall Reading List.

"...the book provides clarity and focus--which we often forget about when the inbox overflows, fires ignite and deadlines loom." -- Jim Pawlak, nationally syndicated book reviewer

About the Author

Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, 13 international licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review provides professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact.

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