books by Harvard Business School Press

books by Harvard Business School Press

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The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations

John P. Kotter, Dan S. Cohen

Harvard Business School Press, 2002

Fantastic
A very well written book on how to lead change in your organization (or family) taking into account how others will react.

A Sense of Urgency

John P. Kotter

Harvard Business School Press, 2008

Develop a sense of urgency around buying this book
Once again, Harvard guru Kotter addresses the issue of change in organizations. He suggests that we are made to change, but still defend against it with all our being. It is this defense, or resistance to change, that cause most organizational change initiatives to ...

Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence

Daniel Goleman, Richard E. Boyatzis, ...

Harvard Business School Press, 2004

Primal Leadership - Emotional Intelligence
Great book! Can be used to take an assessment of yourself inside and outside of the business world. A must read.

Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive Through the Dangers of Leading

Martin Linsky, Ronald A. Heifetz

Harvard Business School Press, 2002

Must Read for New Managers
Leadership on the line is a must read for all new managers. The authors clearly and logically review the strategic positions that in which leaders may find themselves and options for moving forward. Maps are provided of various minefields and this book may just save ...

Leading Change

John P. Kotter

Harvard Business School Press, 1996

School Book
This book is what I needed and I enjoy the book. I received fast service.

Execution Premium

Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton

Harvard Business School Press, 2008

Detailed report on linking strategy with operations
Senior executives love to plan strategies. They believe this puts them in the exalted company of Napoleon, Sun-Tzu and Clausewitz. Indeed, for CEOs and their corporate colleagues, developing strategy is the heart of executive leadership. Unfortunately, most companies ...

Iconoclast: A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently

Gregory Berns

Harvard Business School Press, 2008

A brilliant analysis of "the exceedingly rare individual"
If I recall correctly, it was in a world history class in an elementary school in Chicago when I first became aware of the word "iconoclast" while reading about an Athenian political and military leader, Alcibiades (5th century BC), whose enemies charged him with ...

Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies

Charlene Li, Josh Bernoff

Harvard Business School Press, 2008

Niet eerlijk
Het is niet helemaal eerlijk dat ik dit boek positief beoordeel: ik ken Josh, ik heb workshops van hem bijgewoond en hoor zijn enthousiasme terug in dit boek. Het is eenvoudig te lezen en buitengewoon boeiend.

The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels

Michael Watkins

Harvard Business School Press, 2003

Great Primer for Taking On a Management Job
The First 90 Days by Michael Watkins is squarely aimed at the task of a manager coming in and dealing with a new team. Those first ninety days can really make or break a business relationship and it is well worth studying this information before you take on a new job. ...

Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant

W. Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne

Harvard Business School Press, 2005

Strategy will always include opportunity and risk
Strategy: 1. In blue oceans, competition is irrelevant because the rules of the game are waiting to be set. Companies need to go beyond competing. To seize new profit and growth opportunities, they also need to create blue oceans. 2. Put the clock forward 20 to ...

The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action

Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton

Harvard Business School Press, 1996

Effective Strategic Management Tool
The book is a classic that has revolutionalised the way executives view their organizations, be it a for profit or not-for-profit entity. The Balanced Scorecard, an approach to strategic management that was developed by Robert S Kaplan and David P Norton, is a concept ...

The Heart of Change Field Guide: Tools and Tactics for Leading Change in Your Organization

Dan S. Cohen

Harvard Business School Press, 2005

Winning Principles to Practical Tools!
The Heart of Change (2002), co-authored by Kotter and Cohen, hit a chord in the marketplace because it told stories that leaders could relate to (based on the eight steps of change) about project successes and failures. Cohen's Field Guide (2005) takes those winning ...

The Ultimate Question: Driving Good Profits and True Growth

Fred Reichheld

Harvard Business School Press, 2006

Organization changing ideas and easy to understand
A well researched and easy to understand book, that if used with a focus to increase service quality through customer interaction and feedback will offer short cuts to success.

Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning

Thomas H. Davenport, Jeanne G. Harris

Harvard Business School Press, 2007

Five stars but... for the right audience!
I was excited by the title, some of the reviews and rushed to buy this. Read it quite fast and got little disappointed. Probably the correct title could be ''Advocacy for Competing on Analytics''. To be clear, the book is very good if you are: a student, a junior ...

Financial Intelligence: A Manager's Guide to Knowing What the Numbers Really Mean

Karen Berman, Joe Knight, ...

Harvard Business School Press, 2006

Great for anyone
I got this book for a leadership course and was surprised that I learned a lot about my own finances, stocks, etc. A quick and easy way to learn about finance. I would recommend for anyone that has to look at financial statements for any reason.