HBR's 10 Must Reads for New Managers

Harvard Business Review · Linda A. Hill · Herminia Ibarra · Robert B. Cialdini · Daniel Goleman

Feb 2024 · Gildan Media · Narrated by Tom Parks

About this audiobook

If you read (or listen to) nothing else on becoming a new manager, listen to these ten articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you transition from being an outstanding individual contributor to becoming a great manager of others. This book will inspire you to develop your emotional intelligence; influence your colleagues through the science of persuasion; assess your team and enhance its performance; network effectively to achieve business goals and for personal advancement; navigate relationships with employees, bosses, and peers; get support from above; view the big picture in your decision making; and balance your team's work and personal life in a high-intensity workplace. This collection of articles includes "Becoming the Boss," by Linda A. Hill; "Leading the Team You Inherit," by Michael D. Watkins; "Saving Your Rookie Managers from Themselves," by Carol A. Walker; "Managing the High-Intensity Workplace," by Erin Reid and Lakshmi Ramarajan; "Harnessing the Science of Persuasion," by Robert B. Cialdini; "What Makes a Leader?" by Daniel Goleman; "The Authenticity Paradox," by Herminia Ibarra; "Managing Your Boss," by John J. Gabarro and John P. Kotter; "How Leaders Create and Use Networks," by Herminia Ibarra and Mark Lee Hunter; and more.

About the author

Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, books, and digital content, Harvard Business Review provides professionals with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact.

Linda A. Hill is the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, the faculty chair of the Leadership Initiative, and author of Becoming a Manager. She is also coauthor of Being the Boss and Collective Genius.

Herminia Ibarra, author of the highly acclaimed book Working Identity, is an authority on leadership and career transitions. She is the Charles Handy Professor of Organizational Behavior at London Business School and is ranked among the top management thinkers in the world by Thinkers50.

Robert B. Cialdini is Regents' Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Marketing at Arizona State University and president of Influence at Work.

Daniel Goleman is codirector of the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations at Rutgers University; coauthor of Primal Leadership; and author of The Brain and Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, and A Force for Good.

Since recording his first book for the Kansas Audio Reader Network in 1985, Tom Parks has enjoyed giving voice to stories. He has been nominated for Audie Awards and has received several AudioFile Earphones Awards, and reviewers have described his performances as "conversational," "energetic," and "sincere."