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When it comes to AI transformation, leaders today unfortunately aren't leading. In The AI-Savvy Leader, professor David De Cremer addresses nine core leadership responsibilities and actions to master the art of leadership in an AI-dominated business world. Become knowledgeable about the changes that are happening and further your understanding of human nature to participate, connect, and lead today's and tomorrow's data-driven decision-making.

Mid-level managers are facing more responsibilities than ever before. In HBR's 10 Must Reads for Mid-Level Managers, an array of experts present a collection of articles on topics ranging from managing a hybrid environment and getting executive buy-in to learning how to say no. These articles can help new and experienced leaders find the inspiration they need to develop talent, foster a safe workplace environment, leverage internal networks, and effectively lead organizations from the middle.

In every company, leaders at all levels have the opportunity to do better. In The Lovable Leader, strategy consultant Jeff Gibbard shares leadership principles, conflict resolution techniques, and effective conversation frameworks you can adopt to be a lovable leader. Leadership provides the opportunity to be the best version of yourself by helping people become the best versions of themselves. By using Gibbard's easy-to-follow framework, you can create a safe environment for your team, foster loyalty, and be a person people are willing to follow.

Leaders typically possess the common skills required to lead, such as strategic thinking, communication, and planning. However, in the current climate of economic disruption and rapid social change, you need more than standard leadership skills to ensure your organization and the individuals who work in it thrive. In The Generous Leader, leadership consultant Joe Davis guides you to the next iteration of leadership by inviting you to become a generous leader, leading your team in a human-centric, heartfelt, and authentic way. Drawing from his personal experience and other leadership anecdotes, Davis outlines seven essential elements for elevating your heart and infusing generosity into your leadership style so you can become the type of leader the world needs now.

In the workplace, people who combine communication skills with intelligence deliver greater value to their organizations. To achieve your full potential with regard to communication, you must first identify your strengths and then cultivate the skills needed to communicate effectively with others. In Communication Intelligence, Claude D'Val "Hoop" Morgan, III shares research and best practices designed to help readers develop communication intelligence (CQ).

High-performance teams are built on effective leadership. Companies with suboptimal leaders often create failing cultures and struggle to recruit and retain skilled employees. In Cultivate, Walter Bond and Antoinette Bond present a business fable that illustrates the six most important traits of team building. This book is for executives, managers, and leaders who want to forge exceptional teams suitable for remote, hybrid, or in-person workplaces.

Uncertainty has become a dominant theme in the world. Adaptability is the key to turning uncertainty into opportunity. In HBR's 10 Must Reads 2024, experts from Harvard Business Review reflect on some of the most profound changes the business world is currently experiencing and how those changes might affect your company. They also share insights on how new approaches to change can help you bring greater value to your organization and prepare for any uncertainties that lie ahead.

No matter what stage of leadership you're in or what personal attributes you bring to your role, to deliver stellar results you must possess a specific set of leadership skills. In Twelve Skills, leadership experts Ed Barrows and Laura M. Downing describe these essential leadership skills and explain how anyone at any leadership level can develop them to achieve their full leadership potential.

Companies often develop great strategies, but the execution of those plans frequently falters. In addition, every organization's strategy and approach to execution are unique. The HBR Guide to Executing Your Strategy outlines the key aspects of the execution process, increasing the likelihood that you'll succeed in transforming your company's strategy into reality.

The remote workforce demands a specific type of management strategy. Hybrid workforces are here to stay, and the shift impacts everything from hiring to leadership. In The Successful Hybrid Team, Perrine Farque demonstrates how to build a world-class hybrid team by following a strategy based on four fundamental pillars. The book would benefit managers, team leaders, or remote workers in a hybrid environment.

Don't live your life on autopilot. Instead, prepare yourself for life's innumerable possibilities and inevitable changes. In The Unexpected Leader, consultant Jacqueline M. Baker offers the tools and guidance necessary for your evolving leadership journey both in your personal and professional life. Discover the leadership skills necessary to impact not only yourself, but those around you, your community, and the social movements you admire.

Successful managers get the best results from teams and departments. In How to Manage People, best-selling author and people management expert Michael Armstrong provides tips, exercises, and practical advice to frontline managers. You'll learn how to manage remote teams, boost employee engagement, and manage conflict to get the best from your teams.

There's no one right way to lead, but there are many wrong ways. In the fifth edition of The New Leader's 100 Day Action Plan, George B. Bradt, Jayme A. Check, and John A. Lawler outline a reliable process for leaders to get a head start, manage the right message from day one, and build a successful team of high performers who deliver results. When you align stakeholders around a shared purpose, you create a culture that enables and empowers others to succeed.

While startup careers can be attractive and rewarding, navigating the challenges of advancement in the startup world can seem daunting. In Lead Upwards, Sarah E. Brown guides you to success in your first startup leadership role. Drawn from hard-won experiences, Brown's practical frameworks, real-world examples, and crucial advice will have you ready to present at your first board meeting and thriving in your first 90 days. Well-stocked with strategies and insights, it's a book for current and aspiring startup leaders who want to inspire their teams and excel in their roles.

Leading isn't for everyone. In From Start-Up to Grown-Up, executive coach Alisa Cohn offers practical and clear approaches for improving your self-awareness, gaining the skills you need to read the room, and obtaining the business results you desire as you transition from founder to CEO. When you embrace the journey and engage in self-reflection, you'll learn how to be the CEO your company needs.

In today's chaotic world, strong communication skills can help you thrive. In Straight Talk, global training leader Dr. Rick Brandon shares practical tips you can use to improve your interpersonal skills, increase collaboration, and gain commitment. His workshop-in-a-book format provides scenarios, practice activities, and engagement tasks you can use to grow your awareness of how you're living and relating with others. By applying Straight Talk skills in work and life, you can counteract miscommunication, optimize in-person contact, enrich virtual communication, and give you and your organization a competitive advantage.

Volunteer organizations can serve as powerful catalysts for social change and improvement, but they're often rendered ineffective by poor communication, loss of vision, and waning volunteer engagement. In Stop the Nonprofit Board Blame Game, Hardy Smith draws on years of experience with nonprofits to address common points of failure for volunteer organizations. He offers practical solutions for reigniting volunteer engagement, clarifying purpose, and improving both communication and relationships within your organization.

It's easy to find examples of great companies, but few are indispensable to their customers. In Indispensable, James Kerr shares the steps you can take to make your company one that customers can't live without. He explains that you should start with a captivating vision, invoke active direction setting, and provide enlightened coaching that helps you build and sustain a collaborative environment. Packed with actionable insights, the book provides the framework you need to redesign your organization for long-term success.

If you hold a leadership position, you know that high-stakes, high-risk challenges are the norm. Handling these situations well means the difference between winning and losing. In Real-Time Leadership from Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation, David Noble and Carol Kauffman offer best practices and an evidence-based framework for focusing your efforts, navigating challenges, and effecting change in your organization.

If a picture is worth 1,000 words and you want people to "see" what you're saying, doesn't it make sense to use visual thinking and visual communication tools to bring your ideas to life? That's the premise executive coach and adjunct professor of leadership Todd Cherches presents in VisuaLeadership. Supported by research, anecdotes, and easy to understand and to implement methodologies, Cherches illustrates how thinking and communicating visually is the best way to capture people's attention, help them understand what you're communicating, and ensure they remember your message.

Every project leader faces similar challenges creating and unifying a team, accounting for a changing business environment, and producing the deliverables desired by their stakeholders. Getting the Job Done by Kevin Torf takes a step-by-step look at the requisite building blocks of every project: planning, reflection, organization, juggling, empowerment, communication, teamwork, and standards (P.R.O.J.E.C.T.S.). This framework for project management employs a hybrid-Agile methodology built on small iterations and frequent meetings, which can unleash your team's true potential and keep everyone moving together in the same direction as they confront the daily challenges of a large project.

A team can be successful when everyone paddles together in the same direction, at the same time, toward the same goal. In Everybody Paddles, Dr. Charles A. Montorio-Archer outlines proven strategies to advance a company's mission and deliverables. Leaders who demonstrate kindness, integrity, and value each employee serve others by helping them achieve personal success as they work together for a common goal. Dr. Montorio-Archer provides six principles that help a company realize its vision, and weaves in personal essays and anecdotes from business and thought leaders that detail how they've applied these principles to achieve success.

The global workforce is increasingly becoming more remote. In the span of the next three years, 70 percent of workers are expected to work remotely at least one-fifth of the time. In The Virtual Leader, Takako Hirata explains the core skills needed to lead in remote environments. Her strategic principles enable leaders to minimize distractions, clarify communication, streamline meetings, and create a mentally and physically healthy virtual workplace. Instructors, managers, and leaders who want to increase employee engagement and efficiency are shown how to create a deeper sense of involvement and intimacy with remote workers.

On-the-job anxiety is widespread--and growing. Today, more than 30 percent of workers in America report symptoms of an anxiety disorder, while many others feel anxiety in or from their work at least once a month. However, a recent study found that 90 percent of those employees believed it would be a bad idea to talk about their anxiety with their bosses. Suffering silently, these employees are losing focus, making more errors, and feeling more burnout and workplace rage. In Anxiety at Work, Adrian Gostick, Chester Elton, and Anthony Gostick lay out an actionable plan leaders can implement today to destigmatize this anxiety and foster the resiliency their employees need to protect their well-being, careers, and relationships.

Business leaders can develop their leadership strategies for making difficult decisions through habitual deep reflection, rigorous analytics, and an understanding of their unique ethical contexts. In Difficult Decisions, Eric Pliner provides a replicable process for making decisions that can skillfully be applied to previously unimagined situations. Not every decision will end up being the right one, but by aligning personal morality with the ethical expectations of the sociocultural context, leaders can consistently make better decisions. These decisions will serve the common good, inspire change across stakeholders, and empower business leaders to fulfill their responsibilities with insight, empathy, and integrity.

Honorable and esteemed role models are needed now more than ever. In Adored, Tom DeCotiis shares his advice on how to take leadership to the next level by garnering respect and making ethical principles a habit. Leaders journey from being a mere appointed leader to an adored one by promising employees clear direction through values-based support and timely feedback, as well as opportunities to have fun. You can make a positive difference in the lives of your employees and produce high-performing environments where everyone feels valued and irreplaceable.

Communication is often thought of as the process of sending and receiving information. But what if that's the wrong way to look at it? Alan Barker turns the way people, particularly leaders, think about communication on its head in Improve Your Communication Skills. He breaks down communication and then rebuilds it in a new framework of thinking for how leaders should communicate, providing actionable steps and exercises along the way to help new and seasoned leaders communicate more meaningfully.

Today's global workforce is lonelier than ever before, resulting in disengaged, dissatisfied, and disloyal employees. In Connectable, global leadership speakers and consultants Ryan Jenkins and Steven Van Cohen explore the modern causes of loneliness at work and present strategies leaders can use to reduce loneliness in their teams. A team on a mission is a powerful force, and by using their framework, you can create an environment where people feel valued and able to perform at their best. Cultivating a culture of belonging takes intentional effort, but that effort will pay off for your organization.

Managers are tasked with reducing costs by motivating unengaged or actively disengaged employees. The revelation conversation can help provide a framework for informal regular one-on-one conversations with employees that assist them in connecting their job functions to a higher purpose or aspirational goal. These collaborative and intentional conversations translate into purposeful actions and behaviors that can be observed and measured as they positively influence the key performance indicators of the company. In The Revelation Conversation, Steve Curtin provides detailed guidance, complete with proven consulting exercises and questions, to empower managers to easily facilitate these conversations.

Relationships have always been central to leadership, but in the digital world, leaders must work harder to overcome new challenges to building relationships. In Leadership Is a Relationship, Michael S. Erwin and Willys Devoll share the stories of leaders from various fields and explore how their experiences point the way to make you a stronger, more people-focused leader. Strengthening relationships with those you lead can bring about benefits in seven specific areas: accountability, forgiveness, resilience, trust, coalition building, loyalty, and stability.

In the revised and updated edition of Multipliers, Liz Wiseman argues that the best leaders aren't geniuses but "genius makers." Known as Multipliers, these leaders inspire their employees' best work while also further developing their intelligence and skills. By integrating the five Multiplier disciplines into your own leadership, you can unleash your employees' full potential and produce twice the results.

In The Cactus and Snowflake at Work, Devora Zack explores two defining character traits and how they come into play in the workplace. As you become more familiar with the characteristics of the logical cactus and the sensitive snowflake, you can expand your own self-awareness. Zack shares how you can learn to flex your communication style, demonstrate respect, and improve your language skills so you can better lead your employees.

Leadership skills are often learned through experiences and mistakes. However, you don't have to make those mistakes yourself--it's possible to learn from the experiences of others. In Don't Pick Up All the Dog Hairs, Dr. Ronald Dwinnells shares the leadership lessons he's learned through a career as a physician and healthcare executive.

Leaders often find themselves at the intersection of two conflicting truths: (1) You're the only person whose actions you have the power to change, and (2) your success as a leader depends on your ability to change other people for the better. In You Can Change Other People, Peter Bregman and Howie Jacobson, PhD, describe a four-step process to help you inspire change in others, beginning with understanding why people resist self-improvement in the first place.

In boardrooms and conferences around the world, when millions or billions in revenue are at stake, executives are often underprepared to communicate their business strategies. In Words That Work, innovation and leadership expert Val Wright teaches readers the tools of effective business communication. Readers will learn how to harness their emotions, ask the right questions, and speak the right words at the right moment.

Women have made significant strides toward fairness and equality in the workplace, but they continue to face demands, pressures, and challenges others don't experience. Managers who see these challenges and take steps to support and advocate for women can make all the difference in whether they climb to higher rungs of success or stay stuck in unfulfilling roles. In The Good Boss, Kate Eberle Walker outlines specific steps managers everywhere should take to support, mentor, and advocate for their female employees. She provides nine clear-cut rules for getting started.

In Meetings That Get Results, Terrence Metz guides readers through the necessary actions to run an efficient and effective meeting. By plainly stating the meeting's purpose, carefully planning the steps needed to reach consensus, removing distractions, and asking the right questions, your team will solve important problems creatively and successfully. Ensure your team's effectiveness by promoting unity, demanding participation, and allowing for all relevant ideas to be heard and discussed.

Speaking up and speaking out are two skills every professional woman needs in her career. Still, many find it challenging to say what's on their minds, whether they want to share an idea, offer a better practice, or call out harassment or hate. In Speak Up, Speak Out from Harvard Business Review Press, 33 contributors offer helpful strategies. Their aim is to help women recognize the systems holding them back, connect with advocates, find the right words to use in difficult moments, and leverage their voices to help their careers, fellow employees, and workplaces thrive.

Many people believe that exceptional leadership is the result of a complex formula. In Rock the Boat, retired Rear Admiral Danelle Barrett argues that being a great leader is so simple a monkey could do it. Through a collection of strategies, practices, and "Sea Stories" from her Navy career, Barrett provides a straightforward framework designed to improve both leaders' and mentors' performances. By adopting this framework, readers can give their organizations the competitive edge they need to thrive in today's rapidly changing business landscape.

As a leader, how you communicate plays a significant role in how team members perceive and react to you. Teams want to see certain qualities in their leaders, such as confidence, empathy, and authenticity. You can convey those qualities through your communication style, from the words you select to how well you listen to others. In The Language of Leadership, Joel Schwartzberg examines the mindsets, tactics, and skills you can use to convey purpose, sell your ideas, and inspire your team.

In The Leadership Star, Brian Hartzer outlines how leaders can increase employee engagement by building strong personal relationships. Through demonstrating care, providing context, increasing clarity, clearing the way to success, and celebrating their teams' wins, leaders can transform their organization's culture into one that values transparency, honesty, and hard work. With this newfound engagement and trust, employees and leaders alike will thrive both personally and professionally.

Business mogul Jay Steinfeld lives by a set of foundational principles he calls the 4Es. He believes those principles can help people thrive at business and in life. To embrace these principles, you must evolve continuously by actively seeking ways to change and grow; experiment without fearing failure; express yourself openly, with candor and respect; and enjoy the ride and find humor every day. In Lead from the Core, Steinfeld illustrates how to apply these principles and find the prosperity you're seeking.

Eager to be valued, trusted, and seen as a leader worth following? Rational decision making alone won't get you there. In Own Your Authority, Marisa Santoro explains that leaders need to tap into their intuition and find mindful, responsive energy; self-trust; and grace under pressure. This type of "gutsy leadership" can give you a confident conviction that you'll find the right paths forward for yourself, others, and your organization.

It's a common misbelief that imagination is an uncontrollable, ethereal phenomenon. In The Imagination Machine, Martin Reeves and Jack Fuller provide a six-step framework for systematically cultivating imagination and in turn producing groundbreaking ideas. By harnessing this framework, you can restore your company's vitality and identify new ways for it to meet its community's needs.

Drawing on decades of consulting experience, Roberta Chinsky Matuson encourages reevaluating your approach to holding difficult conversations by creating the right conditions for meaningful discussion and mutual understanding. In Can We Talk?, Matuson outlines seven principles for enabling deeper understanding and improving conversation conduct, integrating examples from her own experiences and those of other business leaders.

Communication is a skill too many leaders take for granted. And while most have natural speaking and listening skills that help them share ideas, express concerns, and rally support, they can benefit from new practices to convey their authority, care, and trustworthiness, as well as the value they can deliver. In Mastering Communication at Work, Dr. Ethan F. Becker and Jon Wortmann help seasoned and newly tapped leaders navigate the nuances of interactions to bolster their success.

Often, at home or at work, our schedules are rigid, our deadlines are firm, and our must-do tasks leave little room for negotiation. This was U.S. Navy Commander L. David Marquet's experience when he commanded the poorest performing submarine in the fleet. Having to take on both performance and morale issues, Marquet quickly found that his go-to style--command-and-control leadership--wasn't the right tack. He didn't have all the answers. However, his crew did. Marquet learned that he needed to talk with his crew and not just at them. He gave them power and autonomy over their work, and he helped them connect to a purpose, all by changing the language he used. In Leadership Is Language, Marquet shares how his strategies led to dramatic improvements for his crew's performance and morale--rising from worst to first in the Navy in both categories--and ignited a desire within them to stay, serve, and earn their own high-ranking positions. After observing the leadership problems that plague other organizations, he wrote this book to offer specific tactics we can all use every day as we work alongside others to perform at our best.

Conflict occurs regularly in the workplace, and whether that conflict is egregious or subtle, it can take a lasting toll on relationships, morale, and productivity. However, many conflicts can be resolved through conversation. In Let's Talk About It, Dr. Paul L. Marciano coaches professionals through the talks they must have to counteract conflict at work. He helps them navigate difficult conversations by framing them in the same ways they would healthy interactions: with calmness, composure, respect, transparency, and openness.

Culture is the fabric that unifies an organization. Over time, many companies try to change their cultures, but research has found that only 15 percent are successful. Instead of reinventing a culture from the ground up, the key is to renovate the existing culture. This means retaining what has value, while evolving in new ways. In Culture Renovation, Kevin Oakes offers an 18-step blueprint for creating a healthy corporate culture.

Effective leaders excel at communication of all kinds, ranging from formal presentations to informal discussions with employees to challenging conversations with peers, board members, or subordinates. HBR's 10 Must Reads On Communication (Vol. 2) from Harvard Review Press presents a curated selection of relevant articles from a wide range of management experts who offer advice on how to enhance your communication skills in the workplace.