Harvard Business Review - HBRs 10 Must Reads 2022: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review (with bonus article Begin with Trust by Frances ... of the Year from Harvard Business Review

HBRs 10 Must Reads series is the definitive collection of ideas and best practices for aspiring and experienced leaders alike. These books offer essential reading selected from the pages of Harvard Business Review on topics critical to the success of every manager.

Titles include:

HBRs 10 Must Reads 2015

HBRs 10 Must Reads 2016

HBRs 10 Must Reads 2017

HBRs 10 Must Reads 2018

HBRs 10 Must Reads 2019

HBRs 10 Must Reads 2020

HBRs 10 Must Reads 2021

HBRs 10 Must Reads for CEOs

HBRs 10 Must Reads for New Managers

HBRs 10 Must Reads on AI, Analytics, and the New Machine Age

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Boards

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Building a Great Culture

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Business Model Innovation

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Career Resilience

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Change Management (Volumes )

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Collaboration

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Communication (Volumes )

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Creativity

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Design Thinking

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Diversity

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Entrepreneurship and Start-Ups

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Innovation

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Leadership (Volumes )

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Leadership for Healthcare

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Leadership Lessons from Sports

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Lifelong Learning

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Making Smart Decisions

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Managing Across Cultures

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Managing in a Downturn, Expanded Edition

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Managing People (Volumes )

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Managing Risk

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (Volumes )

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Negotiation

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Nonprofits and the Social Sectors

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Organizational Resilience

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Platforms and Ecosystems

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Public Speaking and Presenting

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Reinventing HR

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Sales

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Strategic Marketing

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Strategy (Volumes )

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Strategy for Healthcare

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Teams

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Women and Leadership

HBRs 10 Must Reads: The Essentials

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Editors Note

As our editorial team read through the past years issues of Harvard Business Review to select the articles for this volume, a feeling of hope emerged among us. After many trying months of social distancing, adjusting to remote work, political unrest, a worldwide recession, and illuminating social justice movements, vaccine rollouts were ramping up globally, and a brighter future felt within reach. When we chose these pieces, we tried not only to look back at the year that was but also to imagine what leaders would need at the dawn of 2022 to thrive in the new normal.

More often than ever before, articles HBR published were a direct response to current events. We covered the issue of anxiety and work for the first time because the alarming increase of people experiencing anxiety became impossible for leaders to ignore. The crises pushed many people to rethink their careers, what they expect from their employers, and how theyd like to workmaking it a prime time for brushing up on job negotiation skills. These articles reminded us that life would keep going on in spite of the chaos. We saw that in explorations of compassionate leadership, the best ways to grow an innovative culture, and the continuing rise of machine learning. Other pieces looked at trends already underway that had accelerated over the past year. Some organizations were working remotely before 2020, but the pandemic created a need to swiftly get up to speed with the right technology and the best team practices for working from anywhere. And although inequality and bias have been unresolved workplace issues for centuries, recent events have forced us to reexamine what it means to have a truly inclusive, diverse workplaceand to reflect on what hasnt worked in the past.

The challenges of 2020 revealed where we should start making changes for a better year ahead. The old ways arent coming back, and in many cases we wouldnt want them to. As you read through this collection, we hope these articles inspire hope and help you feel prepared for whats next.

We start off with marriage, and to cast a ballot for someone who will represent our interests. Trust is also essential for leaders who strive to empower other people as a result of their presence and to ensure that the impact of their leadership continues beyond their tenure. The more trust you build, the easier it is to practice that kind of leadership. How can leaders start? By being authentic, exercising sound judgment, and showing empathy. Frei and Morriss explain how to assess your strengths and weaknesses when it comes to trust and offer advice for building the three components of trust.

In , Douglas Holt argues that companies struggle with innovation because they put all their chips on one innovation paradigmwhat he calls better mousetraps. Fortunately, there is a better way to innovate. In consumer markets, innovation often proceeds according to a logic Holt calls cultural innovation. With better-mousetraps innovation, companies focus on outdoing competitors on existing notions of value. With cultural innovation, you change the understanding of valuable. Using the stories of the Ford Explorers reinvention of the family car and how Blue Buffalo turned the culture of dog food on its head, Holt reveals the strategic principles that allow companies to pursue cultural innovation.

Co-opetitioncooperating with a competitor to achieve a common goal or get aheadhas been gaining traction for three decades. Yet many companies are still uncomfortable with the concept and miss the promising opportunities it presents. In , Adam Brandenburger and Barry Nalebuff offer a framework for deciding whether to team up with a rival and how to manage the relationship, drawing on examples from DHL, UPS, Google, and Yahoo. Co-opetition requires teams to think both competitively and cooperativelyat the same time. Firms that learn to do so can gain an important edge.

Cooperation is also key to successful negotiation. In about your long-term career goals, be mindful of what type of opportunity youre asking for, arm yourself with the necessary information, and connect with people who can be helpful in making your case. Be specific and realistic, they argue, and youre more likely to achieve success.