Harvard Business Review - HBR Guides to Managing Your Career Collection (6 Books)

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Harvard Business Review Press
Boston, Massachusetts

Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, from the most trusted brand in business. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges.

HBR Guide to Being More Productive

HBR Guide to Better Business Writing

HBR Guide to Building Your Business Case

HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business

HBR Guide to Coaching Employees

HBR Guide to Data Analytics Basics for Managers

HBR Guide to Delivering Effective Feedback

HBR Guide to Emotional Intelligence

HBR Guide to Finance Basics for Managers

HBR Guide to Getting the Right Work Done

HBR Guide to Leading Teams

HBR Guide to Making Every Meeting Matter

HBR Guide to Managing Stress at Work

HBR Guide to Managing Up and Across

HBR Guide to Negotiating

HBR Guide to Office Politics

HBR Guide to Performance Management

HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations

HBR Guide to Project Management

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No one will pay as close attention to your growth and development as you. Whether youre lucky enough to work for an organization that cultivates a learning mindset or if only a handful of stars get all the heat and light when it comes to professional development, you are the best person to build and monitor your own curriculum. And increasingly in todays organizations, the success of your career lies in your hands.

Without an HR specialist or a personal coach to guide you, how can you continue to learn, grow, stay relevant, and evolve into your best self at work? The process of mapping out your own development plan begins with understanding your strengths and weaknesses, gathering and distilling meaningful feedback, setting goals for yourself beyond your job duties, identifying and acquiring new skills, and nurturing your curiosity. Even if youre undecided on the long-term shape of your career, you can establish a course to acquire and maintain the skills youll need to close the gap between where you are and where youd like to be.

This guide will help you set a goal and chart the steps to take to achieve it, whether youre new to the workforce, at a turning point in your career, or looking to push yourself to the next level. Youll learn to:

• Identify and address gaps in your knowledge or skills
• Gather, interpret, and act on constructive feedback
• Develop or nurture a growth mindset
• Make time to learn by figuring out what to stop doing
• Evaluate educational opportunities from formal business degrees to online courses
• Set new goalsregularlyto keep learning
• Talk to your boss about making positive changes to your job
• Recognize when its time for a new challenge

Only you can define success for yourself.

BY ROBERT STEVEN KAPLAN

Its never too late (or too early).

BY BRIAN FETHERSTONHAUGH

Dont leave your professional growth to chance.

BY DORIE CLARK

Begin to document where you areand where you want to be.

Its not just about introspection.

BY TASHA EURICH

Start small.

BY JENNIFER PORTER

Be outstanding at just a few things.

BY JOHN H. ZENGER, JOSEPH R. FOLKMAN, AND SCOTT EDINGER

A systematic way to discover who you are at your very best.

BY LAURA MORGAN ROBERTS, GRETCHEN SPREITZER, JANE DUTTON, ROBERT QUINN, EMILY HEAPHY, AND BRIANNA BARKER CAZA

When your boss is stingy with pointers and advice.

BY CAROLYN OHARA

Ask questions that require specific answers.

BY SABINA NAWAZ

Strategies for settingand achievinggoals.

BY HEIDI GRANT

Youll accomplish more when you focus on what you value.

BY ELIZABETH GRACE SAUNDERS

Low-value work clogs up your calendar.

BY ELIZABETH GRACE SAUNDERS

Your only sustainable competitive advantage.

BY ERIKA ANDERSEN

It starts with developing learning agility.

BY MONIQUE VALCOUR

Dont wait for the right course to come along.

BY LIANE DAVEY

Make the time and stay motivated.

BY MIKE KEHOE

But maybe dont do it in public.

BY ULRICH BOSER

Acquire deep smarts on the fly.

BY DOROTHY LEONARD, GAVIN BARTON, AND MICHELLE A. BARTON

Youll learn more from a wider group.

BY DORIE CLARK

Kill your television.

BY NEIL PASRICHA

You dont have to finish a whole semester-long course.

BY WALTER FRICK

Questions to help you decide.

BY ED BATISTA

Four ways to learn from where you are.

BY JORDAN STARK AND KATIE SMITH MILWAY

Youre not a perfect fityet.

BY CLAUDIO FERNNDEZ-AROZ

It doesnt have to be all or nothing.

BY REBECCA SHAMBAUGH

Make your case, and then be patient.

BY REBECCA KNIGHT

Start by recognizing when its time for one.

BY AVIVAH WITTENBERG-COX

Despite racking up impressive accomplishments, you feel frustrated with your careerconvinced you should be achieving more. You may even wish you had chosen a different career altogether.