HBR's 10 Must Reads for New Managers (with bonus article “How Managers Become Leaders” by Michael D. Watkins) (HBR's 10 Must Reads)
<p><b>Develop the mindset and presence to successfully manage others for the first time.</b></p><p>If you read nothing else on becoming a new manager, read these 10 articles. We’ve combed through hundreds of <b>Harvard Business Review</b> articles and selected the most important ones to help you transition from being an outstanding individual contributor to becoming a great manager of others.</p><p><b>This book will inspire you to:</b></p><ul><li>Develop your emotional intelligence<li>Influence your colleagues through the science of persuasion<li>Assess your team and enhance its performance<li>Network effectively to achieve business goals and for personal advancement<li>Navigate relationships with employees, bosses, and peers<li>Get support from above<li>View the big picture in your decision making<li>Balance your team’s work and personal life in a high-intensity workplace</li></ul></p><p>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,†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; “Management Time: Who’s Got the Monkey?†by William Oncken, Jr., and Donald L. Wass; and BONUS ARTICLE: “How Managers Become Leaders,†by Michael D. Watkins.</p>