HBR Guide to Being a Great Boss, Harvard Business Review
HBR Guide to Being a Great Boss, Harvard Business Review
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HBR Guide to Being a Great Boss

Author: Harvard Business Review

Series: HBR Guide

Narrator: Carolyn Jania, Steve Menasche

Unabridged: 5 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 03/31/2022

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Are you a good boss—or a great one?

We know people don't leave jobs, they leave bosses. How can you be the type of boss that doesn't send employees running? One who makes your people happy to work for you?
You've got the basics covered. But can you raise your leadership level to be a boss who develops trust with their employees? How do you create a culture where learning—and failing—are ok? Can you go beyond evaluating performance and distributing bonuses once a year to finding ways to regularly share productive feedback—and recognize great work—in ways that work for the people who work for you?

You can meet the basic requirements of your job as leader and rise above to motivate the people on your team to do more—and be more—than they thought possible. Whether you're a first-time boss or you've been managing people forever and are looking for some new insights and inspiration, the HBR Guide to Being a Great Boss collects a variety of expert voices to share their advice on being a boss who sparks creativity, engagement, and collaboration. You'll learn how to: magnify your people's strengths; communicate effectively—and regularly—with your team; cultivate trust; help your employees find meaning in their work; challenge your people to reach beyond their current limit; help struggling employees improve; and bring out the best in your people—and yourself.

About Harvard Business Review

Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, twelve international licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review provides professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mina on August 19, 2024

Not sure how to rate this book. It is a group of articles published in HBR from 2005 onwards. Definitely some good advice there for managers, such as, dealing with under-performance and dealing with fairness and I learned of new terms, such as "mantrerupting". I only finished 2/3 of the book. While......more

Goodreads review by Bethany on April 22, 2023

This was read for Self-Development at work for my role as Assistant Manager; and while not everything was applicable to my role it was rather interesting to learn facts and learn mechanisms and methods that I could apply to the staff I lead every day. My biggest takeaway was being an advocate for yo......more

Goodreads review by Taylor Swift Scholar on October 29, 2022

I have had so many bad bosses over the years and I don't want to be one! I thought I would find this cheesy because I'm not really a "Business Book" person, but I actually found it to be pretty useful and it helped me frame some things differently. Definitely keeping it around as a reference as well......more

Goodreads review by Carlos on April 15, 2023

This is a short book (at least, I was able to read it in one day) with good tips on improving as a boss, and it triggered some ideas to implement in my workplace. As expected from HBR, the book delivers on the premise of the title with succint chapters that laser focus on a single idea each.......more

Goodreads review by Konstantinos on February 04, 2022

I have enjoyed all of the books in the HBR series but I found this one to be the most boring to read. Full of platitudes "your team needs a purpose" and just non-actionable and non-specific advice. Quite the letdown from HBR.......more