Harvard Business Review Manager's Handbook : The 17 Skills Leaders Need to Stand Out / Harvard Business Review Press.

Book Description:
The one primer you need to develop your managerial and leadership skills.
Whether you're a new manager or looking to have more influence in your current management role, the challenges you face come in all shapes and sizes--a direct report's anxious questions, your boss's last-minute assignment of an important presentation, or a blank business case staring you in the face. To reach your full potential in these situations, you need to master a new set of business and personal skills.
Packed with step-by-step advice and wisdom from Harvard Business Review's management archive, the HBR Manager's Handbook provides best practices on topics from understanding key financial statements and the fundamentals of strategy to emotional intelligence and building your employees' trust. The book's brief sections allow you to home in quickly on the solutions you need right away--or take a deeper dive if you need more context.

Keep this comprehensive guide with you throughout your career and be a more impactful leader in your organization.

In the HBR Manager's Handbook you'll find:
Step-by-step guidance through common managerial tasks
Short sections and chapters that you can turn to quickly as a need arises
Self-assessments throughout
Exercises and templates to help you practice and apply the concepts in the book
Concise explanations of the latest research and thinking on important management skills from Harvard Business Review experts such as Dan Goleman, Clayton Christensen, John Kotter, and Michael Porter
Real-life stories from working managers
Recaps and action items at the end of each chapter that allow you to reinforce or review the ideas quickly
The skills covered in the book include:
Transitioning into a leadership role
Building trust and credibility
Developing emotional intelligence
Becoming a person of influence
Developing yourself as a leader
Giving effective feedback
Leading teams
Fostering creativity
Mastering the basics of strategy
Learning to use financial tools
Developing a business case
HBR Handbooks provide ambitious professionals with the frameworks, advice, and tools they need to excel in their careers. With step-by-step guidance, time-honed best practices, real-life stories, and concise explanations of research published in Harvard Business Review, each comprehensive volume helps you to stand out from the pack--whatever your role.

It includes Epilogue, Sources and Index Pages.

Contents
Introduction 1
PART ONE
Develop a Leader Mindset
1. The Transition to Leadership 7
Understanding your role as a manager 7
The difference between management and leadership 9
Demystifying leadership 10
Handling the emotional challenges of the transition 13
2. Building Trust and Credibility 23
Establishing your character 25
Demonstrating your competence 27
Cultivating authentic leadership 29
Ethics and integrity 32
3. Emotional Intelligence 37
What is emotional intelligence? 39
The power of self-awareness 39
Emotional steadiness and self-control 43
Managing an employee’s emotions 45
Building social awareness on your team 48
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4. Positioning Yourself for Success 55
Redefining success 55
Understanding your organization’s strategy 57
Planning for strategic alignment 60
PART TWO
Managing Yourself
5. Becoming a Person of Influence 67
Positional versus personal power 68
Managing up 71
Partnering with your peers 74
Silo busting and effectiveness 76
Promoting your ideas to others 78
6. Communicating Effectively 85
Finding your voice as a leader 85
Mastering the written word 87
Persuasive presentations 92
Conducting effective meetings 96
7. Personal Productivity 103
Time management essentials 104
Finding focus 107
Stress management 111
Work-life balance 115
8. Self-Development 121
Career purpose 122
Look for opportunities within your organization 124
Feedback from your boss and your team 130
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PART THREE
Managing Individuals
9. Delegating with Confidence 139
Benefits of delegation 140
Developing a delegation plan 141
Sharing your delegation plan with your employee 145
Provide support 149
Avoid reverse delegation 151
10. Giving Effective Feedback 155
Giving feedback in real time 156
Giving difficult feedback 158
Coaching and developing employees 162
Performance reviews 167
11. Developing Talent 175
Employee development as a priority 176
Creating career strategies with your staff 177
Developing high-potential talent 183
Stretch assignments 185
PART FOUR
Managing Teams
12. Leading Teams 193
Team culture and dynamics 194
Managing cross-cultural teams 201
Managing virtual teams 203
Productive conflict resolution 208
13. Fostering Creativity 217
Plan a creative session 217
Tools for generating ideas 220
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Making sure all perspectives are heard 224
Dealing with negativity 227
14. Hiring—and Keeping—the Best 233
Crafting a role 233
Recruiting world-class talent 237
Retaining employees 244
Motivation and engagement 248
PART FIVE
Managing the Business
15. Strategy: A Primer 255
Your role in strategy 256
What is strategy? 256
Developing your strategy 259
Leading change and transitions 263
16. Mastering Financial Tools 275
The basics of financial performance 276
Understanding financial statements 277
Budgeting 290
17. Developing a Business Case 297
Stakeholder perspectives 298
Clarifying the need and value 300
Cost/benefit analysis 302
Risk identification and mitigation 305
Writing your business case 307
Getting buy-in for your plan 308
Epilogue 313
Sources 315
Index 329