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| | | New this month | | | | | | HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness Our professional lives are full of challenges and setbacks, but those who achieve elite performance are able to consistently rally their emotional strength in the pursuit of their goals—no matter what gets thrown at them. If you read nothing else on mental toughness, read these ten articles by experts in the field. We've combed through the HBR archive and selected the most important ones to help you build your emotional strength and resilience—and to achieve high performance. | | | | | | |  | | | Order for your team and save  | | | | | | | | |
| | | HBR's 10 Must Reads 2018 With authors from Michael E. Porter to Daniel Kahneman and company examples from P&G to Adobe, this curated collection brings the most current and important management conversations to your fingertips. The articles in this new Must Reads will inspire you to: Reconsider what keeps your customers coming back; create visualizations that send a clear message; assess how quickly disruptive change is coming to your industry; boost engagement by giving your employees the freedom to break the rules; understand what blockchain is and how it will affect your industry; and more. | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Breaking Bad Habits Freek Vermeulen "Best practices" may be widespread, but that doesn't mean they're effective. In many instances the opposite is true: best practices can be outdated, harmful, and a hindrance to innovation. In Breaking Bad Habits, Freek Vermeulen, a professor at London Business School, offers the tools to identify these practices and rid them from your organization. And, most of all, he presents a compelling case for how eliminating popular but outworn ideas, processes, and strategies can create new opportunities for innovation and growth. | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | HBR's exclusive tools | | | | HBR Tools: SWOT Analysis Why do a SWOT analysis? Information about both the external environment and your organization's internal capabilities is crucial to informing your goals and strategy and making the right business decisions. If you are at the helm of a start-up, run an established line of business, or manage a product portfolio, it's essential to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) to your business. Whether you are a SWOT novice or just need a refresher, HBR's SWOT Analysis Tool will help you master the key fundamentals of SWOT analysis. The tool delivers a comprehensive overview of the key concepts with detailed examples and includes a customizable Powerpoint template to help you and your team successfully perform and present a SWOT analysis for your company or project. | | | | | | | | | | | |
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