Observations on Steve Job's legacy – and Apple's leadership future – are only just beginning. In recent years, many leading thinkers have contributed their thoughts on the Jobs phenomenon on HBR.org. We've compiled a few of the most insightful here, and we invite you to read them through the lens of business lessons to be learned. We've selected six pieces: two from after Jobs's August 2011 retirement and four from before. We hope you will enjoy them, learn from them, and continue to turn to HBR.org for ideas and inspiration.
Find and fix your weakest links.If you need the best practices and ideas for making your supply chain strong and agile–but don't have time to find them–this book is for you. Here are 10 inspiring and useful perspectives, all in one place.This collection of HBR articles will help you:– Use your supply chain as a competitive weapon- Gain customers' trust by revealing where yourproducts come from- Collaborate with other companies–even rivals–to achieve scale- Make smart decisions about where to manufacture- Pick the most profitable supply chain for your products- Align partners' interests with your own- Revamp your supply chain to meet green goals
How can management cure health care's ills?If you need the best practices and ideas for transforming health care–but don't have time to find them–this book is for you. Here are 10 inspiring and useful perspectives, all in one place.The HBR articles in this collection propose several remedies:– Organizing doctors into teams- Focusing incentives on patients' recovery- Saving lives and dollars by designing clearer work processes- Sharing knowledge through industry networks- Knocking down barriers to innovation in funding, policy,and technology- Treating common ailments with simpler interventions- Bridging the divide between clinicians and administrators- Ramping up R&D productivity by returning power to scientists
Persuade others to do what you want–for their own reasons.If you need the best practices and ideas for making deals that work–but don't have time to find them–this book is for you. Here are 10 inspiring and useful perspectives, all in one place.This collection of HBR articles will help you:– Seal or sweeten a bargain by uncovering the other side's motives- Conquer faulty assumptions to make the right deals- Forge deals only when they support your strategy- Set the stage for a healthy relationship long after the ink has dried- Make promises you can keep- Gain your adversaries' trust in high-stakes talks- Know when to walk away
Protect the earth and your bottom line.If you need the best practices and ideas for turning sustainability into competitive advantage–but don't have time to find them–this book is for you. Here are 10 inspiring and useful perspectives, all in one place.This collection of HBR articles will help you:– Craft strategy to compete on green turf- Redesign your business model, products, and processes toachieve green goals- Parlay your efforts into lower costs and higher revenues- Capture more value from clean-tech investments- Launch sustainability programs with impact- Synchronize green initiatives by overhauling your supply chain- Engage constructively with environmental activist groups- Mitigate the risks of climate change
Is your company's top talent jumping ship as good replacements become harder to get?If you need the best practices and ideas for winning the race for talent–but don't have time to find them–this book is for you. Here are 11 inspiring and useful perspectives, all in one place.This collection of HBR articles will help you:– Look for good people in all the right places- Interview more effectively- Make–and keep–compelling promises to candidates and employees- Mitigate the risks of hiring stars from other companies- Coach and mentor to shore up commitment- Stretch promising employees' responsibilities- Rotate high performers into a variety of teams- Reverse the female brain drain
How do you keep your customers coming back-and get them to bring others?If you need the best practices and ideas for making your customers loyal and profitable–but don't have time to find them–this book is for you. Here are nine inspiring and useful perspectives, all in one place.This collection of HBR articles will help you:– Turn angry customers into loyal advocates- Get more people to recommend you- Boost customer satisfaction by satisfying your employees- Focus on profitable customers–whether they're loyal or not- Invest in the right CRM technology for your business- Mine customer data for more effective marketing- Increase your customers' lifetime value
Most companies waste billions of dollars on technology. Don't be one of them.If you need the best practices and ideas for unleashing technology's strategic potential–but don't have time to find them–this book is for you. Here are eight inspiring and useful perspectives, all in one place. This collection of HBR articles will help you:– Clarify corporate strategy with your IT department- Fund only IT projects that support your strategy- Transform IT investments into profits- Build one technology platform for your entire organization- Adopt new technologies only when their bestpractices are established- Use analytics to make smart decisions at all levelsof your company- Integrate social media into your business
Most company's change initiatives fail. Yours don't have to. If you read nothing else on change management, read these 10 articles ( featuring “Leading Change,” by John P. Kotter ). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you spearhead change in your organization. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management will inspire you to:Lead change through eight critical stagesEstablish a sense of urgencyOvercome addiction to the status quoMobilize commitmentSilence naysayersMinimize the pain of changeConcentrate resourcesMotivate change when business is good This collection of best-selling articles includes: featured article «Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail» by John P. Kotter , «Change Through Persuasion,» «Leading Change When Business Is Good: An Interview with Samuel J. Palmisano,» «Radical Change, the Quiet Way,» «Tipping Point Leadership,» «A Survival Guide for Leaders,» «The Real Reason People Won't Change,» «Cracking the Code of Change,» «The Hard Side of Change Management,» and «Why Change Programs Don't Produce Change.»
Is your company spending too much time on strategy development—with too little to show for it? If you read nothing else on strategy, read these 10 articles ( featuring “What Is Strategy?” by Michael E. Porter ). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you catalyze your organization's strategy development and execution. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy will inspire you to:Distinguish your company from rivalsClarify what your company will and won't doCraft a vision for an uncertain futureCreate blue oceans of uncontested market spaceUse the Balanced Scorecard to measure your strategyCapture your strategy in a memorable phraseMake priorities explicitAllocate resources earlyClarify decision rights for faster decision making This collection of best-selling articles includes: featured article «What Is Strategy?» by Michael E. Porter , «The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy,» «Building Your Company's Vision,» «Reinventing Your Business Model,» «Blue Ocean Strategy,» «The Secrets to Successful Strategy Execution,» «Using the Balanced Scorecard as a Strategic Management System,» «Transforming Corner-Office Strategy into Frontline Action,» «Turning Great Strategy into Great Performance,» and «Who Has the D? How Clear Decision Roles Enhance Organizational Performance.»