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The Harvard Business Review Paperback Series is designed to bring today's managers and professionals the fundamental information they need to stay competitive in a fast-moving world. From the preeminent thinkers whose work has defined an entire field to the rising stars who will redefine the way we think about business, here are the leading minds and landmark ideas that have established the Harvard Business Review as required reading for ambitious businesspeople in organizations around the globe.

The business environment has become increasingly precarious, thus raising the stakes for nearly every managerial move. This cutting edge collection includes articles on how to lead in a downturn economy, overcome a growth crisis, stay resilient through difficult periods, and more.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #926034 in Books
• Published on: 2002-03-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

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The Series: Harvard Business Review is a brand name recognized throughout the world. The volumes cover "hot" topics and perennial favorites. Books help readers understand the fundamental issues, concerns, and controversies associated with each of the respective topics. Readers can use the books to brush up on the latest, best thinking or to address a particular need in their organizations.

Customer Reviews

The enduring common denominator....Leadership
When I was offered a chance to review a book on leadership I knew my father would be interested. As a retired military commander now in the business world his perspective is two-fold. Here is a brief look on what he thought of the Harvard Business review pinpointing on leading in turbulent times.

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The importance of quality leadership is the main thread woven throughout the eight articles of "Leading in Turbulent Times". Although this collection of essays was published in 2003 and mostly refers to the economic challenges from the beginning of the decade, the principles of leadership remain the same today. Many readers may miss the main theme as they attempt to compare our current recession to that of the past and dismiss many of the contributing author's thoughts on business leadership.

It is clear when you read this book that an understanding of our economic past and the poor leadership decisions made will help to avoid making the same mistakes again. Whether you are a manager, executive, or an up and coming employee, this book from the Harvard Business Review series will offer an insight to handling the real challenges of leadership. Setting a course to reach the company's vision for the future, rightsizing and layoffs, anticipating and preparing for volatile markets, understanding resiliency in people and organizations, and understanding your core competencies and seizing opportunities is explained in easy to understand and focused language.

Should be a must read for all Fortune 500 execs
I was actually not looking forward to reading this book after all of the disappointing business books I've read lately. I thought it would be just another book with some "expert" giving an opinion on how to tell others what to do in an economic downturn. However, I was completely surprised at what a good book this is. I think it should be required reading for business leaders. I have an MBA and it reminded me of a lot of what I studied in school but what you don't see practiced that often in reality. What really impressed me and made this different is that the statements made in this book are most always backed up with quantitative and qualitative data as well. I like to see that. When so many experts make statements of "fact" about how to handle business circumstances, I always think "prove it!" Well, that is done in here and why I think this book sets itself apart as exemplary.

Since reading this book about a month ago I have paid attention to which companies are doing well, or at least better than expected, in this recession. A lot of them are the ones who have come out and said they did exactly what was suggested in this book. I believe after this recession, they can rewrite this book and will have a lot more supportive data to add to it. It was an easy read and not boring at all. Very thought provoking for ideas IF you are interested in ways to help a company make it through tough times.

A Series of Essays About How to Keep Your Business Afloat
A compact selection of essays that address what business should be doing not only during but in preparing for turbulent times. The authors, in particular Darrell Rigby in "Moving Upward in a Downturn", discuss the typical pit falls that businessmen engage in during hard economic times. As Rigby notes, immediately laying people off often creates long ter,m damage to the companies work force, depreciating future employee loyalty and in adirect sense contributing to a spiral of economic problems literaly globally. One obvious answer, preparing for a rainy day or season; alesson many investment companies failed to contributing much to our catstrophic economic downtown of present by having inadequate reserves to match their high risk, risky, investments. I also found Tom Copeland's essay on "Cutting Costs Without Drawing Blood" interesting and simple particular as he note that in capitol costs, alarge portion of the budget are small projects that simply get rubber stamped. He proposes a series of uestion sthat help focus on these cumulative small expenditures that he notes can add up to 80% of az firms budget. By not rubber stamping the small stuff, you cumulatively stay leaner without ruining your operation. Not a fluff book but real hard examples and methods.