HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness

Come back from every setback a stronger and better leader

We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you build your emotional strength and resilience—and to achieve high performance.

This book will inspire you to: thrive on pressure like an Olympic athlete; manage and overcome negative emotions by acknowledging them; plan short-term goals to achieve long-term aspirations; surround yourself with the people who will push you the hardest; use challenges to become a better leader; use creativity to move past trauma; and understand the tools your mind uses to recover from setbacks.


  1. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leading with Purpose : (featuring "Creating a Purpose-Driven Organization" by Robert E. Quinn and Anjan V. Thakor)

    Harvard Harvard Business Review, Adam Grant, Ranjay Gulati, Julie Battilana, Michael E. Porter

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  2. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy, Updated and Expanded (featuring "The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy" by Michael E. Porter)

    Harvard Harvard Business Review

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  3. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence, Updated and Expanded (featuring "What Makes a Leader" by Daniel Goleman)

    Harvard Harvard Business Review

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  4. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management, Updated and Expanded (featuring "Leading Change" by John P. Kotter)

    Harvard Harvard Business Review, John P. Kotter, Frances Frei, Vijay Govindarajan, Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez

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  5. Having Difficult Conversations

    Harvard Harvard Business Review

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  6. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership for Healthcare : (with bonus article by Thomas H. Lee, MD, and Toby Cosgrove, MD)

    Harvard Harvard Business Review, Thomas H. Lee, Daniel Goleman, Peter F. Drucker, John P. Kotter

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  7. Authenticity, Identity, and Being Yourself at Work

    Harvard Harvard Business Review

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  8. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Across Cultures

    Harvard Harvard Business Review, Jeanne Brett, Yves L. Doz, Erin Meyer, Hal Gregersen

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  9. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy (including featured article "What Is Strategy?" by Michael E. Porter)

    Harvard Harvard Business Review, Michael E. Porter, W. Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne

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  10. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Making Smart Decisions

    Harvard Harvard Business Review, Daniel Kahneman, Ram Charan

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  11. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management (including featured article "Leading Change," by John P. Kotter)

    Harvard Harvard Business Review, John P. Kotter, W. Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne

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  12. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Communication (with featured article "The Necessary Art of Persuasion," by Jay A. Conger)

    Harvard Harvard Business Review, Robert B. Cialdini, Nick Morgan, Deborah Tannen

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  1. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Projects and Initiatives

    Harvard Harvard Business Review

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  2. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strengthening Your Soft Skills

    Harvard Harvard Business Review

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  3. HBR's 10 Must Reads 2017 : The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review

    Harvard Harvard Business Review, Clayton M. Christensen, Adam Grant, Vijay Govindarajan, Thomas H Davenport

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  4. HBR's 10 Must Reads for New Managers

    Harvard Harvard Business Review, Linda A. Hill, Herminia Ibarra, Robert B. Cialdini, Daniel Goleman

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  5. HBR's 10 Must Reads for Business Students

    Harvard Harvard Business Review

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  6. HBR's 10 Must Reads on AI (with bonus article "How to Win with Machine Learning" by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb)

    Harvard Harvard Business Review

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  7. HBR's 10 Must Reads 2024: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review (with bonus article "Democratizing Transformation" by Marco Iansiti and Satya Nadella)

    Harvard Harvard Business Review

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  8. HBR's 10 Must Reads for Mid-Level Managers

    Harvard Harvard Business Review

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  9. HBR's 10 Must Reads for Executive Teams

    Harvard Harvard Business Review

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  10. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Trust (with bonus article "Begin with Trust" by Frances X. Frei and Anne Morriss)

    Harvard Harvard Business Review

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  11. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Performance Management

    Harvard Harvard Business Review

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  12. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Across Cultures

    Harvard Harvard Business Review, Jeanne Brett, Yves L. Doz, Erin Meyer, Hal Gregersen

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