HBR Guide to Better Recruiting and Hiring

Discover and hire great talent.

An open position on your team presents both a challenge and an opportunity. You need to understand what skills and capabilities will add value now and in the future, all while juggling the hiring process with the day-to-day demands of your job as a manager.

The HBR Guide to Better Recruiting and Hiring provides the practical tips, research, stories, and advice you need to successfully attract, identify, and hire people whose values, competencies, and potential align with your team and your organization.

You'll learn how to: identify gaps in your team's skill set, expand your talent pool, conduct productive interviews, partner effectively with HR, evaluate a candidate's potential for growth, make a compelling offer, and negotiate with confidence.

  1. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership Lessons from Sports : (featuring interviews with Sir Alex Ferguson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Andre Agassi)

    Harvard Harvard Business Review, Alex Ferguson, Bill Parcells, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Joe Girardi

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  2. Managing Overthinking

    Harvard Harvard Business Review

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  3. 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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  4. The Year in Tech, 2026 : The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review

    Harvard Harvard Business Review, Scott D. Anthony, Amy Webb, José Parra-Moyano, Christina Shim

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  5. 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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  6. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness, Updated and Expanded (featuring "How to Stop Worrying About What Other People Think of You" by Michael Gervais)

    Harvard Harvard Business Review, Michael Gervais, Angela L. Duckworth, Martin E. P. Seligman, Herminia Ibarra

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  7. 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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  8. HBR Guide to Being More Productive

    Harvard Harvard Business Review

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  9. Psychological Safety

    Harvard Harvard Business Review, Amy C. Edmondson, Daisy Auger-Domínguez, Erica Keswin, Ron Carucci

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  10. Having Difficult Conversations

    Harvard Harvard Business Review

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  11. Positivity and Growth

    Harvard Harvard Business Review

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  12. HBR Daily Leader : Everyday Wisdom for Exceptional Leadership

    Harvard Harvard Business Review

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