HBR Guide to Your Professional Growth

Don't wait for someone else to manage your career.

The days of HR-sponsored development plans are over. Managing your career—and the skills you need to be successful—is your responsibility. If you're looking to push yourself to the next level, it can be hard to determine where to start.

The HBR Guide to Your Professional Growth will be your coach, transforming your abstract hopes and ideas into a concrete action plan. No matter where you are in your career, this guide will help you assess your current skills—and acquire new ones; elicit feedback you can use; set meaningful—and achievable—goals; make time for learning; play to your strengths; and identify your next challenge.

Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, from a source you trust. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges.


  1. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself, Updated and Expanded (featuring "How Will You Measure Your Life?" by Clayton M. Christensen)

    Harvard Harvard Business Review, Peter F. Drucker, Amy Gallo, Amy Jen Sue, Clayton M. Christensen

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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 2026 : The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review (featuring "The Strategic Genius of Taylor Swift" by Kevin Evers)

    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. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Data Strategy

    Harvard Harvard Business Review

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  6. Having Difficult Conversations

    Harvard Harvard Business Review

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  7. HBR Guide to Thinking Strategically

    Harvard Harvard Business Review

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  8. Negotiation : Harvard Business Essentials

    Harvard Harvard Business Review, Richard Luecke

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

    Harvard Harvard Business Review

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

    Harvard Harvard Business Review

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  11. 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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  12. 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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