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Finance ✦ Penny’s Take

HBR's 10 Must Reads

Harvard Business Review · 2011
83/100
👍 Worth It

If you want to read the articles that actually shaped how organizations think about leadership — Drucker, Kotter, Collins, Goleman in one place — this is the most efficient way to do it. The HBR Must Reads series has sold over five million copies across its titles and is a staple of MBA programs for good reason: every piece in this collection has proven staying power. The limitation is depth — you get the landmark argument from each thinker, not the full book — but for busy professionals or anyone building their leadership literacy, that's a feature.

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substance85
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originality80
accuracy85
hype80
age-fit90
human-eye84
Penny’s verdict83
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