Finance ✦ Penny’s Take
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership, Updated and Expanded
Harvard Business Review · 2025
84/100
👍 Worth It
HBR's curation track record is difficult to argue with, and this updated edition earns its keep by adding contemporary pieces on trust, inclusion, and AI leadership alongside the battle-tested classics. The discussion guide makes it genuinely useful for group settings, not just solo reading. The anthology format means less narrative flow, but what you get is rigorously vetted thinking from the field's most credible outlet.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety96
Substance / usefulness88
Craft & writing78
Originality76
Evidence & accuracy90
Hype vs delivers80
Age-fit90
👁 Human-eye gut-check86
Penny’s verdict84
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