Harvard Business Review is the world's premier business magazine. The new edition of the HBR Top 10 Articles series is dedicated to effective communications. If you need to improve your own communication skills and build communication within your company, this book is for you. From hundreds of HBR articles on one of the most important topics for leaders, we've selected the most useful and actionable ones. You'll learn why the way we present ideas is sometimes more important than the ideas themselves. You will understand why it is so important to make presentations of new projects differently for charismatic bosses and follower bosses. Find out why subordinates are more willing to listen to leaders who show sincere interest and sympathy for them. And why management is simply obliged to maintain constant communication with employees. And most importantly: thanks to the use of the techniques described in the collection, you will be able to find a common language with almost any interlocutor in any business situation.