The AMA Handbook of Leadership has been chosen as one of the top 10 Business, Management, & Labour Titles of 2010 by Choice.

by Jimmy Guterman
We think more about quality than quantity here on the HBR blog network, but we do pay close attention to what our readers are paying attention to. In that spirit, we offer our 10 most popular posts of 2010, as measured by that most inarguable of website metrics, pageviews.

by Jon Younger, Aaron Younger, and Nate Thompson
The aim of this paper is to explore the importance and development of HR consulting and change management skills. It describes the results of a study of HR consulting and change management skills, and the practical application of consulting and change management skills through professional education combined with action learning in a major global corporation.

In this year’s rankings of Best in Leadership Development by Leadership Excellence, The RBL Group was ranked #2 in the Large Consulting Group category.

On Tuesday, December 7 at noon EST, Dave and Wendy Ulrich discussed The Why of Work as well as your specific questions. The discussion was moderated by Leading News Executive Coach, Patricia Wheeler.

by Dave Ulrich
Many in HR seem to be asking the question, “Are we there yet?” Too often, many in HR seek but never seem to arrive at their destination. HR must move beyond ‘administrative service’ or ‘compliance function’ and arrive at ‘business partner with credibility.’

On Tuesday, November 9, Dave Ulrich & Norm Smallwood interviewed with Leadership Leverage host, Dr. Robert Denker, on The Leadership Code.

In the November issue of FORTUNE Magazine, Dave Ulrich shares his idea about boosting employee loyalty in an article entitled “Giving Back to Your Stars.”

by Dave Hanna
We like to say it is synergy that makes business teams so effective—the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. But for the whole to be greater than the sum of its parts, new relationships must be forged among those parts. If all the parts do is co-exist side by side, there is no synergy.

by Mark Nyman
When management attempts to improve functions without aligning them with the larger organization, it usually ends up hurting overall business performance.