50 Books like Management in India

The Elephant Catchers

by Subroto Bagchi • 2013

Growing companies must learn to hunt bigger game. A playbook for sales, brand, and leadership.

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🏢 Organizational Scaling 🇮🇳 Indian Business Insights 📈 Sales Force Management 🏗️ Brand Building ⚡ Crisis Leadership

The Elephant Catchers 95%

Growing companies must learn to hunt bigger game. A playbook for sales, brand, and leadership.

by Subroto Bagchi 2013

3.85

252 ratings

🏢 Organizational Scaling 🇮🇳 Indian Business Insights 📈 Sales Force Management 🏗️ Brand Building ⚡ Crisis Leadership

The Amazon Way

by John Rossman • 2014

Amazon's flywheel: why customer obsession, not margin optimization, builds lasting companies.

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📘 Company Playbooks 🎯 Customer Centricity 👥 Hiring And Talent 💰 Frugal Innovation ⚙️ Operational Excellence

The Amazon Way 95%

Amazon's flywheel: why customer obsession, not margin optimization, builds lasting companies.

by John Rossman 2014

3.94

2k+ ratings

📘 Company Playbooks 🎯 Customer Centricity 👥 Hiring And Talent 💰 Frugal Innovation ⚙️ Operational Excellence

Radical Simplicity

by Ken Allen • 2019

A 220-country logistics giant, hemorrhaging cash. The CEO's turnaround rule: simplify ruthlessly.

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🏭 Corporate Turnarounds 📋 Ceo Memoirs 🌐 Organizational Culture 🎯 Customer Focus 🤝 Employee Engagement

Radical Simplicity 95%

A 220-country logistics giant, hemorrhaging cash. The CEO's turnaround rule: simplify ruthlessly.

by Ken Allen 2019

3.69

127 ratings

🏭 Corporate Turnarounds 📋 Ceo Memoirs 🌐 Organizational Culture 🎯 Customer Focus 🤝 Employee Engagement

Stay Hungry Stay Foolish

by Rashmi Bansal • 2008

25 IIM-A grads ditched their safety nets. The rules that got them through the freefall.

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🧱 Startup Stories 🇮🇳 Indian Business 💰 Bootstrapping 🤝 Team Culture 🌱 Growth Mindset

Stay Hungry Stay Foolish 95%

25 IIM-A grads ditched their safety nets. The rules that got them through the freefall.

by Rashmi Bansal 2008

3.70

12k+ ratings

🧱 Startup Stories 🇮🇳 Indian Business 💰 Bootstrapping 🤝 Team Culture 🌱 Growth Mindset

The Professional

by Subroto Bagchi • 2009

Integrity, not expertise, makes a professional. Nine ways to earn trust and build a lasting career.

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🧑‍💼 Professional Development 🛡️ Integrity In Business 🧭 Values-Based Leadership 🪞 Self-Awareness ⏳ Time Management

The Professional 95%

Integrity, not expertise, makes a professional. Nine ways to earn trust and build a lasting career.

by Subroto Bagchi 2009

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985 ratings

🧑‍💼 Professional Development 🛡️ Integrity In Business 🧭 Values-Based Leadership 🪞 Self-Awareness ⏳ Time Management

The Tatas

by Girish Kuber • 2015

One family's six-generation bet: that decency and nation-building fuel profit, not drain it.

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👳 Indian Business 🏛️ Business Dynasties ⚖️ Ethical Capitalism 🎗️ Corporate Philanthropy 🤝 Strategic Acquisitions

The Tatas 95%

One family's six-generation bet: that decency and nation-building fuel profit, not drain it.

by Girish Kuber 2015

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1k+ ratings

👳 Indian Business 🏛️ Business Dynasties ⚖️ Ethical Capitalism 🎗️ Corporate Philanthropy 🤝 Strategic Acquisitions

Corporate Chanakya on Management

by Radhakrishnan Pillai • 2013

From treasury to talent: what a 2,300-year-old treatise on statecraft can teach today's managers.

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📜 Eastern Business Wisdom 👥 Employee Retention 💰 Financial Management 🧩 Team Collaboration ♟️ Strategic Planning

Corporate Chanakya on Management Summary

Corporate Chanakya on Management 95%

From treasury to talent: what a 2,300-year-old treatise on statecraft can teach today's managers.

by Radhakrishnan Pillai 2013

3.75

111 ratings

📜 Eastern Business Wisdom 👥 Employee Retention 💰 Financial Management 🧩 Team Collaboration ♟️ Strategic Planning

Bring Your Human to Work

by Erica Keswin • 2018

An over-emailed workplace is a choice. Ten moves to reverse it without trashing your tech.

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🏢 Workplace Culture 🤝 Employee Engagement 👤 Authentic Leadership ⚖️ Work-Life Balance 📱 Mindful Technology Use

Bring Your Human to Work 95%

An over-emailed workplace is a choice. Ten moves to reverse it without trashing your tech.

by Erica Keswin 2018

3.71

279 ratings

🏢 Workplace Culture 🤝 Employee Engagement 👤 Authentic Leadership ⚖️ Work-Life Balance 📱 Mindful Technology Use

Right Away and All At Once

by Greg Brenneman • 2016

Five actions that rescue a company, and why the same discipline saves your life outside work.

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🏭 Corporate Turnarounds 👔 Executive Leadership 🤝 Employee Empowerment ⚡ Bias For Action ⚖️ Work-Life Integration

Right Away and All At Once 94%

Five actions that rescue a company, and why the same discipline saves your life outside work.

by Greg Brenneman 2016

4.16

179 ratings

🏭 Corporate Turnarounds 👔 Executive Leadership 🤝 Employee Empowerment ⚡ Bias For Action ⚖️ Work-Life Integration

Skill It, Kill It

by Ronnie Screwvala

The soft skills nobody taught you: why listening, empathy, and storytelling get you promoted.

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141

🚀 Career Development 🛠️ Workplace Skills 💬 Communication Skills 🧠 Emotional Intelligence ⚡ Energy Management

Skill It, Kill It 94%

The soft skills nobody taught you: why listening, empathy, and storytelling get you promoted.

by Ronnie Screwvala

3.71

141 ratings

🚀 Career Development 🛠️ Workplace Skills 💬 Communication Skills 🧠 Emotional Intelligence ⚡ Energy Management

A Year with Peter Drucker

by Joseph A. Maciariello • 2014

52 weeks of Drucker: lead with integrity, create customers, and build a lasting organization.

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🏛️ Management Philosophy 📋 Executive Coaching 🧠 Knowledge Work 🗂️ Self-Management 🎯 Customer Focus

A Year with Peter Drucker 94%

52 weeks of Drucker: lead with integrity, create customers, and build a lasting organization.

by Joseph A. Maciariello 2014

3.70

143 ratings

🏛️ Management Philosophy 📋 Executive Coaching 🧠 Knowledge Work 🗂️ Self-Management 🎯 Customer Focus

The Open Organization

by Jim Whitehurst • 2015

What open source taught a CEO: ditch hierarchy, let the best ideas win, fail faster.

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🏢 Organizational Culture 👐 Open Source Management 🏆 Meritocracy 💨 Fail Fast 🎯 Purpose-Driven Orgs

The Open Organization 94%

What open source taught a CEO: ditch hierarchy, let the best ideas win, fail faster.

by Jim Whitehurst 2015

4.09

682 ratings

🏢 Organizational Culture 👐 Open Source Management 🏆 Meritocracy 💨 Fail Fast 🎯 Purpose-Driven Orgs

Business Etiquette

by Shital Kakkar Mehra • 2011

From boardroom to banquet: how the unspoken rules of business get Indian professionals ahead.

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📋 Business Etiquette 👔 Executive Presence 🤝 Professional Networking 🌏 Cross-Cultural Business 🇮🇳 Indian Professionals

Business Etiquette 94%

From boardroom to banquet: how the unspoken rules of business get Indian professionals ahead.

by Shital Kakkar Mehra 2011

3.83

72 ratings

📋 Business Etiquette 👔 Executive Presence 🤝 Professional Networking 🌏 Cross-Cultural Business 🇮🇳 Indian Professionals

Dream with Your Eyes Open

by Ronnie Screwvala • 2015

A media titan's playbook: calculated gambles, surviving the crash, and why outsiders win at scale.

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🧗 Bootstrapping 🏢 Organizational Culture 📈 Scale Mindset 🔄 Failure Resilience 🧑‍🚀 Outsider Advantage

Dream with Your Eyes Open 94%

A media titan's playbook: calculated gambles, surviving the crash, and why outsiders win at scale.

by Ronnie Screwvala 2015

3.88

2k+ ratings

🧗 Bootstrapping 🏢 Organizational Culture 📈 Scale Mindset 🔄 Failure Resilience 🧑‍🚀 Outsider Advantage

Zone to Win

by Geoffrey A. Moore • 2015

Large companies lose to disruption from structure, not blindness. The fix: four parallel zones.

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🏢 Corporate Strategy 💡 Innovation Management 🏗️ Organizational Design 🌪️ Disruption Theory 🚀 Intrapreneurship

Zone to Win 94%

Large companies lose to disruption from structure, not blindness. The fix: four parallel zones.

by Geoffrey A. Moore 2015

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1k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Strategy 💡 Innovation Management 🏗️ Organizational Design 🌪️ Disruption Theory 🚀 Intrapreneurship

The CEO Factory

by Sudhir Sitapati • 2019

The management system that made one Indian subsidiary a global CEO factory: no flash, all frugality.

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🏭 Consumer Goods 🏗️ Brand Building 💰 Pricing Strategy 🚚 Sales Distribution 📺 Advertising Principles

The CEO Factory 94%

The management system that made one Indian subsidiary a global CEO factory: no flash, all frugality.

by Sudhir Sitapati 2019

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2k+ ratings

🏭 Consumer Goods 🏗️ Brand Building 💰 Pricing Strategy 🚚 Sales Distribution 📺 Advertising Principles

Dhandha

by Shobha Bondre • 2013

Every threat a factory, every closed door a classroom. The Gujarati business way.

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🛕 Indian Entrepreneurship 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Family Business 🚀 Bootstrapping 📖 Business Biography 🧭 Ethical Business

Dhandha 94%

Every threat a factory, every closed door a classroom. The Gujarati business way.

by Shobha Bondre 2013

3.85

931 ratings

🛕 Indian Entrepreneurship 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Family Business 🚀 Bootstrapping 📖 Business Biography 🧭 Ethical Business

Reinventing Organizations

by Frederic Laloux • 2014

Organizations mirror consciousness. The next stage trades bosses for trust and plans for purpose.

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🏢 Organizational Design 🤝 Self-Management 🧠 Integral Theory 🔄 Change Management 🌀 Systems Thinking

Reinventing Organizations 94%

Organizations mirror consciousness. The next stage trades bosses for trust and plans for purpose.

by Frederic Laloux 2014

4.21

6k+ ratings

🏢 Organizational Design 🤝 Self-Management 🧠 Integral Theory 🔄 Change Management 🌀 Systems Thinking

The Starbucks Experience

by Joseph A. Michelli • 2006

How Starbucks turns baristas into experience designers and every cup into a loyalty engine.

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🛎️ Customer Experience 🏢 Corporate Culture 🤝 Employee Empowerment 🎨 Service Design 💚 Brand Loyalty

The Starbucks Experience 94%

How Starbucks turns baristas into experience designers and every cup into a loyalty engine.

by Joseph A. Michelli 2006

3.75

5k+ ratings

🛎️ Customer Experience 🏢 Corporate Culture 🤝 Employee Empowerment 🎨 Service Design 💚 Brand Loyalty

Winning

by Jack Welch • 2005

Three rules for winning: demand honesty, reward the best decisively, and never tolerate mediocrity.

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👔 Corporate Leadership 🏛️ Organizational Culture 📊 Performance Management 🧑‍💼 Talent Management 🗣️ Workplace Candor

Winning 94%

Three rules for winning: demand honesty, reward the best decisively, and never tolerate mediocrity.

by Jack Welch 2005

3.86

43k+ ratings

👔 Corporate Leadership 🏛️ Organizational Culture 📊 Performance Management 🧑‍💼 Talent Management 🗣️ Workplace Candor

Leading the Starbucks Way

by Joseph A. Michelli • 2008

How Starbucks turned a commodity into community: the five principles any business can adopt.

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🏢 Corporate Culture ☕ Customer Experience 💪 Employee Empowerment 🏗️ Brand Building 📊 Company Case Studies

Leading the Starbucks Way 94%

How Starbucks turned a commodity into community: the five principles any business can adopt.

by Joseph A. Michelli 2008

3.78

562 ratings

🏢 Corporate Culture ☕ Customer Experience 💪 Employee Empowerment 🏗️ Brand Building 📊 Company Case Studies

Death by Meeting

by Patrick Lencioni • 2004

Meetings fail from politeness, not length. Fix: separate by purpose, seek real debate, hook fast.

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🏢 Business Fables 📋 Meeting Design 👥 Team Dynamics ⚡ Conflict Resolution 🗣️ Workplace Communication

Death by Meeting 94%

Meetings fail from politeness, not length. Fix: separate by purpose, seek real debate, hook fast.

by Patrick Lencioni 2004

4.03

14k+ ratings

🏢 Business Fables 📋 Meeting Design 👥 Team Dynamics ⚡ Conflict Resolution 🗣️ Workplace Communication

The Power of WOW

by The Employees of Zappos.com • 2019

Zappos turned customer service into a billion-dollar brand. The culture playbook behind the loyalty.

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🏢 Corporate Culture 🤝 Customer Service 🔄 Organizational Design 💪 Employee Empowerment 🧩 Self-Managing Teams

The Power of WOW 94%

Zappos turned customer service into a billion-dollar brand. The culture playbook behind the loyalty.

by The Employees of Zappos.com 2019

4.08

121 ratings

🏢 Corporate Culture 🤝 Customer Service 🔄 Organizational Design 💪 Employee Empowerment 🧩 Self-Managing Teams

How to Lead in Product Management

by Roman Pichler • 2020

Align stakeholders, guide teams, and decide together: the product leader's daily playbook.

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🏗️ Product Management 🔄 Agile Methodology 💙 Empathic Leadership 🎯 Goal Alignment 🧘 Mindfulness At Work

How to Lead in Product Management Summary

How to Lead in Product Management 94%

Align stakeholders, guide teams, and decide together: the product leader's daily playbook.

by Roman Pichler 2020

3.70

253 ratings

🏗️ Product Management 🔄 Agile Methodology 💙 Empathic Leadership 🎯 Goal Alignment 🧘 Mindfulness At Work

MBA in a Book

by Joel Kurtzman • 2009

The MBA condensed: why your people, not your capital, determine whether a business lasts.

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📚 Business Fundamentals ♟️ Business Strategy 💡 Innovation Culture 🧠 Intellectual Capital 🌱 Sustainable Business

MBA in a Book 94%

The MBA condensed: why your people, not your capital, determine whether a business lasts.

by Joel Kurtzman 2009

3.40

87 ratings

📚 Business Fundamentals ♟️ Business Strategy 💡 Innovation Culture 🧠 Intellectual Capital 🌱 Sustainable Business

India’s Railway Man

by Rajendra B. Aklekar • 2017

Bridge: 46 days. Mountain railway: 7 years. The values that built modern India on schedule.

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📋 Project Management 🧱 Civil Engineering 🚂 Railways 🏗️ Infrastructure ⚖️ Public Sector Integrity

India’s Railway Man 94%

Bridge: 46 days. Mountain railway: 7 years. The values that built modern India on schedule.

by Rajendra B. Aklekar 2017

3.85

249 ratings

📋 Project Management 🧱 Civil Engineering 🚂 Railways 🏗️ Infrastructure ⚖️ Public Sector Integrity

Chief Joy Officer

by Richard Sheridan • 2018

The boss who leads with love: one CEO's blueprint for replacing fear with energy and purpose.

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👑 Servant Leadership 🎭 Authentic Leadership 🏢 Organizational Culture 💡 Employee Engagement 📚 Learning Organizations

Chief Joy Officer 94%

The boss who leads with love: one CEO's blueprint for replacing fear with energy and purpose.

by Richard Sheridan 2018

3.94

500 ratings

👑 Servant Leadership 🎭 Authentic Leadership 🏢 Organizational Culture 💡 Employee Engagement 📚 Learning Organizations

Imagine It Forward

by Beth Comstock • 2018

Big companies kill new ideas. A GE insider's method for keeping innovation alive anyway.

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🏢 Corporate Innovation 🔄 Change Leadership 💻 Digital Transformation 🔬 Lean Methodology 🚀 Intrapreneurship

Imagine It Forward 94%

Big companies kill new ideas. A GE insider's method for keeping innovation alive anyway.

by Beth Comstock 2018

3.79

831 ratings

🏢 Corporate Innovation 🔄 Change Leadership 💻 Digital Transformation 🔬 Lean Methodology 🚀 Intrapreneurship

Humanocracy

by Gary Hamel • 2020

Bureaucracy costs trillions and kills autonomy. The fix: companies run on ownership, not authority.

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🧹 Bureaucracy Critique 🔄 Self-Management 🌐 Decentralized Orgs 🚀 Intrapreneurship 🧪 Business Experimentation

Humanocracy 94%

Bureaucracy costs trillions and kills autonomy. The fix: companies run on ownership, not authority.

by Gary Hamel 2020

4.01

1k+ ratings

🧹 Bureaucracy Critique 🔄 Self-Management 🌐 Decentralized Orgs 🚀 Intrapreneurship 🧪 Business Experimentation

Leading Successful Change

by Gregory P. Shea • 2020

Stop announcing change. Design an environment where the behaviors you need are the only option.

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121

🔄 Organizational Change 🏗️ Organizational Design 🎯 Strategy Execution 🧩 Systems Thinking 🧠 Behavioral Science

Leading Successful Change 94%

Stop announcing change. Design an environment where the behaviors you need are the only option.

by Gregory P. Shea 2020

3.62

121 ratings

🔄 Organizational Change 🏗️ Organizational Design 🎯 Strategy Execution 🧩 Systems Thinking 🧠 Behavioral Science

Stewardship

by Peter Block • 1993

Why patriarchy fails organizations, and how distributing power, money, and grace rebuilds them.

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🤝 Servant Leadership 🔄 Organizational Change 🏢 Flat Hierarchies 💪 Employee Empowerment 📊 Open-Book Management

Stewardship 94%

Why patriarchy fails organizations, and how distributing power, money, and grace rebuilds them.

by Peter Block 1993

3.93

377 ratings

🤝 Servant Leadership 🔄 Organizational Change 🏢 Flat Hierarchies 💪 Employee Empowerment 📊 Open-Book Management

HTML5 for Web Designers

by Jeremy Keith • 2010

Ditch plugins and browser hacks: native audio, video, and responsive images arrive with HTML5.

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🌐 Html5 💻 Front-End Development 🧱 Html And Css 📱 Responsive Design 🔄 Progressive Enhancement

HTML5 for Web Designers 94%

Ditch plugins and browser hacks: native audio, video, and responsive images arrive with HTML5.

by Jeremy Keith 2010

3.98

3k+ ratings

🌐 Html5 💻 Front-End Development 🧱 Html And Css 📱 Responsive Design 🔄 Progressive Enhancement

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

by Benjamin Franklin • 2004

The power playbook that survived two millennia: from a king's court to your next C-suite pitch.

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🏢 Corporate Strategy 👔 Executive Leadership 📜 Ancient Wisdom 🇮🇳 Indian Statecraft ⚡ Power Dynamics

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Summary

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 94%

The power playbook that survived two millennia: from a king's court to your next C-suite pitch.

by Benjamin Franklin 2004

3.85

93k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Strategy 👔 Executive Leadership 📜 Ancient Wisdom 🇮🇳 Indian Statecraft ⚡ Power Dynamics

Corporate Chanakya

by Radhakrishnan Pillai • 2010

Chanakya's statecraft for the boardroom: four powers, six traps, and ethics that outlast monopolies.

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2k+

🏛️ Ancient Management Wisdom 📜 Arthashastra ☸️ Eastern Philosophy ♟️ Corporate Strategy ⚡ Power Dynamics

Corporate Chanakya 94%

Chanakya's statecraft for the boardroom: four powers, six traps, and ethics that outlast monopolies.

by Radhakrishnan Pillai 2010

3.72

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Management Wisdom 📜 Arthashastra ☸️ Eastern Philosophy ♟️ Corporate Strategy ⚡ Power Dynamics

Strategy Rules

by David B. Yoffie • 2015

Gates, Grove, and Jobs ran three very different companies. Their strategy playbook was the same.

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🎯 Strategic Management 💻 Tech Leadership 🏗️ Platform Economics 🏛️ Organizational Design 🎲 Strategic Risk-Taking

Strategy Rules 94%

Gates, Grove, and Jobs ran three very different companies. Their strategy playbook was the same.

by David B. Yoffie 2015

3.82

629 ratings

🎯 Strategic Management 💻 Tech Leadership 🏗️ Platform Economics 🏛️ Organizational Design 🎲 Strategic Risk-Taking

Amp It Up

by Frank Slootman • 2022

You're moving too slow and tolerating too much. A three-time CEO's guide to fixing both.

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4k+

🏢 Organizational Culture 👥 Talent Strategy 📈 Scaling Startups ⚡ Execution Management ⚔️ Competitive Strategy

Amp It Up 94%

You're moving too slow and tolerating too much. A three-time CEO's guide to fixing both.

by Frank Slootman 2022

4.01

4k+ ratings

🏢 Organizational Culture 👥 Talent Strategy 📈 Scaling Startups ⚡ Execution Management ⚔️ Competitive Strategy

The Project50

by Tom Peters • 1999

Turn any project into art: the contrarian rules for stunning, revolutionary, indispensable work.

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247

📋 Project Management 💡 Innovation Culture 🛠️ Rapid Prototyping 🤝 Stakeholder Buy-In 👤 User Experience

The Project50 94%

Turn any project into art: the contrarian rules for stunning, revolutionary, indispensable work.

by Tom Peters 1999

4.04

247 ratings

📋 Project Management 💡 Innovation Culture 🛠️ Rapid Prototyping 🤝 Stakeholder Buy-In 👤 User Experience

The Heart of Business

by Hubert Joly • 2021

Purpose beats profit as strategy. A CEO's playbook for winning by serving every stakeholder first.

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1k+

🏢 Corporate Turnarounds 🌐 Stakeholder Capitalism 🎯 Purpose-Driven Business 🤲 Servant Leadership 💼 Work And Meaning

The Heart of Business 94%

Purpose beats profit as strategy. A CEO's playbook for winning by serving every stakeholder first.

by Hubert Joly 2021

4.23

1k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Turnarounds 🌐 Stakeholder Capitalism 🎯 Purpose-Driven Business 🤲 Servant Leadership 💼 Work And Meaning

Business Over Turkish Coffee

by Zafer Parlar • 2001

Relationships before deals, meals before meetings: the unwritten rules of Turkish business.

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🏢 Cross-Cultural Business 🧠 Cultural Intelligence 🤝 Relationship Building 🎩 Business Etiquette 💬 Communication Styles

Business Over Turkish Coffee 94%

Relationships before deals, meals before meetings: the unwritten rules of Turkish business.

by Zafer Parlar 2001

3.89

18 ratings

🏢 Cross-Cultural Business 🧠 Cultural Intelligence 🤝 Relationship Building 🎩 Business Etiquette 💬 Communication Styles

Fish! Tales

by Stephen C. Lundin • 2002

Four principles from a Seattle fish market that turn any workplace from resentful to remarkable.

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🏢 Workplace Culture 🤝 Employee Engagement 🎈 Play At Work 🧘 Mindfulness At Work 😊 Positive Psychology

Fish! Tales 94%

Four principles from a Seattle fish market that turn any workplace from resentful to remarkable.

by Stephen C. Lundin 2002

3.95

2k+ ratings

🏢 Workplace Culture 🤝 Employee Engagement 🎈 Play At Work 🧘 Mindfulness At Work 😊 Positive Psychology

Simply Managing

by Henry Mintzberg • 2013

Management isn't heroic. It's fragmented, oral, and learned in the mess, not the classroom.

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338

🧱 Management Practice 🏢 Organizational Behavior 🥾 Anti-Heroic Leadership 🗺️ Contextual Managing ⚖️ Managing Tensions

Simply Managing 94%

Management isn't heroic. It's fragmented, oral, and learned in the mess, not the classroom.

by Henry Mintzberg 2013

3.64

338 ratings

🧱 Management Practice 🏢 Organizational Behavior 🥾 Anti-Heroic Leadership 🗺️ Contextual Managing ⚖️ Managing Tensions

The Practice of Management

by Peter F. Drucker • 1954

Customers define a company's purpose, not profit. The principles that follow from that reversal.

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2k+

🏗️ Organizational Design 🎯 Goal Setting 🧭 Decision Frameworks 📜 Classical Management 🤝 Humanistic Business

The Practice of Management 94%

Customers define a company's purpose, not profit. The principles that follow from that reversal.

by Peter F. Drucker 1954

4.25

2k+ ratings

🏗️ Organizational Design 🎯 Goal Setting 🧭 Decision Frameworks 📜 Classical Management 🤝 Humanistic Business

Stretch

by Scott Sonenshein • 2017

Why getting more resources backfires, and how constraints make you more creative and effective.

3.65

2k+

🎯 Creative Constraints 🔒 Psychological Ownership 🎭 Improvisation At Work 🔮 Expectation Effects 🧩 Unexpected Combinations

Stretch 94%

Why getting more resources backfires, and how constraints make you more creative and effective.

by Scott Sonenshein 2017

3.65

2k+ ratings

🎯 Creative Constraints 🔒 Psychological Ownership 🎭 Improvisation At Work 🔮 Expectation Effects 🧩 Unexpected Combinations

How to Think Like Steve Jobs

by Daniel Smith • 2013

The outsider mindset, the design obsession, the comeback: ten Jobs principles you can actually use.

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634

🖥️ Tech Leadership 💡 Innovation Culture 🎨 Design Thinking 👤 Founder Lessons 🔭 Visionary Leadership

How to Think Like Steve Jobs 94%

The outsider mindset, the design obsession, the comeback: ten Jobs principles you can actually use.

by Daniel Smith 2013

3.62

634 ratings

🖥️ Tech Leadership 💡 Innovation Culture 🎨 Design Thinking 👤 Founder Lessons 🔭 Visionary Leadership

Joy at Work

by Dennis W. Bakke • 2005

A CEO built a 40,000-person company on joy, freedom, and love. Here is the blueprint.

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467

🏢 Organizational Culture 💪 Employee Empowerment 🤲 Servant Leadership 🧠 Intrinsic Motivation 🧭 Values-Driven Business

Joy at Work 94%

A CEO built a 40,000-person company on joy, freedom, and love. Here is the blueprint.

by Dennis W. Bakke 2005

3.66

467 ratings

🏢 Organizational Culture 💪 Employee Empowerment 🤲 Servant Leadership 🧠 Intrinsic Motivation 🧭 Values-Driven Business

In Search of Excellence

by Thomas J. Peters • 1982

A study of 43 iconic companies unearthed the few practices they all shared.

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14k+

🧬 Organizational Culture 📚 Management Classics 🎯 Customer Obsession 🤝 Employee Empowerment ⚡ Execution Focus

In Search of Excellence 94%

A study of 43 iconic companies unearthed the few practices they all shared.

by Thomas J. Peters 1982

3.91

14k+ ratings

🧬 Organizational Culture 📚 Management Classics 🎯 Customer Obsession 🤝 Employee Empowerment ⚡ Execution Focus

The Amazon Management System

by Ram Charan • 2019

The practices, from hiring to metrics, that keep Amazon sprinting while other giants slow.

4.04

399

🎯 Customer Centricity 👥 Talent And Hiring 📊 Data Driven Management 💡 Innovation Processes ⚙️ Operational Excellence

The Amazon Management System 94%

The practices, from hiring to metrics, that keep Amazon sprinting while other giants slow.

by Ram Charan 2019

4.04

399 ratings

🎯 Customer Centricity 👥 Talent And Hiring 📊 Data Driven Management 💡 Innovation Processes ⚙️ Operational Excellence

Balanced Scorecard

by Robert S. Kaplan • 1996

Four metrics, one rule: run a technical team like a business by developing the people first.

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6k+

🖥️ Engineering Management 📊 Balanced Scorecard 📈 Strategic Metrics 🌱 Talent Development 🗣️ Coaching Culture

Balanced Scorecard 94%

Four metrics, one rule: run a technical team like a business by developing the people first.

by Robert S. Kaplan 1996

3.91

6k+ ratings

🖥️ Engineering Management 📊 Balanced Scorecard 📈 Strategic Metrics 🌱 Talent Development 🗣️ Coaching Culture

Gods of Management

by Charles B. Handy • 1986

Four workplace gods, one crumbling bureaucracy, and the 1986 book that saw the gig economy coming.

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144

🏛️ Organizational Culture 📚 Management Theory 📋 Bureaucracy Critique 🏢 Flat Organizations 💼 Gig Economy

Gods of Management 94%

Four workplace gods, one crumbling bureaucracy, and the 1986 book that saw the gig economy coming.

by Charles B. Handy 1986

3.78

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The Three Signs of a Miserable Job

by Patrick Lencioni • 2007

Three hidden causes of workplace misery that salary can't cure; what every manager must do instead.

4.15

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The Three Signs of a Miserable Job 94%

Three hidden causes of workplace misery that salary can't cure; what every manager must do instead.

by Patrick Lencioni 2007

4.15

7k+ ratings

📖 Management Fables 📊 Employee Engagement 🧎 Servant Leadership 🛠️ Meaningful Work 🔥 Employee Motivation

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