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Management Book Summaries

168 Hours
by Laura Vanderkam • 2010
A week holds 168 hours. Focus on work only you can do, and everything important fits.
3.60
11k+
168 Hours Summary
168 Hours
A week holds 168 hours. Focus on work only you can do, and everything important fits.
by Laura Vanderkam 2010 271 pages
3.60
11k+ ratings
Risk
by Stanley McChrystal • 2021
In 1983, one man's doubt stopped a nuclear war. The lesson for your organization's risk systems.
3.64
500+
Risk Summary
Risk
In 1983, one man's doubt stopped a nuclear war. The lesson for your organization's risk systems.
by Stanley McChrystal 2021 368 pages
3.64
500+ ratings
Managing the Non-Profit Organization
by Peter F. Drucker • 1992
Mission is not enough. The management disciplines that turn good intentions into real impact.
3.99
1k+
Managing the Non-Profit Organization Summary
Managing the Non-Profit Organization
Mission is not enough. The management disciplines that turn good intentions into real impact.
by Peter F. Drucker 1992 256 pages
3.99
1k+ ratings
The CEO Next Door
by Elena L. Botelho • 2018
A study of thousands of CEOs found four behaviors predict success. Charisma didn't make the list.
4.03
1k+
The CEO Next Door Summary
The CEO Next Door
A study of thousands of CEOs found four behaviors predict success. Charisma didn't make the list.
by Elena L. Botelho 2018 272 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Gemba Walks
by James P. Womack • 2011
The org chart is fiction. Value moves sideways, and only a walk to the source reveals it.
3.88
238
Gemba Walks Summary
Gemba Walks
The org chart is fiction. Value moves sideways, and only a walk to the source reveals it.
by James P. Womack 2011 348 pages
3.88
238 ratings
The Bond King
by Mary Childs • 2022
A card counter built a two-trillion-dollar bond empire. The instincts that built it destroyed him.
3.80
2k+
The Bond King Summary
The Bond King
A card counter built a two-trillion-dollar bond empire. The instincts that built it destroyed him.
by Mary Childs 2022 324 pages
3.80
2k+ ratings
The Art of Quiet Influence
by Jocelyn Davis • 2019
No corner office required: build trust, defuse conflict, and guide others with Eastern philosophy.
3.25
500+
The Art of Quiet Influence Summary
The Art of Quiet Influence
No corner office required: build trust, defuse conflict, and guide others with Eastern philosophy.
by Jocelyn Davis 2019 288 pages
3.25
500+ ratings
The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell
by Oren Harari • 2002
Ten leadership rules from a four-star general. Rule one: the front line is usually right.
4.04
500+
The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell Summary
The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell
Ten leadership rules from a four-star general. Rule one: the front line is usually right.
by Oren Harari 2002 288 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
Go-Givers Sell More
by Bob Burg • 2010
The sales paradox: stop chasing, start giving, and watch your income grow.
4.29
3k+
Go-Givers Sell More Summary
Go-Givers Sell More
The sales paradox: stop chasing, start giving, and watch your income grow.
by Bob Burg 2010 208 pages
4.29
3k+ ratings
Competing for the Future
by Gary Hamel • 1994
Your current products matter less than your ability to create products no one has imagined yet.
4.03
3k+
Competing for the Future Summary
Competing for the Future
Your current products matter less than your ability to create products no one has imagined yet.
by Gary Hamel 1994 384 pages
4.03
3k+ ratings
Coaching Salespeople into Sales Champions
by Keith Rosen • 2008
Stop controlling resources and start creating possibilities: a playbook for sales leaders.
3.90
500+
Coaching Salespeople into Sales Champions Summary
Coaching Salespeople into Sales Champions
Stop controlling resources and start creating possibilities: a playbook for sales leaders.
by Keith Rosen 2008 352 pages
3.90
500+ ratings
How to Invest
by David M. Rubenstein • 2022
What thirty investing masters agree on: protect capital, defy consensus, think in decades.
3.91
1k+
How to Invest Summary
How to Invest
What thirty investing masters agree on: protect capital, defy consensus, think in decades.
by David M. Rubenstein 2022 416 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
Clean Agile
by Robert C. Martin • 2019
Agile's real secret isn't standups: it's testing first, pairing, and merciless simplification.
4.24
1k+
Clean Agile Summary
Clean Agile
Agile's real secret isn't standups: it's testing first, pairing, and merciless simplification.
by Robert C. Martin 2019
4.24
1k+ ratings
Eat Their Lunch
by Anthony Iannarino • 2018
Features and price do not unseat incumbents. Only strategic credibility earns the right to displace.
4.08
390
Eat Their Lunch Summary
Eat Their Lunch
Features and price do not unseat incumbents. Only strategic credibility earns the right to displace.
by Anthony Iannarino 2018 240 pages
4.08
390 ratings
Rain of Gold
by Victor Villaseñor • 1991
Why your best successes sow your worst defeats, and the one shift that breaks the cycle.
4.50
8k+
Rain of Gold Summary
Rain of Gold
Why your best successes sow your worst defeats, and the one shift that breaks the cycle.
by Victor Villaseñor 1991 576 pages
4.50
8k+ ratings
The Ultimate Question 2.0
by Fred Reichheld • 2011
One question measures genuine loyalty. Build a feedback system around it and outgrow your rivals.
3.87
1k+
The Ultimate Question 2.0 Summary
The Ultimate Question 2.0
One question measures genuine loyalty. Build a feedback system around it and outgrow your rivals.
by Fred Reichheld 2011 290 pages
3.87
1k+ ratings
The Choice
by Eliyahu M. Goldratt • 2008
Reality is simpler than it looks. Clear thinking uncovers the few causes that govern everything.
4.23
500+
The Choice Summary
The Choice
Reality is simpler than it looks. Clear thinking uncovers the few causes that govern everything.
by Eliyahu M. Goldratt 2008 240 pages
4.23
500+ ratings
Brainfluence
by Roger Dooley • 2011
One hundred brain-science tactics for the subconscious level where most buying decisions happen.
3.96
1k+
Brainfluence Summary
Brainfluence
One hundred brain-science tactics for the subconscious level where most buying decisions happen.
by Roger Dooley 2011 304 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs
by Carmine Gallo • 2010
Jobs reduced 350 products to 10. The seven principles behind every breakthrough decision.
4.08
1k+
The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs Summary
The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs
Jobs reduced 350 products to 10. The seven principles behind every breakthrough decision.
by Carmine Gallo 2010 272 pages
4.08
1k+ ratings
The Failure of Risk Management
by Douglas W. Hubbard • 2009
Standard risk management makes decisions worse than guessing. The fix is simpler than you think.
3.95
413
The Failure of Risk Management Summary
The Failure of Risk Management
Standard risk management makes decisions worse than guessing. The fix is simpler than you think.
by Douglas W. Hubbard 2009 367 pages
3.95
413 ratings
Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning
by Henry Mintzberg • 1993
Strategic planning is an expensive illusion: why prediction fails and where real strategy emerges.
3.80
234
Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning Summary
Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning
Strategic planning is an expensive illusion: why prediction fails and where real strategy emerges.
by Henry Mintzberg 1993 482 pages
3.80
234 ratings
Best Practices for Equity Research Analysts
by James J. Valentine • 2010
The craft manual for analysts who want to move stock prices, not just publish reports.
4.22
496
Best Practices for Equity Research Analysts Summary
Best Practices for Equity Research Analysts
The craft manual for analysts who want to move stock prices, not just publish reports.
by James J. Valentine 2010 518 pages
4.22
496 ratings
The Customer Service Revolution
by John R. DiJulius • 2015
A systematic playbook for customer experiences so good your customers stop asking about price.
4.04
279
The Customer Service Revolution Summary
The Customer Service Revolution
A systematic playbook for customer experiences so good your customers stop asking about price.
by John R. DiJulius 2015 205 pages
4.04
279 ratings
How Will You Measure Your Life?
by Clayton M. Christensen • 2012
Apply the rigor of corporate strategy to your life, before you tally a deficit of meaning.
4.05
38k+
How Will You Measure Your Life? Summary
How Will You Measure Your Life?
Apply the rigor of corporate strategy to your life, before you tally a deficit of meaning.
by Clayton M. Christensen 2012 193 pages
4.05
38k+ ratings
A World Waiting to Be Born
by M. Scott Peck • 1993
Organizations fail at civility because narcissism goes undiagnosed. Here is the cure.
3.91
403
A World Waiting to Be Born Summary
A World Waiting to Be Born
Organizations fail at civility because narcissism goes undiagnosed. Here is the cure.
by M. Scott Peck 1993 386 pages
3.91
403 ratings
Design Is a Job
by Mike Monteiro • 2012
Stop designing for exposure: a field manual for building a profitable, sustainable design practice.
4.22
5k+
Design Is a Job Summary
Design Is a Job
Stop designing for exposure: a field manual for building a profitable, sustainable design practice.
by Mike Monteiro 2012 135 pages
4.22
5k+ ratings
Your Brain at Work, Revised and Updated
by David Rock • 2009
Your brain was never built to multitask. The four-item limit that changes how you work.
4.09
11k+
Your Brain at Work, Revised and Updated Summary
Your Brain at Work, Revised and Updated
Your brain was never built to multitask. The four-item limit that changes how you work.
by David Rock 2009 309 pages
4.09
11k+ ratings
A Failure of Nerve
by Edwin H. Friedman • 2007
More data won't save you. The real leadership crisis is emotional, and most advice makes it worse.
4.20
2k+
A Failure of Nerve Summary
A Failure of Nerve
More data won't save you. The real leadership crisis is emotional, and most advice makes it worse.
by Edwin H. Friedman 2007 260 pages
4.20
2k+ ratings
Five Stars
by Carmine Gallo • 2018
Robots cannot move a room. The storytelling and persuasion playbook for an automated century.
3.93
1k+
Five Stars Summary
Five Stars
Robots cannot move a room. The storytelling and persuasion playbook for an automated century.
by Carmine Gallo 2018 256 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
Winning Minds
by Simon Lancaster • 2015
Before facts reach the brain, metaphors hit the gut: the three-step leadership language sequence.
4.28
153
Winning Minds Summary
Winning Minds
Before facts reach the brain, metaphors hit the gut: the three-step leadership language sequence.
by Simon Lancaster 2015 236 pages
4.28
153 ratings
Interviewing Users
by Steve Portigal • 2013
Your assumptions about users are wrong. A systematic way to find out what they actually need.
4.13
1k+
Interviewing Users Summary
Interviewing Users
Your assumptions about users are wrong. A systematic way to find out what they actually need.
by Steve Portigal 2013 176 pages
4.13
1k+ ratings
Twelve and a Half
by Gary Vaynerchuk • 2021
Your business's ceiling is set by your emotional intelligence. A practical method for raising it.
3.79
2k+
Twelve and a Half Summary
Twelve and a Half
Your business's ceiling is set by your emotional intelligence. A practical method for raising it.
by Gary Vaynerchuk 2021 202 pages
3.79
2k+ ratings
Managing in the Gray
by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. • 2016
When no rulebook covers it: wrestling messy, career-defining decisions leaders face.
3.53
128
Managing in the Gray Summary
Managing in the Gray
When no rulebook covers it: wrestling messy, career-defining decisions leaders face.
by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. 2016 200 pages
3.53
128 ratings
Artificial Intelligence in Practice
by Bernard Marr • 2019
Robots patrol Walmart aisles. Netflix guesses your next watch. How 50 companies already run on AI.
3.41
251
Artificial Intelligence in Practice Summary
Artificial Intelligence in Practice
Robots patrol Walmart aisles. Netflix guesses your next watch. How 50 companies already run on AI.
by Bernard Marr 2019 366 pages
3.41
251 ratings
Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive
by Harvey MacKay • 1988
The 66-point customer profile that turns contacts into leverage, and the power of a smiling no.
3.93
6k+
Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive Summary
Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive
The 66-point customer profile that turns contacts into leverage, and the power of a smiling no.
by Harvey MacKay 1988 288 pages
3.93
6k+ ratings
Good Services
by Lou Downe • 2020
Your service assumes a normal user. That user doesn't exist. The design rules that work anyway.
4.29
500+
Good Services Summary
Good Services
Your service assumes a normal user. That user doesn't exist. The design rules that work anyway.
by Lou Downe 2020 224 pages
4.29
500+ ratings
Retention Point
by Robert Skrob • 2018
Churn is the real enemy. The cure is one repeatable moment that makes a subscriber permanent.
3.73
309
Retention Point Summary
Retention Point
Churn is the real enemy. The cure is one repeatable moment that makes a subscriber permanent.
by Robert Skrob 2018 162 pages
3.73
309 ratings
Making Work Visible
by Dominica Degrandis • 2017
Your team's time has five invisible thieves. A visual system that catches them and restores flow.
4.09
2k+
Making Work Visible Summary
Making Work Visible
Your team's time has five invisible thieves. A visual system that catches them and restores flow.
by Dominica Degrandis 2017 264 pages
4.09
2k+ ratings
Product Roadmaps Relaunched
by C. Todd Lombardo • 2017
Stop promising features: build a roadmap that communicates strategy and embraces change.
4.10
1k+
Product Roadmaps Relaunched Summary
Product Roadmaps Relaunched
Stop promising features: build a roadmap that communicates strategy and embraces change.
by C. Todd Lombardo 2017 358 pages
4.10
1k+ ratings
The Miracle Morning for Entrepreneurs
by Hal Elrod • 2012
Daily practices before breakfast that build the discipline your business needs to scale.
4.26
500+
The Miracle Morning for Entrepreneurs Summary
The Miracle Morning for Entrepreneurs
Daily practices before breakfast that build the discipline your business needs to scale.
by Hal Elrod 2012 242 pages
4.26
500+ ratings
It Worked for Me
by Colin Powell • 2012
A general's leadership code: own every failure, earn trust daily, fix problems before they spread.
4.09
7k+
It Worked for Me Summary
It Worked for Me
A general's leadership code: own every failure, earn trust daily, fix problems before they spread.
by Colin Powell 2012 304 pages
4.09
7k+ ratings
Marketing to Gen Z
by Jeff Fromm • 2018
The next consumer majority trusts peers over ads, speaks visually, and buys based on values.
3.78
121
Marketing to Gen Z Summary
Marketing to Gen Z
The next consumer majority trusts peers over ads, speaks visually, and buys based on values.
by Jeff Fromm 2018 217 pages
3.78
121 ratings
Corporate Social Responsibility
by Philip Kotler • 2004
The framework that turns corporate giving from a cost into a competitive lever.
3.90
187
Corporate Social Responsibility Summary
Corporate Social Responsibility
The framework that turns corporate giving from a cost into a competitive lever.
by Philip Kotler 2004 320 pages
3.90
187 ratings
Unlocking the Customer Value Chain
by Thales S Teixeira • 2019
Disruption follows the customer chain, not the technology curve. The next break is predictable.
4.05
22
Unlocking the Customer Value Chain Summary
Unlocking the Customer Value Chain
Disruption follows the customer chain, not the technology curve. The next break is predictable.
by Thales S Teixeira 2019 352 pages
4.05
22 ratings
Scaling Up Compensation
by Verne Harnish • 2021
Five design rules for turning payroll into a growth engine, not a cost to be minimized.
4.39
240
Scaling Up Compensation Summary
Scaling Up Compensation
Five design rules for turning payroll into a growth engine, not a cost to be minimized.
by Verne Harnish 2021 161 pages
4.39
240 ratings
The Algorithmic Leader
by Mike Walsh • 2019
Stop competing with machines. Redesign the work so humans do what only humans can.
3.88
255
The Algorithmic Leader Summary
The Algorithmic Leader
Stop competing with machines. Redesign the work so humans do what only humans can.
by Mike Walsh 2019 256 pages
3.88
255 ratings
The Star Principle
by Richard Koch • 2008
Five percent of businesses create ninety-five percent of value. The blueprint for building one.
4.18
378
The Star Principle Summary
The Star Principle
Five percent of businesses create ninety-five percent of value. The blueprint for building one.
by Richard Koch 2008 272 pages
4.18
378 ratings
Nail It then Scale It
by Nathan Furr • 2010
Most startups die building what nobody needs. Find a real pain, solve it tight, grow only then.
4.12
500+
Nail It then Scale It Summary
Nail It then Scale It
Most startups die building what nobody needs. Find a real pain, solve it tight, grow only then.
by Nathan Furr 2010 260 pages
4.12
500+ ratings
Hostage at the Table
by George Kohlrieser • 2006
A hostage negotiator reveals your organization's most dangerous place: the conflict nobody names.
4.07
500+
Hostage at the Table Summary
Hostage at the Table
A hostage negotiator reveals your organization's most dangerous place: the conflict nobody names.
by George Kohlrieser 2006 272 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
A Sense of Urgency
by John P. Kotter • 2008
Anxious busyness resembles urgency but is its opposite, and it kills 70 percent of change efforts.
3.73
2k+
A Sense of Urgency Summary
A Sense of Urgency
Anxious busyness resembles urgency but is its opposite, and it kills 70 percent of change efforts.
by John P. Kotter 2008 208 pages
3.73
2k+ ratings
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