Best Management Books | Summaries & Audio

Management Book Summaries

IoT Inc

by Bruce Sinclair • 2017

Sensors turn products into services. Here's how to sell outcomes, not hardware.

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144

🌐 IoT Strategy 🔄 Business Model Innovation 💰 Data Monetization 🔁 As-A-Service Models 🏭 Industry 4.0

IoT Inc

Sensors turn products into services. Here's how to sell outcomes, not hardware.

by Bruce Sinclair 2017 305 pages

3.92

144 ratings

🌐 IoT Strategy 🔄 Business Model Innovation 💰 Data Monetization 🔁 As-A-Service Models 🏭 Industry 4.0

Leadership for a Time of Pandemic

by Tod Bolsinger • 2020

The old maps failed. What resilient leaders practice when there is no 'back to normal.'

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104

🧭 Adaptive Leadership ⚠️ Crisis Leadership 🙏 Spiritual Formation 🔄 Organizational Change 🛡️ Resilience Building

Leadership for a Time of Pandemic

The old maps failed. What resilient leaders practice when there is no 'back to normal.'

by Tod Bolsinger 2020 56 pages

4.13

104 ratings

🧭 Adaptive Leadership ⚠️ Crisis Leadership 🙏 Spiritual Formation 🔄 Organizational Change 🛡️ Resilience Building

8 Steps to High Performance

by Marc Effron • 2018

Ditch management fads. The science on the few behaviors that actually predict top performance.

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234

💼 Corporate Leadership 🚀 Career Acceleration 📊 Evidence-Based Practice 🔬 Scientific Self-Help 🎭 Behavioral Adaptation

8 Steps to High Performance

Ditch management fads. The science on the few behaviors that actually predict top performance.

by Marc Effron 2018 240 pages

3.68

234 ratings

💼 Corporate Leadership 🚀 Career Acceleration 📊 Evidence-Based Practice 🔬 Scientific Self-Help 🎭 Behavioral Adaptation

Agile Conversations

by Douglas Squirrel • 2020

Agile fails in conversation, not process. Five dialogues that build the trust no tool can.

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329

🔄 Organizational Change 💻 Software Teams 💬 Workplace Conversations 🛡️ Psychological Safety 🤝 Trust Building

Agile Conversations

Agile fails in conversation, not process. Five dialogues that build the trust no tool can.

by Douglas Squirrel 2020 240 pages

4.08

329 ratings

🔄 Organizational Change 💻 Software Teams 💬 Workplace Conversations 🛡️ Psychological Safety 🤝 Trust Building

Six Sigma for Managers

by Greg Brue • 2002

The data-driven playbook for cutting defects to near zero and making those gains stick.

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138

🌀 Continuous Improvement 📊 Data-Driven Decisions ⚙️ Total Quality Management 🏭 Operational Excellence 🧪 Deming Philosophy

Six Sigma for Managers

The data-driven playbook for cutting defects to near zero and making those gains stick.

by Greg Brue 2002 272 pages

3.25

138 ratings

🌀 Continuous Improvement 📊 Data-Driven Decisions ⚙️ Total Quality Management 🏭 Operational Excellence 🧪 Deming Philosophy

The Most Excellent Way to Lead

by Perry Noble • 2016

Forget charisma. The best leaders are patient, kind, and quick to forgive. A pastor unpacks how.

4.12

307

🛠️ Servant Leadership ✝️ Christian Leadership 💙 Love In Leadership 🤝 Trust Building 📖 Biblical Wisdom

The Most Excellent Way to Lead

Forget charisma. The best leaders are patient, kind, and quick to forgive. A pastor unpacks how.

by Perry Noble 2016 288 pages

4.12

307 ratings

🛠️ Servant Leadership ✝️ Christian Leadership 💙 Love In Leadership 🤝 Trust Building 📖 Biblical Wisdom

INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION

by Pascal Bornet • 2020

A new tech suite automates knowledge work. The playbook for turning it into your advantage.

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⚙️ Intelligent Automation 🏭 Digital Transformation 🤖 Ai In Business 🔄 Process Automation 💼 Future Of Work

INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION

A new tech suite automates knowledge work. The playbook for turning it into your advantage.

by Pascal Bornet 2020 432 pages

3.83

178 ratings

⚙️ Intelligent Automation 🏭 Digital Transformation 🤖 Ai In Business 🔄 Process Automation 💼 Future Of Work

Play Nice

by Jason Schreier • 2024

$80 million and seven years for a game that never shipped: the unraveling of Blizzard Entertainment.

4.16

7k+

🎮 Video Game Industry 🏢 Corporate Culture 💻 Tech Company Histories ⏰ Crunch Culture ⚠️ Workplace Misconduct

Play Nice

$80 million and seven years for a game that never shipped: the unraveling of Blizzard Entertainment.

by Jason Schreier 2024 384 pages

4.16

7k+ ratings

🎮 Video Game Industry 🏢 Corporate Culture 💻 Tech Company Histories ⏰ Crunch Culture ⚠️ Workplace Misconduct

Cold Email Manifesto

by Robert Indries • 2023

Three-sentence email that lands meetings, slow warmup to dodge spam, and the commission-only team.

3.77

🧊 Cold Email Outreach 📈 Scaling Strategies ✍️ Email Copywriting 🎯 Lead Generation 👥 Sales Team Management

Cold Email Manifesto

Three-sentence email that lands meetings, slow warmup to dodge spam, and the commission-only team.

by Robert Indries 2023 198 pages

3.77

13 ratings

🧊 Cold Email Outreach 📈 Scaling Strategies ✍️ Email Copywriting 🎯 Lead Generation 👥 Sales Team Management

Finding Our Way

by Margaret J. Wheatley • 2005

Organizations are living systems, not machines. The harder you control, the worse it gets.

4.03

238

🕸️ Systems Thinking 🐝 Self-Organization 🌱 Living Systems 🤝 Participatory Change 🧘 Contemplative Leadership

Finding Our Way

Organizations are living systems, not machines. The harder you control, the worse it gets.

by Margaret J. Wheatley 2005 312 pages

4.03

238 ratings

🕸️ Systems Thinking 🐝 Self-Organization 🌱 Living Systems 🤝 Participatory Change 🧘 Contemplative Leadership

Lead the Field

by Earl Nightingale • 1976

Pick one worthy goal. Move toward it daily. Serve more than you're paid. Everything else follows.

4.04

4k+

🏛️ Classic Self-Help 🎯 Goal Setting 🔗 Cause And Effect 📅 Daily Discipline 🤝 Servant Leadership

Lead the Field

Pick one worthy goal. Move toward it daily. Serve more than you're paid. Everything else follows.

by Earl Nightingale 1976

4.04

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Classic Self-Help 🎯 Goal Setting 🔗 Cause And Effect 📅 Daily Discipline 🤝 Servant Leadership

Understanding Software

by Max Kanat-Alexander • 2017

Code that's easy to write is hard to maintain. Here's how to flip that equation.

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179

🛠️ Software Craftsmanship 🧹 Code Quality 🔍 Debugging Methods 🏚️ Technical Debt ⏱️ Developer Productivity

Understanding Software

Code that's easy to write is hard to maintain. Here's how to flip that equation.

by Max Kanat-Alexander 2017 280 pages

3.58

179 ratings

🛠️ Software Craftsmanship 🧹 Code Quality 🔍 Debugging Methods 🏚️ Technical Debt ⏱️ Developer Productivity

Cybersecurity Risk Management

by Cynthia Brumfield • 2021

The NIST framework is a map, not a shield. How to build defenses that work.

3.89

🛡️ Cybersecurity Frameworks ⚠️ It Risk Management 🏭 Operational Technology Security 🔐 Access Control 🚨 Incident Response Planning

Cybersecurity Risk Management

The NIST framework is a map, not a shield. How to build defenses that work.

by Cynthia Brumfield 2021 176 pages

3.89

9 ratings

🛡️ Cybersecurity Frameworks ⚠️ It Risk Management 🏭 Operational Technology Security 🔐 Access Control 🚨 Incident Response Planning

The Customer Centricity Playbook

by Peter Fader • 2018

The average customer is a dangerous myth. Your real profits come from a tiny, identifiable fraction.

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319

📊 Customer Analytics 💻 CRM Strategy 🔄 Retention Marketing 📈 Data-Driven Strategy 🎯 Customer Segmentation

The Customer Centricity Playbook

The average customer is a dangerous myth. Your real profits come from a tiny, identifiable fraction.

by Peter Fader 2018 136 pages

3.76

319 ratings

📊 Customer Analytics 💻 CRM Strategy 🔄 Retention Marketing 📈 Data-Driven Strategy 🎯 Customer Segmentation

Ego vs. EQ

by Jen Shirkani • 2013

Two-thirds of leadership failures are emotional, not technical. And ego is why no one tells you.

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137

🧠 Emotional Intelligence ⚠️ Leader Derailment 🧘 Emotional Regulation 👂 Feedback Receptivity 🎭 Humility In Leadership

Ego vs. EQ

Two-thirds of leadership failures are emotional, not technical. And ego is why no one tells you.

by Jen Shirkani 2013 218 pages

3.70

137 ratings

🧠 Emotional Intelligence ⚠️ Leader Derailment 🧘 Emotional Regulation 👂 Feedback Receptivity 🎭 Humility In Leadership

Managing the Myths of Health Care

by Henry Mintzberg • 2017

Medicine works. Hospital management doesn't. What community can do that competition cannot.

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🏥 Health Care Management 📋 Health Policy 🔄 Systems Thinking 🌐 Distributed Leadership 🤝 Community Engagement

Managing the Myths of Health Care

Medicine works. Hospital management doesn't. What community can do that competition cannot.

by Henry Mintzberg 2017 272 pages

3.47

74 ratings

🏥 Health Care Management 📋 Health Policy 🔄 Systems Thinking 🌐 Distributed Leadership 🤝 Community Engagement

How to Understand Business Finance

by Bob Cinnamon • 2006

Finance for the non-accountant: balance sheets, cash flow, and the ratios that matter.

3.36

🏢 Corporate Finance 📖 Financial Literacy 📊 Financial Statements 💸 Cash Flow Management 📐 Ratio Analysis

How to Understand Business Finance

Finance for the non-accountant: balance sheets, cash flow, and the ratios that matter.

by Bob Cinnamon 2006 176 pages

3.36

44 ratings

🏢 Corporate Finance 📖 Financial Literacy 📊 Financial Statements 💸 Cash Flow Management 📐 Ratio Analysis

Managing In The Next Society 2Nd Revised Edition

by Drucker Peter • 1980

Knowledge workers own their tools. They know it. The old employment deal is over.

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🧠 Knowledge Economy 🏛️ Organizational Design 🔮 Future Of Work 👴 Demographic Change 📚 Lifelong Learning

Managing In The Next Society 2Nd Revised Edition

Knowledge workers own their tools. They know it. The old employment deal is over.

by Drucker Peter 1980 240 pages

3.91

175 ratings

🧠 Knowledge Economy 🏛️ Organizational Design 🔮 Future Of Work 👴 Demographic Change 📚 Lifelong Learning

Overcrowded

by Roberto Verganti • 2016

Ideas are everywhere; meaning is scarce. Winning requires love, not just better answers.

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122

💡 Innovation Strategy 🎨 Design Thinking 🧭 Purpose-Driven Business ✨ Meaning-Making 🔧 Jobs To Be Done

Overcrowded

Ideas are everywhere; meaning is scarce. Winning requires love, not just better answers.

by Roberto Verganti 2016 264 pages

3.83

122 ratings

💡 Innovation Strategy 🎨 Design Thinking 🧭 Purpose-Driven Business ✨ Meaning-Making 🔧 Jobs To Be Done

The Non-Profit Narrative

by Dan Portnoy • 2012

Facts don't open wallets. A storytelling system that makes donors the heroes of your mission.

3.61

194

🏢 Nonprofit Management 📖 Nonprofit Storytelling 💰 Fundraising Strategy 🤝 Donor Engagement 🎭 Storytelling Frameworks

The Non-Profit Narrative

Facts don't open wallets. A storytelling system that makes donors the heroes of your mission.

by Dan Portnoy 2012 114 pages

3.61

194 ratings

🏢 Nonprofit Management 📖 Nonprofit Storytelling 💰 Fundraising Strategy 🤝 Donor Engagement 🎭 Storytelling Frameworks

Smart, Not Loud

by Jessica Chen • 2024

Being indispensable isn't the same as being noticed. The tactics that close the gap.

3.92

334

🗣️ Workplace Communication 🤫 Quiet Leadership 📢 Self-Advocacy 🏷️ Personal Branding 🌐 Cultural Friction

Smart, Not Loud

Being indispensable isn't the same as being noticed. The tactics that close the gap.

by Jessica Chen 2024 272 pages

3.92

334 ratings

🗣️ Workplace Communication 🤫 Quiet Leadership 📢 Self-Advocacy 🏷️ Personal Branding 🌐 Cultural Friction

Personal Finance Simplified

by Tycho Press • 2014

A jargon-free money system for people who think they are bad with numbers.

3.79

111

💰 Personal Finance 📊 Money Management 📚 Financial Literacy 💳 Debt Elimination 📝 Budgeting

Personal Finance Simplified

A jargon-free money system for people who think they are bad with numbers.

by Tycho Press 2014 144 pages

3.79

111 ratings

💰 Personal Finance 📊 Money Management 📚 Financial Literacy 💳 Debt Elimination 📝 Budgeting

Leading Strategic Change

by J. Stewart Black • 2002

Why your best people become your biggest obstacle when strategy shifts, and how to move them.

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119

🏢 Organizational Change 🧭 Change Leadership 🧠 Mental Models 🚧 Resistance To Change 😨 Fear Of Failure

Leading Strategic Change

Why your best people become your biggest obstacle when strategy shifts, and how to move them.

by J. Stewart Black 2002 224 pages

3.82

119 ratings

🏢 Organizational Change 🧭 Change Leadership 🧠 Mental Models 🚧 Resistance To Change 😨 Fear Of Failure

Killing the Sale

by Todd Duncan • 2004

The ten ways your sales approach pushes buyers away. Stop performing, start connecting.

4.01

🛠️ Sales Methodology 🧠 Sales Mindset 🤝 Authentic Selling 💼 Relationship Selling 🎯 Sales Prospecting

Killing the Sale

The ten ways your sales approach pushes buyers away. Stop performing, start connecting.

by Todd Duncan 2004 242 pages

4.01

80 ratings

🛠️ Sales Methodology 🧠 Sales Mindset 🤝 Authentic Selling 💼 Relationship Selling 🎯 Sales Prospecting

Public Administration and Public Affairs

by D. J. Henry • 1980

Designed for gridlock, American government still delivers. This is the machinery.

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104

🏛️ Public Administration 🏢 Bureaucracy 📊 Public Budgeting 👥 Public Personnel Management 🔗 Privatization

Public Administration and Public Affairs

Designed for gridlock, American government still delivers. This is the machinery.

by D. J. Henry 1980 416 pages

3.64

104 ratings

🏛️ Public Administration 🏢 Bureaucracy 📊 Public Budgeting 👥 Public Personnel Management 🔗 Privatization

Dr. Deming

by Rafael Aguayo • 1990

Blame the system, not the worker: the data-driven philosophy that rebuilt Japanese industry.

4.12

158

🏭 Total Quality Management 🧠 Systems Thinking 📊 Statistical Thinking 🔄 Process Improvement 🫂 Fear-Free Workplaces

Dr. Deming

Blame the system, not the worker: the data-driven philosophy that rebuilt Japanese industry.

by Rafael Aguayo 1990 289 pages

4.12

158 ratings

🏭 Total Quality Management 🧠 Systems Thinking 📊 Statistical Thinking 🔄 Process Improvement 🫂 Fear-Free Workplaces

Branding that Means Business

by Matt Johnson • 2022

The psychology that turns brands into identities and the strategy for building one.

4.04

🎯 Brand Strategy 🧠 Consumer Behavior 🏷️ Brand Identity 🌍 Cultural Branding 🧪 Behavioral Economics

Branding that Means Business

The psychology that turns brands into identities and the strategy for building one.

by Matt Johnson 2022 228 pages

4.04

76 ratings

🎯 Brand Strategy 🧠 Consumer Behavior 🏷️ Brand Identity 🌍 Cultural Branding 🧪 Behavioral Economics

The Tao of the Side Hustle

by Don Hyun Kiolbassa • 2022

Most side hustle advice says work harder. This one says think like a strategist.

4.24

💼 Side Hustle Guides 🌱 New Entrepreneurs 👢 Bootstrapping ⏳ Time Management 💰 Financial Discipline

The Tao of the Side Hustle

Most side hustle advice says work harder. This one says think like a strategist.

by Don Hyun Kiolbassa 2022 240 pages

4.24

17 ratings

💼 Side Hustle Guides 🌱 New Entrepreneurs 👢 Bootstrapping ⏳ Time Management 💰 Financial Discipline

Creating Agile Organizations

by Cesario Ramos • 2022

Scrum won't save a bad org chart. The structural redesign that makes agility possible.

4.69

🏗️ Organizational Design 🔄 Agile Transformation 🧠 Systems Thinking 🌊 Flow Optimization 👥 Cross-Functional Teams

Creating Agile Organizations

Scrum won't save a bad org chart. The structural redesign that makes agility possible.

by Cesario Ramos 2022 256 pages

4.69

16 ratings

🏗️ Organizational Design 🔄 Agile Transformation 🧠 Systems Thinking 🌊 Flow Optimization 👥 Cross-Functional Teams

The Profitable Hobby Farm

by Sarah Beth Aubrey • 2010

Your hobby farm can earn real money. The business blueprint for making local food pay.

3.71

157

🚜 Small Farm Business 🥕 Local Food Movement 🌱 Sustainable Agriculture 📋 Farm Marketing 🤝 Cooperative Models

The Profitable Hobby Farm

Your hobby farm can earn real money. The business blueprint for making local food pay.

by Sarah Beth Aubrey 2010 288 pages

3.71

157 ratings

🚜 Small Farm Business 🥕 Local Food Movement 🌱 Sustainable Agriculture 📋 Farm Marketing 🤝 Cooperative Models

Conversations For Action and Collected Essays

by Fernando Flores • 2013

Your company runs on promises, not org charts. Conversational moves that make commitments stick.

4.40

112

💬 Speech Act Theory 🔍 Phenomenology 📋 Commitment Management 🗣️ Conversational Leadership 🔒 Trust Building

Conversations For Action and Collected Essays

Your company runs on promises, not org charts. Conversational moves that make commitments stick.

by Fernando Flores 2013 158 pages

4.40

112 ratings

💬 Speech Act Theory 🔍 Phenomenology 📋 Commitment Management 🗣️ Conversational Leadership 🔒 Trust Building

Project Management Metrics, KPIs, and Dashboards

by Harold R. Kerzner • 2011

Dashboards that stop projects from flying blind: the value metrics your Gantt chart leaves out.

4.01

109

📋 Project Management 📏 Performance Measurement 📊 Dashboard Design 💎 Value Delivery 🎯 Strategic Alignment

Project Management Metrics, KPIs, and Dashboards

Dashboards that stop projects from flying blind: the value metrics your Gantt chart leaves out.

by Harold R. Kerzner 2011 384 pages

4.01

109 ratings

📋 Project Management 📏 Performance Measurement 📊 Dashboard Design 💎 Value Delivery 🎯 Strategic Alignment

Platform Engineering

by Camille Fournier • 2024

Platform teams fail without product thinking. How to build internal tools developers actually love.

4.03

119

🏗️ Platform Engineering 👥 Engineering Management 💡 Product Thinking 🔄 Sociotechnical Systems ⚙️ DevOps

Platform Engineering

Platform teams fail without product thinking. How to build internal tools developers actually love.

by Camille Fournier 2024 322 pages

4.03

119 ratings

🏗️ Platform Engineering 👥 Engineering Management 💡 Product Thinking 🔄 Sociotechnical Systems ⚙️ DevOps

Invent It, Sell It, Bank It!

by Lori Greiner • 2014

From idea to retail: how to prototype, patent, pitch, and sell your product on live TV.

3.97

500+

🛠️ Product Invention ✏️ Product Design ⚖️ Patent Strategy 📈 Investor Pitching 💰 Bootstrapping

Invent It, Sell It, Bank It!

From idea to retail: how to prototype, patent, pitch, and sell your product on live TV.

by Lori Greiner 2014 288 pages

3.97

500+ ratings

🛠️ Product Invention ✏️ Product Design ⚖️ Patent Strategy 📈 Investor Pitching 💰 Bootstrapping

Fire Your Boss

by Stephen M. Pollan • 2004

Depose your boss mentally, follow the money, and always fish for your next job from day one.

3.67

150

📋 Career Advice 💼 Managing Upward 🤝 Personal Networking 🧠 Workplace Pragmatism 💰 Financial Independence

Fire Your Boss

Depose your boss mentally, follow the money, and always fish for your next job from day one.

by Stephen M. Pollan 2004 288 pages

3.67

150 ratings

📋 Career Advice 💼 Managing Upward 🤝 Personal Networking 🧠 Workplace Pragmatism 💰 Financial Independence

Systems Inspired Leadership

by Frank Uit de Weerd • 2022

Leadership isn't a person. It's a system. The manual for making your organization its own leader.

3.93

🤝 Relational Leadership 🌐 Organizational Systems 🧠 Collective Intelligence 🛡️ Psychological Safety ⚡ Conflict Transformation

Systems Inspired Leadership

Leadership isn't a person. It's a system. The manual for making your organization its own leader.

by Frank Uit de Weerd 2022 283 pages

3.93

55 ratings

🤝 Relational Leadership 🌐 Organizational Systems 🧠 Collective Intelligence 🛡️ Psychological Safety ⚡ Conflict Transformation

The Lean Marketplace

by Juho Makkonen • 2018

The lean playbook for launching a marketplace without dying on the chicken-and-egg problem.

4.30

243

🛒 Online Marketplaces 🔗 Network Effects 🧪 Lean Startup 📈 Growth Hacking 🏗️ Platform Economy

The Lean Marketplace

The lean playbook for launching a marketplace without dying on the chicken-and-egg problem.

by Juho Makkonen 2018 212 pages

4.30

243 ratings

🛒 Online Marketplaces 🔗 Network Effects 🧪 Lean Startup 📈 Growth Hacking 🏗️ Platform Economy

The Successful Speaker

by Grant Baldwin • 2020

Most speakers have a message but no business model. This book provides the missing half.

4.18

187

🎤 Professional Speaking 🏷️ Personal Branding 📨 Client Acquisition 🧑‍💼 Solopreneurship ✉️ Sales Outreach

The Successful Speaker

Most speakers have a message but no business model. This book provides the missing half.

by Grant Baldwin 2020 288 pages

4.18

187 ratings

🎤 Professional Speaking 🏷️ Personal Branding 📨 Client Acquisition 🧑‍💼 Solopreneurship ✉️ Sales Outreach

Stop Asking Questions

by Andrew Warner • 2021

A therapist's secret tools for getting anyone to open up, from first hello to final reveal.

4.13

187

🎙️ Interviewing 👂 Active Listening ❓ Strategic Questioning 🤝 Trust Building 📖 Storytelling Frameworks

Stop Asking Questions

A therapist's secret tools for getting anyone to open up, from first hello to final reveal.

by Andrew Warner 2021 209 pages

4.13

187 ratings

🎙️ Interviewing 👂 Active Listening ❓ Strategic Questioning 🤝 Trust Building 📖 Storytelling Frameworks

Trust Works!

by Kenneth H. Blanchard • 2013

Trust isn't a feeling: four observable behaviors you can fix today.

3.53

383

🏢 Organizational Trust 📖 Business Fables 🔧 Trust Repair 🛡️ Credibility 👥 Workplace Relationships

Trust Works!

Trust isn't a feeling: four observable behaviors you can fix today.

by Kenneth H. Blanchard 2013 160 pages

3.53

383 ratings

🏢 Organizational Trust 📖 Business Fables 🔧 Trust Repair 🛡️ Credibility 👥 Workplace Relationships

Leading the Transformation

by Gary Gruver • 2015

HP halved development costs and tripled innovation. It was not the code. It was the leadership.

3.80

418

🖥️ Software Development 🏢 Enterprise Agile 🔄 Devops Practices 🔀 Agile Transformation 💻 Technology Leadership

Leading the Transformation

HP halved development costs and tripled innovation. It was not the code. It was the leadership.

by Gary Gruver 2015 113 pages

3.80

418 ratings

🖥️ Software Development 🏢 Enterprise Agile 🔄 Devops Practices 🔀 Agile Transformation 💻 Technology Leadership

The Job-Hunter's Survival Guide

by Richard Nelson Bolles • 2009

Resumes get ignored. The self-inventory method with an 86 percent success rate, even in a freeze.

3.65

123

🎯 Job Hunting 📘 Career Guides 🪞 Self-Inventory 🏷️ Personal Branding 🔄 Career Transition

The Job-Hunter's Survival Guide

Resumes get ignored. The self-inventory method with an 86 percent success rate, even in a freeze.

by Richard Nelson Bolles 2009 112 pages

3.65

123 ratings

🎯 Job Hunting 📘 Career Guides 🪞 Self-Inventory 🏷️ Personal Branding 🔄 Career Transition

Nexus Framework for Scaling Scrum, The

by Kurt Bittner • 2017

How 3 to 9 Scrum teams ship one integrated product every Sprint, no heavy framework required.

4.13

122

🏗️ Scaled Agile 📋 Scrum Framework 📈 Scrum Scaling 🔄 Continuous Integration 🧹 Technical Debt

Nexus Framework for Scaling Scrum, The

How 3 to 9 Scrum teams ship one integrated product every Sprint, no heavy framework required.

by Kurt Bittner 2017 176 pages

4.13

122 ratings

🏗️ Scaled Agile 📋 Scrum Framework 📈 Scrum Scaling 🔄 Continuous Integration 🧹 Technical Debt

Lead with Humility

by Jeffrey A. Krames • 2014

Twelve leadership lessons from the pope who traded a palace for a guesthouse.

3.94

467

🤲 Servant Leadership 🙇 Humble Leadership 🌍 Inclusive Leadership 🔄 Organizational Change 🏥 Adaptive Leadership

Lead with Humility

Twelve leadership lessons from the pope who traded a palace for a guesthouse.

by Jeffrey A. Krames 2014 162 pages

3.94

467 ratings

🤲 Servant Leadership 🙇 Humble Leadership 🌍 Inclusive Leadership 🔄 Organizational Change 🏥 Adaptive Leadership

You Can't Know It All

by Wanda T. Wallace • 2019

Getting promoted past your expertise demands a leadership model no technical mastery can teach you.

3.99

135

🔄 Leadership Transitions 🔗 Cross-Functional Teams 🧠 Managing Experts 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 📈 Executive Development

You Can't Know It All

Getting promoted past your expertise demands a leadership model no technical mastery can teach you.

by Wanda T. Wallace 2019 245 pages

3.99

135 ratings

🔄 Leadership Transitions 🔗 Cross-Functional Teams 🧠 Managing Experts 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 📈 Executive Development

The Fish Rots from the Head

by Bob Garratt • 1997

Failure starts in the boardroom. How directors create organizations that learn and last.

4.33

🏛️ Corporate Governance 🔄 Organizational Learning 🎯 Strategic Oversight 🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism 📊 Corporate Accountability

The Fish Rots from the Head

Failure starts in the boardroom. How directors create organizations that learn and last.

by Bob Garratt 1997 314 pages

4.33

6 ratings

🏛️ Corporate Governance 🔄 Organizational Learning 🎯 Strategic Oversight 🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism 📊 Corporate Accountability

OneNote

by Jack Echo • 2015

Seven sections and one weekly review: the minimal GTD setup inside OneNote that actually holds up.

3.43

139

🗂️ Task Management ⚙️ Productivity Systems 💻 Digital Organization 📝 Note-Taking Methods 🔄 Workflow Design

OneNote

Seven sections and one weekly review: the minimal GTD setup inside OneNote that actually holds up.

by Jack Echo 2015 117 pages

3.43

139 ratings

🗂️ Task Management ⚙️ Productivity Systems 💻 Digital Organization 📝 Note-Taking Methods 🔄 Workflow Design

No B.S. Business Success in the New Economy

by Dan S. Kennedy • 2009

No-nonsense rules for fast business growth: test everything, master selling, guard your cash.

4.43

🏗️ Small Business Growth 📬 Direct-Response Marketing 🔬 Idea Validation 💬 Sales Skills 💵 Cash Flow Management

No B.S. Business Success in the New Economy

No-nonsense rules for fast business growth: test everything, master selling, guard your cash.

by Dan S. Kennedy 2009 274 pages

4.43

69 ratings

🏗️ Small Business Growth 📬 Direct-Response Marketing 🔬 Idea Validation 💬 Sales Skills 💵 Cash Flow Management

Content Marketing Strategies For Dummies

by Stephanie Diamond • 2016

Turn scattered blog posts into a content system that attracts, converts, and keeps customers.

3.80

📝 Content Marketing 📋 Content Strategy 📥 Inbound Marketing 📖 Business Storytelling 🔍 Audience Research

Content Marketing Strategies For Dummies

Turn scattered blog posts into a content system that attracts, converts, and keeps customers.

by Stephanie Diamond 2016 416 pages

3.80

10 ratings

📝 Content Marketing 📋 Content Strategy 📥 Inbound Marketing 📖 Business Storytelling 🔍 Audience Research

Improve Your Global Business English

by Fiona Talbot • 2012

Business English across borders: adapt your writing to any culture and never lose a deal.

3.81

🌍 Global Business 📝 Business Writing 🗣️ Cross-Cultural Communication 💡 Clear Writing 💼 Professional English

Improve Your Global Business English

Business English across borders: adapt your writing to any culture and never lose a deal.

by Fiona Talbot 2012 256 pages

3.81

26 ratings

🌍 Global Business 📝 Business Writing 🗣️ Cross-Cultural Communication 💡 Clear Writing 💼 Professional English

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