📊 Data-Driven Management

Frameworks for replacing gut instinct with analytics, helping leaders make smarter decisions by harnessing metrics, experiments, and evidence at every level of the organization.

Traction

by Gino Wickman • 2007

A single system to align your team, force accountability, and end the chaos that stalls growth.

4.13

17k+

🏭 Small Business Operations ⚙️ Business Operating Systems 🔄 Systems And Processes 🧩 Team Alignment ✅ Accountability Systems

Traction

A single system to align your team, force accountability, and end the chaos that stalls growth.

by Gino Wickman 2007

4.13

17k+ ratings

🏭 Small Business Operations ⚙️ Business Operating Systems 🔄 Systems And Processes 🧩 Team Alignment ✅ Accountability Systems

American Icon

by Bryce G. Hoffman • 2012

GM and Chrysler took government bailouts; Ford bet $23.6 billion on a Boeing executive instead.

4.42

5k+

🏭 Corporate Turnarounds 🚗 Auto Industry 🚨 Crisis Leadership 🔄 Culture Change ✅ Accountability Systems

American Icon

GM and Chrysler took government bailouts; Ford bet $23.6 billion on a Boeing executive instead.

by Bryce G. Hoffman 2012

4.42

5k+ ratings

🏭 Corporate Turnarounds 🚗 Auto Industry 🚨 Crisis Leadership 🔄 Culture Change ✅ Accountability Systems

Key Performance Indicators

by Bernard Marr • 2011

Data drowns most managers. The 75 indicators that surface what a business needs to know.

3.91

256

📊 Performance Indicators 🔧 Lean Methodology 👔 New Managers 🏢 Business Owners 💹 Financial Ratios

Key Performance Indicators

Data drowns most managers. The 75 indicators that surface what a business needs to know.

by Bernard Marr 2011

3.91

256 ratings

📊 Performance Indicators 🔧 Lean Methodology 👔 New Managers 🏢 Business Owners 💹 Financial Ratios

The Sales Acceleration Formula

by Mark Roberge • 2015

Treat sales like engineering: hire on data, train with structure, coach by the numbers.

4.26

3k+

🏢 B2b Sales 📊 Sales Management 📈 Demand Generation 🔍 Data-Driven Hiring 📋 Metrics And Coaching

The Sales Acceleration Formula

Treat sales like engineering: hire on data, train with structure, coach by the numbers.

by Mark Roberge 2015

4.26

3k+ ratings

🏢 B2b Sales 📊 Sales Management 📈 Demand Generation 🔍 Data-Driven Hiring 📋 Metrics And Coaching

The Employee Experience Advantage

by Jacob Morgan • 2017

4x profit, 40% less turnover: the data behind treating employees as customers, not workers.

3.83

432

🧑‍💼 Talent Management 🏢 Workplace Culture 🏗️ Organizational Design 🤝 Employee Engagement 📊 People Analytics

The Employee Experience Advantage

4x profit, 40% less turnover: the data behind treating employees as customers, not workers.

by Jacob Morgan 2017

3.83

432 ratings

🧑‍💼 Talent Management 🏢 Workplace Culture 🏗️ Organizational Design 🤝 Employee Engagement 📊 People Analytics

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+

🏆 Customer Loyalty 🔄 Customer Feedback Loops 📣 Word Of Mouth Growth 👥 Employee Engagement 🎯 Customer-Centric Culture

The Ultimate Question 2.0

One question measures genuine loyalty. Build a feedback system around it and outgrow your rivals.

by Fred Reichheld 2011

3.87

1k+ ratings

🏆 Customer Loyalty 🔄 Customer Feedback Loops 📣 Word Of Mouth Growth 👥 Employee Engagement 🎯 Customer-Centric Culture

HBR Guide to Data Analytics Basics for Managers

by Harvard Business Review • 2018

The manager's checklist: what to verify before any number shapes your next decision.

3.86

383

📖 Data Literacy 🎯 Metric Selection 📊 Data Visualization 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📣 Data Storytelling

HBR Guide to Data Analytics Basics for Managers

The manager's checklist: what to verify before any number shapes your next decision.

by Harvard Business Review 2018

3.86

383 ratings

📖 Data Literacy 🎯 Metric Selection 📊 Data Visualization 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📣 Data Storytelling

Data Analytics Made Accessible

by Anil Maheshwari • 2014

Every analytics technique a manager needs, from decision trees to big data, mapped and demystified.

3.76

323

🧱 Data Analytics 📊 Business Intelligence ⛏️ Data Mining 📈 Data Visualization 🔮 Predictive Analytics

Data Analytics Made Accessible

Every analytics technique a manager needs, from decision trees to big data, mapped and demystified.

by Anil Maheshwari 2014

3.76

323 ratings

🧱 Data Analytics 📊 Business Intelligence ⛏️ Data Mining 📈 Data Visualization 🔮 Predictive Analytics

Key Performance Indicators

by David Parmenter • 2007

Most KPIs are decorative. How to find the 10 measures that actually move your company.

3.79

331

🎯 Performance Measurement ⚖️ Balanced Scorecard 📊 Business Metrics 🔍 Strategic Focus 👥 Team Empowerment

Key Performance Indicators

Most KPIs are decorative. How to find the 10 measures that actually move your company.

by David Parmenter 2007

3.79

331 ratings

🎯 Performance Measurement ⚖️ Balanced Scorecard 📊 Business Metrics 🔍 Strategic Focus 👥 Team Empowerment

Customer Success

by Nick Mehta • 2016

In subscriptions, the first sale is the smallest part. The real money requires a retention system.

4.00

1k+

📉 Customer Retention 🔄 Subscription Economy 📈 Product-Led Growth 🤝 Customer Success Movement 📊 SaaS Metrics

Customer Success

In subscriptions, the first sale is the smallest part. The real money requires a retention system.

by Nick Mehta 2016

4.00

1k+ ratings

📉 Customer Retention 🔄 Subscription Economy 📈 Product-Led Growth 🤝 Customer Success Movement 📊 SaaS Metrics

Goal

by Ferran Soriano • 2009

The management playbook that rebuilt Barcelona, from the executive who led the turnaround.

4.17

468

🏟️ Sports Management 📋 Strategic Management 🧱 Team Building 🌱 Talent Development 🤝 Negotiation Tactics

Goal

The management playbook that rebuilt Barcelona, from the executive who led the turnaround.

by Ferran Soriano 2009

4.17

468 ratings

🏟️ Sports Management 📋 Strategic Management 🧱 Team Building 🌱 Talent Development 🤝 Negotiation Tactics

The Essential Demming (PB)

by W. Edwards Deming • 2012

Your incentive system is making things worse. The statistical case against performance ratings.

4.02

281

🏭 Quality Management 🔄 Systems Thinking 🔀 Organizational Transformation 🧠 Intrinsic Motivation 👔 Senior Executives

The Essential Demming (PB)

Your incentive system is making things worse. The statistical case against performance ratings.

by W. Edwards Deming 2012

4.02

281 ratings

🏭 Quality Management 🔄 Systems Thinking 🔀 Organizational Transformation 🧠 Intrinsic Motivation 👔 Senior Executives

Keeping Up with the Quants

by Thomas H. Davenport • 2013

You hired the quants. Now learn the questions that turn their numbers into decisions.

3.57

585

📊 Business Analytics 🧮 Quantitative Thinking 📖 Data Storytelling 📋 Evidence-Based Management 📚 Data Literacy

Keeping Up with the Quants

You hired the quants. Now learn the questions that turn their numbers into decisions.

by Thomas H. Davenport 2013

3.57

585 ratings

📊 Business Analytics 🧮 Quantitative Thinking 📖 Data Storytelling 📋 Evidence-Based Management 📚 Data Literacy

The Seven Pillars of Customer Success

by Wayne McCulloch • 2021

Turn customer success into a growth engine. Seven pillars, from onboarding to advocacy.

4.16

245

🧭 Customer Success Management 🔄 Subscription Business 💻 B2B SaaS 📈 Scaling Operations 🔒 Retention Strategy

The Seven Pillars of Customer Success

Turn customer success into a growth engine. Seven pillars, from onboarding to advocacy.

by Wayne McCulloch 2021

4.16

245 ratings

🧭 Customer Success Management 🔄 Subscription Business 💻 B2B SaaS 📈 Scaling Operations 🔒 Retention Strategy

The Power of Going All-In

by Brandon Bornancin • 2024

Full commitment: the hiring, culture, and decision playbook for leaders who reject mediocrity.

3.55

💼 Business Leadership 🎯 Extreme Ownership 🏢 Organizational Culture 👥 Strategic Hiring 👐 Servant Leadership

The Power of Going All-In

Full commitment: the hiring, culture, and decision playbook for leaders who reject mediocrity.

by Brandon Bornancin 2024

3.55

40 ratings

💼 Business Leadership 🎯 Extreme Ownership 🏢 Organizational Culture 👥 Strategic Hiring 👐 Servant Leadership

The Six Sigma Way

by Peter S. Pande • 2000

How companies like GE and Motorola saved billions by reducing defects to 3.4 per million.

3.62

589

🎯 Quality Management 🔄 Process Improvement 🔁 Continuous Improvement 🔎 Root Cause Analysis 🔀 Change Management

The Six Sigma Way

How companies like GE and Motorola saved billions by reducing defects to 3.4 per million.

by Peter S. Pande 2000

3.62

589 ratings

🎯 Quality Management 🔄 Process Improvement 🔁 Continuous Improvement 🔎 Root Cause Analysis 🔀 Change Management

Libraries that Learn

by Jennifer A. Bartlett • 2019

Nine shifts that turn a static library into a learning engine, from analytics to adaptive spaces.

3.22

🏛️ Library Management 🧠 Knowledge Management 💻 Digital Libraries 👤 User-Centered Design 🔍 Information Literacy

Libraries that Learn

Nine shifts that turn a static library into a learning engine, from analytics to adaptive spaces.

by Jennifer A. Bartlett 2019

3.22

9 ratings

🏛️ Library Management 🧠 Knowledge Management 💻 Digital Libraries 👤 User-Centered Design 🔍 Information Literacy

Revenue Architecture

by Jacco van der Kooij • 2023

Where the funnel stops, the factory starts: six models for building recurring revenue that lasts.

4.32

🔄 Recurring Revenue Models 🚀 GTM Strategy ⚙️ Revenue Operations 🧩 Systems Thinking 🏭 Operational Excellence

Revenue Architecture

Where the funnel stops, the factory starts: six models for building recurring revenue that lasts.

by Jacco van der Kooij 2023

4.32

74 ratings

🔄 Recurring Revenue Models 🚀 GTM Strategy ⚙️ Revenue Operations 🧩 Systems Thinking 🏭 Operational Excellence

The Digital Mindset

by Paul Leonardi • 2022

Thirty percent fluency in data and AI is enough to ask the right questions, lead, and collaborate.

3.69

523

📈 Digital Transformation 📊 Data Literacy 💻 Technology Fluency 🤖 AI Collaboration 🌐 Remote Collaboration

The Digital Mindset

Thirty percent fluency in data and AI is enough to ask the right questions, lead, and collaborate.

by Paul Leonardi 2022

3.69

523 ratings

📈 Digital Transformation 📊 Data Literacy 💻 Technology Fluency 🤖 AI Collaboration 🌐 Remote Collaboration

Maximizing Project Value

by John C. Goodpasture • 2013

Finished isn't the same as valuable. A project manager's guide to building what actually lasts.

📋 Project Management 🎯 Strategic Alignment 🤝 Stakeholder Engagement ⚠️ Risk Management 👥 Team Development

Maximizing Project Value

Finished isn't the same as valuable. A project manager's guide to building what actually lasts.

by John C. Goodpasture 2013

📋 Project Management 🎯 Strategic Alignment 🤝 Stakeholder Engagement ⚠️ Risk Management 👥 Team Development

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