28 Books like Collaboration

The Demon of Unrest

by Erik Larson • 2024

Silos are structural, not personal. One shared priority can break what team building never touches.

4.17

62k+

🧱 Organizational Silos 🚧 Team Dysfunction 🧭 Strategic Clarity

The Demon of Unrest 96%

Silos are structural, not personal. One shared priority can break what team building never touches.

by Erik Larson 2024

4.17

62k+ ratings

🧱 Organizational Silos 🚧 Team Dysfunction 🧭 Strategic Clarity

Bad Blood

by John Carreyrou • 2018

Department infighting is not a personality problem. Here is the structural fix.

4.40

284k+

🏢 Organizational Behavior 👥 Team Leadership 🧱 Silos And Alignment

Bad Blood 96%

Department infighting is not a personality problem. Here is the structural fix.

by John Carreyrou 2018

4.40

284k+ ratings

🏢 Organizational Behavior 👥 Team Leadership 🧱 Silos And Alignment

Smart Collaboration

by Heidi K. Gardner • 2017

Sharing your best clients doesn't shrink your business. The data shows it makes it bigger.

3.63

121

💼 Professional Services 🏛️ Partnership Models 🧱 Organizational Silos

Smart Collaboration 95%

Sharing your best clients doesn't shrink your business. The data shows it makes it bigger.

by Heidi K. Gardner 2017

3.63

121 ratings

💼 Professional Services 🏛️ Partnership Models 🧱 Organizational Silos

Revolutionize Teamwork

by Eric Coryell • 2019

Three kinds of teams: only one handles pressure without you. Here's how to build it.

3.92

🧩 Team Accountability 🏗️ Organizational Design 🎯 Decision Rights

Revolutionize Teamwork 94%

Three kinds of teams: only one handles pressure without you. Here's how to build it.

by Eric Coryell 2019

3.92

95 ratings

🧩 Team Accountability 🏗️ Organizational Design 🎯 Decision Rights

The Power of Giving Away Power

by Matthew Barzun • 2021

Chain of command is a bottleneck. How sharing authority makes teams smarter and momentum renewable.

3.86

518

🕸️ Distributed Leadership 🏗️ Organizational Design 🤝 Collaboration Culture

The Power of Giving Away Power 94%

Chain of command is a bottleneck. How sharing authority makes teams smarter and momentum renewable.

by Matthew Barzun 2021

3.86

518 ratings

🕸️ Distributed Leadership 🏗️ Organizational Design 🤝 Collaboration Culture

Simply Managing

by Henry Mintzberg • 2013

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

3.64

338

🧱 Management Practice 🏢 Organizational Behavior 🥾 Anti-Heroic Leadership

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

Beyond Performance

by Scott Keller • 2011

The half of business success most leaders ignore: organizational health. A playbook for building it.

3.91

302

🌀 Change Management 🏛️ Organizational Culture 🧠 Behavioral Economics

Beyond Performance 94%

The half of business success most leaders ignore: organizational health. A playbook for building it.

by Scott Keller 2011

3.91

302 ratings

🌀 Change Management 🏛️ Organizational Culture 🧠 Behavioral Economics

HBR Guide to Thinking Strategically

by Harvard Business Review • 2010

Most managers spend their careers answering questions. Strategic thinkers learn which ones to ask.

3.75

469

🧠 Strategic Thinking ⚙️ Strategy Execution ⚖️ Trade-Off Management

HBR Guide to Thinking Strategically Summary

HBR Guide to Thinking Strategically 94%

Most managers spend their careers answering questions. Strategic thinkers learn which ones to ask.

by Harvard Business Review 2010

3.75

469 ratings

🧠 Strategic Thinking ⚙️ Strategy Execution ⚖️ Trade-Off Management

The Wisdom of Teams

by Jon R. Katzenbach • 1993

Why most groups that call themselves a team perform worse than if they had never tried.

3.84

1k+

🧩 Team Dynamics 🏢 Organizational Behavior 🎯 Team Effectiveness

The Wisdom of Teams 94%

Why most groups that call themselves a team perform worse than if they had never tried.

by Jon R. Katzenbach 1993

3.84

1k+ ratings

🧩 Team Dynamics 🏢 Organizational Behavior 🎯 Team Effectiveness

Leading Successful Change

by Gregory P. Shea • 2020

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

3.62

121

🔄 Organizational Change 🏗️ Organizational Design 🎯 Strategy Execution

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

The Surprising Science of Meetings

by Steven G. Rogelberg • 2018

You overrate your meetings. The feedback tools and unconventional formats that actually fix them.

3.65

854

📋 Meeting Facilitation 📊 Evidence-Based Management 🔄 Feedback Culture

The Surprising Science of Meetings Summary

The Surprising Science of Meetings 94%

You overrate your meetings. The feedback tools and unconventional formats that actually fix them.

by Steven G. Rogelberg 2018

3.65

854 ratings

📋 Meeting Facilitation 📊 Evidence-Based Management 🔄 Feedback Culture

The Connector Manager

by Jaime Roca • 2019

Constant coaching degrades performance by 8 percent. The fix: connect employees to the right people.

3.79

218

🧠 Coaching Leadership 🧑‍🏫 Employee Development 🤝 Team Development

The Connector Manager 94%

Constant coaching degrades performance by 8 percent. The fix: connect employees to the right people.

by Jaime Roca 2019

3.79

218 ratings

🧠 Coaching Leadership 🧑‍🏫 Employee Development 🤝 Team Development

Six Simple Rules

by Yves Morieux • 2014

Half of management time is meetings. Most team effort is wasted. Complexity isn't the culprit.

3.93

583

🏗️ Organizational Design 🔄 Systems Thinking 🎯 Incentive Design

Six Simple Rules 94%

Half of management time is meetings. Most team effort is wasted. Complexity isn't the culprit.

by Yves Morieux 2014

3.93

583 ratings

🏗️ Organizational Design 🔄 Systems Thinking 🎯 Incentive Design

The Synergist

by Les McKeown • 2012

Every team holds three clashing instincts. A fourth role breaks the cycle, and anyone can learn it.

4.10

221

🧩 Team Dynamics 🎯 Group Facilitation 🤝 Conflict Resolution

The Synergist 93%

Every team holds three clashing instincts. A fourth role breaks the cycle, and anyone can learn it.

by Les McKeown 2012

4.10

221 ratings

🧩 Team Dynamics 🎯 Group Facilitation 🤝 Conflict Resolution

Teams That Work

by Scott Tannenbaum • 2020

Why most teams fail and what the research actually says about fixing them.

4.09

185

👥 Team Dynamics 🛡️ Psychological Safety 📊 Evidence-Based Management

Teams That Work 93%

Why most teams fail and what the research actually says about fixing them.

by Scott Tannenbaum 2020

4.09

185 ratings

👥 Team Dynamics 🛡️ Psychological Safety 📊 Evidence-Based Management

Flat Army

by Dan Pontefract • 2013

The org chart is a lie that costs billions. The replacement is leaderful, connected, and flat.

3.41

112

🏢 Organizational Culture 💼 Employee Engagement 👥 Collaborative Leadership

Flat Army 93%

The org chart is a lie that costs billions. The replacement is leaderful, connected, and flat.

by Dan Pontefract 2013

3.41

112 ratings

🏢 Organizational Culture 💼 Employee Engagement 👥 Collaborative Leadership

The Knowing-Doing Gap

by Jeffrey Pfeffer • 1993

Your company knows what to do. Why doesn't it? The answer is in how it's built.

3.96

1k+

📊 Evidence-Based Management 🏢 Organizational Behavior 🏛️ Corporate Culture

The Knowing-Doing Gap 93%

Your company knows what to do. Why doesn't it? The answer is in how it's built.

by Jeffrey Pfeffer 1993

3.96

1k+ ratings

📊 Evidence-Based Management 🏢 Organizational Behavior 🏛️ Corporate Culture

Multipliers

by Liz Wiseman • 2010

Some leaders double team brainpower; others halve it. The gap is behavioral, not genetic.

3.99

17k+

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Team Leadership 🏢 Organizational Behavior 🌱 Talent Development

Multipliers 93%

Some leaders double team brainpower; others halve it. The gap is behavioral, not genetic.

by Liz Wiseman 2010

3.99

17k+ ratings

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Team Leadership 🏢 Organizational Behavior 🌱 Talent Development

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

Creating Agile Organizations 93%

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

by Cesario Ramos 2022

4.69

16 ratings

🏗️ Organizational Design 🔄 Agile Transformation 🧠 Systems Thinking

How Great Leaders Think

by Lee G. Bolman • 2013

Four lenses, one crisis. The leaders who switch between them see what everyone else misses.

3.81

230

🏢 Organizational Behavior 👔 Executive Leadership 🔄 Systems Thinking

How Great Leaders Think 93%

Four lenses, one crisis. The leaders who switch between them see what everyone else misses.

by Lee G. Bolman 2013

3.81

230 ratings

🏢 Organizational Behavior 👔 Executive Leadership 🔄 Systems Thinking

Becoming the Evidence-Based Manager, 2nd Edition

by Gary Latham • 2018

Only one in five employees is engaged. The research-backed toolkit that actually fixes it.

3.77

🧠 Organizational Psychology 📊 Evidence-Based Management 📋 Hiring And Selection

Becoming the Evidence-Based Manager, 2nd Edition Summary

Becoming the Evidence-Based Manager, 2nd Edition 93%

Only one in five employees is engaged. The research-backed toolkit that actually fixes it.

by Gary Latham 2018

3.77

35 ratings

🧠 Organizational Psychology 📊 Evidence-Based Management 📋 Hiring And Selection

Confidence

by Rosabeth Moss Kanter • 2004

Winning streaks run on confidence; here's how to start one and stop a skid.

3.96

516

🧠 Organizational Psychology 🔄 Turnaround Management 💪 Confidence Building

Confidence 93%

Winning streaks run on confidence; here's how to start one and stop a skid.

by Rosabeth Moss Kanter 2004

3.96

516 ratings

🧠 Organizational Psychology 🔄 Turnaround Management 💪 Confidence Building

Leaders Leap

by Rob Bier • 2024

Growth forces a false choice between results and morale. The companies that refuse it win.

4.74

📈 Organizational Scaling 🤝 Trust Building 💬 Difficult Conversations

Leaders Leap 93%

Growth forces a false choice between results and morale. The companies that refuse it win.

by Rob Bier 2024

4.74

72 ratings

📈 Organizational Scaling 🤝 Trust Building 💬 Difficult Conversations

The Silo Effect

by Gillian Tett • 2014

Sony, UBS, and the 2008 crash: one pattern explains them all. An anthropologist's diagnosis.

3.76

1k+

🏢 Organizational Culture 🌍 Business Anthropology 🧱 Silo Busting

The Silo Effect 93%

Sony, UBS, and the 2008 crash: one pattern explains them all. An anthropologist's diagnosis.

by Gillian Tett 2014

3.76

1k+ ratings

🏢 Organizational Culture 🌍 Business Anthropology 🧱 Silo Busting

Making Strategy Work

by Lawrence G. Hrebiniak • 2005

Execution is harder than strategy. A framework for aligning structure, culture, and incentives.

3.70

162

🎯 Strategy Execution 🏢 Corporate Strategy 🔗 Organizational Alignment

Making Strategy Work 93%

Execution is harder than strategy. A framework for aligning structure, culture, and incentives.

by Lawrence G. Hrebiniak 2005

3.70

162 ratings

🎯 Strategy Execution 🏢 Corporate Strategy 🔗 Organizational Alignment

The Path of Least Resistance for Managers

by Robert Fritz • 1999

Solving problems won't advance your organization. Designing its structure will.

4.15

307

🏗️ Organizational Design 🔄 Systems Thinking 🔀 Change Management

The Path of Least Resistance for Managers Summary

The Path of Least Resistance for Managers 93%

Solving problems won't advance your organization. Designing its structure will.

by Robert Fritz 1999

4.15

307 ratings

🏗️ Organizational Design 🔄 Systems Thinking 🔀 Change Management

The Work of Leaders

by Julie Straw • 2013

Leadership is three jobs: craft the vision, earn the buy-in, and drive the follow-through.

3.98

193

🏢 Organizational Leadership 🧱 Leadership Frameworks 🔭 Vision And Strategy

The Work of Leaders 93%

Leadership is three jobs: craft the vision, earn the buy-in, and drive the follow-through.

by Julie Straw 2013

3.98

193 ratings

🏢 Organizational Leadership 🧱 Leadership Frameworks 🔭 Vision And Strategy

Agile Project Management

by Project Management Journal • 2013

Knowledge that stays siloed kills multipartner projects more often than missed deadlines do.

3.00

📚 Knowledge Management 🔄 Agile Methodology 🔗 Knowledge Sharing

Agile Project Management 93%

Knowledge that stays siloed kills multipartner projects more often than missed deadlines do.

by Project Management Journal 2013

3.00

2 ratings

📚 Knowledge Management 🔄 Agile Methodology 🔗 Knowledge Sharing

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