29 Books like Radical Simplicity

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.

4.16

179

🏭 Corporate Turnarounds 👔 Executive Leadership 🤝 Employee Empowerment

Right Away and All At Once 97%

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

The Starbucks Experience

by Joseph A. Michelli • 2006

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

3.75

5k+

🛎️ Customer Experience 🏢 Corporate Culture 🤝 Employee Empowerment

The Starbucks Experience 97%

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

Winning

by Jack Welch • 2005

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

3.86

43k+

👔 Corporate Leadership 🏛️ Organizational Culture 📊 Performance Management

Winning 97%

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

The Education of an Accidental CEO

by David C. Novak • 2007

A trailer park kid builds a restaurant empire with rubber chickens and relentless customer focus.

3.88

150

🍔 Restaurant Leadership 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🏆 Employee Recognition

The Education of an Accidental CEO Summary

The Education of an Accidental CEO 97%

A trailer park kid builds a restaurant empire with rubber chickens and relentless customer focus.

by David C. Novak 2007

3.88

150 ratings

🍔 Restaurant Leadership 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🏆 Employee Recognition

Jack Welch and the GE Way

by Robert Slater • 1998

A CEO's handbook from Jack Welch's GE: be honest, move fast, and own your market or walk.

3.69

506

🏢 Corporate Turnarounds 👔 Ceo Memoirs 📚 Management Classics

Jack Welch and the GE Way 97%

A CEO's handbook from Jack Welch's GE: be honest, move fast, and own your market or walk.

by Robert Slater 1998

3.69

506 ratings

🏢 Corporate Turnarounds 👔 Ceo Memoirs 📚 Management Classics

Winning Now, Winning Later

by David M. Cote • 2020

Most leaders pick quarterly wins or long-term bets. A Honeywell CEO's method for delivering both.

4.03

560

🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 📖 Ceo Memoirs ⏳ Short-Termism

Winning Now, Winning Later 97%

Most leaders pick quarterly wins or long-term bets. A Honeywell CEO's method for delivering both.

by David M. Cote 2020

4.03

560 ratings

🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 📖 Ceo Memoirs ⏳ Short-Termism

Leading the Starbucks Way

by Joseph A. Michelli • 2008

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

3.78

562

🏢 Corporate Culture ☕ Customer Experience 💪 Employee Empowerment

Leading the Starbucks Way 97%

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

The Heart of Business

by Hubert Joly • 2021

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

4.23

1k+

🏢 Corporate Turnarounds 🌐 Stakeholder Capitalism 🎯 Purpose-Driven Business

The Heart of Business 97%

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

Onward

by Howard Schultz • 2007

Starbucks, losing $6 million a day, asked its founder to save it without sacrificing its values.

3.86

31k+

🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 👔 Ceo Memoirs 🤝 People-First Business

Onward 97%

Starbucks, losing $6 million a day, asked its founder to save it without sacrificing its values.

by Howard Schultz 2007

3.86

31k+ ratings

🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 👔 Ceo Memoirs 🤝 People-First Business

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.

4.08

121

🏢 Corporate Culture 🤝 Customer Service 🔄 Organizational Design

The Power of WOW 96%

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

Trump

by Donald J. Trump • 2004

The things money can't buy, from a man who's lost and rebuilt more than most.

3.34

436

👔 Executive Leadership 🎲 Risk Taking 🛡️ Reputation Management

Trump 96%

The things money can't buy, from a man who's lost and rebuilt more than most.

by Donald J. Trump 2004

3.34

436 ratings

👔 Executive Leadership 🎲 Risk Taking 🛡️ Reputation Management

Peak

by Chip Conley • 2007

Use a psychologist's pyramid to transform employees, customers, and investors into evangelists.

3.99

2k+

🧑‍💼 Employee Engagement ❤️ Customer Loyalty 🌍 Impact Investing

Peak 96%

Use a psychologist's pyramid to transform employees, customers, and investors into evangelists.

by Chip Conley 2007

3.99

2k+ ratings

🧑‍💼 Employee Engagement ❤️ Customer Loyalty 🌍 Impact Investing

Double Double

by Cameron Herold • 2011

Double your revenue in three years using a single vivid vision, not a business plan.

3.92

383

📈 Business Growth 🎯 Vision Planning 🧱 Corporate Culture

Double Double 96%

Double your revenue in three years using a single vivid vision, not a business plan.

by Cameron Herold 2011

3.92

383 ratings

📈 Business Growth 🎯 Vision Planning 🧱 Corporate Culture

Like a Virgin

by Richard Branson • 2012

People before profits, gut over analysis: the Virgin founder's business lessons no classroom taught.

3.73

4k+

🔥 Entrepreneurial Memoirs 🏷️ Brand Building 🏢 Corporate Culture

Like a Virgin 96%

People before profits, gut over analysis: the Virgin founder's business lessons no classroom taught.

by Richard Branson 2012

3.73

4k+ ratings

🔥 Entrepreneurial Memoirs 🏷️ Brand Building 🏢 Corporate Culture

Now, Build a Great Business! 7 Ways to Maximize Your Profits in Any Market

by Mark C. Thompson • 2010

Seven operational pillars that align your team, delight customers, and keep the profits coming.

3.88

118

🏪 Small Business Guides 🧭 Leadership Development 🧑‍💼 Hiring Frameworks

Now, Build a Great Business! 7 Ways to Maximize Your Profits in Any Market Summary

Now, Build a Great Business! 7 Ways to Maximize Your Profits in Any Market 96%

Seven operational pillars that align your team, delight customers, and keep the profits coming.

by Mark C. Thompson 2010

3.88

118 ratings

🏪 Small Business Guides 🧭 Leadership Development 🧑‍💼 Hiring Frameworks

Think Big, Act Small

by Jason Jennings • 2005

The most profitable companies in America share one habit: they never stop acting like beginners.

3.72

367

🏢 Corporate Culture 📈 Sustainable Growth 🤲 Humble Leadership

Think Big, Act Small 96%

The most profitable companies in America share one habit: they never stop acting like beginners.

by Jason Jennings 2005

3.72

367 ratings

🏢 Corporate Culture 📈 Sustainable Growth 🤲 Humble Leadership

The Elephant Catchers

by Subroto Bagchi • 2013

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

3.85

252

🏢 Organizational Scaling 🇮🇳 Indian Business Insights 📈 Sales Force Management

The Elephant Catchers 96%

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

The Strategist

by Cynthia A. Montgomery • 2012

Ask what the world loses if your company disappears; the answer is your strategy.

3.86

1k+

🏢 Corporate Strategy 🧭 Strategic Leadership 💡 Business Purpose

The Strategist 96%

Ask what the world loses if your company disappears; the answer is your strategy.

by Cynthia A. Montgomery 2012

3.86

1k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Strategy 🧭 Strategic Leadership 💡 Business Purpose

Think Like Zuck

by Ekaterina Walter • 2012

Five rules behind Facebook's unlikely rise: why passion beats planning, and decades beat quarters.

3.83

449

🚀 Startup Playbooks 🏗️ Company Building 🏢 Organizational Culture

Think Like Zuck 96%

Five rules behind Facebook's unlikely rise: why passion beats planning, and decades beat quarters.

by Ekaterina Walter 2012

3.83

449 ratings

🚀 Startup Playbooks 🏗️ Company Building 🏢 Organizational Culture

Shut Up and Listen!

by Tilman Fertitta • 2019

A billionaire's blunt playbook: why niceness, tiny details, and bad timing create empires.

3.89

1k+

🛎️ Customer Experience 🛠️ Pragmatic Leadership 💰 Financial Literacy

Shut Up and Listen! 96%

A billionaire's blunt playbook: why niceness, tiny details, and bad timing create empires.

by Tilman Fertitta 2019

3.89

1k+ ratings

🛎️ Customer Experience 🛠️ Pragmatic Leadership 💰 Financial Literacy

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

The Power of Going All-In 96%

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

The E-Myth Enterprise

by Michael E. Gerber • 2009

A good idea isn't enough. Four ideals a business must get right before it ever opens.

3.59

612

🚀 Startup Playbooks 🏪 Small Business Strategy ⚙️ Business Systems Design

The E-Myth Enterprise 96%

A good idea isn't enough. Four ideals a business must get right before it ever opens.

by Michael E. Gerber 2009

3.59

612 ratings

🚀 Startup Playbooks 🏪 Small Business Strategy ⚙️ Business Systems Design

Let's Not Screw It, Let's Just Do It

by Richard Branson • 2012

Fun before spreadsheets: the Virgin founder on why most business rules are for breaking.

3.90

16k+

🚀 Startup Advice 📖 Founder Stories 🏷️ Brand Building

Let's Not Screw It, Let's Just Do It Summary

Let's Not Screw It, Let's Just Do It 96%

Fun before spreadsheets: the Virgin founder on why most business rules are for breaking.

by Richard Branson 2012

3.90

16k+ ratings

🚀 Startup Advice 📖 Founder Stories 🏷️ Brand Building

Confronting Reality

by Larry Bossidy • 2004

Face the facts competitors ignore: the practice that separates survivors from the disrupted.

3.80

295

🏢 Corporate Leadership ♟️ Business Strategy 🔄 Organizational Change

Confronting Reality 96%

Face the facts competitors ignore: the practice that separates survivors from the disrupted.

by Larry Bossidy 2004

3.80

295 ratings

🏢 Corporate Leadership ♟️ Business Strategy 🔄 Organizational Change

Chief Joy Officer

by Richard Sheridan • 2018

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

3.94

500

👑 Servant Leadership 🎭 Authentic Leadership 🏢 Organizational Culture

Chief Joy Officer 96%

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

The Most Successful Small Business in The World

by Michael E. Gerber • 2009

Dream bigger than your industry: the playbook for a small business that scales and endures.

3.09

281

🏢 Small Business 📈 Scaling Startups ⚙️ Business Systems

The Most Successful Small Business in The World Summary

The Most Successful Small Business in The World 96%

Dream bigger than your industry: the playbook for a small business that scales and endures.

by Michael E. Gerber 2009

3.09

281 ratings

🏢 Small Business 📈 Scaling Startups ⚙️ Business Systems

Zero to IPO

by Frederic Kerrest • 2022

A founder's guide from idea to IPO: funding, teams, sales, surviving the crisis.

4.10

282

🚀 Startup Playbooks 💰 Venture Capital 🏢 Company Culture

Zero to IPO 96%

A founder's guide from idea to IPO: funding, teams, sales, surviving the crisis.

by Frederic Kerrest 2022

4.10

282 ratings

🚀 Startup Playbooks 💰 Venture Capital 🏢 Company Culture

A Year with Peter Drucker

by Joseph A. Maciariello • 2014

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

3.70

143

🏛️ Management Philosophy 📋 Executive Coaching 🧠 Knowledge Work

A Year with Peter Drucker 96%

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

Discovering the Soul of Service

by Leonard L. Berry • 1999

The sustainable success playbook from 14 companies that chose values over shortcuts.

4.05

375

🏢 Service Industry 🤝 Customer Experience 🏷️ Brand Management

Discovering the Soul of Service 96%

The sustainable success playbook from 14 companies that chose values over shortcuts.

by Leonard L. Berry 1999

4.05

375 ratings

🏢 Service Industry 🤝 Customer Experience 🏷️ Brand Management

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