50 Books like Remote

Leading From Anywhere

by David Burkus • 2021

Your team went remote. Now manage for outcomes, build trust without meetings, and stop the burnout.

3.76

647

🌍 Distributed Teams 📡 Remote Leadership 🛡️ Psychological Safety

Leading From Anywhere 97%

Your team went remote. Now manage for outcomes, build trust without meetings, and stop the burnout.

by David Burkus 2021

3.76

647 ratings

🌍 Distributed Teams 📡 Remote Leadership 🛡️ Psychological Safety

The Year Without Pants

by Scott Berkun • 2013

From Microsoft to a pants-optional company: what a year without an office teaches about work.

3.81

3k+

📡 Remote Work 🏢 Organizational Culture 💬 Asynchronous Communication

The Year Without Pants 96%

From Microsoft to a pants-optional company: what a year without an office teaches about work.

by Scott Berkun 2013

3.81

3k+ ratings

📡 Remote Work 🏢 Organizational Culture 💬 Asynchronous Communication

The Power of Remote

by Cynthia Watson • 2023

Forget tracking hours. The management playbook for organizations that actually thrive at a distance.

4.19

🏠 Remote Work 👥 Team Management 📊 Performance Management

The Power of Remote 96%

Forget tracking hours. The management playbook for organizations that actually thrive at a distance.

by Cynthia Watson 2023

4.19

32 ratings

🏠 Remote Work 👥 Team Management 📊 Performance Management

Remote, Not Distant

by Gustavo Razzetti • 2022

Stop replicating the office online. Culture is built through design, not proximity.

3.78

295

🏠 Remote Work 🏢 Hybrid Workplace 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Workplace Culture

Remote, Not Distant 95%

Stop replicating the office online. Culture is built through design, not proximity.

by Gustavo Razzetti 2022

3.78

295 ratings

🏠 Remote Work 🏢 Hybrid Workplace 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Workplace Culture

Digital Body Language

by Erica Dhawan • 2021

Half your emails land wrong. The cues, channels, and timing that fix digital communication.

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2k+

🖥️ Virtual Collaboration 💬 Workplace Communication 👩‍💻 Digital Leadership

Digital Body Language 95%

Half your emails land wrong. The cues, channels, and timing that fix digital communication.

by Erica Dhawan 2021

3.71

2k+ ratings

🖥️ Virtual Collaboration 💬 Workplace Communication 👩‍💻 Digital Leadership

Unboss

by Jacob Bøtter • 2012

The boss is obsolete. Your next leader serves, partners, tears down walls, and puts purpose first.

3.85

174

🏢 Organizational Design 🤲 Servant Leadership 🎯 Purpose-Driven Business

Unboss 95%

The boss is obsolete. Your next leader serves, partners, tears down walls, and puts purpose first.

by Jacob Bøtter 2012

3.85

174 ratings

🏢 Organizational Design 🤲 Servant Leadership 🎯 Purpose-Driven Business

Joy, Inc.

by Richard Sheridan • 2013

From the floor plan to the pair programming: how one firm made joy a repeatable system.

4.07

2k+

🏢 Workplace Culture 🏗️ Organizational Design 💻 Software Management

Joy, Inc. 95%

From the floor plan to the pair programming: how one firm made joy a repeatable system.

by Richard Sheridan 2013

4.07

2k+ ratings

🏢 Workplace Culture 🏗️ Organizational Design 💻 Software Management

The Alliance

by Reid Hoffman • 2014

Companies and workers need a new pact: finite missions that build value for both sides.

3.80

3k+

🧩 Talent Strategy 🤝 Workplace Trust 🌱 Career Development

The Alliance 94%

Companies and workers need a new pact: finite missions that build value for both sides.

by Reid Hoffman 2014

3.80

3k+ ratings

🧩 Talent Strategy 🤝 Workplace Trust 🌱 Career Development

The Open Organization

by Jim Whitehurst • 2015

What open source taught a CEO: ditch hierarchy, let the best ideas win, fail faster.

4.09

682

🏢 Organizational Culture 👐 Open Source Management 🏆 Meritocracy

The Open Organization 94%

What open source taught a CEO: ditch hierarchy, let the best ideas win, fail faster.

by Jim Whitehurst 2015

4.09

682 ratings

🏢 Organizational Culture 👐 Open Source Management 🏆 Meritocracy

Freedom, Inc.

by Brian M. Carney • 2009

Command-and-control kills innovation. The case for setting employees free and watching growth soar.

4.24

251

✊ Workplace Autonomy 🏢 Self-Managing Organizations 👂 Listening Leadership

Freedom, Inc. 94%

Command-and-control kills innovation. The case for setting employees free and watching growth soar.

by Brian M. Carney 2009

4.24

251 ratings

✊ Workplace Autonomy 🏢 Self-Managing Organizations 👂 Listening Leadership

Management 3.0

by Jurgen Appelo • 2010

Software teams are complex systems. Manage them like machines and your agile rollout stalls.

4.15

3k+

🔄 Agile Management 🕸️ Systems Thinking 🧩 Self-Organizing Teams

Management 3.0 94%

Software teams are complex systems. Manage them like machines and your agile rollout stalls.

by Jurgen Appelo 2010

4.15

3k+ ratings

🔄 Agile Management 🕸️ Systems Thinking 🧩 Self-Organizing Teams

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

Bring Your Human to Work

by Erica Keswin • 2018

An over-emailed workplace is a choice. Ten moves to reverse it without trashing your tech.

3.71

279

🏢 Workplace Culture 🤝 Employee Engagement 👤 Authentic Leadership

Bring Your Human to Work 94%

An over-emailed workplace is a choice. Ten moves to reverse it without trashing your tech.

by Erica Keswin 2018

3.71

279 ratings

🏢 Workplace Culture 🤝 Employee Engagement 👤 Authentic Leadership

Debugging Teams

by Brian W. Fitzpatrick • 2015

Your team's biggest bug is not in the repo. The debugging tools you actually need.

4.07

788

🏗️ Engineering Management 🏢 Software Culture 🛠️ Servant Leadership

Debugging Teams 94%

Your team's biggest bug is not in the repo. The debugging tools you actually need.

by Brian W. Fitzpatrick 2015

4.07

788 ratings

🏗️ Engineering Management 🏢 Software Culture 🛠️ Servant Leadership

Ask Your Developer

by Jeff Lawson • 2021

Your business now runs on software. Here is how to lead the people who build it.

4.21

1k+

🖥️ Digital Transformation 🧱 Engineering Culture 🎯 Customer Development

Ask Your Developer 94%

Your business now runs on software. Here is how to lead the people who build it.

by Jeff Lawson 2021

4.21

1k+ ratings

🖥️ Digital Transformation 🧱 Engineering Culture 🎯 Customer Development

High Output Management

by Andrew S. Grove • 1983

An Intel president learned management from a three-minute egg. The lesson reshaped Silicon Valley.

4.30

22k+

🏭 Operations Management 🧠 Knowledge Work ⚖️ Managerial Leverage

High Output Management 93%

An Intel president learned management from a three-minute egg. The lesson reshaped Silicon Valley.

by Andrew S. Grove 1983

4.30

22k+ ratings

🏭 Operations Management 🧠 Knowledge Work ⚖️ Managerial Leverage

Who Does What By How Much?

by Jeff Gothelf • 2024

Your OKRs measure the wrong thing. Shifting from output to customer behavior makes them work.

4.36

107

🎯 Goal Frameworks 📊 Outcomes Over Outputs 🔗 Organizational Alignment

Who Does What By How Much? 93%

Your OKRs measure the wrong thing. Shifting from output to customer behavior makes them work.

by Jeff Gothelf 2024

4.36

107 ratings

🎯 Goal Frameworks 📊 Outcomes Over Outputs 🔗 Organizational Alignment

Behind Closed Doors

by Johanna Rothman • 2005

Saying no, coaching honestly, and building real trust: the learnable skills behind every great team.

3.98

1k+

🧑‍💼 People Management 🤝 Team Leadership 🗣️ Coaching Employees

Behind Closed Doors 93%

Saying no, coaching honestly, and building real trust: the learnable skills behind every great team.

by Johanna Rothman 2005

3.98

1k+ ratings

🧑‍💼 People Management 🤝 Team Leadership 🗣️ Coaching Employees

Managing Knowledge Workers

by Frances Horibe • 2015

Knowledge workers leave cultures, not companies. Here is how to build one they stay for.

💡 Knowledge Economy 🧠 Knowledge Work 🗂️ Knowledge Management

Managing Knowledge Workers 93%

Knowledge workers leave cultures, not companies. Here is how to build one they stay for.

by Frances Horibe 2015

💡 Knowledge Economy 🧠 Knowledge Work 🗂️ Knowledge Management

Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager

by James Stanier • 2020

Your code stops being the product. A field manual for the engineer stepping into management.

4.35

599

🛠️ Engineering Management 💻 Tech Leadership 👥 Software Teams

Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager Summary

Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager 93%

Your code stops being the product. A field manual for the engineer stepping into management.

by James Stanier 2020

4.35

599 ratings

🛠️ Engineering Management 💻 Tech Leadership 👥 Software Teams

The Manager's Path

by Camille Fournier • 2017

You got promoted for great code. Management is a different job. Here is the manual.

4.25

10k+

🛠️ Engineering Management 💻 Tech Leadership 🌱 New Managers

The Manager's Path 93%

You got promoted for great code. Management is a different job. Here is the manual.

by Camille Fournier 2017

4.25

10k+ ratings

🛠️ Engineering Management 💻 Tech Leadership 🌱 New Managers

Humanocracy

by Gary Hamel • 2020

Bureaucracy costs trillions and kills autonomy. The fix: companies run on ownership, not authority.

4.01

1k+

🧹 Bureaucracy Critique 🔄 Self-Management 🌐 Decentralized Orgs

Humanocracy 93%

Bureaucracy costs trillions and kills autonomy. The fix: companies run on ownership, not authority.

by Gary Hamel 2020

4.01

1k+ ratings

🧹 Bureaucracy Critique 🔄 Self-Management 🌐 Decentralized Orgs

The Geek Way

by Andrew McAfee • 2023

Tech companies run on a different OS: four norms that leave industrial management behind.

3.89

914

💻 Tech Company Culture 📊 Evidence-Based Management 🔄 Agile Methodology

The Geek Way 93%

Tech companies run on a different OS: four norms that leave industrial management behind.

by Andrew McAfee 2023

3.89

914 ratings

💻 Tech Company Culture 📊 Evidence-Based Management 🔄 Agile Methodology

10 Laws of Trust, Expanded Edition

by Joel Peterson • 2019

Trust has rules: a measurable framework that turns culture into competitive advantage.

4.08

📈 Trust Building 🤲 Servant Leadership 🏢 Corporate Culture

10 Laws of Trust, Expanded Edition Summary

10 Laws of Trust, Expanded Edition 93%

Trust has rules: a measurable framework that turns culture into competitive advantage.

by Joel Peterson 2019

4.08

51 ratings

📈 Trust Building 🤲 Servant Leadership 🏢 Corporate Culture

The Age of Unreason

by Charles B. Handy • 1989

The company of the future has three parts, your career five, and the old job for life is dead.

3.91

546

🏢 Organizational Design 🌐 Future Of Work 🔀 Change Management

The Age of Unreason 93%

The company of the future has three parts, your career five, and the old job for life is dead.

by Charles B. Handy 1989

3.91

546 ratings

🏢 Organizational Design 🌐 Future Of Work 🔀 Change Management

The Culture Playbook

by Daniel Coyle • 2022

Your team's culture is made of actions, not intentions. Sixty specific ones that actually work.

4.08

553

🏢 Organizational Culture 👥 Team Dynamics 🛡️ Psychological Safety

The Culture Playbook 93%

Your team's culture is made of actions, not intentions. Sixty specific ones that actually work.

by Daniel Coyle 2022

4.08

553 ratings

🏢 Organizational Culture 👥 Team Dynamics 🛡️ Psychological Safety

The Art of Project Management

by Scott Berkun • 2005

Earn trust, clarify roles, and make tough calls: the human skills that plan-obsessed managers miss.

3.96

870

👷 Project Management 💻 Software Development Management 🤝 Trust Building

The Art of Project Management 93%

Earn trust, clarify roles, and make tough calls: the human skills that plan-obsessed managers miss.

by Scott Berkun 2005

3.96

870 ratings

👷 Project Management 💻 Software Development Management 🤝 Trust Building

Smart Teams

by Dermot Crowley • 2023

Quiet the inbox. Cut the meetings. Build a team that runs on attention, not adrenaline.

🏭 Team Productivity 📋 Meeting Management 📧 Digital Communication

Smart Teams 93%

Quiet the inbox. Cut the meetings. Build a team that runs on attention, not adrenaline.

by Dermot Crowley 2023

🏭 Team Productivity 📋 Meeting Management 📧 Digital Communication

101 Project Management Problems and How to Solve Them

by Tom Kendrick • 2010

A fix for every project problem: from scope creep to stalled teams to impossible deadlines.

3.54

📋 Project Management 👥 Team Leadership 🔄 Change Management

101 Project Management Problems and How to Solve Them Summary

101 Project Management Problems and How to Solve Them 93%

A fix for every project problem: from scope creep to stalled teams to impossible deadlines.

by Tom Kendrick 2010

3.54

48 ratings

📋 Project Management 👥 Team Leadership 🔄 Change Management

Peopleware

by Tom DeMarco • 1987

Technology isn't what sinks software projects. Meetings, floor plans, and lonely teams sink them.

4.14

10k+

📊 Software Management 🔧 Engineering Culture 🤝 Team Dynamics

Peopleware 93%

Technology isn't what sinks software projects. Meetings, floor plans, and lonely teams sink them.

by Tom DeMarco 1987

4.14

10k+ ratings

📊 Software Management 🔧 Engineering Culture 🤝 Team Dynamics

Engineering Management for the Rest of Us

by Sarah Drasner • 2022

Trust, honest feedback, smaller batches: the management playbook engineers never got.

4.16

1k+

⚙️ Engineering Management 💻 Software Teams 🛡️ Psychological Safety

Engineering Management for the Rest of Us Summary

Engineering Management for the Rest of Us 93%

Trust, honest feedback, smaller batches: the management playbook engineers never got.

by Sarah Drasner 2022

4.16

1k+ ratings

⚙️ Engineering Management 💻 Software Teams 🛡️ Psychological Safety

No Rules Rules

by Reed Hastings • 2020

Rules manage mediocrity. Netflix fired adequate people, stripped controls, and discovered speed.

4.27

34k+

🏢 Corporate Culture 🎯 Talent Management 🗣️ Radical Candor

No Rules Rules 93%

Rules manage mediocrity. Netflix fired adequate people, stripped controls, and discovered speed.

by Reed Hastings 2020

4.27

34k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Culture 🎯 Talent Management 🗣️ Radical Candor

Managing Humans

by Michael Lopp • 2007

Your best engineer just became your problem. The people skills computer science never taught you.

3.92

4k+

🛠️ Engineering Management 🧩 Software Team Dynamics 💬 Team Communication

Managing Humans 93%

Your best engineer just became your problem. The people skills computer science never taught you.

by Michael Lopp 2007

3.92

4k+ ratings

🛠️ Engineering Management 🧩 Software Team Dynamics 💬 Team Communication

Virtual Assistant Solution

by Michael Hyatt • 2013

Stop spending $50-an-hour focus on $12 tasks. The playbook for offloading them.

3.53

241

🖥️ Virtual Assistants 📋 Delegation Strategies ⚙️ Productivity Systems

Virtual Assistant Solution 93%

Stop spending $50-an-hour focus on $12 tasks. The playbook for offloading them.

by Michael Hyatt 2013

3.53

241 ratings

🖥️ Virtual Assistants 📋 Delegation Strategies ⚙️ Productivity Systems

How to Lead in Product Management

by Roman Pichler • 2020

Align stakeholders, guide teams, and decide together: the product leader's daily playbook.

3.70

253

🏗️ Product Management 🔄 Agile Methodology 💙 Empathic Leadership

How to Lead in Product Management Summary

How to Lead in Product Management 93%

Align stakeholders, guide teams, and decide together: the product leader's daily playbook.

by Roman Pichler 2020

3.70

253 ratings

🏗️ Product Management 🔄 Agile Methodology 💙 Empathic Leadership

Stop Pulling the Ship!

by Matthew Overlund • 2020

Stop being the bottleneck. How to delegate ownership, build systems, and scale your leadership.

4.67

🏢 Organizational Leadership 🧲 Influence Without Authority 🌱 Team Empowerment

Stop Pulling the Ship! 93%

Stop being the bottleneck. How to delegate ownership, build systems, and scale your leadership.

by Matthew Overlund 2020

4.67

3 ratings

🏢 Organizational Leadership 🧲 Influence Without Authority 🌱 Team Empowerment

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 93%

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

Unlocking Agility

by Jorgen Hesselberg • 2018

Enterprise agility: transforming leadership and culture, not just adopting a software framework.

4.38

🔄 Agile Transformation 🏢 Organizational Change 📐 Lean Methodology

Unlocking Agility 93%

Enterprise agility: transforming leadership and culture, not just adopting a software framework.

by Jorgen Hesselberg 2018

4.38

80 ratings

🔄 Agile Transformation 🏢 Organizational Change 📐 Lean Methodology

The Agile Culture

by Pollyanna Pixton • 2014

A diagnostic map for moving teams from fear and compliance to trust and accountability.

3.88

🏢 Organizational Culture 🤝 Trust In Leadership 🔄 Agile Transformation

The Agile Culture 93%

A diagnostic map for moving teams from fear and compliance to trust and accountability.

by Pollyanna Pixton 2014

3.88

58 ratings

🏢 Organizational Culture 🤝 Trust In Leadership 🔄 Agile Transformation

Amp It Up

by Frank Slootman • 2022

You're moving too slow and tolerating too much. A three-time CEO's guide to fixing both.

4.01

4k+

🏢 Organizational Culture 👥 Talent Strategy 📈 Scaling Startups

Amp It Up 93%

You're moving too slow and tolerating too much. A three-time CEO's guide to fixing both.

by Frank Slootman 2022

4.01

4k+ ratings

🏢 Organizational Culture 👥 Talent Strategy 📈 Scaling Startups

Agile IT Organization Design

by Sriram Narayan • 2015

Agile IT starts with how you fund and structure teams, not with standups and sticky notes.

4.07

187

🏗️ Organizational Design 🔄 Digital Transformation 🔁 Agile Methodology

Agile IT Organization Design 93%

Agile IT starts with how you fund and structure teams, not with standups and sticky notes.

by Sriram Narayan 2015

4.07

187 ratings

🏗️ Organizational Design 🔄 Digital Transformation 🔁 Agile Methodology

Reinventing Organizations

by Frederic Laloux • 2014

Organizations mirror consciousness. The next stage trades bosses for trust and plans for purpose.

4.21

6k+

🏢 Organizational Design 🤝 Self-Management 🧠 Integral Theory

Reinventing Organizations 93%

Organizations mirror consciousness. The next stage trades bosses for trust and plans for purpose.

by Frederic Laloux 2014

4.21

6k+ ratings

🏢 Organizational Design 🤝 Self-Management 🧠 Integral Theory

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

Gods of Management

by Charles B. Handy • 1986

Four workplace gods, one crumbling bureaucracy, and the 1986 book that saw the gig economy coming.

3.78

144

🏛️ Organizational Culture 📚 Management Theory 📋 Bureaucracy Critique

Gods of Management 93%

Four workplace gods, one crumbling bureaucracy, and the 1986 book that saw the gig economy coming.

by Charles B. Handy 1986

3.78

144 ratings

🏛️ Organizational Culture 📚 Management Theory 📋 Bureaucracy Critique

The Connected Company

by Dave Gray • 2012

When customers network faster than your hierarchy can respond, the answer is small autonomous teams.

4.11

617

🏗️ Organizational Design 🛎️ Service Economy 🕸️ Networked Business

The Connected Company 93%

When customers network faster than your hierarchy can respond, the answer is small autonomous teams.

by Dave Gray 2012

4.11

617 ratings

🏗️ Organizational Design 🛎️ Service Economy 🕸️ Networked Business

Project to Product

by Mik Kersten • 2018

Stop running software as projects. A product model that links engineering work to business value.

3.92

1k+

🖥️ Software Delivery 🔄 Digital Transformation 📊 Value Stream Management

Project to Product 93%

Stop running software as projects. A product model that links engineering work to business value.

by Mik Kersten 2018

3.92

1k+ ratings

🖥️ Software Delivery 🔄 Digital Transformation 📊 Value Stream Management

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

A Team of Leaders

by Paul Gustavson • 2014

Turn your team from hierarchy to distributed leadership through five deliberate design stages.

3.89

132

🤝 Self-Managing Teams 🏗️ Organizational Design 📚 Knowledge Management

A Team of Leaders 93%

Turn your team from hierarchy to distributed leadership through five deliberate design stages.

by Paul Gustavson 2014

3.89

132 ratings

🤝 Self-Managing Teams 🏗️ Organizational Design 📚 Knowledge Management

Birth of the Chaordic Age

by Dee Hock • 2000

VISA thrived by breaking the one rule every corporation obeys: keep chaos out.

4.25

210

🏗️ Organizational Design 🔄 Self-Organization 🔗 Systems Thinking

Birth of the Chaordic Age 93%

VISA thrived by breaking the one rule every corporation obeys: keep chaos out.

by Dee Hock 2000

4.25

210 ratings

🏗️ Organizational Design 🔄 Self-Organization 🔗 Systems Thinking

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