50 Books like How Boards Work

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 96%

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

by Bob Garratt 1997

4.33

6 ratings

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

Boards That Deliver

by Ram Charan • 2005

Most boards waste their power on compliance. The ones that don't build companies worth more.

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147

🏢 Corporate Governance 👥 Group Dynamics 👤 CEO Succession 💰 Executive Compensation 🌱 Talent Pipeline

Boards That Deliver 96%

Most boards waste their power on compliance. The ones that don't build companies worth more.

by Ram Charan 2005

3.80

147 ratings

🏢 Corporate Governance 👥 Group Dynamics 👤 CEO Succession 💰 Executive Compensation 🌱 Talent Pipeline

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.

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560

🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 📖 Ceo Memoirs ⏳ Short-Termism ⚙️ Process Improvement 🏢 Corporate Culture

Winning Now, Winning Later 95%

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 ⚙️ Process Improvement 🏢 Corporate Culture

Go Woke, Go Broke

by Charles Gasparino • 2024

How Disney, Budweiser, and Target lost billions betting their customers wanted progressive politics.

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178

📋 Corporate Governance ✊ Corporate Activism 🏛️ Free Market Advocacy 📊 ESG Investing 💼 Shareholder Capitalism

Go Woke, Go Broke 95%

How Disney, Budweiser, and Target lost billions betting their customers wanted progressive politics.

by Charles Gasparino 2024

3.81

178 ratings

📋 Corporate Governance ✊ Corporate Activism 🏛️ Free Market Advocacy 📊 ESG Investing 💼 Shareholder Capitalism

The Man Who Broke Capitalism

by David Gelles • 2022

Jack Welch's doctrine still rules the corner office, and it is slowly gutting the middle class.

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3k+

💼 Shareholder Primacy ⏱️ Corporate Short-Termism 💰 Financialization 🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism 📉 Corporate Downsizing

The Man Who Broke Capitalism 95%

Jack Welch's doctrine still rules the corner office, and it is slowly gutting the middle class.

by David Gelles 2022

4.03

3k+ ratings

💼 Shareholder Primacy ⏱️ Corporate Short-Termism 💰 Financialization 🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism 📉 Corporate Downsizing

Confronting Reality

by Larry Bossidy • 2004

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

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295

🏢 Corporate Leadership ♟️ Business Strategy 🔄 Organizational Change ⚡ Industry Disruption 🧩 Business Model Design

Confronting Reality 94%

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 ⚡ Industry Disruption 🧩 Business Model Design

Trailblazer

by Marc Benioff • 2019

Shareholder primacy is broken. One CEO bet his company on a bigger idea, and it worked.

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2k+

🖥️ Tech Leadership 🌍 Stakeholder Capitalism 📢 Corporate Activism 🌐 Open Innovation 🧘 Mindful Leadership

Trailblazer 94%

Shareholder primacy is broken. One CEO bet his company on a bigger idea, and it worked.

by Marc Benioff 2019

3.81

2k+ ratings

🖥️ Tech Leadership 🌍 Stakeholder Capitalism 📢 Corporate Activism 🌐 Open Innovation 🧘 Mindful Leadership

Hot Seat

by Jeff Immelt • 2021

Inheriting an icon, he faced 9/11, a financial meltdown, and the shadow of his predecessor.

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898

🏢 Corporate Leadership 🌪️ Crisis Management 🪑 CEO Memoirs 🪞 Radical Transparency 🪜 Executive Succession

Hot Seat 94%

Inheriting an icon, he faced 9/11, a financial meltdown, and the shadow of his predecessor.

by Jeff Immelt 2021

3.97

898 ratings

🏢 Corporate Leadership 🌪️ Crisis Management 🪑 CEO Memoirs 🪞 Radical Transparency 🪜 Executive Succession

Escape Velocity

by Geoffrey A. Moore • 2011

Last year's operating plan is a gravity well. The five-part power framework for escaping it.

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676

📊 Corporate Strategy 💻 Technology Adoption 📈 Portfolio Management 🔄 Organizational Change 💡 Innovation Strategy

Escape Velocity 94%

Last year's operating plan is a gravity well. The five-part power framework for escaping it.

by Geoffrey A. Moore 2011

3.90

676 ratings

📊 Corporate Strategy 💻 Technology Adoption 📈 Portfolio Management 🔄 Organizational Change 💡 Innovation Strategy

Zone to Win

by Geoffrey A. Moore • 2015

Large companies lose to disruption from structure, not blindness. The fix: four parallel zones.

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1k+

🏢 Corporate Strategy 💡 Innovation Management 🏗️ Organizational Design 🌪️ Disruption Theory 🚀 Intrapreneurship

Zone to Win 94%

Large companies lose to disruption from structure, not blindness. The fix: four parallel zones.

by Geoffrey A. Moore 2015

3.85

1k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Strategy 💡 Innovation Management 🏗️ Organizational Design 🌪️ Disruption Theory 🚀 Intrapreneurship

Deep Purpose

by Ranjay Gulati • 2022

Most companies treat purpose as branding. The ones that outperform make it their reason to exist.

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233

🏛️ Organizational Purpose 🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism 🏢 Organizational Culture 👤 Authentic Leadership 📖 Corporate Storytelling

Deep Purpose 94%

Most companies treat purpose as branding. The ones that outperform make it their reason to exist.

by Ranjay Gulati 2022

3.92

233 ratings

🏛️ Organizational Purpose 🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism 🏢 Organizational Culture 👤 Authentic Leadership 📖 Corporate Storytelling

Net Positive

by Andrew S. Winston • 2021

What if the most profitable companies leave more than they take from the world?

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910

🤝 Corporate Responsibility 💼 Stakeholder Capitalism 📊 ESG Integration 🌱 Regenerative Business ✊ Corporate Activism

Net Positive 94%

What if the most profitable companies leave more than they take from the world?

by Andrew S. Winston 2021

3.85

910 ratings

🤝 Corporate Responsibility 💼 Stakeholder Capitalism 📊 ESG Integration 🌱 Regenerative Business ✊ Corporate Activism

Hit Refresh

by Satya Nadella • 2017

Microsoft's third CEO inherited a know-it-all giant. His turnaround began with one word: empathy.

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18k+

🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 📖 Ceo Memoirs 🌊 Culture Change 💗 Leading With Empathy 🌱 Growth Mindset

Hit Refresh 94%

Microsoft's third CEO inherited a know-it-all giant. His turnaround began with one word: empathy.

by Satya Nadella 2017

3.79

18k+ ratings

🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 📖 Ceo Memoirs 🌊 Culture Change 💗 Leading With Empathy 🌱 Growth Mindset

Startup Boards

by Brad Feld • 2013

Your board costs equity and hours. The playbook for earning back more than you give up.

4.06

607

🏛️ Board Governance 🚀 Startup Founders 💰 Venture Capital 🧭 Startup Leadership 🔄 Founder Transitions

Startup Boards 94%

Your board costs equity and hours. The playbook for earning back more than you give up.

by Brad Feld 2013

4.06

607 ratings

🏛️ Board Governance 🚀 Startup Founders 💰 Venture Capital 🧭 Startup Leadership 🔄 Founder Transitions

Barbarians to Bureaucrats

by Lawrence M. Miller • 1989

Seven leadership personalities drive every company from vision to decay. The pattern can be broken.

4.22

204

🔄 Corporate Lifecycles 📉 Organizational Decline 🎭 Leadership Archetypes 🏢 Corporate Culture 📋 Bureaucracy Critique

Barbarians to Bureaucrats 94%

Seven leadership personalities drive every company from vision to decay. The pattern can be broken.

by Lawrence M. Miller 1989

4.22

204 ratings

🔄 Corporate Lifecycles 📉 Organizational Decline 🎭 Leadership Archetypes 🏢 Corporate Culture 📋 Bureaucracy Critique

Competing for the Future

by Gary Hamel • 1994

Your current products matter less than your ability to create products no one has imagined yet.

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3k+

🏢 Corporate Strategy 🔭 Strategic Foresight 🏗️ Capability Building 📊 Resource-Based View 🧪 Market Experimentation

Competing for the Future 94%

Your current products matter less than your ability to create products no one has imagined yet.

by Gary Hamel 1994

4.03

3k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Strategy 🔭 Strategic Foresight 🏗️ Capability Building 📊 Resource-Based View 🧪 Market Experimentation

Play Nice But Win

by Michael Dell • 2021

Wall Street declared his company dead. He bet $24 billion on the long term. The long term won.

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3k+

🏢 Corporate Turnarounds 📖 Founder Memoirs 🔒 Going Private 🧠 Decision Frameworks 🤝 Mergers And Acquisitions

Play Nice But Win 94%

Wall Street declared his company dead. He bet $24 billion on the long term. The long term won.

by Michael Dell 2021

4.13

3k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Turnarounds 📖 Founder Memoirs 🔒 Going Private 🧠 Decision Frameworks 🤝 Mergers And Acquisitions

The Heart of Business

by Hubert Joly • 2021

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

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1k+

🏢 Corporate Turnarounds 🌐 Stakeholder Capitalism 🎯 Purpose-Driven Business 🤲 Servant Leadership 💼 Work And Meaning

The Heart of Business 94%

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 🤲 Servant Leadership 💼 Work And Meaning

CEO Excellence

by Carolyn Dewar • 2022

The data reveals a small set of practices that separate great CEOs from everyone else.

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2k+

🧭 Ceo Playbook 🏢 Executive Leadership 🔄 Organizational Change 👥 Team Effectiveness 📋 Board Governance

CEO Excellence 94%

The data reveals a small set of practices that separate great CEOs from everyone else.

by Carolyn Dewar 2022

4.16

2k+ ratings

🧭 Ceo Playbook 🏢 Executive Leadership 🔄 Organizational Change 👥 Team Effectiveness 📋 Board Governance

Dream Big

by Cristiane Correa • 2013

Three Brazilian bankers bought Budweiser by rewarding performance and cutting everything else.

4.17

6k+

🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🤝 Mergers And Acquisitions 🏆 Meritocratic Management ⚙️ Operational Efficiency 👥 Partnership Models

Dream Big 93%

Three Brazilian bankers bought Budweiser by rewarding performance and cutting everything else.

by Cristiane Correa 2013

4.17

6k+ ratings

🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🤝 Mergers And Acquisitions 🏆 Meritocratic Management ⚙️ Operational Efficiency 👥 Partnership Models

The Amazon Management System

by Ram Charan • 2019

The practices, from hiring to metrics, that keep Amazon sprinting while other giants slow.

4.04

399

🎯 Customer Centricity 👥 Talent And Hiring 📊 Data Driven Management 💡 Innovation Processes ⚙️ Operational Excellence

The Amazon Management System 93%

The practices, from hiring to metrics, that keep Amazon sprinting while other giants slow.

by Ram Charan 2019

4.04

399 ratings

🎯 Customer Centricity 👥 Talent And Hiring 📊 Data Driven Management 💡 Innovation Processes ⚙️ Operational Excellence

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 🗺️ Corporate Strategy 🔄 Organizational Change

Jack Welch and the GE Way 93%

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 🗺️ Corporate Strategy 🔄 Organizational Change

Built to Last

by Jim Collins • 1994

Great companies aren't built on ideas or charisma. They're built on specific, repeatable habits.

4.06

85k+

🏗️ Company Building 🏛️ Organizational Culture 🎯 Mission-Driven Companies 🔬 Corporate Experimentation 👔 Leadership Succession

Built to Last 93%

Great companies aren't built on ideas or charisma. They're built on specific, repeatable habits.

by Jim Collins 1994

4.06

85k+ ratings

🏗️ Company Building 🏛️ Organizational Culture 🎯 Mission-Driven Companies 🔬 Corporate Experimentation 👔 Leadership Succession

The Golden Passport

by Duff McDonald • 2017

The MBA credential that built corporate America also hollowed it out.

3.41

346

📚 Business Schools 🎓 Elite Education 🏛️ Institutional Failure 💰 Shareholder Primacy ⚖️ Business Ethics

The Golden Passport 93%

The MBA credential that built corporate America also hollowed it out.

by Duff McDonald 2017

3.41

346 ratings

📚 Business Schools 🎓 Elite Education 🏛️ Institutional Failure 💰 Shareholder Primacy ⚖️ Business Ethics

Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick

by Chris Bradley • 2018

Corporate profits follow a power law: a few concentrated bets separate winners from the rest.

4.02

1k+

🏢 Corporate Strategy 📊 Power Law Dynamics 🔄 Resource Reallocation 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases

Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick Summary

Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick 93%

Corporate profits follow a power law: a few concentrated bets separate winners from the rest.

by Chris Bradley 2018

4.02

1k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Strategy 📊 Power Law Dynamics 🔄 Resource Reallocation 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases

American Turnaround

by Edward E. Whitacre • 2013

Bankrupt GM returned to profit in months. The same risk-taking that landed AT&T the iPhone.

3.86

234

🏭 Corporate Turnarounds 🏗️ Organizational Restructuring 🚨 Crisis Leadership 🤝 Hands-On Leadership 🌱 Culture Change

American Turnaround 93%

Bankrupt GM returned to profit in months. The same risk-taking that landed AT&T the iPhone.

by Edward E. Whitacre 2013

3.86

234 ratings

🏭 Corporate Turnarounds 🏗️ Organizational Restructuring 🚨 Crisis Leadership 🤝 Hands-On Leadership 🌱 Culture Change

Radical Simplicity

by Ken Allen • 2019

A 220-country logistics giant, hemorrhaging cash. The CEO's turnaround rule: simplify ruthlessly.

3.69

127

🏭 Corporate Turnarounds 📋 Ceo Memoirs 🌐 Organizational Culture 🎯 Customer Focus 🤝 Employee Engagement

Radical Simplicity 93%

A 220-country logistics giant, hemorrhaging cash. The CEO's turnaround rule: simplify ruthlessly.

by Ken Allen 2019

3.69

127 ratings

🏭 Corporate Turnarounds 📋 Ceo Memoirs 🌐 Organizational Culture 🎯 Customer Focus 🤝 Employee Engagement

Capitalist Punishment

by Vivek Ramaswamy • 2023

Your retirement money is voting on climate mandates and social policy. You were never asked.

4.04

327

📋 Esg Investing 📊 Corporate Governance 🏦 Wall Street Critique ⚠️ Woke Capitalism 🏛️ Market Concentration

Capitalist Punishment 93%

Your retirement money is voting on climate mandates and social policy. You were never asked.

by Vivek Ramaswamy 2023

4.04

327 ratings

📋 Esg Investing 📊 Corporate Governance 🏦 Wall Street Critique ⚠️ Woke Capitalism 🏛️ Market Concentration

Leap

by Howard Yu • 2018

The rule that doomed Steinway and saved P&G: abandon your core expertise before it traps you.

3.60

173

📊 Corporate Strategy 🌀 Knowledge Lifecycle 💥 Creative Destruction 🔄 Continuous Reinvention 🤖 Ai Automation

Leap 93%

The rule that doomed Steinway and saved P&G: abandon your core expertise before it traps you.

by Howard Yu 2018

3.60

173 ratings

📊 Corporate Strategy 🌀 Knowledge Lifecycle 💥 Creative Destruction 🔄 Continuous Reinvention 🤖 Ai Automation

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.

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179

🏭 Corporate Turnarounds 👔 Executive Leadership 🤝 Employee Empowerment ⚡ Bias For Action ⚖️ Work-Life Integration

Right Away and All At Once 93%

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 ⚡ Bias For Action ⚖️ Work-Life Integration

The Unaccountability Machine

by Dan Davies • 2024

Why nobody is responsible: the machinery that absorbs blame and starves institutions of feedback.

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1k+

🏢 Corporate Governance 🔄 Systems Thinking 🏚️ Organizational Dysfunction 💰 Shareholder Primacy 📊 Financialization

The Unaccountability Machine 93%

Why nobody is responsible: the machinery that absorbs blame and starves institutions of feedback.

by Dan Davies 2024

3.74

1k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Governance 🔄 Systems Thinking 🏚️ Organizational Dysfunction 💰 Shareholder Primacy 📊 Financialization

The House of Dimon

by Patricia Crisafulli • 2009

How JPMorgan survived the crash while rivals died: the Jamie Dimon rulebook.

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152

🏦 Post-Crisis Banking ⚠️ Risk Management 🏢 Corporate Culture 🛡️ Crisis Leadership 🎯 Executive Accountability

The House of Dimon 93%

How JPMorgan survived the crash while rivals died: the Jamie Dimon rulebook.

by Patricia Crisafulli 2009

3.70

152 ratings

🏦 Post-Crisis Banking ⚠️ Risk Management 🏢 Corporate Culture 🛡️ Crisis Leadership 🎯 Executive Accountability

Lights Out

by Thomas Gryta • 2020

GE spent decades building the world's most admired numbers. The company behind them was a mirage.

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5k+

⚖️ Corporate Governance 🏢 Organizational Culture 📉 Corporate Decline 🧮 Earnings Manipulation 💰 Financial Engineering

Lights Out 93%

GE spent decades building the world's most admired numbers. The company behind them was a mirage.

by Thomas Gryta 2020

3.92

5k+ ratings

⚖️ Corporate Governance 🏢 Organizational Culture 📉 Corporate Decline 🧮 Earnings Manipulation 💰 Financial Engineering

The Problem of Twelve

by John Coates • 2023

A few institutions now own and control almost everything: an old democratic trap with no clean exit.

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177

🏛️ Corporate Governance ⚖️ Financial Regulation 💪 Concentrated Power 🗳️ Shareholder Activism 💰 Private Equity

The Problem of Twelve 93%

A few institutions now own and control almost everything: an old democratic trap with no clean exit.

by John Coates 2023

3.52

177 ratings

🏛️ Corporate Governance ⚖️ Financial Regulation 💪 Concentrated Power 🗳️ Shareholder Activism 💰 Private Equity

Capital

by Charles D. Ellis • 2004

The investment firm that replaced star managers with distributed power and won for 70 years.

3.94

192

💼 Investment Management 📜 Corporate History 🏗️ Organizational Design 🤝 Distributed Leadership ⏳ Long-Term Investing

Capital 93%

The investment firm that replaced star managers with distributed power and won for 70 years.

by Charles D. Ellis 2004

3.94

192 ratings

💼 Investment Management 📜 Corporate History 🏗️ Organizational Design 🤝 Distributed Leadership ⏳ Long-Term Investing

Winning

by Jack Welch • 2005

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

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43k+

👔 Corporate Leadership 🏛️ Organizational Culture 📊 Performance Management 🧑‍💼 Talent Management 🗣️ Workplace Candor

Winning 93%

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 🧑‍💼 Talent Management 🗣️ Workplace Candor

American Icon

by Bryce G. Hoffman • 2012

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

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5k+

🏭 Corporate Turnarounds 🚗 Auto Industry 🚨 Crisis Leadership 📊 Data-Driven Management 🔄 Culture Change

American Icon 93%

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 📊 Data-Driven Management 🔄 Culture Change

Your Strategy Needs a Strategy

by Martin Reeves • 2015

Five environments call for five different strategies. How to diagnose yours and pick the right play.

4.01

661

🏢 Corporate Strategy 🏆 Competitive Advantage ⚡ Strategic Agility 🔄 Business Turnaround 💥 Disruption

Your Strategy Needs a Strategy 93%

Five environments call for five different strategies. How to diagnose yours and pick the right play.

by Martin Reeves 2015

4.01

661 ratings

🏢 Corporate Strategy 🏆 Competitive Advantage ⚡ Strategic Agility 🔄 Business Turnaround 💥 Disruption

The Firm

by Duff McDonald • 2013

The consulting firm that shaped American business from the inside, and what that secrecy bought.

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3k+

🏢 Management Consulting 📜 Corporate History 🏛️ Organizational Culture ⚡ Corporate Influence 🕸️ Professional Networks

The Firm 93%

The consulting firm that shaped American business from the inside, and what that secrecy bought.

by Duff McDonald 2013

3.75

3k+ ratings

🏢 Management Consulting 📜 Corporate History 🏛️ Organizational Culture ⚡ Corporate Influence 🕸️ Professional Networks

Predictable Success

by Les McKeown • 2010

Growth creates complexity, complexity kills growth. Seven stages, one sweet spot.

4.03

707

👥 Corporate Lifecycles 📉 Corporate Decline 🏗️ Scaling Companies ⚖️ Entrepreneurial Balance 🔄 Leadership Transitions

Predictable Success 93%

Growth creates complexity, complexity kills growth. Seven stages, one sweet spot.

by Les McKeown 2010

4.03

707 ratings

👥 Corporate Lifecycles 📉 Corporate Decline 🏗️ Scaling Companies ⚖️ Entrepreneurial Balance 🔄 Leadership Transitions

The Strategy Book

by Max McKeown • 2012

Strategy is not a plan for the future; it is the act of inventing it. The toolkit.

3.53

430

🧭 Corporate Strategy 🗺️ Strategic Planning 🏆 Competitive Advantage ⚡ Organizational Agility 🌱 Sustainable Business

The Strategy Book 93%

Strategy is not a plan for the future; it is the act of inventing it. The toolkit.

by Max McKeown 2012

3.53

430 ratings

🧭 Corporate Strategy 🗺️ Strategic Planning 🏆 Competitive Advantage ⚡ Organizational Agility 🌱 Sustainable Business

Pivot to the Future

by Omar Abbosh • 2019

Future growth hides in your oldest business. A framework for unlocking it before disruptors do.

3.75

190

🔄 Corporate Reinvention 💻 Digital Transformation 🛡️ Disruption Response 💡 Business Model Innovation ⚙️ Technology Adoption

Pivot to the Future 93%

Future growth hides in your oldest business. A framework for unlocking it before disruptors do.

by Omar Abbosh 2019

3.75

190 ratings

🔄 Corporate Reinvention 💻 Digital Transformation 🛡️ Disruption Response 💡 Business Model Innovation ⚙️ Technology Adoption

The Infinite Game

by Simon Sinek • 2017

Winning is a fiction. The companies that survive decades chase a purpose, not a finish line.

4.16

29k+

🎯 Purpose-Driven Business 🤝 Trust In Leadership ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 🔄 Adaptive Strategy ♟️ Strategic Thinking

The Infinite Game 93%

Winning is a fiction. The companies that survive decades chase a purpose, not a finish line.

by Simon Sinek 2017

4.16

29k+ ratings

🎯 Purpose-Driven Business 🤝 Trust In Leadership ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 🔄 Adaptive Strategy ♟️ Strategic Thinking

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 ⛓️ Organizational Alignment 🔄 Strategic Reinvention

The Strategist 93%

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 ⛓️ Organizational Alignment 🔄 Strategic Reinvention

What Happened to Goldman Sachs

by Steven G. Mandis • 2013

Goldman's handshake culture eroded when it went public, scaled, and let legalism replace ethics.

3.60

208

🏦 Wall Street 📈 Investment Banking 🏢 Corporate Culture ⚖️ Business Ethics 🔬 Organizational Sociology

What Happened to Goldman Sachs 93%

Goldman's handshake culture eroded when it went public, scaled, and let legalism replace ethics.

by Steven G. Mandis 2013

3.60

208 ratings

🏦 Wall Street 📈 Investment Banking 🏢 Corporate Culture ⚖️ Business Ethics 🔬 Organizational Sociology

Makers and Takers

by Rana Foroohar • 2016

Finance has stopped serving business; it now feeds on it, extracting wealth, not creating it.

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🏦 Financialization ⏳ Short-Termism 🏙️ Wall Street 📈 Shareholder Activism 🗳️ Money In Politics

Makers and Takers 93%

Finance has stopped serving business; it now feeds on it, extracting wealth, not creating it.

by Rana Foroohar 2016

3.97

2k+ ratings

🏦 Financialization ⏳ Short-Termism 🏙️ Wall Street 📈 Shareholder Activism 🗳️ Money In Politics

Social Intrapreneurism and All That Jazz

by David Grayson • 2014

Playbook for corporate changemakers: recruit sponsors, build teams, scale pilot to global operation.

3.5

🏢 Intrapreneurship 🌱 Corporate Sustainability 💡 Social Innovation ✊ Employee Activism 🧭 Purpose-Driven Work

Social Intrapreneurism and All That Jazz Summary

Social Intrapreneurism and All That Jazz 93%

Playbook for corporate changemakers: recruit sponsors, build teams, scale pilot to global operation.

by David Grayson 2014

3.5

4 ratings

🏢 Intrapreneurship 🌱 Corporate Sustainability 💡 Social Innovation ✊ Employee Activism 🧭 Purpose-Driven Work

How The Mighty Fall

by Jim Collins • 2009

Success plants the seeds of collapse: five stages from arrogance to bankruptcy.

3.99

10k+

🏚️ Corporate Decline 📊 Business Case Studies 😤 Hubris And Overreach 🔄 Turnarounds 📋 Evidence-Based Management

How The Mighty Fall 93%

Success plants the seeds of collapse: five stages from arrogance to bankruptcy.

by Jim Collins 2009

3.99

10k+ ratings

🏚️ Corporate Decline 📊 Business Case Studies 😤 Hubris And Overreach 🔄 Turnarounds 📋 Evidence-Based Management

The Chief Financial Officer

by Jason Karaian • 2014

The CFO: from bookkeeper to CEO co-pilot and the most versatile leader in the firm.

3.53

156

💼 Corporate Finance 🏢 Executive Leadership 🤝 C-Suite Dynamics 🛡️ Financial Stewardship 📈 Investor Relations

The Chief Financial Officer 93%

The CFO: from bookkeeper to CEO co-pilot and the most versatile leader in the firm.

by Jason Karaian 2014

3.53

156 ratings

💼 Corporate Finance 🏢 Executive Leadership 🤝 C-Suite Dynamics 🛡️ Financial Stewardship 📈 Investor Relations

Corporate Social Responsibility

by Philip Kotler • 2004

The framework that turns corporate giving from a cost into a competitive lever.

3.90

187

📊 Corporate Strategy 🌍 Social Impact 🏛️ Corporate Citizenship 📢 Cause Marketing 🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism

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The framework that turns corporate giving from a cost into a competitive lever.

by Philip Kotler 2004

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📊 Corporate Strategy 🌍 Social Impact 🏛️ Corporate Citizenship 📢 Cause Marketing 🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism

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