35 Books like The Captain Class

The Art of Captaincy

by Mike Brearley • 1985

Cricket's hardest job: how reading a batter's fear teaches you to lead any team.

3.87

604

🏏 Sports Leadership 🤝 Team Dynamics ♟️ Tactical Leadership 🧠 Sports Psychology 💪 Mental Toughness

The Art of Captaincy 98%

Cricket's hardest job: how reading a batter's fear teaches you to lead any team.

by Mike Brearley 1985

3.87

604 ratings

🏏 Sports Leadership 🤝 Team Dynamics ♟️ Tactical Leadership 🧠 Sports Psychology 💪 Mental Toughness

Getting to Us

by Seth Davis • 2018

Stars win games. Cohesion wins championships. What nine legendary coaches know about teams.

4.13

547

🏆 Sports Coaching 👥 Team Leadership 🤝 Team Cohesion 📚 Coaching Biographies 💎 Authentic Leadership

Getting to Us 97%

Stars win games. Cohesion wins championships. What nine legendary coaches know about teams.

by Seth Davis 2018

4.13

547 ratings

🏆 Sports Coaching 👥 Team Leadership 🤝 Team Cohesion 📚 Coaching Biographies 💎 Authentic Leadership

You Win in the Locker Room First

by Jon Gordon • 2015

Before talent can win, culture has to lead. The team-building principles that make the difference.

4.10

2k+

🏟️ Team Culture 🏈 Sports Leadership ☀️ Positive Leadership 🤝 Trust Building 🔗 Team Cohesion

You Win in the Locker Room First Summary

You Win in the Locker Room First 97%

Before talent can win, culture has to lead. The team-building principles that make the difference.

by Jon Gordon 2015

4.10

2k+ ratings

🏟️ Team Culture 🏈 Sports Leadership ☀️ Positive Leadership 🤝 Trust Building 🔗 Team Cohesion

Sideline CEO

by Marty Smith • 2023

What championship coaches know about trust, delegation, and culture that most bosses never learn.

4.06

188

🏈 Sports Leadership 🤝 Trust Building 🎯 Delegation Skills ⚡ Crisis Leadership 🧱 Culture Building

Sideline CEO 97%

What championship coaches know about trust, delegation, and culture that most bosses never learn.

by Marty Smith 2023

4.06

188 ratings

🏈 Sports Leadership 🤝 Trust Building 🎯 Delegation Skills ⚡ Crisis Leadership 🧱 Culture Building

Surviving to Drive

by Guenther Steiner • 2023

Formula 1's most candid team boss on what breaks leaders at full speed, and how to rebuild.

4.1

10k+

🏎️ Sports Leadership 🧭 Authentic Leadership 🤝 Servant Leadership 💪 Resilience Building 🎯 Purpose-Driven Leadership

Surviving to Drive 97%

Formula 1's most candid team boss on what breaks leaders at full speed, and how to rebuild.

by Guenther Steiner 2023

4.1

10k+ ratings

🏎️ Sports Leadership 🧭 Authentic Leadership 🤝 Servant Leadership 💪 Resilience Building 🎯 Purpose-Driven Leadership

Legacy

by James Kerr • 2013

The leadership code of the All Blacks: why the world's winningest team sweeps its own locker room.

4.10

12k+

🏆 High Performance Teams 🧹 Servant Leadership 🏢 Organizational Culture 🎯 Pressure Management 🧠 Mental Toughness

Legacy 97%

The leadership code of the All Blacks: why the world's winningest team sweeps its own locker room.

by James Kerr 2013

4.10

12k+ ratings

🏆 High Performance Teams 🧹 Servant Leadership 🏢 Organizational Culture 🎯 Pressure Management 🧠 Mental Toughness

Leading with the Heart

by Mike Krzyzewski • 2001

A Hall of Fame coach's formula for building teams that play for each other, not the scoreboard.

4.2

4k+

🏀 Sports Leadership 📋 Coaching 🤝 Team Culture ⛰️ Overcoming Adversity 🎯 Effort Over Outcomes

Leading with the Heart 96%

A Hall of Fame coach's formula for building teams that play for each other, not the scoreboard.

by Mike Krzyzewski 2001

4.2

4k+ ratings

🏀 Sports Leadership 📋 Coaching 🤝 Team Culture ⛰️ Overcoming Adversity 🎯 Effort Over Outcomes

Think and Win like Dhoni

by Sfurti Sahare • 2016

Steal the mental playbook of a World Cup-winning captain for your own career.

4.16

608

🏏 Sports Leadership 🧠 Performance Psychology 🎯 Goal Achievement 🛤️ Process Over Outcome 💪 Mental Toughness

Think and Win like Dhoni 96%

Steal the mental playbook of a World Cup-winning captain for your own career.

by Sfurti Sahare 2016

4.16

608 ratings

🏏 Sports Leadership 🧠 Performance Psychology 🎯 Goal Achievement 🛤️ Process Over Outcome 💪 Mental Toughness

The Score Takes Care of Itself

by Bill Walsh • 2009

From 2-14 to dynasty: the coach who proved that standards, not scoreboards, build winners.

4.21

7k+

🏈 Coaching Leadership 🏢 Organizational Culture 📋 Performance Standards 📚 Leader As Teacher 🧘 Poise Under Pressure

The Score Takes Care of Itself 96%

From 2-14 to dynasty: the coach who proved that standards, not scoreboards, build winners.

by Bill Walsh 2009

4.21

7k+ ratings

🏈 Coaching Leadership 🏢 Organizational Culture 📋 Performance Standards 📚 Leader As Teacher 🧘 Poise Under Pressure

The Lombardi Rules

by Vince Lombardi • 2002

Football's hardest coach left 26 rules for leaders who know talent alone never wins.

4.04

769

🏈 Sports Leadership 🧠 Mental Toughness 🔥 Competitive Mindset 🤝 Team Building 🛡️ Leadership Integrity

The Lombardi Rules 96%

Football's hardest coach left 26 rules for leaders who know talent alone never wins.

by Vince Lombardi 2002

4.04

769 ratings

🏈 Sports Leadership 🧠 Mental Toughness 🔥 Competitive Mindset 🤝 Team Building 🛡️ Leadership Integrity

Above the Line

by Urban Meyer • 2015

Most people react on autopilot. Champions pause and choose. A coach's playbook for the difference.

4.14

3k+

🏈 Sports Leadership 🤝 Team Building 🏛️ Organizational Culture 🧠 Mental Toughness 🎯 Deliberate Practice

Above the Line 96%

Most people react on autopilot. Champions pause and choose. A coach's playbook for the difference.

by Urban Meyer 2015

4.14

3k+ ratings

🏈 Sports Leadership 🤝 Team Building 🏛️ Organizational Culture 🧠 Mental Toughness 🎯 Deliberate Practice

Wooden on Leadership

by John Wooden • 2005

The coach who won ten titles in twelve years reveals why he never mentioned winning.

4.40

5k+

🧱 Team Building 🏛️ Organizational Culture 🔄 Process Over Results 🤲 Servant Leadership 📚 Leader As Teacher

Wooden on Leadership 96%

The coach who won ten titles in twelve years reveals why he never mentioned winning.

by John Wooden 2005

4.40

5k+ ratings

🧱 Team Building 🏛️ Organizational Culture 🔄 Process Over Results 🤲 Servant Leadership 📚 Leader As Teacher

The Hard Hat

by Jon Gordon • 2015

A player dies mid-game. His team doesn't break. His unspoken rules for selflessness are the reason.

4.15

2k+

🧱 Team Building 🤲 Servant Leadership 🏢 Organizational Culture 🚶‍♂️ Leading By Example 💪 Adversity And Resilience

The Hard Hat 96%

A player dies mid-game. His team doesn't break. His unspoken rules for selflessness are the reason.

by Jon Gordon 2015

4.15

2k+ ratings

🧱 Team Building 🤲 Servant Leadership 🏢 Organizational Culture 🚶‍♂️ Leading By Example 💪 Adversity And Resilience

Winning!

by Clive Woodward • 2004

Talent wins games. Relentless attention to detail wins World Cups: a champion coach's blueprint.

4.14

497

🏉 Sports Leadership ⚡ High-Performance Teams 🏆 Performance Culture 🔄 Continuous Improvement 🧠 Competitive Mindset

Winning! 96%

Talent wins games. Relentless attention to detail wins World Cups: a champion coach's blueprint.

by Clive Woodward 2004

4.14

497 ratings

🏉 Sports Leadership ⚡ High-Performance Teams 🏆 Performance Culture 🔄 Continuous Improvement 🧠 Competitive Mindset

Conscious Coaching

by Brett Bartholomew • 2017

Athletes follow people before programs. The interpersonal side of coaching that most training skips.

3.95

1k+

🏋️ Athletic Coaching 🧠 Sports Psychology 💡 Emotional Intelligence 🗣️ Communication Skills 🔄 Situational Leadership

Conscious Coaching 96%

Athletes follow people before programs. The interpersonal side of coaching that most training skips.

by Brett Bartholomew 2017

3.95

1k+ ratings

🏋️ Athletic Coaching 🧠 Sports Psychology 💡 Emotional Intelligence 🗣️ Communication Skills 🔄 Situational Leadership

Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success

by John Wooden • 2004

Winning isn't success. A legendary coach reveals the character framework that actually produces it.

4.10

2k+

🧱 Character-Based Leadership 🏀 Sports Coaching Philosophy 🔄 Process Over Outcomes ⚡ Performance Under Pressure 🤝 Team Building

Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success Summary

Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success 96%

Winning isn't success. A legendary coach reveals the character framework that actually produces it.

by John Wooden 2004

4.10

2k+ ratings

🧱 Character-Based Leadership 🏀 Sports Coaching Philosophy 🔄 Process Over Outcomes ⚡ Performance Under Pressure 🤝 Team Building

The Mentor Leader

by Tony Dungy • 2010

The Super Bowl-winning coach who refused to put winning first shares his real playbook.

4.13

3k+

🫡 Servant Leadership ✝️ Christian Leadership 🤝 Mentorship 🧱 Team Building 🏈 Sports Coaching

The Mentor Leader 96%

The Super Bowl-winning coach who refused to put winning first shares his real playbook.

by Tony Dungy 2010

4.13

3k+ ratings

🫡 Servant Leadership ✝️ Christian Leadership 🤝 Mentorship 🧱 Team Building 🏈 Sports Coaching

Beyond Basketball

by Mike Krzyzewski • 2006

A dynasty runs on attitudes, not talent: a legendary coach's method for building them.

4.09

1k+

🏀 Sports Coaching 🧱 Team Building 🛡️ Resilience 🧠 Visualization 🤝 Servant Leadership

Beyond Basketball 96%

A dynasty runs on attitudes, not talent: a legendary coach's method for building them.

by Mike Krzyzewski 2006

4.09

1k+ ratings

🏀 Sports Coaching 🧱 Team Building 🛡️ Resilience 🧠 Visualization 🤝 Servant Leadership

The One-Day Contract

by Rick Pitino • 2013

A Hall of Fame coach's daily tryout: the rules for focus, honesty, and lasting excellence.

3.80

271

🏀 Sports Leadership 📋 Coaching Philosophy 🏔️ Peak Performance 📆 Daily Discipline 🎯 Attention Management

The One-Day Contract 95%

A Hall of Fame coach's daily tryout: the rules for focus, honesty, and lasting excellence.

by Rick Pitino 2013

3.80

271 ratings

🏀 Sports Leadership 📋 Coaching Philosophy 🏔️ Peak Performance 📆 Daily Discipline 🎯 Attention Management

Glue

by Anh Dao Pham • 2022

Your Gantt chart will not save you. The interpersonal skills that make projects actually finish.

4.19

155

🔗 Project Leadership 🤝 Team Dynamics 📋 Meeting Design 🎯 Strategic Alignment 🧠 Emotional Intelligence

Glue 95%

Your Gantt chart will not save you. The interpersonal skills that make projects actually finish.

by Anh Dao Pham 2022

4.19

155 ratings

🔗 Project Leadership 🤝 Team Dynamics 📋 Meeting Design 🎯 Strategic Alignment 🧠 Emotional Intelligence

Carlo Ancelotti

by Carlo Ancelotti • 2016

Manage up, build family culture, trust stars: the soft skills that won four Champions Leagues.

4.04

4k+

⚽ Football Management 🤝 Relational Leadership 🏛️ Organizational Culture ⭐ Talent Management ⬆️ Managing Up

Carlo Ancelotti 95%

Manage up, build family culture, trust stars: the soft skills that won four Champions Leagues.

by Carlo Ancelotti 2016

4.04

4k+ ratings

⚽ Football Management 🤝 Relational Leadership 🏛️ Organizational Culture ⭐ Talent Management ⬆️ Managing Up

Eleven Rings

by Phil Jackson • 2013

Jordan, Kobe, Shaq: the zen coach who tamed basketball's biggest egos with meditation and trust.

4.19

18k+

🏀 Basketball Coaching 🤝 Team Leadership 🧘 Mindful Coaching 🧠 Sports Psychology 🏆 Championship Mindset

Eleven Rings 95%

Jordan, Kobe, Shaq: the zen coach who tamed basketball's biggest egos with meditation and trust.

by Phil Jackson 2013

4.19

18k+ ratings

🏀 Basketball Coaching 🤝 Team Leadership 🧘 Mindful Coaching 🧠 Sports Psychology 🏆 Championship Mindset

How to Think Like Sir Alex Ferguson

by Damian Hughes • 2014

Why Ferguson tested character harder than talent: nine management principles from a 26-year dynasty.

3.95

139

🏟️ Football Management 🧢 Sports Leadership 🧠 Performance Psychology 🔍 Character Assessment 👁️ Visualization Techniques

How to Think Like Sir Alex Ferguson Summary

How to Think Like Sir Alex Ferguson 95%

Why Ferguson tested character harder than talent: nine management principles from a 26-year dynasty.

by Damian Hughes 2014

3.95

139 ratings

🏟️ Football Management 🧢 Sports Leadership 🧠 Performance Psychology 🔍 Character Assessment 👁️ Visualization Techniques

Every Moment Matters

by John O'Sullivan • 2019

The playbook for coaches who want to win games and build character, in that order.

4.46

495

🧒 Youth Coaching 🏅 Sports Leadership 📈 Athlete Development 🏋️ Practice Design 🧠 Sport Psychology

Every Moment Matters 95%

The playbook for coaches who want to win games and build character, in that order.

by John O'Sullivan 2019

4.46

495 ratings

🧒 Youth Coaching 🏅 Sports Leadership 📈 Athlete Development 🏋️ Practice Design 🧠 Sport Psychology

Raise Your Game

by Alan Stein Jr. • 2019

Elite athletes' mental habits, decoded for anyone whose performance gets measured under pressure.

4.10

1k+

🧠 Sports Psychology 🏆 Elite Performance 🏀 Sports Leadership 💭 Performance Mindset 🔍 Self-Awareness

Raise Your Game 95%

Elite athletes' mental habits, decoded for anyone whose performance gets measured under pressure.

by Alan Stein Jr. 2019

4.10

1k+ ratings

🧠 Sports Psychology 🏆 Elite Performance 🏀 Sports Leadership 💭 Performance Mindset 🔍 Self-Awareness

Be Quick - But Don't Hurry

by Andrew Hill • 2001

Fourteen years to build, fifteen blocks deep: a coach's blueprint for winning at work and life.

4.04

255

🏀 Coaching Philosophy 🏆 Sports Leadership 🛡️ Character-Based Leadership 💪 Effort Over Outcome 🤝 Team Building

Be Quick - But Don't Hurry 95%

Fourteen years to build, fifteen blocks deep: a coach's blueprint for winning at work and life.

by Andrew Hill 2001

4.04

255 ratings

🏀 Coaching Philosophy 🏆 Sports Leadership 🛡️ Character-Based Leadership 💪 Effort Over Outcome 🤝 Team Building

Winners

by Alastair Campbell • 2015

The system winners use, decoded by a political strategist from champions in sport and business.

3.89

1k+

🏆 High Performance 🧠 Sports Psychology 🛡️ Mental Toughness 🗺️ Leadership Strategy 🧩 Team Building

Winners 95%

The system winners use, decoded by a political strategist from champions in sport and business.

by Alastair Campbell 2015

3.89

1k+ ratings

🏆 High Performance 🧠 Sports Psychology 🛡️ Mental Toughness 🗺️ Leadership Strategy 🧩 Team Building

The Motive

by Patrick Lencioni • 2020

Strategies fail and teams check out because most leaders never wanted the job, just the title.

4.24

5k+

🏢 Executive Leadership 👥 Team Management 🧭 Leadership Motivation 🗣️ Difficult Conversations 📋 Meeting Culture

The Motive 95%

Strategies fail and teams check out because most leaders never wanted the job, just the title.

by Patrick Lencioni 2020

4.24

5k+ ratings

🏢 Executive Leadership 👥 Team Management 🧭 Leadership Motivation 🗣️ Difficult Conversations 📋 Meeting Culture

Multipliers

by Liz Wiseman • 2010

Some leaders double their team's intelligence. Others halve it. The gap is measurable and fixable.

3.99

17k+

🧠 Talent Development 🛡️ Psychological Safety 🌱 Growth Mindset 🤲 Servant Leadership 🔓 Empowering Leadership

Multipliers 95%

Some leaders double their team's intelligence. Others halve it. The gap is measurable and fixable.

by Liz Wiseman 2010

3.99

17k+ ratings

🧠 Talent Development 🛡️ Psychological Safety 🌱 Growth Mindset 🤲 Servant Leadership 🔓 Empowering Leadership

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 💬 Team Communication 🌐 Distributed Leadership

Teams That Work 95%

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 💬 Team Communication 🌐 Distributed Leadership

More Than a Game

by Phil Jackson • 2011

Meditation, a 15-point comeback, and two superstars who could barely look at each other.

3.80

650

🏀 Basketball Memoir 🏆 Sports Leadership 🤝 Team Dynamics 🧘 Mindful Leadership 🧠 Athlete Psychology

More Than a Game 95%

Meditation, a 15-point comeback, and two superstars who could barely look at each other.

by Phil Jackson 2011

3.80

650 ratings

🏀 Basketball Memoir 🏆 Sports Leadership 🤝 Team Dynamics 🧘 Mindful Leadership 🧠 Athlete Psychology

Gridiron Genius

by Michael Lombardi • 2018

Culture wins before talent takes the field: the leadership system behind football's longest dynasty.

4.08

2k+

🏈 Sports Leadership 🧱 Organizational Culture 🧩 Team Building 🔍 Talent Evaluation 📋 Game Preparation

Gridiron Genius 95%

Culture wins before talent takes the field: the leadership system behind football's longest dynasty.

by Michael Lombardi 2018

4.08

2k+ ratings

🏈 Sports Leadership 🧱 Organizational Culture 🧩 Team Building 🔍 Talent Evaluation 📋 Game Preparation

The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork

by John C. Maxwell • 2013

Seventeen non-negotiable principles for turning coworkers into a team that actually delivers.

4.16

4k+

🧱 Team Building 🚀 High Performance Teams 🌱 Leadership Development 🧠 Talent Development 🤝 Trust Building

The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork Summary

The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork 95%

Seventeen non-negotiable principles for turning coworkers into a team that actually delivers.

by John C. Maxwell 2013

4.16

4k+ ratings

🧱 Team Building 🚀 High Performance Teams 🌱 Leadership Development 🧠 Talent Development 🤝 Trust Building

Effective Leadership (NEW REVISED EDITION)

by John Adair • 2003

Leadership is not charisma. It is eight learnable functions any team needs from you.

3.82

🏢 Organizational Leadership 👥 Team Management 📋 Leadership Fundamentals 💥 Learning From Failure 🙏 Leader Humility

Effective Leadership (NEW REVISED EDITION) Summary

Effective Leadership (NEW REVISED EDITION) 95%

Leadership is not charisma. It is eight learnable functions any team needs from you.

by John Adair 2003

3.82

93 ratings

🏢 Organizational Leadership 👥 Team Management 📋 Leadership Fundamentals 💥 Learning From Failure 🙏 Leader Humility

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

by Patrick Lencioni • 2002

A fractured executive team, a new CEO, and the chain of breakdowns that destroys every group.

4.11

140k+

🏢 Team Dynamics 📖 Business Fables 🧱 Team Building 💥 Conflict Resolution 🤝 Trust In Teams

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team 95%

A fractured executive team, a new CEO, and the chain of breakdowns that destroys every group.

by Patrick Lencioni 2002

4.11

140k+ ratings

🏢 Team Dynamics 📖 Business Fables 🧱 Team Building 💥 Conflict Resolution 🤝 Trust In Teams

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