Books like Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

If you liked Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't by Jim Collins, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. Lean In

    Sheryl Sandberg · 2013

    Because shares tags: nonfiction, business, leadership.

    Sit at the table, negotiate, share home load, and change offices while knowing advice skews elite.

  2. The Lean Startup

    Eric Ries · 2011

    Because shares tags: business, nonfiction, management.

    Ries lays out Build-Measure-Learn, MVPs, pivots and validated learning for building companies under extreme uncertainty.

  3. Start with Why

    Simon Sinek · 2009

    Because shares tags: business, leadership.

    Great leaders start with Why before How and What, from Apple to King.

  4. Bad Blood

    John Carreyrou · 2018

    Because shares tags: nonfiction, business.

    How Theranos sold finger prick miracles, faked tests, and silenced staff who knew patients were at risk.

  5. Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

    Peter Thiel · 2014

    Because shares tags: business, nonfiction.

    Thiel argues monopolies create value through vertical progress, not by copying competition.

  6. Think and Grow Rich

    Napoleon Hill · 1937

    Because shares tags: nonfiction, business.

    Hill teaches desire, faith and autosuggestion, distilling lessons from Carnegie interviews into thirteen principles for success.

  7. Who Moved My Cheese?

    Spencer Johnson · 1998

    Because shares tags: business, nonfiction.

    A tiny parable about two mice and two little people hunting cheese in a maze, and why adapting to change beats waiting for old days to…

  8. The Power of Habit

    Charles Duhigg · 2012

    Because shares tags: business, nonfiction.

    Why we do what we do: the cue routine reward loop, keystone habits, and how companies and movements use the same science, from toothpaste…

  9. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

    Malcolm Gladwell · 2000

    Because shares tags: business, nonfiction.

    How tiny shifts push ideas and products past a tipping point into epidemics.

  10. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

    Stephen R. Covey · 1989

    Because shares tags: leadership, business.

    Covey's famous framework for living by principle: seven habits that move from private victory to working well with others.

  11. Rich Dad Poor Dad

    Robert T. Kiyosaki · 1997

    Because shares tags: business, nonfiction.

    Kiyosaki contrasts his poor dad and rich dad to teach assets, liabilities and minding your business.

  12. Outliers: The Story of Success

    Malcolm Gladwell · 2008

    Because shares tags: business, nonfiction.

    Success comes from practice, timing, and hidden chances more than talent alone.

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