Books like Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time
12 books with a reading profile close to Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time by Howard Schultz. Practical, outward-looking, growth-minded and clear-cut; an easy read.
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The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
by Gene Kim
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · leadership, business strategy
Bill Palmer, a newly promoted IT manager at Parts Unlimited, faces a corporate disaster as the Phoenix Project—a critical software initiative—spirals into delays and budget overruns.
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Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect
by Will Guidara
Also practical and growth-minded · leadership, business strategy
Will Guidara chronicles his experience as the co-owner of Eleven Madison Park, detailing how the restaurant transitioned from a standard fine-dining establishment to the top-ranked restaurant in the world.
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The Last Days of Night
by Graham Moore
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · business strategy, narrative
In 1888 New York, young attorney Paul Cravath takes on a legal defense for George Westinghouse, who is being sued by Thomas Edison for one billion dollars over the invention of the light bulb.
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Sam Walton, Made in America: My Story
by Sam Walton
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · leadership, business strategy
In this autobiography, Sam Walton chronicles the evolution of Walmart from a single variety store in rural Arkansas into the largest retail corporation in the world.
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How Google Works
by Eric Schmidt
Also practical and outward-looking · leadership, business strategy
Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg describe how Google pivoted from traditional corporate structures to a model centered on smart creatives—employees who combine technical depth with business savvy and creative flair.
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The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter
Also practical and outward-looking · leadership, business strategy
Michael D.
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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · business strategy, narrative
John Carreyrou chronicles the rise and collapse of Theranos, a biotech firm led by Elizabeth Holmes that claimed to revolutionize blood testing through proprietary Edison devices.
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No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · leadership, business strategy
Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer detail the internal mechanics of Netflix’s corporate strategy, focusing on the deliberate cultivation of talent density and the practice of radical candor.
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Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done
Also practical and outward-looking · leadership, business strategy
Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan argue that the primary cause of corporate failure is not a lack of vision, but a failure to execute.
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The Infinite Game
by Simon Sinek
Also growth-minded and clear-cut · leadership, business strategy
Simon Sinek applies game theory to organizational longevity, contrasting finite games with infinite games.
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Winning
by Jack Welch
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · leadership, business strategy
Jack Welch outlines a management philosophy centered on candor, differentiation, and execution.
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Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
by Simon Sinek
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · leadership, business strategy
Simon Sinek argues that organizational success depends on the Golden Circle, a three-tiered conceptual framework consisting of Why, How, and What.
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