Books like Sam Walton, Made in America: My Story
12 books with a reading profile close to Sam Walton, Made in America: My Story by Sam Walton. Outward-looking, growth-minded and clear-cut; an easy read.
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Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul
Also growth-minded and clear-cut · leadership, business strategy
After stepping down as CEO years earlier, Howard Schultz returned to lead Starbucks in 2008 during a period of severe financial decline and identity crisis.
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The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
by Robert Iger
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · leadership, business strategy
Robert Iger chronicles his professional trajectory from an entry-level studio hand at ABC to the executive suite at Disney.
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Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
by Ed Catmull
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · leadership, business strategy
Ed Catmull traces the evolution of Pixar Animation Studios from a struggling hardware company into a creative powerhouse.
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Let My People Go Surfing
Also clear-cut · leadership, business strategy
Yvon Chouinard details his evolution from a blacksmith making reusable climbing pitons to the founder of Patagonia.
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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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How Google Works
by Eric Schmidt
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · 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 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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The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · leadership, business strategy
Michael D.
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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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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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Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · leadership, business strategy
Sheryl Sandberg argues that internal barriers, such as the "imposter syndrome" and a tendency to sit at the periphery of meetings, prevent women from reaching executive roles.
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Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · 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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