12 Top business books like In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies by Robert H. Waterman Jr., Tom Peters

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In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies

By: Robert H. Waterman Jr. , Tom Peters

4.29

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

A "New York Times" Bestseller for over three years To discover the secrets of the art of management…

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1. Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck—Why Some Thrive Despite Them All

By: Jim Collins , Morten T. Hansen , Jim Collins

4.10

Format: 183 pages, Kindle Edition

Ten years after the worldwide bestseller Good to Great, Jim Collins returns withanother groundbreak… read more

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  • business
  • leadership
  • nonfiction
  • buisness
  • economics
  • management
  • self help
"Interestingly, we instinctively chase after pleasure believing it to be the source of sustainable happiness. Many of us spend most of our time and energy chasing pleasure, sometimes enjoying flow, an…"

-Jim Collins, Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck—Why Some Thrive Despite Them All

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2. The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company

By: Steve Blank , Bob Dorf

4.10

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

Now a decade after the Four Steps to the Epiphany sparked the Lean Startup revolution, comes its … read more

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  • management
  • nonfiction
  • buisness
  • economics
  • business
  • leadership
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3. High Output Management

By: Andrew S. Grove

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

The essential skill of creating and maintaining new businesses--the art of the entrepreneur--can be… read more

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  • management
  • nonfiction
  • buisness
  • business
  • leadership
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4. In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies

By: Robert H. Waterman Jr. , Tom Peters

4.29

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

A "New York Times" Bestseller for over three years To discover the secrets of the art of management… read more

Similar categories in Robert H. Waterman Jr.'s In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies book and Robert H. Waterman Jr.'s In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies

  • business
  • leadership
  • nonfiction
  • buisness
  • economics
  • management
  • self help
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5. GOOD TO GRT SOCIAL SECTOR PB

By: Jim Collins

3.18

Format: 183 pages, Paperback

Building upon the concepts introduced in Good to Great, Jim Collins answers the most commonly asked… read more

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  • management
  • leadership
  • nonfiction
  • buisness
  • business
  • self help
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6. Developing the Leader Within You

By: John C. Maxwell

3.86

Format: 568 pages, Paperback

Developing the LeaderWithin Youis Dr. Maxwell's first and most enduring leadership book, havingsold… read more

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  • self help
  • management
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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7. The Essential Drucker

By: Peter F. Drucker

4.43

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Father of modern management, social commentator, and preeminent business philosopher, Peter F. Druc… read more

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  • management
  • nonfiction
  • buisness
  • economics
  • business
  • leadership
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8. The Wisdom of Crowds

By: James Surowiecki

4.50

Format: 87 pages, Paperback

In this fascinating book, New Yorker business columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively sim… read more

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  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • business
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9. The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More

By: Chris Anderson

4.26

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The New York Timesbestseller that introduced the business world to a future that s already here -- … read more

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  • business
  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • management

10. The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth

By: Clayton M. Christensen , None

3.92

Format: 368 pages,

Traditional Chinese edition of The Innovators Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth. … read more

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11. Free: The Future of a Radical Price

By: Chris Anderson

2.88

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Reveals how to run an online business profitably in spite of the Internet's inherently free culture… read more

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12. Jack: Straight from the Gut

By: Jack Welch , John A. Byrne , None

4.50

Format: 34 pages,

As CEO of General Electric for the past twenty years, he has built its market cap by over $500 bill… read more

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13. The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything

By: Guy Kawasaki

4.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A new product, a new service, a new company, a new division, a new organization, a new anything--wh… read more

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14. Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind: How to Be Seen and Heard in the Overcrowded Marketplace

By: Al Ries , Jack Trout

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

The first book to deal with the problems of communicating to a skeptical, media-blitzed public, Pos… read more

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15. How The Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In

By: Jim Collins

3.87

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Decline can be avoided. Decline can be detected. Decline can be reversed. Amidst the desolate lands… read more

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16. Now, Discover Your Strengths

By: Marcus Buckingham , Donald O. Clifton

3.86

Format: 157 pages, Hardcover

Based on a massive Gallup study of 2 million people, this book shows 1) individuals how to cultivat… read more

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17. Influencer: The Power to Change Anything

By: Ron McMillan , Kerry Patterson , Joseph Grenny , Al Switzler , David Maxfield

3.66

Format: 180 pages,

An Influencer motivates others to change. An Influencer replaces bad behaviors with powerful new sk… read more

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18. Business Model Generation

By: Alexander Osterwalder , Yves Pigneur

3.88

Format: None pages,

Business Model Generation is a practical, inspiring handbook for anyone striving to improve a busin… read more

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19. Power And Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence

By: Ajay Agrawal

4.24

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Disruption resulting from the proliferation of AI is coming. The authors of the bestselling Predict… read more

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  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • business
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20. Firestarters: How Innovators, Instigators, and Initiators Can Inspire You to Ignite Your Own Life

By: Raoul Davis Jr.

4.29

Format: 325 pages, Paperback

What is the difference between those bold enough to pursue their dreams and others who never get co… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
"Firestarters aren’t born lucky. They manufacture it."

-Raoul Davis Jr., Firestarters: How Innovators, Instigators, and Initiators Can Inspire You to Ignite Your Own Life

"Interest isn’t just something you feel. It’s something you live."

-Raoul Davis Jr., Firestarters: How Innovators, Instigators, and Initiators Can Inspire You to Ignite Your Own Life

"Success is not the absence of failure, but the courage to persist in spite of it."

-Raoul Davis Jr., Firestarters: How Innovators, Instigators, and Initiators Can Inspire You to Ignite Your Own Life

"The road to your highest achievements leads through environments that support you."

-Raoul Davis Jr., Firestarters: How Innovators, Instigators, and Initiators Can Inspire You to Ignite Your Own Life

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21. Take Command: Find Your Inner Strength, Build Enduring Relationships, and Live the Life You Want (Dale Carnegie Books)

By: Joe Hart

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Take command of your future with this groundbreaking, Wall Street Journal bestseller, from the expe… read more

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  • leadership
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help

12 Top nonfiction books like In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies by Robert H. Waterman Jr., Tom Peters

Transform Your Habits

Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck—Why Some Thrive Despite Them All

Jim Collins , Morten T. Hansen , Jim Collins

4.10

Transform Your Habits

The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company

Steve Blank , Bob Dorf

4.10

Transform Your Habits

High Output Management

Andrew S. Grove

4.35

Transform Your Habits

In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies

Robert H. Waterman Jr. , Tom Peters

4.29

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11 best-selling nonfiction books like Power And Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence by Ajay Agrawal

Transform Your Habits

Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten

Stephen Few

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Giants of Enterprise: Seven Business Innovators and the Empires They Built

Richard S. Tedlow

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age

Clay Shirky

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Creative, Inc.: The Ultimate Guide to Running a Successful Freelance Business

Joy Deangdeelert Cho , Meg Mateo Ilasco

4.26

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