21 best-selling leadership books like Leading from the Middle: A Playbook for Managers to Influence Up, Down, and Across the Organization by Scott Mautz

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Leading from the Middle: A Playbook for Managers to Influence Up, Down, and Across the Organization

By: Scott Mautz

3.64

Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition

The definitive playbook for driving impact as a middle manager Leading from the A Playbook for Ma…

If you liked the leadership plot in Leading from the Middle: A Playbook for Managers to Influence Up, Down, and Across the Organization by Scott Mautz , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. Executive Presence: The Missing Link Between Merit and Success

By: Sylvia Ann Hewlett

3.55

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Are you “leadership material?” More importantly, do others perceive you to be? Sylvia Ann Hewlett, … read more

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  • audiobook
  • business
  • nonfiction
  • management
  • leadership
Cover of How to be a Great Boss by Gino Wickman, René Boer

2. How to be a Great Boss

By: Gino Wickman , René Boer

4.81

Format: 539 pages,

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  • audiobook
  • business
  • nonfiction
  • management
  • leadership
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3. Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators

By: Patrick Lencioni

3.62

Format: 128 pages,

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  • management
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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4. The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels

By: Michael D. Watkins

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Since its original release, The First 90 Dayshas become the bestselling globally acknowledged bible… read more

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  • management
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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5. The Cure

By: Bill Thrall , Bruce McNicol , John S. Lynch

4.21

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

We thought we were cured. We thought so, but most of us unwittingly carried an old, dead outlook in… read more

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  • nonfiction

6. What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful

By: Marshall Goldsmith , Mark Reiter

3.51

Format: 235 pages, Hardcover

America's most sought-after executive coach shows how to climb the last few rungs of the ladderThe … read more

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7. Persuadable: How Great Leaders Change Their Minds to Change the World

By: Al Pittampalli

3.89

Format: 575 pages, Hardcover

As a leader, changing your mind has always been perceived as a weakness. Not anymore. In a world th… read more

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8. Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

By: L. David Marquet

4.05

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

"Leadership should mean giving control rather than taking control and creating leaders rather than … read more

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9. The No Complaining Rule: Positive Ways to Deal with Negativity at Work

By: Jon Gordon

3.96

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Negativity in the workplace costs businesses billions of dollars and impacts the morale, productivi… read more

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10. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

By: Charles Duhigg

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593243916. Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the … read more

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  • leadership
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
"Strong leaders didn't help people align. In fact, groups with a dominant leader had the least amount of neural synchrony."

-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

"To communicate with someone, we must connect with them. When we absorb what someone is saying and they comprehend what we say, it's because our brains have, to some degree, aligned."

-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

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11. The Longevity Paradox: How to Die Young at a Ripe Old Age

By: Steven R. Gundry

3.74

Format: 384 pages, ebook

From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Plant Paradox comes a groundbreaking plan for … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

By: Adam M. Grant

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times Bestseller“This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes … read more

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  • leadership
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
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13. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

By: Cal Newport

3.73

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more

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  • leadership
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
"What are we really doing here?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

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14. Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow

By: Matthew Skelton

4.21

Format: 240 pages, ebook

Effective software teams are essential for any organization to deliver value continuously and susta… read more

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  • management
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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15. The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work

By: Simone Stolzoff

4.17

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

"Superb."—Oliver Burkeman A challenge to the tyranny of work and a call to reclaim our lives fro… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
"We shouldn’t work less just because it allows us to be better workers. We should work less because it allows us to be better humans."

-Simone Stolzoff, The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work

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16. The Motive: Why So Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilities

By: Patrick Lencioni

4.26

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Shay was still angry but shrugged nonchalantly as if to say, it's not that big of a deal. "So, what… read more

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  • audiobook
  • business
  • nonfiction
  • management
  • leadership
Cover of The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth by Amy C. Edmondson

17. The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth

By: Amy C. Edmondson

3.99

Format: 233 pages, Hardcover

Conquer the most essential adaptation to the knowledge economy The Fearless Organization: Creati… read more

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  • audiobook
  • business
  • nonfiction
  • management
  • leadership
Cover of Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You're Put on the Spot by Matt Abrahams

18. Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You're Put on the Spot

By: Matt Abrahams

3.74

Format: 256 pages, ebook

Develop the life-changing ability to excel in spontaneous communication situations—from public spea… read more

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  • leadership
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
"Be obvious’ is the most powerful, creative mantra that there is,"

-Matt Abrahams, Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You're Put on the Spot

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19. The 6 Types of Working Genius

By: Patrick Lencioni

4.15

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

New York Times best-selling author Patrick Lencioni unveils a truly groundbreaking new model that w… read more

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  • audiobook
  • business
  • nonfiction
  • management
  • leadership
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20. How to Say It: Words That Make a Difference

By: Allison Friederichs Atkison

3.47

Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio

Words. We use them all the time, every day, mostly without giving them much thought at all. We take… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less

By: Michael Hyatt

4.08

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

THE REVOLUTIONARY PRODUCTIVITY SYSTEM TRUSTED BY OVER 25,000+ PROFESSIONALS. Get more done and get … read more

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  • audiobook
  • business
  • nonfiction
  • management
  • leadership
"True productivity is about doing more of what is in your desire zone and less of everything else."

-Michael Hyatt, Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less

"For real productivity, however, we need to prioritize people. You're a human being, not a human doing."

-Michael Hyatt, Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less

Cover of Control Your Mind and Master Your Feelings: This Book Includes - Break Overthinking & Master Your Emotions by Eric Robertson

22. Control Your Mind and Master Your Feelings: This Book Includes - Break Overthinking & Master Your Emotions

By: Eric Robertson

3.66

Format: 189 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover How to Master Your Inner Self: This Includes - Breaking Overthinking & Master Your Emotion… read more

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  • leadership
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women's Dead-End Work by Linda Babcock

23. The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women's Dead-End Work

By: Linda Babcock

3.91

Format: None pages, Audiobook

In this “long overdue manifesto on gender equality in the workplace, a practical playbook with tips… read more

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  • leadership
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
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24. All In: How Great Leaders Build Unstoppable Teams

By: Mike Michalowicz

4.24

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

The bestselling author of Profit First shows you how to build unstoppable teams where everyone wins… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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25. Leading from the Middle: A Playbook for Managers to Influence Up, Down, and Across the Organization

By: Scott Mautz

3.64

Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition

The definitive playbook for driving impact as a middle manager Leading from the A Playbook for Ma… read more

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  • audiobook
  • business
  • nonfiction
  • management
  • leadership
Cover of No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Workplace Drama, End Entitlement, and Drive Big Results by Cy Wakeman

26. No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Workplace Drama, End Entitlement, and Drive Big Results

By: Cy Wakeman

3.81

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Reality-Based Leadership rejects the current fad of "engag… read more

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  • audiobook
  • business
  • nonfiction
  • management
  • leadership
"Our circumstances aren't the reasons we can't succeed. They are the circumstances in which we must succeed."

-Cy Wakeman, No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Workplace Drama, End Entitlement, and Drive Big Results

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27. Leveling Up: 12 Questions to Elevate Your Personal and Professional Development

By: Ryan Leak

4.29

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A Wall Street Journal Bestseller Experience explosive growth and success in your career and persona… read more

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  • leadership
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
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28. Welcome to Management: How to Grow from Top Performer to Excellent Leader

By: Ryan Hawk

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

"The ultimate all-in-one guide to becoming a great leader." --Daniel Pink From the creator and hos… read more

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  • audiobook
  • business
  • nonfiction
  • management
  • leadership
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29. The Unfiltered Enneagram: A Witty and Wise Guide to Self-Compassion

By: Elizabeth Orr

4.06

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

From Instagram’s snarkiest Enneagram expert comes a hilarious and insightful book that shows how em… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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30. Team: Getting Things Done with Others

By: David Allen

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A groundbreaking book about how to harness the power of collaboration and work most effectively in … read more

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  • leadership
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything by Nate Silver

31. On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything

By: Nate Silver

3.84

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook

22 best-selling audiobook books like Leading from the Middle: A Playbook for Managers to Influence Up, Down, and Across the Organization by Scott Mautz

Transform Your Habits

Executive Presence: The Missing Link Between Merit and Success

Sylvia Ann Hewlett

3.55

Transform Your Habits

How to be a Great Boss

Gino Wickman , René Boer

4.81

Transform Your Habits

Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Charles Duhigg

4.05

Transform Your Habits

The Longevity Paradox: How to Die Young at a Ripe Old Age

Steven R. Gundry

3.74

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17 best-selling nonfiction books like Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow by Matthew Skelton

Transform Your Habits

Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software

Eric Evans

4.15

The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations

Gene Kim , Jez Humble , Patrick Debois , John Willis

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager

Michael Lopp

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

Nicole Forsgren

4.06

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