7 Top psychology books like Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?: (And How to Fix It) by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic

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Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?: (And How to Fix It)

By: Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic

3.84

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Look around your office. Turn on the TV. Incompetent leadership is everywhere, and there's no denyi…

"Competence is an ability; confidence is the belief in that ability."

-Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?: (And How to Fix It)

"Competence is an ability; confidence is the belief in that ability."

-Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?: (And How to Fix It)

"Competence is an ability; confidence is the belief in that ability."

-Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?: (And How to Fix It)

"Competence is an ability; confidence is the belief in that ability."

-Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?: (And How to Fix It)

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1. If I Am Missing or Dead: A Sister's Story of Love, Murder, and Liberation

By: Janine Latus

3.50

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In April 2002, Janine Latus's youngest sister, Amy, wrote a note and taped it to the inside of her … read more

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2. The Wizard of Lies

By: Diana B. Henriques

3.77

Format: None pages,

The inside story of Bernie Madoff and his $65 billion Ponzi scheme, with surprising and shocking ne… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
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3. Quand sort la recluse

By: Fred Vargas

3.73

Format: 238 pages,

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4. The Big Five for Life

By: John P. Strelecky

3.60

Format: 404 pages, Paperback

This book will inspire you. It will change your life in ways you can't know now, but you'll underst… read more

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  • leadership
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5. Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money

By: Nathaniel Popper

4.39

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A New York Times technology and business reporter charts the dramatic rise of Bitcoin and the fasci… read more

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6. Food: A Love Story

By: Jim Gaffigan

3.71

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

“What are my qualifications to write this book? None really. So why should you read it? Here’s why:… read more

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"I'm a fan of relaxing, and when i get tired of relaxing I like to do nothing."

-Jim Gaffigan, Food: A Love Story

"There are people who eat only organic food, and then there are people who don’t have tons of money to waste."

-Jim Gaffigan, Food: A Love Story

"In America we have gone way beyond sustenance. Eating is an activity. 'Why don’t we get lunch, and then we’ll grab some pizza."

-Jim Gaffigan, Food: A Love Story

"I love the phrase "I have a sweet tooth." I always want to say, "You're ordering it for your tooth? That's interesting, because it's going straight to your butt. I think your butt owed your tooth an …"

-Jim Gaffigan, Food: A Love Story

7. Don't Think of an Elephant! Know Your Values and Frame the Debate: The Essential Guide for Progressives

By: George Lakoff , Howard Dean , None

4.57

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Don't Think of An Elephant!is the antidote to the last forty years of conservative strategizing and… read more

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8. Almost Love

By: Louise O'Neill

3.92

Format: 594 pages,

When Sarah falls for Matthew, she falls hard. So it doesn't matter that he's twenty years older. Th… read more

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9. The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam

By: Douglas Murray

4.19

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The Strange Death of Europeis a highly personal account of a continent and culture caught in the ac… read more

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10. Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam

By: Nick Turse

4.21

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Americans have long been taught that events such as the notorious My Lai massacre were isolated inc… read more

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11. Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling

By: Edgar H. Schein

4.16

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Key to Effective Communication Communication is essential in a healthy organization. But all to… read more

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12. Madama Matrioska

By: Anja Boato

3.94

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Ogni evento ha una causa che lo precede. Che ha a sua volta una causa, che ne ha un'altra ancora, e… read more

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13. When Women Lead: What They Achieve, Why They Succeed, and How We Can Learn from Them

By: Julia Boorstin

4.03

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

This groundbreaking, deeply reported work from CNBC’s Julia Boorstin reveals the key characteristic… read more

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  • self help
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14. The Authority Gap: Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do About It

By: Mary Ann Sieghart

4.36

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An incisive, intersectional look at the mother of all gender biases: a resistance to women’s author… read more

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15. Мова-меч. Як говорила радянська імперія

By: Eugenia Kuznetsova

4.63

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

Ця книжка – це спроба відповісти на питання: Чому наші стосунки з мовами саме такі? Чому і зараз є … read more

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"В ідеологічних текстах теж ніхто не приховував, що російська мова таки рівніша. Мовляв, те, що всі мови в Союзі начебто рівноправні, не означає, що вони виконують однаковий об'єм суспільних функцій, …"

-Eugenia Kuznetsova, Мова-меч. Як говорила радянська імперія

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16. Business Made Simple: 60 Days to Master Leadership, Sales, Marketing, Execution, Management, Personal Productivity and More

By: Donald Miller

4.21

Format: 240 pages, ebook

Is this blue book more valuable than a business degree? Most people enter their professional caree… read more

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  • self help
  • management
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17. Agrippina: Empress, Exile, Hustler, Whore

By: Emma Southon

4.22

Format: 285 pages, None

They said she was a tyrant. A murderer, and the most wicked woman in history. She kicked her way… read more

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18. Leadership is Language: The Hidden Power of What You Say -- and What You Don't

By: L. David Marquet

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Wall Street Journal Bestseller. Amazon "Best Business and Leadership" books of 2020 Few of us r… read more

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19. Choose Your Enemies Wisely: Business Planning for the Audacious Few

By: Patrick Bet-David

4.30

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

National Bestseller!What’s the difference between your competitor and your enemy?You know who your … read more

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"When you’re on a mission, you don’t need motivation."

-Patrick Bet-David, Choose Your Enemies Wisely: Business Planning for the Audacious Few

"Choose enemies that give you energy, not drain your energy."

-Patrick Bet-David, Choose Your Enemies Wisely: Business Planning for the Audacious Few

"You judge an enemy based on the amount of emotion they create."

-Patrick Bet-David, Choose Your Enemies Wisely: Business Planning for the Audacious Few

"Thinking about how you will celebrate makes your dreams come alive."

-Patrick Bet-David, Choose Your Enemies Wisely: Business Planning for the Audacious Few

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20. Afghanerne

By: Åsne Seierstad

4.21

Format: 470 pages, Hardcover

Da Kabul falt og Taliban overtok makten i Afghanistan i august 2021, fikk Jamila plass på det først… read more

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21. Speak Your Truth: Connecting With Your Inner Truth and Learning to Find Your Voice

By: Fearne Cotton

3.77

Format: 181 pages, Kindle Edition

Fearne Cotton's voice is familiar to millions, whether that's through television, radio or on her h… read more

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22. Can’t We Just Print More Money? Economics in Ten Simple Questions

By: Rupal Patel

4.05

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

'A well-written treat' Professor David Spiegelhalter, author of The Art of Statistics'An enjoyable … read more

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23. The History of Psychedelics

By: Erkia Dyck

3.53

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Mescaline, LSD, and psilocybin mushrooms. There’s been a lot of discussion in the medical world lat… read more

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24. 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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25. White Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind

By: Koa Beck

4.25

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

JOURNALIST KOA BECK’S AMBITIOUS HARVARD RESEARCH-BASED DEEP DIVE INTI HOW FEMINISM HAS BEEN COMMODI… read more

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"In a time of alleged heightened "feminism" women of color and poor women are being left behind, and yet the trappings that uniquely target us, like poverty, incarceration, police brutality, and immig…"

-Koa Beck, White Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind

"With many high-earning, public women espousing operating as individuals, "feminism" was reduced to a self-empowerment strategy. A way to get things. A way to get more of the things you thought you de…"

-Koa Beck, White Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind

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26. Corporate Rebels: Make Work More Fun

By: Joost Minnaar

4.02

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

Joost and Pim, known as the Corporate Rebels, are on a mission to make work more fun. They quit fru… read more

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27. Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power

By: Rose Hackman

4.22

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“ An urgent look at emotional labor ....Hackman’s words reveal the agency of women is still possibl… read more

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Cover of How Dead Languages Work by Coulter H. George

28. How Dead Languages Work

By: Coulter H. George

4.08

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

What could Greek poets or Roman historians say in their own language that would be lost in translat… read more

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Cover of Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain by Fintan O'Toole

29. Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain

By: Fintan O'Toole

4.12

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

In exploring the answers to the question: 'why did Britain vote leave?', Fintan O'Toole finds himse… read more

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"This may be the last stage of imperialism–having appropriated everything else from its colonies, the dead empire appropriates the pain of those it has oppressed."

-Fintan O'Toole, Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain

"[The] crucial idea here is the vertiginous fall from the 'heart of empire' to 'occupied colony'. In the imperial imagination, there are only two states: dominant and submissive, colonizer and coloniz…"

-Fintan O'Toole, Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain

"This desire to experience the vicarious thrills of humiliation is possible only in a country that did not know what national humiliation is really like. But the problem with wish-fulfilment is that y…"

-Fintan O'Toole, Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain

"Even as a game of chance, however, Brexit is especially odd. It is a surreal casino in which the high-rollers are playing for pennies at the blackjack tables while the plebs are stuffing their life s…"

-Fintan O'Toole, Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain

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30. No Bullsh!t Leadership

By: Martin G. Moore

4.54

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER What makes a truly exceptional leader? Discover the practical, fail… read more

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"A leader’s job is to set the tone, the pace, and the standard."

-Martin G. Moore, No Bullsh!t Leadership

"If people trust and respect you, there’s nothing you can’t say to them."

-Martin G. Moore, No Bullsh!t Leadership

"If you withhold feedback, you’re robbing someone of the opportunity to change."

-Martin G. Moore, No Bullsh!t Leadership

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31. Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?: (And How to Fix It)

By: Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic

3.84

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Look around your office. Turn on the TV. Incompetent leadership is everywhere, and there's no denyi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • buisness
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"Competence is an ability; confidence is the belief in that ability."

-Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?: (And How to Fix It)

"The result is a pathologic system that rewards men for their incompetence while punishing women for their competence."

-Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?: (And How to Fix It)

"Since we all want better leaders, we should not lower our standards when we select women, but we should raise them when we select men."

-Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?: (And How to Fix It)

"In most part of the world, the notion of leadership is so masculine that most people will struggle to name one famous female business leader."

-Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?: (And How to Fix It)

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Mary Ann Sieghart

4.36

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Linda Babcock

3.91

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