Books like The Best Place to Work

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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Daniel H. Pink · Psychology

Drive is Daniel Pink's argument that the motivational model most organizations still run on — reward the behavior you want, punish the behavior you don't — is badly mismatched to the kind of work that matters most in a modern economy.

Both dig into motivation.

02

Radical Candor

Kim Scott · Business

Radical Candor is Kim Scott's framework for the central management challenge: how to tell people what they need to hear without damaging the relationship.

A kindred business read.

03

Leaders Eat Last

Simon Sinek · Business

Leaders Eat Last is Simon Sinek's argument that the best organizations run on a feeling he calls the Circle of Safety — an environment where people trust that the people above them in the hierarchy have their interests at heart.

Both dig into organizational culture.

04

Multipliers

Liz Wiseman · Business

Multipliers is Liz Wiseman's exploration of a striking leadership pattern: some leaders make the people around them smarter, more capable, and more engaged, while other leaders — often equally intelligent and well-intentioned — make the people around them dumber, more dependent, and less confident.

A kindred business read.

05

An Everyone Culture

Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey · Business

An Everyone Culture introduces what Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey call the Deliberately Developmental Organization — a company designed around the idea that the work of personal growth and the work of business performance are not separate activities but the same thing.

Shares psychological safety and organizational culture with The Best Place to Work.

06

Humble Inquiry

Edgar H. Schein · Business

Humble Inquiry is Edgar Schein's argument that the most important communication skill in leadership is the ability to ask questions in a genuinely curious, non-manipulative way — and that most organizational cultures systematically undervalue this skill in favor of telling, which creates problems both for individual relationships and for organizational safety and learning.

Shares psychological safety and organizational culture with The Best Place to Work.

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Inclusive Conversations

Mary-Frances Winters · Business

Inclusive Conversations is Mary-Frances Winters's guide to having substantive, productive conversations about race, identity, and equity in organizational settings.

Shares psychological safety and organizational culture with The Best Place to Work.

08

The Culture Code

Daniel Coyle · Business

The Culture Code is Daniel Coyle's investigation into what separates exceptional team cultures from average ones.

Shares psychological safety and organizational culture with The Best Place to Work.

09

Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity

Frank Slootman · Business

Amp It Up is Frank Slootman's account of how he approaches leading organizations through rapid growth.

Both dig into organizational culture.

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Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies

Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras · Business

Built to Last is Jim Collins and Jerry Porras's six-year research project into what separates companies that endure for decades from those that simply perform well for a season.

Both dig into organizational culture.

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Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace · Business

Creativity, Inc.

Both dig into organizational culture.

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Dare to Lead

Brené Brown · Business

Dare to Lead is Brené Brown's application of her research on vulnerability and courage to the specific context of leadership.

Both dig into organizational culture.