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Books like Death by Meeting
The best books like Death by Meeting are The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, The Advantage, and High Output Management. Death by Meeting by Patrick Lencioni is about meetings, organizational effectiveness, leadership. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Patrick Lencioni · Business
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team is Patrick Lencioni's argument that most teams fail not because of strategy, talent, or resources, but because of five specific, predictable behavioral problems that compound on each other.
Both dig into leadership.
Read the summary → - The Advantage
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Patrick Lencioni · Business
The Advantage is Patrick Lencioni's argument that organizational health — not strategy, technology, or talent — is the single greatest advantage a company can have.
Both dig into leadership.
Read the summary → - High Output Management
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Andrew S. Grove · Business
High Output Management is Andrew Grove's manual for how managers at any level should think about their work.
Both dig into leadership.
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- An Elegant Puzzle
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Will Larson · Business
An Elegant Puzzle is Will Larson's guide to the craft of engineering management, written from his experience leading engineering teams at Digg, Uber, and Stripe.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - Crucial Accountability
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Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler · Business
Crucial Accountability is the sequel to Crucial Conversations, narrowing its focus from high-stakes dialogue to one specific problem: what to do when someone fails to meet an expectation.
Shares leadership and communication with Death by Meeting.
Read the summary → - Difficult Conversations
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Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen · Business
Difficult Conversations is the product of the Harvard Negotiation Project, the same research group that produced Getting to Yes.
Shares leadership and communication with Death by Meeting.
Read the summary → - Fierce Conversations
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Susan Scott · Business
Fierce Conversations is Susan Scott's argument that the quality of your relationships is determined by the quality of your conversations — and that the conversations most people avoid are precisely the ones that would most improve their relationships and results.
Shares leadership and communication with Death by Meeting.
Read the summary → - HBR's 10 Must Reads on Giving Feedback
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Giving Feedback
Harvard Business Review · Business
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Giving Feedback is an anthology collecting some of the most cited Harvard Business Review articles on feedback, including pieces by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall, Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen, and others.
Shares leadership and communication with Death by Meeting.
Read the summary → - Humble Inquiry
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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 leadership and communication with Death by Meeting.
Read the summary → - Leaders Eat Last
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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.
Shares leadership and team dynamics with Death by Meeting.
Read the summary → - Leadership Is Language
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L. David Marquet · Business
Leadership Is Language is L.
Shares leadership and communication with Death by Meeting.
Read the summary → - Leading with Questions
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Michael J. Marquardt · Business
Leading with Questions is Michael Marquardt's argument that great leaders are not distinguished by the quality of their answers but by the quality of their questions.
Shares leadership and communication with Death by Meeting.
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Books like Death by Meeting: quick answers
What are the best books like Death by Meeting?
The best books like Death by Meeting by Patrick Lencioni are The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni, The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni, High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove, An Elegant Puzzle by Will Larson, Crucial Accountability by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Death by Meeting, such as meetings, organizational effectiveness, leadership.
What should I read after Death by Meeting?
A natural next read after Death by Meeting is The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni. Both dig into leadership. Other strong choices are The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni, High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove, An Elegant Puzzle by Will Larson.
What books are similar to Death by Meeting by Patrick Lencioni?
Death by Meeting centers on meetings, organizational effectiveness, leadership. Books with a similar feel include The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni, The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni, High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove, An Elegant Puzzle by Will Larson, Crucial Accountability by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler, Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
