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Books like High Output Management

The best books like High Output Management are The Hard Thing About Hard Things, Measure What Matters, and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove is about management, productivity, decision-making. 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.

  1. The Hard Thing About Hard Things
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    The Hard Thing About Hard Things

    Ben Horowitz · Business

    The Hard Thing About Hard Things is Ben Horowitz's account of what it actually feels like to run a company through crisis.

    Shares management and decision-making with High Output Management.

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  2. Measure What Matters
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    Measure What Matters

    John Doerr · Business

    Measure What Matters is John Doerr's account of Objectives and Key Results — the goal-setting framework he learned from Andy Grove at Intel, carried to Google in 1999, and has since deployed across hundreds of companies and nonprofits.

    Both dig into leadership.

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  3. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

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    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

    Stephen R. Covey · Self-help

    Stephen R.

    A kindred business read.

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  1. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
    Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

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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.

    A kindred business read.

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  2. Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
    Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

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    Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

    Peter Thiel · Business

    Zero to One began as notes from a Stanford course Thiel taught on startups in 2012, assembled into a book with co-author Blake Masters.

    A kindred business read.

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  3. It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work
    It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work

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    It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work

    Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson · Business

    It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work is a direct challenge to the mythology of startup hustle — the idea that long hours, constant urgency, and full-company stress are signs of ambition rather than poor management.

    Shares management and productivity with High Output Management.

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  4. Leading
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    Leading

    Alex Ferguson & Michael Moritz · Business

    Leading is Sir Alex Ferguson's account of what he learned managing Manchester United for twenty-seven years, written with Silicon Valley investor Michael Moritz.

    Shares management and decision-making with High Output Management.

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  5. The CEO Next Door
    The CEO Next Door

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    The CEO Next Door

    Elena Botelho and Kim Powell · Business

    The CEO Next Door is Elena Botelho and Kim Powell's data-driven portrait of what separates successful CEOs from unsuccessful ones.

    Shares management and decision-making with High Output Management.

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  6. The Effective Executive
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    The Effective Executive

    Peter F. Drucker · Business

    The Effective Executive is Peter Drucker's 1967 argument that effectiveness — getting the right things done — is a discipline that can be learned, and that it is the most important capability a knowledge worker can develop.

    Shares productivity and decision-making with High Output Management.

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

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    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.

    Shares management and leadership with High Output Management.

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  8. Free to Focus
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    Free to Focus

    Michael Hyatt · Business

    Free to Focus is Michael Hyatt's productivity framework for high-achieving professionals who feel perpetually busy but not meaningfully productive.

    Shares productivity and leadership with High Output Management.

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  9. Good Authority
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    Good Authority

    Jonathan Raymond · Business

    Good Authority is Jonathan Raymond's argument that the real job of a manager is not to produce results directly but to use the work as a vehicle for people's personal and professional development.

    Shares management and leadership with High Output Management.

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Books like High Output Management: quick answers

What are the best books like High Output Management?

The best books like High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove are The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz, Measure What Matters by John Doerr, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink, Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with High Output Management, such as management, productivity, decision-making.

What should I read after High Output Management?

A natural next read after High Output Management is The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz. Shares management and decision-making with High Output Management. Other strong choices are Measure What Matters by John Doerr, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink.

What books are similar to High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove?

High Output Management centers on management, productivity, decision-making. Books with a similar feel include The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz, Measure What Matters by John Doerr, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink, Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel, It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.

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