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Books like Measure What Matters
The best books like Measure What Matters are High Output Management, Good to Great, and The Lean Startup. Measure What Matters by John Doerr is about goal-setting, organizational performance, 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.
- 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.
Read the summary → - Good to Great
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Jim Collins · Business
Good to Great is Jim Collins's attempt to answer a deceptively simple question: why do some good companies make the leap to sustained greatness while most don't?
Both dig into leadership.
Read the summary → - The Lean Startup
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Eric Ries · Business
The Lean Startup is Eric Ries's argument that the biggest cause of startup failure is not building the wrong product — it's spending months or years building something before finding out whether anyone wants it.
A kindred business read.
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- 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.
Read the summary → - 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.
Read the summary → - Accelerate
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Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim · Business
Accelerate is the research-backed account of what actually makes software delivery teams fast without sacrificing stability.
Shares organizational performance and leadership with Measure What Matters.
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 accountability with Measure What Matters.
Read the summary → - Execution
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Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan · Business
Execution is Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan's argument that the biggest gap in business is not strategy but implementation.
Shares organizational performance and leadership with Measure What Matters.
Read the summary → - Extreme Ownership
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Jocko Willink and Leif Babin · Business
Extreme Ownership is former Navy SEAL commanders Jocko Willink and Leif Babin's argument that the single most important principle in leadership is taking total responsibility for everything that happens under your command — not just your own actions but your team's performance, your mission's failure, and the behavior of those above you when it doesn't support your mission.
Shares leadership and accountability with Measure What Matters.
Read the summary → - Free to Focus
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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 goal-setting and leadership with Measure What Matters.
Read the summary → - Good Authority
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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 leadership and accountability with Measure What Matters.
Read the summary → - Leadership Is Language
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L. David Marquet · Business
Leadership Is Language is L.
Shares leadership and accountability with Measure What Matters.
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Books like Measure What Matters: quick answers
What are the best books like Measure What Matters?
The best books like Measure What Matters by John Doerr are High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove, Good to Great by Jim Collins, The Lean Startup by Eric Ries, 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 Measure What Matters, such as goal-setting, organizational performance, leadership.
What should I read after Measure What Matters?
A natural next read after Measure What Matters is High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove. Both dig into leadership. Other strong choices are Good to Great by Jim Collins, The Lean Startup by Eric Ries, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink.
What books are similar to Measure What Matters by John Doerr?
Measure What Matters centers on goal-setting, organizational performance, leadership. Books with a similar feel include High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove, Good to Great by Jim Collins, The Lean Startup by Eric Ries, 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, Accelerate by Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
