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Books like Reboot

The best books like Reboot are Dare to Lead, On Becoming a Leader, and Primal Leadership. Reboot by Jerry Colonna is about leadership, self-awareness, coaching. 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. Dare to Lead
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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 leadership.

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  2. On Becoming a Leader
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    On Becoming a Leader

    Warren Bennis · Business

    On Becoming a Leader is Warren Bennis's argument that leadership is not a set of techniques to be mastered but a continuous process of self-discovery — and that the most important leadership development work is inner rather than outer.

    Shares leadership and authenticity with Reboot.

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  3. Primal Leadership
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    Primal Leadership

    Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee · Business

    Primal Leadership is the application of emotional intelligence to organizational leadership, written by Daniel Goleman with Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee.

    Shares leadership and self-awareness with Reboot.

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  1. Triggers
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    Triggers

    Marshall Goldsmith · Business

    Triggers is Marshall Goldsmith's examination of why behavioral change is so persistently difficult, even for intelligent, self-aware people who genuinely want to change.

    Shares leadership and self-awareness with Reboot.

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  2. The Leadership Gap
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    The Leadership Gap

    Lolly Daskal · Business

    The Leadership Gap argues that the same qualities that make leaders effective also carry within them a shadow that can undermine performance.

    Shares leadership and self-awareness with Reboot.

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  3. Co-Active Coaching
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    Co-Active Coaching

    Henry Kimsey-House, Karen Kimsey-House, Phillip Sandahl, and Laura Whitworth · Business

    Co-Active Coaching presents the model developed at the Coaches Training Institute (CTI), which has trained more professional coaches than any other organization in the world.

    Shares self-awareness and coaching with Reboot.

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  4. Difficult Conversations
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    Difficult Conversations

    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 self-awareness with Reboot.

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  5. Energy Leadership
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    Energy Leadership

    Bruce D. Schneider · Business

    Energy Leadership is Bruce Schneider's framework for understanding how leaders show up — the quality of awareness and presence they bring to interactions, decisions, and crises.

    Shares self-awareness and coaching with Reboot.

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  6. Fierce Conversations
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    Fierce Conversations

    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 authenticity with Reboot.

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  7. Leadership and Self-Deception
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    Leadership and Self-Deception

    The Arbinger Institute · Business

    Leadership and Self-Deception is The Arbinger Institute's business fable about a leadership problem that most leaders don't recognize in themselves: the tendency to see other people as objects rather than as people.

    Shares leadership and self-awareness with Reboot.

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  8. Leading with Questions
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    Leading with Questions

    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 coaching with Reboot.

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  9. The Coaching Habit
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    The Coaching Habit

    Michael Bungay Stanier · Business

    The Coaching Habit is Michael Bungay Stanier's practical guide to asking better questions — specifically, seven questions that he argues should become habitual for any manager who wants to coach rather than just direct.

    Shares leadership and coaching with Reboot.

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Books like Reboot: quick answers

What are the best books like Reboot?

The best books like Reboot by Jerry Colonna are Dare to Lead by Brené Brown, On Becoming a Leader by Warren Bennis, Primal Leadership by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee, Triggers by Marshall Goldsmith, The Leadership Gap by Lolly Daskal, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Reboot, such as leadership, self-awareness, coaching.

What should I read after Reboot?

A natural next read after Reboot is Dare to Lead by Brené Brown. Both dig into leadership. Other strong choices are On Becoming a Leader by Warren Bennis, Primal Leadership by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee, Triggers by Marshall Goldsmith.

What books are similar to Reboot by Jerry Colonna?

Reboot centers on leadership, self-awareness, coaching. Books with a similar feel include Dare to Lead by Brené Brown, On Becoming a Leader by Warren Bennis, Primal Leadership by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee, Triggers by Marshall Goldsmith, The Leadership Gap by Lolly Daskal, Co-Active Coaching by Henry Kimsey-House, Karen Kimsey-House, Phillip Sandahl, and Laura Whitworth — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.

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