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Books like The CEO Next Door
The best books like The CEO Next Door are Good to Great, Extreme Ownership, and Start with Why. The CEO Next Door by Elena Botelho and Kim Powell is about leadership, career development, executive effectiveness. 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.
- 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 → - 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.
Both dig into leadership.
Read the summary → - Start with Why
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Simon Sinek · Business
Start with Why is Simon Sinek's argument that the most influential leaders and organizations in history didn't succeed because they made better products or ran smarter campaigns.
Both dig into leadership.
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- 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.
Shares leadership and decision-making with The CEO Next Door.
Read the summary → - Dare to Lead
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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.
Read the summary → - Leading
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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 leadership and decision-making with The CEO Next Door.
Read the summary → - 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 leadership and decision-making with The CEO Next Door.
Read the summary → - Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity
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Frank Slootman · Business
Amp It Up is Frank Slootman's account of how he approaches leading organizations through rapid growth.
Shares leadership and management with The CEO Next Door.
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 management with The CEO Next Door.
Read the summary → - Good Strategy Bad Strategy
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Richard Rumelt · Business
Good Strategy Bad Strategy is Richard Rumelt's indictment of the strategic planning process as it is practiced in most organizations, and his articulation of what genuine strategy actually requires.
Shares leadership and decision-making with The CEO Next Door.
Read the summary → - 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 leadership and management with The CEO Next Door.
Read the summary → - Leadership Is Language
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L. David Marquet · Business
Leadership Is Language is L.
Shares leadership and decision-making with The CEO Next Door.
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Books like The CEO Next Door: quick answers
What are the best books like The CEO Next Door?
The best books like The CEO Next Door by Elena Botelho and Kim Powell are Good to Great by Jim Collins, Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, Start with Why by Simon Sinek, High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove, Dare to Lead by Brené Brown, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The CEO Next Door, such as leadership, career development, executive effectiveness.
What should I read after The CEO Next Door?
A natural next read after The CEO Next Door is Good to Great by Jim Collins. Both dig into leadership. Other strong choices are Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, Start with Why by Simon Sinek, High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove.
What books are similar to The CEO Next Door by Elena Botelho and Kim Powell?
The CEO Next Door centers on leadership, career development, executive effectiveness. Books with a similar feel include Good to Great by Jim Collins, Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, Start with Why by Simon Sinek, High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove, Dare to Lead by Brené Brown, Leading by Alex Ferguson & Michael Moritz — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
