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Books like The Ideal Team Player
The best books like The Ideal Team Player are The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, The Advantage, and The Leadership Challenge. The Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni is about team building, hiring, culture. 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.
Shares culture and leadership with The Ideal Team Player.
Read the summary → - The Leadership Challenge
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James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner · Business
The Leadership Challenge is James Kouzes and Barry Posner's evidence-based framework for what leaders actually do when they're at their best, drawn from decades of survey research and thousands of case studies.
Shares team building and leadership with The Ideal Team Player.
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- Leading Change
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John P. Kotter · Business
Leading Change is John Kotter's synthesis of his research on organizational transformation, organized around an eight-stage process for successfully executing major change.
Shares culture and leadership with The Ideal Team Player.
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 team building and leadership with The Ideal Team Player.
Read the summary → - On Becoming a Leader
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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 character with The Ideal Team Player.
Read the summary → - Reinventing Organizations
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Frédéric Laloux · Business
Reinventing Organizations is Frédéric Laloux's attempt to map the next stage of organizational development.
Shares culture and leadership with The Ideal Team Player.
Read the summary → - The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
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The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
John C. Maxwell · Business
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership is John C.
Shares leadership and character with The Ideal Team Player.
Read the summary → - The Making of a Manager
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Julie Zhuo · Business
The Making of a Manager is Julie Zhuo's account of what it actually means to manage people, written from her experience going from individual contributor to VP of Design at Facebook in her twenties.
Shares team building and leadership with The Ideal Team Player.
Read the summary → - The Manager's Path
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Camille Fournier · Business
The Manager's Path is Camille Fournier's guide to the complete arc of engineering leadership, from tech lead to CTO.
Shares team building and leadership with The Ideal Team Player.
Read the summary → - The Score Takes Care of Itself
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The Score Takes Care of Itself
Bill Walsh · Business
The Score Takes Care of Itself is the account of Bill Walsh's leadership philosophy, assembled from his writings and interviews by Steve Jamison and Craig Walsh after Walsh's death in 2007.
Shares leadership and character with The Ideal Team Player.
Read the summary → - Trillion Dollar Coach
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Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Alan Eagle · Business
Trillion Dollar Coach is a tribute to Bill Campbell, the former football coach and Columbia University athletic director who became the most influential executive coach in Silicon Valley — coaching Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt, Sheryl Sandberg, Jeff Bezos, and the co-founders of Google, among others.
Shares team building and leadership with The Ideal Team Player.
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Books like The Ideal Team Player: quick answers
What are the best books like The Ideal Team Player?
The best books like The Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni are The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni, The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni, The Leadership Challenge by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, Leading Change by John P. Kotter, Leading by Alex Ferguson & Michael Moritz, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Ideal Team Player, such as team building, hiring, culture.
What should I read after The Ideal Team Player?
A natural next read after The Ideal Team Player is The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni. Both dig into leadership. Other strong choices are The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni, The Leadership Challenge by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, Leading Change by John P. Kotter.
What books are similar to The Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni?
The Ideal Team Player centers on team building, hiring, culture. Books with a similar feel include The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni, The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni, The Leadership Challenge by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, Leading Change by John P. Kotter, Leading by Alex Ferguson & Michael Moritz, On Becoming a Leader by Warren Bennis — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
