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Books like The Memo

The best books like The Memo are Dare to Lead, Leaders Eat Last, and Multipliers. The Memo by Minda Harts is about workplace equity, career advancement, race and gender. 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.

    A kindred business read.

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  2. Leaders Eat Last
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    Leaders Eat Last

    Simon Sinek · Business

    Leaders Eat Last is Simon Sinek's argument that the best organizations run on a feeling he calls the Circle of Safety — an environment where people trust that the people above them in the hierarchy have their interests at heart.

    A kindred business read.

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  3. Multipliers
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    Multipliers

    Liz Wiseman · Business

    Multipliers is Liz Wiseman's exploration of a striking leadership pattern: some leaders make the people around them smarter, more capable, and more engaged, while other leaders — often equally intelligent and well-intentioned — make the people around them dumber, more dependent, and less confident.

    A kindred business read.

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  1. Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
    Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High

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    Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High

    Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler · Self-help

    Crucial Conversations is a book about what to do when the stakes are high, emotions run strong, and opinions diverge.

    A kindred business read.

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  2. 100 Baggers: Stocks That Return 100-to-1 and How to Find Them
    100 Baggers: Stocks That Return 100-to-1 and How to Find Them

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    100 Baggers: Stocks That Return 100-to-1 and How to Find Them

    Christopher Mayer · Business

    Christopher Mayer built this book on research conducted earlier by Thomas Phelps, whose 1972 book 100 to 1 in the Stock Market studied stocks that returned one hundred times their purchase price.

    A kindred business read.

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  3. 7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy
    7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy

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    7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy

    Hamilton Helmer · Business

    7 Powers is Hamilton Helmer's attempt to distill the full landscape of business strategy into a single rigorous framework.

    A kindred business read.

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  4. A World Without Email
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    A World Without Email

    Cal Newport · Business

    A World Without Email is Cal Newport's most targeted critique of modern knowledge work culture.

    A kindred business read.

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  5. Accelerate
    Accelerate

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    Accelerate

    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.

    A kindred business read.

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  6. AI Superpowers
    AI Superpowers

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    AI Superpowers

    Kai-Fu Lee · Business

    AI Superpowers is Kai-Fu Lee's argument that the geopolitical competition to lead in artificial intelligence is primarily a two-country race between the United States and China, and that the outcome will reshape the global economy in ways most people haven't started to reckon with.

    A kindred business read.

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  7. All Marketers Are Liars
    All Marketers Are Liars

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    All Marketers Are Liars

    Seth Godin · Business

    All Marketers Are Liars — later republished as All Marketers Tell Stories — is Seth Godin's argument that successful marketing is not about facts or features but about stories that confirm what consumers already believe about the world.

    A kindred business read.

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  8. 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.

    A kindred business read.

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  9. An Elegant Puzzle
    An Elegant Puzzle

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    An Elegant Puzzle

    Will Larson · Business

    An Elegant Puzzle is Will Larson's guide to the craft of engineering management, written from his experience leading engineering teams at Digg, Uber, and Stripe.

    A kindred business read.

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Books like The Memo: quick answers

What are the best books like The Memo?

The best books like The Memo by Minda Harts are Dare to Lead by Brené Brown, Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek, Multipliers by Liz Wiseman, Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler, 100 Baggers: Stocks That Return 100-to-1 and How to Find Them by Christopher Mayer, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Memo, such as workplace equity, career advancement, race and gender.

What should I read after The Memo?

A natural next read after The Memo is Dare to Lead by Brené Brown. A kindred business read. Other strong choices are Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek, Multipliers by Liz Wiseman, Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler.

What books are similar to The Memo by Minda Harts?

The Memo centers on workplace equity, career advancement, race and gender. Books with a similar feel include Dare to Lead by Brené Brown, Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek, Multipliers by Liz Wiseman, Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler, 100 Baggers: Stocks That Return 100-to-1 and How to Find Them by Christopher Mayer, 7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy by Hamilton Helmer — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.

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