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Books like The Score Takes Care of Itself
The best books like The Score Takes Care of Itself are Extreme Ownership, On Becoming a Leader, and Leaders Eat Last. The Score Takes Care of Itself by Bill Walsh is about leadership, standards, performance 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.
- 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 → - 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 Score Takes Care of Itself.
Read the summary → - Leaders Eat Last
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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.
Both dig into leadership.
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- 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 → - 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 performance culture with The Score Takes Care of Itself.
Read the summary → - Leading with Questions
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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 The Score Takes Care of Itself.
Read the summary → - Primal Leadership
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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 coaching with The Score Takes Care of Itself.
Read the summary → - Reboot
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Jerry Colonna · Business
Reboot is Jerry Colonna's examination of the connection between a leader's inner life and their organizational behavior — the argument that how you lead others is shaped by who you are, and that who you are is shaped by experiences, traumas, and stories that most people carry unexamined into leadership.
Shares leadership and coaching with The Score Takes Care of Itself.
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 Score Takes Care of Itself.
Read the summary → - The Coaching Habit
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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 The Score Takes Care of Itself.
Read the summary → - The Ideal Team Player
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Patrick Lencioni · Business
The Ideal Team Player is Patrick Lencioni's business fable about the three qualities that distinguish people who thrive in team environments from those who undermine them.
Shares leadership and character with The Score Takes Care of Itself.
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 leadership and character with The Score Takes Care of Itself.
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Books like The Score Takes Care of Itself: quick answers
What are the best books like The Score Takes Care of Itself?
The best books like The Score Takes Care of Itself by Bill Walsh are Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, On Becoming a Leader by Warren Bennis, Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek, Good to Great by Jim Collins, Leading by Alex Ferguson & Michael Moritz, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Score Takes Care of Itself, such as leadership, standards, performance culture.
What should I read after The Score Takes Care of Itself?
A natural next read after The Score Takes Care of Itself is Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. Both dig into leadership. Other strong choices are On Becoming a Leader by Warren Bennis, Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek, Good to Great by Jim Collins.
What books are similar to The Score Takes Care of Itself by Bill Walsh?
The Score Takes Care of Itself centers on leadership, standards, performance culture. Books with a similar feel include Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, On Becoming a Leader by Warren Bennis, Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek, Good to Great by Jim Collins, Leading by Alex Ferguson & Michael Moritz, Leading with Questions by Michael J. Marquardt — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
