Business · Similar reads
Books like What You Do Is Who You Are
The best books like What You Do Is Who You Are are The Hard Thing About Hard Things, No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention, and The Culture Code. What You Do Is Who You Are by Ben Horowitz is about company culture, leadership, management. 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 Hard Thing About Hard Things
01
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 management with What You Do Is Who You Are.
Read the summary → - No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
02
No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer · Business
No Rules Rules is Reed Hastings's account of the management philosophy that has governed Netflix since the company pivoted from DVDs to streaming and built one of the most watched entertainment platforms in the world.
Both dig into leadership.
Read the summary → - The Culture Code
03
Daniel Coyle · Business
The Culture Code is Daniel Coyle's investigation into what separates exceptional team cultures from average ones.
Both dig into leadership.
Read the summary → - Good to Great
04
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 → - Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility
05
Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility
Patty McCord · Business
Powerful is Patty McCord's account of the people philosophy she developed as Chief Talent Officer at Netflix between 1998 and 2012.
Both dig into leadership.
Read the summary → - Management of Organizational Behavior
06
Management of Organizational Behavior
Paul Hersey and Kenneth Blanchard · Business
Management of Organizational Behavior is the textbook that introduced Situational Leadership Theory, the model that argues there is no single best leadership style — only styles that are more or less appropriate to the development level of the person being led.
Shares leadership and management with What You Do Is Who You Are.
Read the summary → - Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity
07
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 What You Do Is Who You Are.
Read the summary → - Good Authority
08
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 What You Do Is Who You Are.
Read the summary → - High Output Management
09
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 management with What You Do Is Who You Are.
Read the summary → - It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work
10
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 What You Do Is Who You Are.
Read the summary → - Leading
11
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 management with What You Do Is Who You Are.
Read the summary → - Legacy
12
James Kerr · Business
Legacy is James Kerr's examination of how the New Zealand All Blacks became the most successful sports team in history and what that success reveals about leadership, culture, and purpose.
Shares leadership and values with What You Do Is Who You Are.
Read the summary →
Books like What You Do Is Who You Are: quick answers
What are the best books like What You Do Is Who You Are?
The best books like What You Do Is Who You Are by Ben Horowitz are The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz, No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer, The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle, Good to Great by Jim Collins, Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility by Patty McCord, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with What You Do Is Who You Are, such as company culture, leadership, management.
What should I read after What You Do Is Who You Are?
A natural next read after What You Do Is Who You Are is The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz. Shares leadership and management with What You Do Is Who You Are. Other strong choices are No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer, The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle, Good to Great by Jim Collins.
What books are similar to What You Do Is Who You Are by Ben Horowitz?
What You Do Is Who You Are centers on company culture, leadership, management. Books with a similar feel include The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz, No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer, The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle, Good to Great by Jim Collins, Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility by Patty McCord, Management of Organizational Behavior by Paul Hersey and Kenneth Blanchard — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
