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Top 10 Books Every CEO Should Read

Running a bigger, more complex business needs a different toolkit from running a small one. These are the books for that stage.

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#1

Good to Great

Jim Collins · 2001 · Overall 9/10

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High Output Management book cover
#2

High Output Management

Andrew S. Grove · 1983 · Overall 9/10

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The Hard Thing About Hard Things book cover
#3

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Ben Horowitz · 2014 · Overall 8/10

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Principles book cover
#4

Principles

Ray Dalio · 2017 · Overall 8/10

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Measure What Matters book cover
#5

Measure What Matters

John Doerr · 2018 · Overall 8/10

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Extreme Ownership book cover
#6

Extreme Ownership

Jocko Willink & Leif Babin · 2015 · Overall 8/10

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The Effective Executive book cover
#7

The Effective Executive

Peter F. Drucker · 1967 · Overall 8/10

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Radical Candor book cover
#8

Radical Candor

Kim Scott · 2017 · Overall 8/10

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#9

Scaling Up

Verne Harnish · 2014 · Overall 8/10

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Who Not How book cover
#10

Who Not How

Dan Sullivan & Dr. Benjamin Hardy · 2020 · Overall 7/10

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