The leadership challenge vs Up the organization: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Administrative Personnel, Organization and Administration, Management, Nonfiction, Business
The leadership challenge
When it was initially written in 1987, few could have predicted that The Leadership Challenge would become one of the best-selling leadership books of all time. Now, faced with the new challenges of our unpredictable…
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Up the organization
Although it was first published more than thirty-five years ago, Up the Organization continues to top the lists of best business books by groups as diverse as the American Management Association, Strategy + Business…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Up the organization is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 7 for The leadership challenge.
- The leadership challenge has the widest readership — 14571 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| The leadership challenge | Up the organization | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (14571) | 4.1 (843) |
| Hardcover | 3.3 (3) | 3.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 5.0 (5) | 4.5 (21) |
Reception
| The leadership challenge | Up the organization | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 14571 | 843 |
| Editions | 40 | 15 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | — | 2033 |
| Reading it now | — | 185 |
| Written reviews | — | 73 |
| Wikipedia attention | 487 | — |
| Pages | 400 | 211 |