Business audiobooks

Permission Marketing - Abridged

By: Seth Godin

Narrated by: Seth Godin

Length: 2 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

The man Business Week calls "the ultimate entrepreneur for the Information Age" explains "Permission Marketing"—the groundbreaking concept that enables marketers to shape their message so that consumers will willingly accept it.

Whether it is the TV commercial that breaks into our favorite program, or the telemarketing phone call that disrupts a... Read more

Leader to Leader

By: Frances Hesselbein, Peter Engel, Karesa McElhen...

Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir

Length: 2 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

The challenges of today and tomorrow demand new ways of leading organizations, building collaborations, and creating communities. Since its premiere issue, the award-winning journal Leader to Leader— published by The Drucker Foundation— has presented the best thinking from leaders for leaders. This recording collects some... Read more

Money Wisdom

By: Suze Orman

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Money can’t make you happy, but not having it can cause problems.  Why is it that so many of us experience trouble with our finances?  Financial planner Suze Orman has surprising answers for us.  "So many of us think that the amount of money you have ultimately determines your emotional state.  It’s your emotional state that determines how much... Read more

The Warren Buffett Portfolio

By: Robert Hagstrom

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Building upon the expertise and strategies outlined in The Warren Buffett Way, author Robert G. Hagstrom reveals how to profitably manage stocks once you select them. In The Warren Buffett Portfolio, Hagstrom introduces the next wave of investment strategy, called focus investing, a comprehensive investment strategy used with spectacular results... Read more

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Managing Your Money - Abridged

By: Christy Heady & Robert K. Heady

Narrated by: Shauna Zurbrugg

Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

You're no idiot, of course! But if figuring out your finances makes you feel like one, this audio can help. Produced by two nationally syndicated financial journalists, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Managing Your Money is designed to help you make sense of everything— from long-term financial planning to money-making investment... Read more

Creating a Better World:  The Choice is Yours

By: David Korten

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Even though we face a world of tremendous inequality, social breakdown, excessive consumerism and growing spiritual emptiness, there is a way out.  David Korten says, "The choice is in front of us.  We have the power and the right to make a choice that can open up a future beyond anything we can imagine now.  Or we can choose not to make that... Read more

Y2K: Coping With Uncertainty

By: Margaret Wheatley

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

It is often the beginning of wisdom to realize how little you know. The impending Y2K crisis is causing the entire world to feel this way. Just as a crisis in your personal life can herald the opportunity for great transformation, so too can Y2K give us pause to consider how we wish to evolve. Read more

Re-Inventing Money

By: Bernard A. Lietaer

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Prepare to have your current understanding of money completely transformed in this stirring dialogue with Bernard Lietaer.  Through his exploration into how our monetary system was originally created, and into new forms of currency at work in the world today, Lietaer reveals how we can enter a new era of "sustainable abundance" for all. Read more

Capitalism By and for the People

By: Jeff Gates

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Find out how you can use the properties of capitalism itself to help create a sustainable economic system that works for everyone - before the marketplace eventually collapses. Read more

The Motley Fool's Rule Makers, Rule Breakers - Abridged

By: David Gardner & Tom Gardner

Narrated by: David Gardner & Tom Gardner

Length: 3 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Online and off, David and Tom Gardner have demonstrated that Fools and their money are not soon parted. They have taught millions how to get started investing Foolishly, coming at you through their Web site (www.fool.com), their syndicated newspaper column, and their national radio show.
The Motley Fool's Rule Breakers, Rule Makers contains two... Read more

Hyperwars - Abridged

By: Bruce Judson

Narrated by: James Naughton

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

The effects of the online revolution are being felt far beyond Silicon Valley as consumers and businesses shift buying patterns to take advantage of the convenience and cost savings that are available over the Web. The term "HyperWars" describes the constant battle for survival of the fittest that reflects the reality of business today. Managers... Read more

Sustaining Earth Through Natural Capitalism

By: Paul Hawken

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

With every living system on Earth in danger, is it possible to create profitable businesses that do not destroy the natural world around us?  Paul Hawken says not only are business and government reasonable agents for such change, but the only vehicles that can make this happen. Read more

Y2K, the Problem and the Promise

By: Jay Earley & Tom Atlee

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

At midnight on December 31 of 1999, you might have been thinking about something besides New Year’s resolutions as you entered a new century.  You might have been wondering whether the world as you knew it would cease to exist.  Would travel arrangements become an impossibility?  Would your toaster, microwave, car or pacemaker suddenly be out of... Read more

Take Yourself to the Top

By: Laura Fortgang

Narrated by: Laura Berman Fortgang

Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Let one of the nation's foremost career coaches show you how to take charge of your career!There are plenty of resources that show you how to write a resume, improve your interview skills, or dress for success. But this guide is something much more valuable! If you're willing to take charge of your career and be responsible for the choices you... Read more

A Sportsman's Life - Abridged

By: Leigh Perkins & Geoffrey Norman

Narrated by: Doug Ordunio

Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Insights from a businessman who achieved the ultimate accomplishment— transforming his personal enthusiasm into a wildly successful company.Imagine if you could live a life in which there were no boundaries between work and play, if you could blend the job you love— running a company that is committed to excellence— ... Read more

The Fast Forward MBA in Technology Management - Abridged

By: Daniel Petrozzo, Richard McGonagle & Richard Cox

Narrated by: Meredith MacRae

Length: 2 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Get instant access to cutting-edge ideas and the hard-won wisdom of one of today's leading experts on information technology (IT). Using real-world examples, this audio guide delivers the facts you need to navigate complex IT issues, including:
Which technologies are most important in running a business today
How to manage the use of and direction... Read more

How to Profit from Today's Rapid Changes - Abridged

By: Robert Tucker

Narrated by: Robert Tucker

Length: 1 hour 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From one of America's leading experts on innovation comes his classic guide -- now updated for the new millennium!
Are you bringing yesterday's attitudes into today's world?
Change is one constant in today's turbulent economic world. Now a leading business futurist and innovation expert has made a study of what it will take to put change to work... Read more

Lighting Your Fire

By: Cathy Walker & Michael Walker

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Michael and Cathy Walker, who met in Washington, D.C. in 1971, and left careers in law and medicine in 1995 when they decided to follow their passion.  They created Clarity International, offering support services for the design and implementation of personal and professional vision. Read more

The Five Temptations of A CEO - Abridged

By: Patrick M. Lencioni

Narrated by: Patrick M. Lencioni

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this stunning business fiction debut, Patrick Lencioni delivers a powerful wake-up call to all of us who dare to lead.
Young, ambitious, and overwhelmed, Andrew O'Brien personifies a part of every leader as he wanders in search of the elusive silver bullet that will propel him to success. He happens upon an unlikely guide who distills the... Read more

Deep Ecology for the 21st Century, Part 7: From Global Dependence to Local Interdependence

By: Jerry Mander & Helena Norberg-Hodge

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

To what extent is the global economy destroying the environment that supports us all? Listen as activist Jerry Mander and Swedish philosopher Helena Norberg-Hodge provide detail on the realities of global commerce, and how to counter its hold on our society. Read more

Stop Screaming At the Microwave! - Abridged

By: Mary LoVerde

Narrated by: Mary LoVerde

Length: 1 hour 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

AN OVERFLOWING IN-BOX...AN OVERFLOWING SINK FULL OF DIRTY BREAKFAST DISHES...IS THIS WHAT THE EXPERTS MEAN BY "HAVING IT ALL"?
You've organized, prioritized, delegated, and simplified, and you still don't have enough time for your family, your spouse, your friends, your boss -- much less yourself! You're a veteran of the time-management wars,... Read more

Intelligence With a Heart

By: Daniel Goleman, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The book Emotional Intelligence (Bantam 1995) fundamentally changed our understanding of what qualities enable people to excel in real life.  The phenomenal response from the business community to the book prompted author Daniel Goleman to apply his insights to the workplace. Read more

Make It Your Business - Abridged

By: Stephan Schiffman

Narrated by: Stephan Schiffman

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

More than twenty years ago, entrepreneur Stephen Schiffman launched his own business - D.E.I. Management Group Inc. - and built it into a major financial success. Now, Schiffman reveals his innovative business-building strategies in Make It Your Business - a complete and concise guide written specifically for the entrepreneur.

Combining his... Read more

Winning With the P&G 99 - Abridged

By: Charles L. Decker

Narrated by: Charles L. Decker

Length: 1 hour 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Instantly recognizable as the company behind such familiar products as Ivory soap, Tide detergent and Crest toothpaste, Procter & Gamble is admired as one of the world's best managed companies. Marketing training at P&G rivals that of an MBA degree, and Harvard Business School teaches P&G's brand-management system. Now, a former... Read more