Business audiobooks

Women in the Workforce

By: Laura M. Argys & Susan L. Averett

Narrated by: Lisa S. Ware

Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Women are joining the workforce in increasing numbers, making inroads as entrepreneurs and leaders, acquiring more education, marrying later, and having fewer children—all trends consistent with spending a far greater fraction of their adult lives in the labor force. And yet, even as women break the glass ceiling and challenge gender and sexual... Read more

Portraits of Childfree Wealth

By: Jay Zigmont, PhD, CFP®

Narrated by: Jay Zigmont, PhD, CFP®

Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Have you ever wondered what people without children do with all their free time and money? Do you assume that they must have a lot of both? The truth is more complex than that! Childfree people come from as many different backgrounds and life circumstances as people with children do. Some are partnered, and some are not. Some are well-educated,... Read more

The Incredibly True Story of Personal Branding and the Different Hats We Wear (E02)

By: Captain Bossman, Josip Listes, Antonio Sadaric ...

Narrated by: Susan Mcgurl

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a rhymed story is about Captain Bossman's personal branding adventure and how your CV or resume writing can be turned into a cult classic! It's all about how you frame the narrative...
What's the story with these statues?At first glance these statuesque creations look like characters from a superhero academy, but they're a part of our... Read more

Navigate the Swirl

By: Richard Hawkes

Narrated by: Mike Cooper

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

An actionable blueprint for transformational business journeys

Leading transformation in teams, businesses, and organizations is complex, and leaders are expected to know how to do it. This book provides the clear thinking required to navigate this challenge.

In Navigate the Swirl: 7 Crucial Conversations for Business Transformation renowned... Read more

Expand

By: Christian Bason & Jens Martin Skibsted

Narrated by: Daniel Henning

Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

With Expand: Stretching the Future By Design, authors Jens Martin Skibsted, a multiple-award-winning designer, entrepreneur, and design philosopher, and Christian Bason, political scientist and CEO of the Danish Design Centre, take listeners beyond "design thinking" to challenge current habits and carve out new space for more sustainable... Read more

Buy Now

By: Lloyd Edge

Narrated by: Grant Cartwright

Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Turn your property dreams into reality

What's stopping you from buying property? Is it the changing markets? The needless jargon? The rising costs? Buying property doesn't have to be difficult; you just need to step up on that ladder. In Buy Now, you'll get the simple, straightforward, easy-to-understand advice to help you not only enter the... Read more

Inside Outsourcing

By: Derek Gallimore

Narrated by: Derek Gallimore

Length: 16 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

OUTSOURCING IS THE BAD BOY OF BUSINESS, blamed for poor quality, unethical salaries, inhumane conditions, and even the ruination of industrialized economies. Yet, Apple, Google, JP Morgan, and almost every Fortune 500 company outsources, and the industry is growing at breakneck speed.

Hiring an offshore team can save a company 70% on its staffing... Read more

Results

By: Charlie Baker & Steve Kadish

Narrated by: Charles Constant

Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Governor Charlie Baker, one of the most popular governors in the United States, with a reputation for getting things done, wants to put the service back into public service: "Wedge issues may be great for making headlines," he writes, "but they do not move us forward. Success is measured by what we accomplish together. Our obligation to the... Read more

The Heart(beat) of Business

By: Matthew S. Bennett, Inna Khazan & David Hopper

Narrated by: Tiffany Williams

Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

How is your workforce doing today? Are they functioning at their best, or are they burned out? The ability to manage and recover from stress is crucial for resiliency and cognitive, medical, mental, and social health. Burnout is the enemy of productivity, creativity, and overall business success. Until recently, it was difficult for leaders to... Read more

The Ultimate Bob Proctor Library

By: Bob Proctor

Narrated by: Bob Proctor

Length: 13 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

This is The Ultimate Bob Proctor Library with legendary personal development philosopher, speaker, and teacher, Mr. Bob Proctor. We welcome you to this unique collection of great ideas in sound from a truly inspirational human being, a world-renowned expert on the mind, human potential, and success— whom I was also proud to call a friend and... Read more

Rescue Your Financial Life

By: Kimberly Lankford

Narrated by: Chloe Dolandis

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Sound rules for rebuilding ravaged savings plans and protecting them from today's perilous markets

Kiplinger's columnist Kim Lankford has fielded hundreds of questions from readers wondering how to recover from recent market debacles. Rescue Your Financial Life! is Lankford's answer—an easy-to-follow, multistep program for setting new financial... Read more

Marianne Williamson Live!

By: Marianne Williamson

Narrated by: Marianne Williamson

Length: 2 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

“Marianne Williamson is a gifted interpreter of A Course in Miracles and is able to state its principles with simplicity and clarity. She brings love and forgiveness a little closer to home.” (Gerald Jampolsky, MD, author of Love Is Letting Go of Fear) Isn’t it true that your life improves as your ability to see it in a positive light increases?... Read more

Simply Keynes

By: Roger Backhouse

Narrated by: Christopher Kendrick

Length: 4 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Born in Cambridge, England, to an upper-middle-class family, John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) attended Eton College and King’s College, Cambridge, where he received a BA in mathematics in 1904. From an early age, he evinced an optimism about improving human life and believed in the power of government to change things for the better. During World... Read more

The Climb

By: Jenniffer Weigel & Marcia Kimpton

Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

In a compilation of conversations from The Climb podcast, journalist Jenniffer Weigel and filmmaker Marcia Kimpton take a deep dive into the story behind the headlines of many successful individuals who are changing the world. From business, to arts, to the environment and social justice, every success story has unique challenges. The Climb... Read more

Turn Your Fandom Into Cash

By: Carol Pinchefsky

Narrated by: Liisa Ivary & Jennifer Frazier

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

This geeky guide (by an avowed geek) shows you the ins-and-outs of making money involved in the worlds you love to immerse yourself in or one you want to create.Turn Your Fandom Into Cash teaches fans how to power up their own geeky businesses, harness the power of their fandom, and shield themselves against the wrath of intellectual property... Read more

Struggle

By: Grace Marshall

Narrated by: Grace Marshall

Length: 3 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

***BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2022 SHORTLISTED TITLE***
***THE PEOPLE' BOOK PRIZE 2022/23 SHORTLISTED TITLE***Struggling? You’re in the right place.In a world that’s obsessed with fast hacks, quick wins, and Instagram-perfection (cue “Everything is Awesome”) struggle has become a taboo. A sign that something’s gone horribly wrong. But what if we’ve got... Read more

HBR's 10 Must Reads on High Performance (with bonus article "The Right Way to Form New Habits” An interview with James Clear)

By: Harvard Business Review

Narrated by: William Sarris & Carolyn Jania

Length: 6 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Set yourself on the path to greatness.

If you read (or listen) to nothing else on performing at your highest level, listen to these ten articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you focus on what matters, manage your energy and attention, and achieve remarkable... Read more

Balanced Leadership

By: Nathalie Drouin, Ralf Muller & Shankar Sankaran

Narrated by: Lyle Blaker

Length: 7 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A new theory of balanced leadership in projects

Leadership is not static. Instead, authority in projects shifts dynamically between project managers, individual team members, and sub-teams, depending on the situation. Leadership may be exercised through a vertical, horizontal, shared, or distributed leadership approach. However, balanced... Read more

Axed

By: Phil Barker

Narrated by: Phil Barker

Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Axed charts the dramatic decline of the magazine industry in Australia from the million-selling highs of the 1990s to the recent round of mergers, closures and mass-redundancies. What went wrong?

Australian magazines once boasted the highest circulation per capita in the world. Former magazine editor Phil Barker follows the story from this golden... Read more

The Man Who Broke Capitalism

By: David Gelles

Narrated by: Kevin R. Free

Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times Bestseller

New York Times reporter and “Corner Office” columnist David Gelles reveals legendary GE CEO Jack Welch to be the root of all that’s wrong with capitalism today and offers advice on how we might right those wrongs.

In 1981, Jack Welch took over General Electric and quickly rose to fame as the first celebrity CEO. He... Read more

Conversation Transformation

By: Ben E. Benjamin, Anita Simon & Amy Yeager

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the New York Post's Top 10 Best Career Books of 2012

Repair communication breakdowns on the spot and drive positive results in every conversation

Failed conversations can take a heavy toll on our professional and personal lives, threatening to damage relationships, erode trust, and make it impossible to resolve conflicts, reach... Read more

From Here to Security

By: Robert L. Reynolds

Narrated by: Scott R. Pollak

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

At a time of fierce political divisiveness, From Here to Security is a refreshingly balanced, non-ideological guide to solving what may be our nation's most pressing policy challenge: achieving retirement security for all.

A pioneer of the 401(k) system, Robert L. Reynolds eschews radical calls for throwing out the 401(k) entirely and creating... Read more

Las 21 leyes irrefutables del liderazgo

By: John C. Maxwell

Narrated by: German Abreu

Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

John C. Maxwell, el experto en liderazgo, conferenciante y autor internacionalmente reconocido, ha tomado este éxito de ventas de un millón de ejemplares y lo ha hecho aún mejor.Si nunca ha leído Las 21 leyes irrefutables del liderazgo, se ha perdido uno de los libros de liderazgo más vendidos de todos los tiempos. Si ha leído la versión... Read more

The Power to Predict

By: Vivek Ranadive

Length: 4 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Real-time business gives companies the ability to monitor and react to changes and address problems as they occur. But no matter how sophisticated their information-gathering and data mining systems are, they're still playing catch-up. In The Power to Predict, Ranadivé forecasts the next step in achieving breakthrough business performance, a new... Read more