Business audiobooks

Die Eroberung Europas durch die USA

By: Wolfgang Bittner

Narrated by: Armand Presser

Length: 8 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Die USA sind der bestimmende Faktor der politischen Entwicklung im Osten Europas. Seit langem bereiten sie mit geheimdienstlichen Mitteln Umstürze vor, beeinflussen die zentralen Medien und entkernen die Souveränität europäischer Staaten. Chronologisch, vom Beginn der Maidan-Ereignisse über die Zuspitzung des Konfliktes mit Russland, bis zu den... Read more

Smart Collaboration

By: Heidi K. Gardner

Narrated by: Tanya Eby

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Not all collaboration is smart. Make sure you do it right. Professional service firms face a serious challenge. Their clients increasingly need them to solve complex problems-everything from regulatory compliance to cybersecurity, the kinds of problems that only teams of multidisciplinary experts can tackle. Yet most firms have carved up their... Read more

Coaching, Counseling & Mentoring Second Edition

By: Florence M. Stone

Narrated by: Becky Parker

Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

There's a big difference between continuously encouraging employees to do their jobs well (coaching), attempting to fix poor performance (counselling), and helping top performers excel (mentoring). Unfortunately, most managers don't truly understand how and when to do each. The updated and revised edition of "Coaching, Counselling &... Read more

Thoughtfully Ruthless

By: Val Wright

Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Today's boardrooms are filled with executives wringing their hands over such concerns as product decisions, the new consumer, and financial results, and even if they find a solution, all their work will only have a granular effect on real growth. Thoughtfully Ruthless lays out the secret to rapid business growth by showing you how to... Read more

Aligned to Achieve

By: Tracy Eiler & Andrea Austin

Narrated by: Anne Flosnik

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

A smart, practical guide to rocket-powered business growth
Aligned to Achieve puts sales and marketing on the same page, creating a revenue 'dream team' that will drive your organization to new heights. Smart, practical explanations, case studies, and tips guide you toward action over theory, and dozens of examples illustrate the tangible effects... Read more

The Discussion Book

By: Stephen D. Brookfield & Stephen Preskill

Narrated by: Tim Andres Pabon

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Build teams, make better decisions, energize groups, and think out of the box
Do you need a resource that you can pull out of your pocket to liven up meetings, trainings, professional development, and teaching? The fifty easily applied techniques in this timely manual spur creativity, stimulate energy, keep groups focused, and increase... Read more

The Mushin Way to Peak Performance

By: Michael Veltri

Length: 6 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Follow your own nature to achieve clarity, power, and success
The Mushin Way teaches tools and techniques to help you reach peak performance and transform your business and personal life. Regardless of what we want to achieve in business or in life, transformation can be difficult and we tend to be our own worst enemies. We hold ourselves back... Read more

Leading Change

By: James O'Toole

Length: 10 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

In Leading Change, James O'Toole argues that outdated Machiavellian dictates of situational leadership are ultimately ineffective--and demonstrates instead that successful leadership is rooted in high moral purpose and consistent respect for followers. Read more

Selfish, Scared and Stupid

By: Dan Gregory

Narrated by: Derek Shetterly

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

IF YOU WANT TO SUCCEED ... PREPARE FOR FAILURE!

Why is change so difficult? Why are leaders experiencing unprecedented levels of disengagement? Why are sales people falling so short of their targets?

And, perhaps most importantly, why is it that so many seemingly sound businesses and worthy causes falter, relegating exciting new ideas to the scrap... Read more

The Essential Social Media Marketing Handbook

By: Gail Z. Martin

Narrated by: Karen Saltus

Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

In today’s crowded marketplace, it’s harder than ever to rise above the noise and clutter. For millions of businesses, a savvy approach to social media is the secret to creating sustainable engagement with a profitable niche audience. Social media done right can build and strengthen your relationship with your customers, encourage brand loyalty,... Read more

Brand vs Wild

By: Jonathan David Lewis

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Today’s business leaders operate in an increasingly harsh environment. Uncertainty in the economy causes paralysis. Quarterly goals drive short-term and shortsighted decisions. Workforce mobility kills loyalty. Iconic products decline as fast as start-ups create new categories. And the pressure to do more with less, combined with the... Read more

Money Challenge

By: Art Rainer & Alana Kerr Collins

Length: 3 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

This isn’t where you thought you would be.You were meant for more. Your money was meant for more. You and your money are meant for an exciting, adventurous, and satisfying purpose. God designed you, not to be a hoarder, but a conduit through which His generosity flows.In The Money Challenge, Art Rainer takes you on a journey to financial health.... Read more

Whiskey Business

By: Tom Acitelli

Narrated by: Barry Abrams

Length: 12 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the underdog story of the improbable rise of small-batch distilling in America. This bracingly written, fast-paced work traces the relationship of Americans to spirits such as bourbon, scotch, vodka, gin, and rum. And it presents the full story of a plucky band of entrepreneurs who disrupted the nation's conception of how those... Read more

Execution Excellence

By: Sanjiv Anand

Narrated by: Tim Andres Pabon

Length: 5 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Execution Excellence is the practitioner's guide to real-world implementation. Designed by a Balanced Scorecard (BSC) thought leader with 30 years of experience and over 300 global implementations under his belt across a range of industry sectors, this guide gives you a hands-on framework for putting the BSC methodology into action. Clear, and... Read more

Team Turnarounds

By: Joe Frontiera & Daniel Leidl

Narrated by: Tony Craine

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

How any manager can turn a struggling team into business champs

In today’s uncertain economic environment, teams are asked to do more with less. With resources stretched thin, turning around a struggling team has never been harder, and managers must work to identify and maximize whatever potential strengths a team already has. As sports fans... Read more

Unusually Excellent

By: John Hamm

Narrated by: Brandon Bujnowski

Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Master the fundamentals of leadership-at every stage in your career
Often, when leaders experience trouble, they look to blame an outside source or expect a small tweak to right their ship. But many times they've actually lost their grip on the very basic foundation of leadership. The business environment may change, but no management trend can... Read more

Predictive Analytics

By: Eric Siegel

Narrated by: Steven Menasche

Length: 11 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Award-winning | Used by over 30 universities | Translated into 9 languages

An introduction for everyone. In this rich, fascinating — surprisingly accessible — introduction, leading expert Eric Siegel reveals how predictive analytics works, and how it affects everyone every day. Rather than a “how to” for hands-on techies, the book serves lay... Read more

Co-Create

By: David Nour

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

What if your customers had a vested interest in guiding your company toward greater success? What if your employees had a personal as well as professional commitment to elevating your organization? Imagine how different your results would be if investors, vendors, and even analysts treasured the relationship they have built with you?
Most... Read more

More is More

By: Blake Morgan

Narrated by: Caroline H. McLaughlin

Length: 5 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

The phrase "less is more" may be true about many things, but it's not true when it comes to customer experience. Companies that want to stay relevant must apply more energy, focus, and resources to creating knock-your-socks-off customer experiences than they ever did before. The companies that embrace a "more is more" philosophy work harder and... Read more

The Inspiration Code

By: Kristi Hedges

Narrated by: Amy McFadden

Length: 7 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

All it takes is the right conversation . . . Great leaders inspire action with their words. They spark enthusiasm and commitment. With a single conversation, they can change the direction of someone's life. Everyone wants to be the kind of leader who energizes and mobilizes others-yet too few are. Why is it so challenging to crack the code?... Read more

The Power of Positive Leadership

By: Jon Gordon

Narrated by: Jon Gordon

Length: 4 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

We are not positive because life is easy. We are positive because life can be hard. As a leader, you will face numerous obstacles, negativity, and tests. There will be times when it seems as if everything in the world is conspiring against you and your vision seems more like a fantasy than a reality. That's why positive leadership is essential!... Read more

X

By: Brian Solis

Narrated by: Steven Menasche

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you know how your customers experience your brand today? Do you know how they really feel? Do you know what they say when you're not around?

Without defining experiences, brands will become victim to whatever people feel and share. In an always-on world where everyone is connected to information and also one another, customer experience is... Read more

The End of Loyalty

By: Rick Wartzman

Narrated by: Rick Wartzman

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Having a good, stable job used to be the bedrock of the American Dream. Not anymore.

In this richly detailed and eye-opening book, Rick Wartzman chronicles the erosion of the relationship between American companies and their workers. Through the stories of four major employers -- General Motors, General Electric, Kodak, and Coca-Cola -- he shows... Read more

Iron Ambition

By: Mike Tyson & Larry Sloman

Narrated by: Adam Lazarre-White

Length: 18 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

From the former heavyweight champion and New York Times bestselling author comes a powerful look at the life and leadership lessons of Cus D’Amato, the legendary boxing trainer and Mike Tyson’s surrogate father.

“[Iron Ambition] spells out D'Amato's techniques for building a champion from scratch.” – Wall Street Journal
 
When Cus D’Amato first... Read more