Business audiobooks

One Perfect Pitch

By: Marie Perruchet

Length: 4 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

What’s YOUR story?

In the hypercompetitive world of Silicon Valley, this question has replaced “What’s your pitch?” It’s another way of asking, “Who are you?”

The art of the pitch is nothing short of a survival skill. If an entrepreneur can’t convince an investor in 10 minutes that a business idea has potential, that is often the end of it. If a... Read more

The Itty Bitty Bond Book 2016

By: Bruce Van Deventer

Narrated by: Bruce Van Deventer

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Bonds are the world's leading financial instrument, far exceeding the size of stock (equity) markets, yet few Americans understand them, let alone know how to invest in them, or realize how easy such investments are. With simple, easy-to-understand examples, The Itty Bitty Bond Book 2016 takes listeners through the ins and outs of savings bonds,... Read more

Easy Breezy Prosperity

By: Emmanuel Dagher

Narrated by: Michael Hinton

Length: 5 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

In Easy Breezy Prosperity, author Emmanuel Dagher redefines what real prosperity means and offers you tactics to expand and enrich yourself well beyond financial goals. By examining how and why we treat money the way we do, Dagher shows you how to realize the success you have already created and cultivate the clarity needed to attract more of it... Read more

Spain - Culture Smart!

By: Belen Aguado Viguer

Narrated by: Peter Noble

Length: 3 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Culture Smart! - Spain provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in Spain, ensuring that you arrive aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. This concise guide tells you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your Spanish hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to... Read more

India - Culture Smart!

By: Becky Stephen

Narrated by: Peter Noble

Length: 4 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

India is in transition. Since the publication of Culture Smart’s first guide to India in 2003, it has been transformed from a developing, third-world country into the world’s fastest growing economy. This completely new and up-to-date volume by American author Becky Stephen is unrivalled. It highlights the many subtle and not so subtle changes... Read more

Cuba - Culture Smart!

By: Russell Madicks

Narrated by: Peter Noble

Length: 3 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Culture Smart! Cuba provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in Cuba, ensuring that you arrive aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. This concise guide tells you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with Cubans. This inside knowledge will enable you to feel confident in... Read more

Scared Speechless

By: Steve Rohr & Shirley Impellizzeri

Narrated by: Jeff Cummings

Length: 5 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Scared Speechless is coauthored by talent rep and 2015 Oscar® publicist Steve Rohr and Dr. Shirley Impellizzeri, a clinical psychologist who has appeared on The Doctors, Hollywood Exes, Workout, and Dr. Drew.It really is true: What you say and how you say it speaks volumes about your professional promise and leadership potential. Whether it's... Read more

Reichtum ohne Gier

By: Sahra Wagenknecht

Narrated by: Ursula Berlinghof

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Es ist Zeit, sich vom Kapitalismus abzuwenden, sagt Sahra Wagenknecht. Wir leben in einem Wirtschaftsfeudalismus, der mit freier oder sozialer Marktwirtschaft nichts zu tun hat. Und die Innovationen, die uns bei der Lösung wirklich wichtiger Probleme weiterbringen, bleiben aus. Wie kann es sein, dass vom Steuerzahler finanzierte technologische... Read more

Humans Need Not Apply

By: Jerry Kaplan

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 5 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

After billions of dollars and fifty years of effort, researchers are finally cracking the code on artificial intelligence. As society stands on the cusp of unprecedented change, Jerry Kaplan unpacks the latest advances in robotics, machine learning, and perception powering systems that rival or exceed human capabilities. Driverless cars, robotic... Read more

On Fire

By: John O'Leary

Narrated by: John O'Leary

Length: 6 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

In the bestselling tradition of Brene Brown’s Daring Greatly and Nick Vujicic’s Life Without Limits comes a rousing 7-step plan for living a life on fire, filled with hope and possibility—from an inspirational speaker who survived a near-fatal fire at the age of nine and now runs a successful business inspiring people all around the world.

When... Read more

Workplace Poker

By: Dan Rust

Narrated by: Dan Rust & Rick Adamson

Length: 9 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A career advisor explains why many talented, hard-working people often miss out on their full career potential, revealing the tells, blind spots, secrets, and unspoken rules you need to know in order to play the game to win.While many careers have been impacted by economic downturns, failed projects, downsizing and restructuring, or just bad... Read more

The Art of People

By: Dave Kerpen

Narrated by: Dave Kerpen

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

What does it take to win success and influence?

Some people think that in today’s hyper-competitive world, it’s the tough, take-no-prisoners type who comes out on top. But in reality, argues New York Times bestselling author Dave Kerpen, it’s actually those with the best people skills who win the day. Those who build the right relationships.... Read more

Under New Management

By: David Burkus

Narrated by: Rich Orlow

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

A provocative work that challenges the traditional and widely accepted principles of business management -- and proves that they are outdated, outmoded, or simply don't work Do open floor plans really work? Are there companies that put their employees' welfare first, and their clients second? Are annual performance reviews necessary? Dr. David... Read more

Putin Country

By: Anne Garrles

Narrated by: Anne Garrels

Length: 8 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

More than twenty years ago, longtime NPR correspondent Anne Garrels began to visit the region of Chelyabinsk, an aging military-industrial center a thousand miles east of Moscow. Her goal was to chart the social and political aftershocks of the USSR's collapse.

On her trips to an area once closed to the West, Garrels discovered a populace for... Read more

How Performance Management Is Killing Performance—and What to Do About It

By: M. Tamra Chandler

Narrated by: Natalie Hoyt

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Rethink, Redesign, Reboot.

Most people associate performance management with the annual review, which is universally dreaded by employees, management, and HR professionals alike. It's a cookie-cutter, fear-based, top-down approach that emphasizes negatives over positives and stifles healthy career conversations. It's never been shown to motivate... Read more

How Performance Management Is Killing Performance—and What to Do About It

By: M. Tamra Chandler

Narrated by: Natalie Hoyt

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Performance reviews don't work--they demotivate and drag performance. Chandler presents the answer with the Performance Management Reboot process, an employee-driven solution that powers people up.

Most people associate performance management with the annual performance review, which is universally dreaded by employees and HR alike. No evidence... Read more

Selling Vision

By: Rick Cheatham & Lou Schachter

Length: 5 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

The groundbreaking new change-management strategy that will give you the edge in a business world where nothing stays the same

Selling Vision provides a sales approach designed specifically to help you sell new products or services that require significant change in the way you do business.

Nearly every sales professional today is dealing with... Read more

All the Leader You Can Be

By: Suzanne Bates

Length: 10 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

The book that cracks the code on executive presence: what it is, why it matters, and how you can achieve it.



You know it when you see it. That rare combination of qualities that makes a truly great leader. Until now, executive presence has been hard to define and even harder to develop. But after years of extensive research, executive coach and... Read more

The Happiness Equation

By: Neil Pasricha

Narrated by: Neil Pasricha

Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

The #1 international bestseller from the author of The Book of Awesome that “reveals how all of us can live happier lives” (Gretchen Rubin).
 
What is the formula for a happy life? Neil Pasricha is a Harvard MBA, a New York Times–bestselling author, a Walmart executive, a father, a husband. After selling more than a million copies of the Book of... Read more

The Truth About Trump

By: Michael D'Antonio

Narrated by: Eric Pollins

Length: 16 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

For all those who wonder, "Just who is Donald Trump?",
The Truth About Trump supplies the answer.

Drawing upon exclusive interviews and exhaustive research, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Michael D'Antonio presents Trump's full story, from his beginnings as a businessman to his juggernaut presidential campaign. Along the way, D'Antonio charts the... Read more

Wild Company

By: Mel Ziegler & Patricia Ziegler

Narrated by: George Newbern & Elisabeth Rodgers

Length: 5 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

With $1,500 and no business experience, Mel and Patricia Ziegler turned a wild idea into a company that would become the international retail colossus Banana Republic. Reimagining military surplus as safari and expedition wear, the former journalist and artist created a world that captured the zeitgeist for a generation and spoke to the... Read more

Smarter Faster Better

By: Charles Duhigg

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 10 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Power of Habit and Supercommunicators and “master of the life hack” (GQ) explores the fascinating science of productivity and offers real-world takeaways to apply your life, whether you’re chasing peak productivity or simply trying to get back on track.

“Duhigg melds cutting-edge science, deep... Read more

#AskGaryVee

By: Gary Vaynerchuk

Narrated by: Gary Vaynerchuk, Jack Welch, Dave Ramsey, Seth ...

Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestselling author draws from his popular show #AskGaryVee to offer surprising, often outrageous, and imminently useful and honest answers to everything you’ve ever wanted to know—and more—about navigating the new world.Gary Vaynerchuk—the inspiring and unconventional entrepreneur who introduced us to the concept of crush... Read more

Sprint

By: Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky & Braden Kowitz

Narrated by: Dan Bittner

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

From inside Google Ventures, a unique five-day process for solving tough problems, proven at thousands of companies in mobile, e-commerce, healthcare, finance, and more.

Entrepreneurs and leaders face big questions every day: What’s the most important place to focus your effort, and how do you start? What will your idea look like in real life?... Read more