Audiobooks by Gary Burnison

Love, Hope & Leadership: A Special Edition

In Love, Hope & Leadership: A Special Edition, CEO of Korn Ferry, Gary Burnison, delivers an insightful and powerful discussion of the principles leaders must embrace and convey to their team members to ensure they feel as though they matter. From selflessness and purpose to empathy, connection, inclusion, authenticity, and love, the author explains how each of these concepts will help empower your followers and encourage them to realize their potential. Each principle is accompanied by compelling stories illustrating its importance and implementation, as well as: - Key insights into leadership you can apply immediately for tangible and real-world results - Inspiring anecdotes and narratives pulled from the author's long and illustrious career in management consulting and leadership coaching - Practical strategies for helping you meet people where they are and lead from a place of empathy A timely and essential resource for managers, executives, directors, entrepreneurs, founders, and other business leaders, Love, Hope & Leadership is an inspiring and hands-on presentation of critical subjects in a time they're most needed: right now.

Gary Burnison (Author), Derek Dysart (Narrator)

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Take Control: The Career You Want, Where You Want

The workscape has changed-one of the most dramatic transformations of the past few years. Think about it. For so many people just starting their careers, working virtually is all they know. For everyone else who has had the remote option, work is no longer synonymous with a physical location. In this push-pull world, that means navigating and negotiating between the flexibility and opportunity you want-and the commitment and performance that organizations need. In other words, you need to take control. Whether you're focused on getting your next job or you are striving to get ahead where you are, this is the book to guide your career path. In the first section, you'll understand how you're wired-your A.C.T. (being authentic, making a connection, and giving others a taste of you who are you), tapping your right brain, and learning as the secret to sustainable success. In the second section, you'll figure out how to get the job-and get ahead, from targeting your next opportunity to nailing the interview. And in the third section, you'll master working with others-from the 4 Career Knockout Punches, to getting along with your boss and workers, navigating culture, and communicating and connecting. In Take Control, you'll discover how you can have the career you've always wanted.

Gary Burnison (Author), Lance C. Fuller (Narrator)

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The Five Graces of Life and Leadership

In today's world, leadership is all about establishing community and connectivity so everyone can be part of something bigger than themselves. To have the grace to create this kind of leadership, we need greater self-awareness and genuine connection to others. In The Five Graces of Life and Leadership, CEO of the celebrated consulting firm Korn Ferry delivers a meaningful and thought-provoking exploration of leadership, emphasizing the five kinds of grace that leaders must have to lead their teams in today's evolving workscape. In the book, you'll learn how to the best leaders make their teams feel comforted, safe, and secure that they're headed in the right direction. It includes insightful discussions on each of the five indispensable graces, including: Gratitude-the attitude that elevates our spirits, boosts morale, and lifts our hearts; Resilience-the quality that allows us to achieve beyond our wildest dreams; Aspiration-the knowledge that we can make tomorrow better than today; Courage-the ability to understand and move beyond our fears; and Empathy-the understanding needed to connect with others from their perspectives. The perfect book for managers, executives, and other business leaders, The Five Graces of Life and Leadership is a can't miss book on the human side of leadership at work, at home, and anywhere else.

Gary Burnison (Author), Noah Michael Levine (Narrator)

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Leadership U: Accelerating Through the Crisis Curve

Leadership is all about others-inspiring them to believe, then enabling that belief to become reality. That's the essence of Leadership U: it starts with 'U' but it's not about 'U.' Those timeless words are timelier than ever today, as leaders look to accelerate through the crisis curve. As author Gary Burnison observes, 'There will likely be more change in the next two years than we have seen in the last twenty.' Now, in Leadership U, Burnison lays out a framework-his 'Six Degrees of Leadership'-to show leaders how to create change. Anticipate-foreseeing what lies ahead. Navigate-course-correcting in real time, to keep the organization on an even keel. Communication-constantly connecting with others; the leader is both the messenger and the message. Listen-breaking down the organizational hierarchy to gather insights at all levels. Learn-applying learning agility, to 'know what to do when you don't know what to do.' Lead-empowering others in a bottom-up culture that is more nimble, agile, innovative, and entrepreneurial than ever before. Only by embracing these truths can leaders master another 'U'-the 'crisis curve' that will completely disrupt the business landscape.

Gary Burnison (Author), Stephen R. Thorne (Narrator)

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No Fear of Failure: Real Stories of How Leaders Deal with Risk and Change

What if you could have a conversation with the most successful person you can think of? Say, with the richest man in the world. Or the CEO of the most recognized brands on the planet. Or the best football coach of all time. What might that person tell you about getting to the top? About being a leader? What if you got to hear from all of them? No Fear of Failure relays a dozen such candid conversations the kind that shape how future leaders think. Based on one-on-one interviews with today's most dynamic leaders, this book take readers into the executive suites, boardrooms, battle fields and football fields all the places where great leadership is imperative. Gary Burnison, who is CEO of publicly-held Korn/Ferry International, the world's largest executive search firm, sits down one-on-one and leads these insightful conversations with this highly selective, elite corps. The book will explore common themes in a leadership framework; topics cover risk, change, and winning, isuch as why losing is not an option (Gen. Franklin Buster Hagenbeck, Superintendent of West Point); Achieving big goals, one win at a time (Coach John McKissick, the Winningest coach in football). An all-star lineup of leaders to be featured in the book include: Michael Bloomberg, mayor of NYC and founder of Bloomberg L.P. Indra Nooyi, CEO of Pepsico, one of best-known brands in the world Vicente Fox, former president of Mexico Eli Broad, the accountant turned billionaire philanthropist who founded two Fortune 500 companies Carlos Slim, owner of Telefonos de Mexico, Telcel and America Movil and 2010's world's richest person With access to the top echelon of leaders, this book delivers wisdom and perspective not found in other leadership volumes. In addition to being an engaging read, this book also provides practical takeaways about the hallmarks of leadership that surface during these interviews. Gary Burnison, as CEO of Korn/Ferry, examines what he has heard and seen from his time with these leaders, highlighting the leadership characteristics that make them tick, identifying the secret sauce that motivates them and setting the tone for how anyone reading the book can improve their leadership ability.

Gary Burnison (Author), Robert Fass (Narrator)

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