Management & Leadership Audiobooks | Business & Economics

Essential Leadership Skills for Influencing and Managing People Leadership is not something people are necessarily born with - it can be learned. The most effective way to learn leadership is through the techniques of Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP). NLP is a set of skills for psychologically influencing people (using body language, verbal techniques and other practical methods). This book will help readers to: find their own leadership style think strategically empower others overcome resistance

Joseph O'Connor, Joseph O’connor (Author), Joseph O'Connor, Joseph O’connor (Narrator)

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The Male Factor

Based on a nationwide survey and confidential interviews with more than three thousand men, bestselling author of For Women Only, Shaunti Feldhahn, has written a startling and unprecedented exploration of how men in the workplace tend to think, which even the most astute women might otherwise miss. In The Male Factor, Feldhahn investigates and quantifies the private thoughts that men almost never publicly reveal or admit to, but that every woman will want to know. Never before has an author gotten inside the hearts and minds of men in the workplace-from CEOs to managers, from lawyers to factory workers-to get a comprehensive and confidential picture of what men commonly think about their female colleagues, how they view flextime and equal compensation, what their expected "rules" of the workplace are, what managing emotion means, and how that lowcut top is perceived. Because the men in the surveys and interviews were guaranteed anonymity, they talk in a candid and uncensored way about their daily interactions with women bosses, employees, and colleagues, as well as what they see as the most common forces of friction and misunderstanding between men and women at work. Among the subjects The Male Factor tackles are: • how men, with rare exception, view almost any emotional display as a sign that the person can no longer think clearly-as well as what they perceive to be "emotion" in the first place (it's not just crying) • why certain trendy clothes that women wear may create a career-sabotaging land mine in terms of how male colleagues perceive them • the unintentional signals that can change a man's perception of a woman from "assertive and competent" to "difficult" Women will likely be surprised, even shocked, by these revelations. Some may find them challenging. Yet what they will gain is an invaluable understanding of how their male bosses, colleagues, subordinates, and customers react to a host of situations-as well as the ability to correct common misperceptions. The Male Factor offers a unique road map to what men in the workplace are thinking, allowing women the opportunity to decide for themselves how to use the insights Feldhahn reveals.

Shaunti Feldhahn (Author), Shaunti Feldhahn (Narrator)

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Martin Luther King: The Essential Box Set

This definitive box set includes all the landmark speeches of the great orator and American leader Martin Luther King, Jr., from his inspirational "I Have a Dream" to his firey "Give Us the Ballot." Comprised of recordings previously included in "A Call to Conscience "and "A Knock at Midnight, "THE ESSENTIAL BOX SET is a must-have for any home, library, or school collection.

Clayborne Carson, Kris Shepard, Peter C. Holloran, Peter Holloran (Author), Clayborne Carson, Claybourne Carson, Jay Gregory, Keith David, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr., Various Narrators, Various Narrators (Narrator)

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Velocity

Millions of readers and listeners remember The Goal, the landmark business novel that sets forth the essential principles of Eliyahu Goldratt's innovative methods of production. Now, from the AGI-Goldratt Institute and Jeff Cox, the same creative writer who co-authored The Goal, comes VELOCITY the book that reveals how to achieve outstanding bottom-line results by integrating the world's three most powerful continuous improvement disciplines: Lean, Six Sigma, and Goldratt's Theory of Constraints. Dee Jacob and Suzan Bergland, two principals of AGI, show you how to apply their insights and methods to your organization in order to shorten lead times, slash inventories, reduce production variability, and increase sales. Writer Jeff Cox returns with the vivid, realistic style that made The Goal so entertaining yet so edifying. Thrust into the presidency of the subsidiary company where she has managed sales and marketing, Amy Cieolara is mandated by her corporate superiors to implement Lean Six Sigma (LSS) in order to appease a key customer. But as time goes on, and corporate pressure mounts, Amy arrives at the series of steps that form the core of the VELOCITY APPROACH. VELOCITY offers keen insight into the human and organizational factors that so often derail growth while teaching you proven, practical techniques for restarting and revving up the internal engines of your company to reach new levels of success.

Dee Jacob, Suzan Bergland (Author), Dee Jacob, Linda Weber (Narrator)

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Warren Buffett's Management Secrets

Even in today's economic climate, when so many investors and major companies are failing, Warren Buffett continues to be successful in all aspects of his life. Mary Buffett and David Clark have written the first book ever to take an in-depth look at Warren Buffett's philosophies for personal and professional management -- what they are, how they work, and how you can use them. Through close examination of Warren Buffett's life and career from his earliest days to now, Buffett and Clark shed light on his decision-making processes and reveal his strategies for keeping on track and maintaining focus. They examine Buffett's inimitable leadership qualities and explain how Warren integrated what he learned over time into a winning management formula and became not only the manager whom other managers want to emulate but also the second richest man in the world. A true companion volume to Buffett and Clark's successful Buffettology series, Warren Buffett's Management Secrets is filled with anecdotes and quotes that show how Buffett's life philosophies are reflected in his business decisions and in the way he manages people and businesses. This insider's view into Warren Buffett's management techniques offers simple solutions for success to newcomers and seasoned Buffettologists alike and illustrates how and why success in business and life usually go hand in hand.

David Clark, Mary Buffett (Author), Mary Buffett (Narrator)

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Making Vision Stick

A vision. You as a leader may have it, but has your organization caught it? If a leader's vision is all about what could be and what should be, why are you buried under what is? Noted author and pastor Andy Stanley points out that if followers don't get the vision, it's because the leaders haven't delivered it. He reveals the three reasons vision doesn't stick. And then he delivers three ways to make vision stick, to make you a leader worth following: 1. Cast vision strategically: defining your vision. 2. Celebrate vision systematically: regularly rejoicing in the successes 3. Live your vision continuously: putting your vision into practice in your own life With Making Vision Stick, you'll learn how to propel you and your organization forward on the vision God has granted you.

Andy Stanley, Bill Dewees (Author), Bill Dewees, Zondervan Publishing (Narrator)

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The Ultimate Sales Machine: Turbocharge Your Business With Relentless Focus On 12 Key Strategies

There are countless books, seminars, and consultants that offer the secrets to everlasting business success. After heeding their advice, perhaps you manage your time more efficiently, write a compelling pitch letter, or close a few more deals. But after a week or a month, you revert to your old bad habits and mediocre performance, until the next hot new program comes along. The only lasting way to enhance your productivity and growth is to focus on a handful of basic concepts and repeat them week after week'and teach your staff to do the same. This book shows how to tune up virtually every area of your business, systematically, with just a little disciplined focus. Spend an hour per week on each "impact area" of your business and you will be astonished at how much you can accomplish.

Chet Holmes (Author), Amanda Holmes, Anthony Heald, George Newbern (Narrator)

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The Connectors: How the World's Most Successful Businesspeople Build Relationships and Win Clients f

What makes the world's most successful individuals so good at their jobs? What do they do that others don't? The Connectors answers those questions with the kind of straightforward wisdom that business strategists so often overlook. Forget marketing tactics or business school best practices. Those are handy, but it's really people-and the relationships you build with them-that form the cornerstone of long-term success, sales growth, and excellence. Whether you're a salesperson, an entrepreneur, or an executive, your ultimate job is to bring in clients and keep them. Competition is brutal. No matter what you sell, there's probably someone somewhere selling it cheaper and faster than you can. So how do you differentiate yourself from your competitors? The Connectors uses practical exercises and case studies to show you how to set yourself apart from the rest by building high-quality, profitable relationships with your clients and customers. The Connectors presents a five-step methodology that helps you build the kind of high-quality relationships that lead to lifelong clients, repeat customers, and endless referrals. You'll learn how to: -Stop networking and start truly connecting -Create an avalanche of referrals and an army of happy customers -Become a "connector," even if you've never been a "people person" -Find your social IQ-and improve it -Put relationship-building principles to work daily -Focus on others and reap the rewards yourself -Ask the right questions-and sell without selling -Differentiate yourself through the impact you have on others In addition, The Connectors includes a wealth of valuable relationship-building tools, including tips on using software; smart strategies for keeping in touch; speaking tactics that really work; and self-coaching exercises that will change the way you develop relationships.

Maribeth Kuzmeski (Author), Scott Peterson (Narrator)

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20 Minutes to a Top Performer: Three Fast and Effective Conversations to Motivate, Develop, and Enga

Transform Average Employees into Powerhouse Performers "I cannot think of a more important message and timely book. 20 Minutes to a Top Performer offers quick, simple techniques for managers to improve their effectiveness in communicating with their teams." Steven Fine, vice president for administration, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida "Alan has provided some of the best thinking on the issue of leadership conversations. His book offers easy-to-implement suggestions for everything your team needs to know about effective conversations!" Al Miller, VP HR, Lockheed Martin Simulation, Training and Support, Lockheed Martin "This book is essential for leaders in today's fast-paced and do-more-with-less environment." Dan Russi, VP, Customer Services, Ariba, Inc. "Alan gives a how-to guide for managers of all experience levels. In twenty minutes and three conversations, he's captured the essence of managing and leading." Ron Sacchi, director, Organizational Learning and Development, Gilead "It is great news for the business and professional community to see a book emerge with practical tips for having intelligent interactions in traditionally sensitive areas of communication. Many books promise easily used guidelines for a successful result-this one delivers!" Pat Cramer, learning director, Honeywell Aerospace About the Book The key to long-term organizational success is the ability to move employees to action. Easier said than done, right? Not really. All it takes is three simple 20-minute conversations. Alan Vengel has spent 25 years helping Fortune 500 companies empower their employees to perform at peak efficiency, generating measurable results organization-wide. Now, in 20 Minutes to a Top Performer, Vengel shares the secret to his and his clients' success: good old-fashioned communication. Inside, he explains how to engage your employees through specific, focused conversations, of which there are exactly three: Coaching: Focusing on performance and feedback Motivating: Focusing on engagement and interests Mentoring: Focusing on support and development Vengel dissects these types of conversations to illuminate how, why, and when to initiate each one. The conversations are not meant to be technical. They won't be uncomfortable or combative. They will simply be . . . conversations. And you'll be surprised at how quickly you see results. Your people will become better team players, take greater enjoyment in their work, tackle problems with verve, and, in the end, contribute valuable talent to your organization for the long term. Managers are facing unprecedented demands to do more with less-a trend that is clearly not going to reverse in the foreseeable future. You don't need a Harvard Business School degree or expensive new technology to empower your workforce. All you need is the drive to make change happen. 20 Minutes to a Top Performer is a blueprint to helping your people succeed. And when they succeed, you and the entire organization succeed.

Alan Vengel (Author), John Haag (Narrator)

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Maestro: A Surprising Story About Leading by Listening

A conductor reveals powerful leadership lessons by explaining the inner workings of a symphony orchestra Roger Nierenberg, a veteran conductor, is the creator of The Music Paradigm, a unique program that invites people to sit INSIDE a professional symphony orchestra as the musicians and conductor solve problems together. He captures that experience in Maestro: A Surprising Story about Leading by Listening, a parable about a rising executive tough challenges. The narrator befriends an orchestra conductor and is inspired to think about leadership and communication in an entirely new way. For instance: • A maestro doesn't micromanage, but encourages others to develop their own solutions. There's a big difference between conducting and trying to play all the instruments. • A maestro helps people feel ownership of the whole piece, not just their individual parts. • A maestro leads by listening. When people sense genuine open-mindedness, they offer more of their talent. If not, they get defensive and hold back their best ideas. Truly great leaders, whether conductors striving for perfect harmony or CEOs reaching for excellence, act with a vision of their organization at its best. For more information, visit: www.MaestroBook.com

Roger Nierenberg (Author), Oliver Wyman (Narrator)

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Women, Work, and the Art of Savoir Faire: Business Sense and Sensibility

From a novice translator to CEO of the champagne house Veuve Clicquot North America, Mireille Guiliano shares her insights and experiences on how to work well. Whether it's balancing career and personal life, the pros and cons of risk taking, qualities of leadership, mentoring, the undervalued art of communicating, passion, etiquette, or style, Guiliano gives us a refreshing guide filled with advice that every working woman will need in today's economic climate.

Mireille Guiliano (Author), Mireille Guiliano (Narrator)

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Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun

The bestselling classic on leadership is now updated in a revised 20th anniversary edition, available for the first time from Hachette Audio! Discover the leadership secrets of the warrior who centuries ago shaped an aimless band of mercenary tribal nomads into the undisputed rulers of the ancient world-and who today offers timeless lessons in win-directed, take-charge management. Based on historical research-and filled with illuminating maxims-this essential guide offers the wisdom of a man who unified thousands, led the charge, kept the peace, picked his enemies wisely, and negotiated brilliantly-all the vital management principles that lead to success. Listeners will learn: Never to underestimate the power of an enemy to rise against you on another day Never to give a Hun a reward that holds no personal value to yourself Never to arbitrate, for it allows a third party to determine your destiny Never to misuse power, for such action causes friction and rebellion in the tribe and nation, and much more. This invaluable guide will help anyone manage people much more effectively.

Wess Roberts (Author), James Lurie, Wess Roberts (Narrator)

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