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True to Our Roots: Fermenting a Business Revolution

This book tells how Paul Dolan led his California company, Fetzer Vineyards, to growth and excellence through environmental sustainability and social responsibility. His six principles will inspire other business owners to balance values while creating value. "Reader Barrett Whitener...[speaks] with such conviction that the listener forgets he is a performer and not the author."-AudioFile

Paul Dolan (Author), Barrett Whitener (Narrator)

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Forbes' Greatest Investing Stories

Richard Phalon (Author), Edward Lewis (Narrator)

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True to Our Roots: Fermenting a Business Revolution

Set against the colorful backdrop of the California wine industry, True to Our Roots is the story of how Paul Dolan led his California company, Fetzer Vineyards, to become a model for sustainable businesses everywhere. His respect for the environment, responsibility to his community, avoidance of chemicals, and humanistic approach to his employees will provide inspiration and guidance for executives and managers attempting to build or sustain a modern and healthy organization, balancing values while creating value.

Paul Dolan (Author), Barrett Whitener (Narrator)

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Forbes Greatest Investing Stories

Biotech, high tech, bubbles, and busts-no two stock markets are ever the same. Getting ahead of the game demands something hard to find on Wall Street these days: a flexible long-term strategy good for all seasons. These great investing stories provide a well-honed guide to the practicalities of dealing with the turbulent markets of the new century. Distilling his long experience in covering Wall Street, Richard Phalon offers ten mini-essays profiling the business ideals of some of Wall Street's most successful investors. Each episode demonstrates how these canny money managers, often bouncing back from painful losses, worked out ways of buffeting the uncertainties of the marketplace. Let the time-tested measures of seers like Benjamin Graham and T. Rowe Price show you how to spot value at a discount, and witness how trailblazing women like Hetty Green and Muriel F. Siebert proved that men have no monopoly on Wall Street savvy. Capitalizing on the techniques of these shrewd money spinners will help you profit, no matter which way the wind blows. The essays included here are: "Why Investors Should Know Their History" by James W. Michaels, "Value Avatar" by Benjamin Graham, "Value with a Difference" by Marty Whitman, "Growth Avatar by T. Rowe Price, "Extending the Growth Culture" by Tom Bailey, "Swindle of the Century" by Anthony DeAngelis, "Investor Beware: A Cautionary Tale," "The Richest Woman in the World" by Hetty Green, "Visit with a Billionairess" by Muriel Siebert, "The Venture Capital's Capitalist" by Georges Doriot, and "A Venture of Angels" by Paul Bandrowski.

Richard Phalon (Author), Edward Lewis (Narrator)

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Think Big, Act Small: How America's Best Performance Companies Keep the Start-Up Spirit Alive

Jason Jennings (Author), Jason Jennings (Narrator)

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Winning

Winning is destined to become the bible of business for generations to come. It clearly and succinctly lays out the answers to the most difficult, important questions people face both on and off the job. Welch's objective is to speak to people at every level of the organization, in companies large and small. His audience is everyone from line workers to college students and MBAs, from project managers to senior executives. He describes his core business principles and devotes most of Winning to the real "stuff" of work. Welch's optimistic, no excuses, get-it-done mind set is riveting. His goal is to help anyone and everyone who has a passion for success.

Jack Welch, Suzy Welch (Author), Jack Welch, Paul Hecht (Narrator)

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Leadership & Vision: 25 Keys to Motivation

Leadership & Vision is part of The New York Times Pocket MBA Series, a reference series easily accessible to all businesspersons, from first-level managers to the executive suite. The 12-volume series is written by Ph.D.s who teach in the finest graduate business programs in the country, and edited by business editors from The New York Times. The structure of each volume presents an unparalleled synopsis of crucial principles of specific areas of business expertise. Learn the 25 keys to supervising and motivating management staff to realize your company vision, to ensure HR departments fulfill their crucial role in recruitment and employee retention and satisfaction.

Buck Joseph, Ramon J. Aldag (Author), John Woodman (Narrator)

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Thinking for a Change: 11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life and Work

At the heart of John C. Maxwell's brilliant and inspiring program is a simple premise: To do well in life, we must first think well. But can we actually learn new mental habits? Thinking for a Change answers that with a resounding "yes" - and shows that your thinking can indeed change your life.Drawing on the words and deeds of many of the world's greatest leaders, this empowering audiobook helps you access your thinking style, guides you to new ones, and step by step teaches you the secrets of: -Big Picture Thinking - seeing the world beyond your own needs and how that leads to great ideas -Focused Thinking - removing mental clutter and distractions to realize your full potential -Creative Thinking - stepping out of the "box" and making breakthroughs -Shared Thinking - working with others to compound results -Reflective Thinking - looking at the past to gain a better understanding of the future and much more...

John C. Maxwell (Author), John C. Maxwell, Malcolm Gladwell (Narrator)

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Masterful Leadership: Leading Like Jesus

Who better to teach you to lead than The Master? Become an effective servant leader as you learn to Lead Like Jesus. Ken Blanchard, John Ortberg, Henry Blackaby, and Bob Buford join forces with other leaders from the Christian community to offer a clear, insightful look at the greatest servant leader of all time – Jesus Christ. Masterful Leadership includes new concepts from Ken Blanchard’s Lead Like Jesus Celebration which helps people take God out of the spiritual compartment of their private spiritual life and give Him free reign in all of their daily actions and relationships, particularly in their leadership roles. During His time on earth, Jesus poured His life into the training of twelve disciples and equipped them to follow His leadership principles after His departure.

John Ortberg, Ken Blanchard (Author), Ken Blanchard (Narrator)

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Speak Like a CEO: Secrets for Communicating Attention and Getting Results

An award-winning news anchor presents methods for better communication in any business environment During her 20 years in broadcasting, award-winning news anchor Suzanne Bates conducted more than 10,000 interviews, during which she witnessed business leaders, politicians, and celebrities at their best and worst. Now a top CEO communication coach, Bates is renowned for her uncanny ability to transform even the shyest oratorical mouse into a public-speaking lion. In Speak Like a CEO, Bates: Reveals the secrets for communicating in any situation Describes simple techniques for acing speeches, presentations, media interviews, Q&A sessions, business meetings, and more Outlines self-improvement plans that can easily be customized to your needs Shares secrets from top leaders, including Mario Cuomo's technique for overcoming stage fright and Colin Powell's secret for projecting authenticity

Suzanne Bates (Author), Bernadette Dunne (Narrator)

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Tough Management: The 7 Winning Ways to Make Tough Decisions Easier, Deliver the Numbers, and Grow t

Based on more than two years of surveys of more than 2,000 senior executives and managers, Tough Management may be one of the most important and practical business books of our time. Bestselling author, weekly columnist, and sought-after speaker Chuck Martin has tapped into his research firm's vast network of business connections to discover that 80 percent of executives and managers are experiencing increased levels of work stress. On the bright side, Martin has found that tough times have brought out the best in the world's most successful leaders and managers. And now, in his groundbreaking new book, he offers a refreshing bottom-line approach to what really matters in today's difficult market--and what really works in today's demanding workplace. The seven skills every manager should know: 1. Focus on Results 2. Force the Hard Decisions 3. Communicate Clearly 4. Remain Flexible 5. Prove Your Value to the Company 6. Force Collaboration 7. Don't Be a Tough Guy Using these practical, powerful, and proven techniques, Martin reveals how other business leaders have met the demand to do more, deliver more, and increase more--without raising stress levels. By focusing on actual results and forcing the hard decisions, you can learn to communicate and collaborate while remaining flexible. It's one of the few business books available that provide real solutions to real challenges. Because when the going gets tough, smart managers get Tough Management--and get real results.

Chuck Martin (Author), Barrett Whitener (Narrator)

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The One Thing You Need to Know: About Great Managing, Great Leading, and Sustained Individual Succes

The principal author of the extraordinary bestsellers "First, Break All the Rules" and "Now, Discover Your Strengths" offers a dramatically new way to understand the art of success. Great managing, great leading, and career success -- Buckingham draws on a wealth of examples to reveal the single controlling insight that lies at the heart of each. Lose sight of this "one thing" and even your best efforts will be diminished or compromised. Success comes to those who remain mindful of the core insight, understand all of its ramifications, and orient their decisions around it. Buckingham backs his arguments with authoritative research from a wide variety of sources, including his own data and in-depth interviews with individuals at every level of an organization, from CEOs to hotel maids and stockboys. In every way a groundbreaking audiobook, "The One Thing You Need to Know" offers essential performance and career lessons for businesspeople at all career stages.

Marcus Buckingham (Author), Marcus Buckingham (Narrator)

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