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Money: Who Has How Much and Why Audiobook

On the publication of Andrew Hacker's instant classic and bestselling Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal, Newsweek described him as a "political scientist doing with statistics what Fred Astaire did with hats, canes, and chairs. he doesn't crunch numbers: he makes them live and breathe." Now, with the same keen, objective insight and wizardry with numbers, Hacker tackles the other emotionally charged issue that most preoccupies us, wealth and its distribution. In MONEY, Hacker sifts through reams of data to answer the questions we most frequently ask about money: Have women made real strides toward economic parity? Has affirmative action improved the economic status of African Americans? Does immigration really take jobs away from hardworking Americans? Hacker's answers are surprising and fascinating, illuminating the financial condition of every strata of America. Shattering all the taboos we have on the subjects of wealth, poverty, and worth, MONEY is essential listening for anyone who wants to know more about their slice of the American pie.

Andrew Hacker (Author), Cotter Smith (Narrator)

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How To Win Customers And Keep Them For Life: An Action-Ready Blueprint for Achieving the Winner's Ed

From Michael LeBoeuf, the bestselling author of Working Smart and the audio programs Working Smarter, Imagineering and The Perfect Business, comes How To Win Customers and Keep Them For Life -- the ultimate guide to building a successful business through customer satisfaction. The success of any business depends on knowing the answers to these important questions: Why do some people buy once...and never return? Why do some people become strong, steady customers? How do you turn an angry or complaining customer into a happy and satisfied one? What are the five best ways to keep customers coming back? How To Win Customers and Keep Them For Life is a hard-hitting, action-ready rewards-and-incentives program fro creating a winning sales team. Created by one of the nation's foremost business consultants, this practical, no-nonsense guide tells you everything you need to know about successful selling -- and most important of all -- how to win customers for life.

Michael LeBoeuf (Author), Michael LeBoeuf (Narrator)

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Loving Leadership: Rekindling the Human Spirit in Business, Relationships and Life

Christopher J. Loving (Author), Christopher J. Loving (Narrator)

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Management of the Absurd

Facile formulas, catchy slogans, ten-step programs, and quick fixes too often dominate today's management training programs. But in organizations as in all of life, human behavior is seldom predictable, and business dilemmas do not easily lend themselves to gimmicks or simplistic answers. In Management of the Absurd, psychologist, educator, and former CEO Richard Farson presents a series of management paradoxes designed to challenge conventional wisdom and encourage managers to reexamine their assumptions about effective leadership. Here, at last, is a dramatically new understanding of organizations and human relations. In his explorations of more than 30 paradoxical situations, Farson demonstrates the value of a radically different perspective on leadership and offers managers powerful new ways to cope with the many perplexing problems of organizational life. Managers at every level will recognize the very real dilemmas and complexities that Farson describes, and will be challenged by these provocative new views of the art of managing people. Here are some of Farson's startling insights: -The better things are, the worse they feel. -Once you find a management technique that works, give it up. -Big changes are easier to make than small ones. -The more we communicate, the less we communicate. -Nothing is as invisible as the obvious. -Effective managers are not in control. -Organizations that need help most will benefit least from that help. Many readers will share Michael Crichton's response to this book, as he observes in the foreword, "He irritated me. He provoked me. He made me nod, he made me smile, and he made me shake my head....[He] reports more than experience; he gives us wisdom." Guided by Management of the Absurd, managers of the 21st century will be able to accept the inherent complexity of management situations and work through these dilemmas, not with manipulative and simplistic techniques but with understanding, compassion, and effectiveness.

Richard Farson (Author), Richard Farson (Narrator)

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Don't Fire Them, Fire them Up

One of the most dynamic and original audio programs to come around in some time, Don't Fire Them, Fire Them Up tells the listener how to build a winning business team -- how to develop trust, create loyalty, and generate enthusiasm and excitement. It explains how to build or rebuild an organization, lead and energize it, and put it on top and keep it there, year after year. When Frank Pacetta became district manager of Xerox's Cleveland sales office, that district was a disaster area, dragging along near the bottom of Xerox's national organization. Within a year, Pacetta had turned it around, making Cleveland first in the region and fourth nationally out of sixty-five sales districts. In his four years in Cleveland, revenues went from $56 million to $106 million and it took the team approach to make it happen. Pacetta has since moved to the Mid-Ohio District where he and his team are back on top! Here he explains how you can take your company to the top by motivating employees in the most positive way possible -- nurturing them, showing that you value accomplishment, and giving them the skills and the responsibility to become winners.

Frank Pacetta (Author), Frank Pacetta (Narrator)

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The Winning Attitude: Your Key to Personal Success

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

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Principle-Centered Leadership

The Eternal Drive for Excellence No matter what level of success we have achieved, none of us can be content to stay where we are. Within all of us lies an innate desire for progress in every aspect of our lives. In order to harness and utilize this internal drive in ourselves and those around us, we must learn to center our lives according to a set of certain basic principles Stephen R. Covey, author of the runaway bestseller The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People, tells us how to apply these principles to the problems we face every day---and how to meet the goals of all strong business leaders: quality, productivity, profitability, and win-win relationships. According to Covey, ineffective people try to manage their time around priorities, often losing sight of the fundamental character and skill development necessary for effective leadership. Here he draws on 25 years of consulting and teaching to provide new methods and practices that will improve our managerial, interpersonal and organizational lives. Using the same insightful and sensitive style that made The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People a #1 national audio bestseller, Principle-Centered Leadership provides the keys to life-long learning---each one unlocking the doors to personal fulfillment and professional success.

Stephen R. Covey (Author), Stephen R. Covey (Narrator)

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How to Run A Successful Meeting In 1/2 the Time

STOP WASTING YOUR PRECIOUS TIME... As reported in The Wall Street Journal, business executives nationwide agree that meetings are the most unproductive activity in business today. Now, whether you're a leader or a participant, one of America's master communications specialists shows how you can: Understand how meetings work -- and how your time slips away. Plan your meetings to get the results you want. Make large meetings work more effectively. Turn one-on-one meets into hard-hitting, problem solving sessions. THE MILO O. FRANK TECHINIQUE Milo O. Frank has been called a "communication genius." In this vital audio program he takes you step-by-step through every aspect of the typical business meeting -- to help get the most out of any meeting in half the time.

Milo O. Frank (Author), TBD (Narrator)

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The Do & Don't Delegation

Dr. Fellows Gary, Dr. Gary Fellows, Gary Fellows (Author), Dr. Fellows Gary, Gary Fellows (Narrator)

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You Are the Message

America's presidents, senators and leading CEO's turn to Roger Ailes to get their message through. Become a great communicator. Learn how to inform, persuade, influence and entertain. For decades, Roger Ailes has been on the inside - helping politicians, executives and movie stars face cameras, live audiences and tough reporters. Here are the secrets that can help you be at your best during meetings, negotiations, sales, speeches, the management of others, job interviews, and even television appearances. Communications expert Roger Ailes takes you inside the world of winning with communication to help you get your message through today.

Roger Ailes (Author), Roger Ailes (Narrator)

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The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More, And Change the Way You Lead Forever

Michael Bungay-Steiner (Author), Daniel Maté (Narrator)

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