Audiobooks narrated by Scott Pollak

The Brains and Brawn Company: How Leading Organizations Blend the Best of Digital and Physical

The grounded, clear-sighted guide you need to blend digital and traditional business functions for long-term competitive advantage. Business leaders are continually told they need to embrace digital disruption wholeheartedly to thrive in the 21st century. Legacy companies, we hear, are all doomed to fail unless they double down on the latest digital innovations, and disruptors are ordained to take over the world. Digital innovation is the answer to everything. False! Nothing in life or business is ever that simple. In The Brains and Brawn Company: How Leading Organizations Blend the Best of Digital and Physical, venture capitalist and Stanford Business School lecturer Robert Siegel brings the digital innovation conversation back down to earth. He shows that, while important, digital is only part of the answer, and it’s never the only answer. The vast majority of successful leaders from both incumbents and disruptors focus as much on things like logistics, manufacturing, and distribution as they do on digital innovation. In fact, many established companies are successfully countering young upstarts in other creative ways, and many new organizations are learning from their older brethren. Filled with original research and case studies of Daimler, 23andMe, Instacart, AB InBev, Google, and many other companies, The Brains and Brawn Company: How Leading Organizations Blend the Best of Digital and Physical provides practical, proven insights and advice for bridging the gulf between digital vs. physical, disruptor vs. incumbent, start-up world vs. Fortune 500, and tech culture vs. industrial culture. The Brains and Brawn Company: How Leading Organizations Blend the Best of Digital and Physical provides everything you need to set your company apart from your competitors in real and measurable ways - and take the lead in your industry for years to come. This audiobook was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont. ©2021 McGraw Hill Education §

Robert Siegel (Author), Scott Pollak, Scott R. Pollak (Narrator)

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The Journey Beyond Fear: Leverage the Three Pillars of Positivity to Build Your Success

Conquer your fear, achieve your potential, and make a positive difference in the lives of everyone around you. Whether you’re running a business, building a career, raising a family, or attending school, uncertainty has been the name of the game for years - and the feeling reached an all-time high when COVID-19 hit. Even the savviest, smartest, toughest people are understandably feeling enormous pressure and often feeling paralyzed by fear. The Journey Beyond Fear provides everything you need to identify your fears, face your fears, move beyond your fears - and cultivate emotions that motivate you to pursue valuable business opportunities, realize your full potential, and create opportunities that benefit all. Business strategy guru John Hagel provides an effective, easy-to-grasp three-step approach: - Develop an inspiring long-term view of the opportunities ahead - Cultivate your personal passion to motivate you and those around you - Harness the potential of platforms to bring people together and scale impact at an accelerating rate Never underestimate the power of fear - and never underestimate your ability to conquer it. With The Journey Beyond Fear, you’ll learn how to move forward in spite of fear, take your career and life to the next level, improve your organization and your broader environment, and achieve more of your true potential. This audiobook was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont. ©2021 John Hagel §

John Hagel Iii (Author), Scott Pollak, Scott R. Pollak (Narrator)

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War of the Flea: The Classic Study of Guerrilla Warfare

“The guerrilla fights the war of the flea, and his military enemy suffers the dog’s disadvantages: too much to defend; too small, ubiquitous, and agile an enemy to come to grips with.” With these words, Robert Taber began a revolution in conventional military thought that has dramatically impacted the way armed conflicts have been fought since the book’s initial publication in 1965. Whether ideological, nationalistic, or religious, all guerrilla insurgencies use similar tactics to advance their cause. War of the Flea’s timeless analysis of the guerrilla fighter’s means and methods provides a fundamental resource for any reader seeking to understand this distinct form of warfare and the challenge it continues to present to today’s armed forces in the Philippines, Colombia, and elsewhere. This audiobook is skillfully narrated by Scott Pollak. Produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.

Robert Taber (Author), Scott Pollak, Scott R. Pollak (Narrator)

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Living Your Best Life: A Guide to Parkinson's Disease

You may be reading this book because you or someone in your life recently received a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Perhaps it was not so recently, but you are now reflecting more on what the diagnosis means for you. Everyone’s PD story is different. Many people with PD vividly remember the moment they were diagnosed and view it as the beginning of a journey; a new life path. Often, they think back a few years and recognize subtle symptoms they missed at the time.

Parkinsons Foundation (Author), Lisa Negron, Marisha Tapera, Rashida A. Marshall, Roy Worley, Scott Pollak, William Wells (Narrator)

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Cognition: A Mind Guide to Parkinson's Disease

There are many aspects of cognition: thinking, understanding, learning, remembering, problem solving, language and more. This guide explains what affects your thinking (e.g., age, sleep problems, medications) and what cognitive changes can happen in Parkinson’s disease. It includes coping tips for both people with Parkinson’s and care partners and stories that show strategies others use to manage their thinking changes.

Parkinsons Foundation (Author), Lisa Negron, Scott Pollak (Narrator)

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Managing PD Mid-Stride: A Treatment Guide to Parkinson's' Disease

If managing your Parkinson’s has become more challenging than it used to be, the book Managing Parkinson’s Mid-Stride: A Treatment Guide to Parkinson’s is for you. This audiobook explains why symptoms may get better and worse throughout the day and how to treat and cope with them. Find answers and read tips and stories that can help.

Parkinsons Foundation (Author), Justin Sewall, Lisa Negron, Marisha Tapera, Rashida Marshall, Scott Pollak (Narrator)

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Summary of Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher and William Ury

The SpeedReader Summary of Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher and William Ury Inside, you’ll find: · An introduction to Getting to Yes and its authors · Time-saving chapter summaries · A big picture recap of the Atomic Habits’s main principles · Discussion and commentary · Action steps to take · Additional resources, like printables, videos, and podcasts About Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher and William Ury If you plan to ask for a raise, negotiate for more flexibility at work, put together a business deal, or find a solution to an ongoing source of conflict with your spouse in the future, Getting to Yes is a book you should read. Getting to Yes gives you a start-to-finish system for “principled negotiation” Principled negotiation is a methodology where parties work together to address their mutual interests with creative, fair solutions. According to the book’s authors, Roger Fisher and William Ury, principled negotiation is the complete opposite of our conventional image of negotiation: two parties stubbornly engaged in a battle of will, each laser-focused on his or her own interests at the expense of the other’s interests. Getting to Yes provides a framework to allow you to achieve a good outcome for both sides, beginning with teaching you how to determine whether to negotiate at all and what you should consider a positive outcome. By listening carefully to each other, treating each other with fairness, and exploring options together, negotiators can get to yes in ways that reduce the need to rely on hard-bargaining and needless concessions.

Speedreader Summaries (Author), Scott Pollak (Narrator)

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Summary of Atomic Habits by James Clear

The SpeedReader Summary of Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear Inside, you’ll find: · An introduction to Atomic Habits and its author, James Clear · Time-saving chapter summaries · A big picture recap of the Atomic Habits’s main principles · Discussion and commentary · A list of action steps to take · Additional resources, like printables, videos, and podcasts About Atomic Habits We all have bad habits we’d like to get rid of and good habits we’d like to develop. But changing our habits is much easier said than done. According to James Clear, author of Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones and one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, if you’re struggling with your habits, the problem is not you. It’s your system. Without the proper system for change, you’ll never be able to meaningfully change your habits, whether bad or good. Fortunately for us, Atomic Habits gives us the proven system we need for long-term habit change. And it’s easier and more straightforward than you might think. In the book, James Clear draws on well-proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits unavoidable and bad habits unappealing. He provides practical strategies that will show you precisely and formulaically how to form good habits, break bad habits, and master those tiny actions that eventually lead to extraordinary results. This summary of Atomic Habits is NOT the original book and is meant to be read as a supplement to the original.

Speedreader Summaries (Author), Scott Pollak (Narrator)

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Summary of Eat to Beat Disease by Dr. William Li

Your Action-Steps Summary of Eat to Beat Disease by Dr. William Li Inside, you’ll find: - An introduction to the book and its author, Dr. William Li - Time-saving chapter summaries - A big picture recap of the book’s main principles - Discussion and commentary - Additional resources, like videos and podcasts - And much more About Eat to Beat Disease Please note that this summary of Eat to Beat Disease by Dr. William Li is NOT the original book and is meant to be read as a supplement to the original. About SpeedReader Summaries Thanks so much for your interest in SpeedReader Summaries! We strive to save what is your most precious and limited resource--time. Do you ever feel like you just want your favorite non-fiction books to get to the point? Are you tired of wasting time weeding through fluff and anecdotes to get to the meat of the material? SpeedReader Summaries carefully distill and analyze the key points of your favorite books and provide additional commentary and resources to supplement your understanding of the material. Inside every SpeedReader summary, you’ll find a thirty-second overall summary of the book, brief summaries of the key points of each chapter, a custom analysis, and additional resources like discussion questions, relevant articles, other books, and even quizzes. At SpeedReader Summaries, bringing you maximum benefit in minimum time is our main objective!

Speedreader Summaries (Author), Scott Pollak (Narrator)

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Emotional Intelligence Activities: Emotional Intelligence Training Exercises for Success in Your Per

Emotional Intelligence Activities: Emotional Intelligence Training Exercises for Success in Your Personal, Professional, and Social Lives If you want to have a happy, successful life, emotional intelligence is critical. Studies show that EI (which, by the way, has zero relationship to IQ) accounts for about 58% of performance in most jobs, and people who have high emotional intelligence make significantly higher incomes than those with low emotional intelligence. And it goes without saying that being emotionally intelligent makes your romantic relationships, family relationships, and friendships much smoother and more enjoyable. The really amazing news: unlike IQ, you can develop and grow your emotional intelligence. In Emotional Intelligence Activities: Emotional Intelligence Training Exercises for Success in Your Personal, Professional, and Social Lives, EI experts from bestseller Speedreader Summaries bring you a collection of easy, straightforward exercises and activities designed to help you grow your emotional intelligence. These exercises, when done correctly, can make a huge difference in your happiness and success across all areas of your life. There’s simply no reason not to take action. Get your copy of Emotional Intelligence Activities: Emotional Intelligence Training Exercises for Success in Your Personal, Professional, and Social Lives today!

Speedreader Summaries (Author), Scott Pollak (Narrator)

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The Decency Code: The Leader's Path to Building Integrity and Trust

The essential guide to creating an honest, ethical workplace culture in any industry In The Manager's Book of Decencies, Stephen Harrison showed how even the smallest gestures can produce big results and change the culture of an entire workforce. Now the author of that prescient bestseller has teamed up with Jim Lukaszewski, America's Crisis Guru® to write the definitive guide to transforming or restoring your workplace into a showplace of honest, ethical behavior. Accountability, civility, compassion, empathy, honesty, humility, and principle: these are the seven characteristics embodied by every truly decent leader. The best organizations develop and maintain a civil culture, valuing ethical behavior, honesty, and integrity as much, or even more, than profitability. The Decency Code provides you with practical pathways to creating or restoring that type of culture. These strategies address the evolving workplace: flexible, fast-moving, delayered, virtual, unstable, out-of-balance, ambiguous, global, diverse, and ruthlessly competitive. Here are actionable tools and strategies to help you build your workplace on a new standard of honest, ethical behavior, along with informative case studies that examine the behavior of both ethical and unethical companies. Today's climate of corporate cultural disorder needs a new type of leader, men and women who replace confusion with order, opaqueness with clarity, complexity with simplicity, hopelessness with confidence, greed with selflessness, and suspicion with trust. The common-sense prescriptions offered in The Decency Code can help you become the type of leader you wish to be-and effect the change you wish to see. This book is required reading for ethically conscious managers everywhere.

James E. Lukaszewski, Steve Harrison (Author), Scott Pollak (Narrator)

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The New Extraordinary Leader, 3rd Edition: Turning Good Managers into Great Leaders

The landmark guide that built a generation of extraordinary leaders-fully updated and revised The definitive guide to 21st Century business leadership, The New Extraordinary Leader shook the foundations of leadership as we knew it when it was published in 2002. Since then, we have seen tectonic shifts in the world of business-and this revised and updated edition provides the data and insights you need to address them all. Jack Zenger and Jim Folkman's proprietary 360 feedback assessment of leaders in the real world-how they lead, what works, and what doesn't-provides the data that makes The Extraordinary Leader unique in a crowded field of such books. In this new edition, the authors deliver proven lessons based on feedback from 120,000 leaders from all corners of the globe. Inside, you'll find: * New chapters on leadership competencies, cross training, and self-development * New methods for getting inspired and empowered by demystifying leadership * New evidence on many ways leaders can singlehandedly boost innovation, employee engagement, profitability, and more * New research on the importance of developing strong leadership teams If you're looking to dramatically step up your leadership game, if you're looking for hard evidence of how to do it the right way, and if you're looking to drive measurable positive change in your organization-you need look no further. The New Extraordinary Leader, Third Edition delivers the information and insight you need to lead effectively in today's volatile, global economy.

John H. Zenger, Joseph Folkman (Author), Scott Pollak (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Scott Pollak