Audiobooks narrated by Steven Menasche

Loosely based on Larry Niven’s 1973 novella Flash Crowd, Red Tide continues to examine the social consequences of the impact of having instantaneous teleportation, where humans can instantly travel long distances in milliseconds. This is a theme that has fascinated the author throughout his career and even appears in his seminal work Ringworld, where the central character celebrates his birthday by instantly teleporting himself to different time zones, extending his “birthday.” The author also discusses the impact of such instantaneous transportation in his essay, “Exercise in Speculation: The Theory and Practice of Teleportation.” Larry Niven is joined by two younger writers, Brad R. Torgersen and Mathew J. Harrington, as they take on this challenging idea and further develop the theories and concepts that Niven originally presented in Flash Crowd.

Brad R. Torgersen, Larry Niven, Mathew J. Harrington (Author), Steven Menasche (Narrator)

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The Power to Predict: How Real Time Businesses Anticipate Customer Needs, Create Opportunities, and

Real-time business gives companies the ability to monitor and react to changes and address problems as they occur. But no matter how sophisticated their information-gathering and data mining systems are, they're still playing catch-up. In The Power to Predict, Ranadive forecasts the next step in achieving breakthrough business performance, a new approach he calls Predictive Business: the ability to anticipate business problems and opportunities and to act preemptively. Predictive Business allows companies to take real-time information, correlate it with historical patterns, and recognize events that hold tremendous profit potential. In an effort to stay ahead of the curve, a handful of companies have been quietly making the transition from reactive organizations to proactive, and are well-suited for a customer-centric business paradigm. Ranadive takes us inside a number of these companies-including Amazon, Pirelli, Harrah's, E. & J. Gallo, Wal-Mart, and 7-Eleven-to show how they are making that transition, and are able to anticipate customer needs and be ready satisfy them the minute they emerge; and be prepared for sudden events such as a power outage, spikes in demand for a product or service, logistic issues due to changing weather patterns, or evolving customer requirements.

Vivek Ranadive (Author), Chris Ryan, Steven Menasche (Narrator)

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Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family

Brought to you by Penguin. Do you want to boost the morale, loyalty, creativity and performance of your employees? In Everybody Matters, CEO Bob Chapman and bestselling author Raj Sisodia challenge traditional thinking about how to run a business and show you how to lead your company so that everyone feels valued. As CEO of Barry-Wehmiller, Bob Chapman has pioneered a dramatically different approach to leadership that has created a high performing and happy culture. At Barry-Wehmiller, every single person matters, just like in a family. That's not a cliché; it's the bedrock of the company's success. In Everybody Matters, Chapman shows how any organization can stop viewing its employees are simply functions, to be moved around, 'managed' with carrots and sticks, or discarded at will. By doing so, disengaged workers begin to share their gifts and talents toward a shared future. Uninspired workers stop feeling that their jobs have no meaning. And everyone stops counting the minutes until it's time to go home. Everybody Matters provides clear steps to transform your own workplace, whether you lead two or two hundred thousand people. 'If you're ready for a new way of doing business, this is the book for you' Daniel H. Pink, author of To Sell Is Human and Drive 'Bob Chapman is on a mission to change the way businesses treat their employees' Inc.magazine © Bob Chapman 2015 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Bob Chapman, Raj Sisodia (Author), Steven Menasche (Narrator)

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Virtual Banking: A Guide to Innovation and Partnering

Consumers are rapidly leaving their banks in favor of institutions that are lower-cost and more consumer-centric--and flocking to new institutions that are not even banks, but possess a superior customer proposition. Electronic payments are the future. Thought leader in financial innovation for PayPal Dan Schatt covers what banks must learn to compete and thrive in this new environment. This book covers: Industry leaders PayPal, Google, Square, and Facebook, along with new up and comers--to show how banks can partner and accelerate innovation. The changing landscape of the retail point of sale and the need for banks to partner with digital wallet providers. What capabilities banks should truly own and which they should outsource. Where revenue may be derived in the future and how to shift gears to focus on greenfield market opportunities versus non-profitable markets. Best practices that banks can employ on their digital channels that can make their customer experience similar to some of the best commerce websites out on the market today. The latest and scariest type of innovators --prepaid card companies and online companies that outsource their regulatory requirements to financial institutions--and how banks can beat them at their own game.

Dan Schatt, Renaud Laplanche (Author), Steven Menasche (Narrator)

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Business Models for the Social Mobile Cloud: Transform Your Business Using Social Media, Mobile Inte

The book explains that the social mobile cloud, a combination of three new technology changes, are the core ingredients of a digital transformation in business and society, and that they are moving more quickly and cutting more deeply than any technology transformation we have ever seen. It shows how the combined impact of social technologies, the mobile Internet, and cloud computing create incredible new business opportunities. The book provides understanding of the changes, why they are happening, what to expect, and what one can do about.

Ted Shelton (Author), Steven Menasche (Narrator)

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Walk Off Winning: A Game Plan for Leading Your Team and Organization to Success

There are many books available on the topic of leadership, but none quite like this one. Walk Off Winning: A Game Plan for Leading Your Team and Organization to Success is the work of Steve Trimper-a college baseball coach who shares what he has learned about business through his extensive leadership experience in high-level sports. In addition to reflecting on his own failures and successes, Trimper interviews leadership experts to distill a wealth of wisdom into this valuable book. With this book, you'll learn about the key principles of team building, culture, and organization building. If you are looking for a way to enhance your leadership, whether you lead a team of one or an entire organization, Walk Off Winning is for you. This book will give you the motivation and strategies to 'become a doer.' Anyone involved in leadership, sports management, or the general business world will benefit from the inspirational anecdotes and honest advice in this much sought-after guide for leaders of all kinds. From the sports field to the business office, good leadership in any arena shares a single, universal foundation. If you want to achieve your dreams, you'll have to learn to Walk Off Winning.

Steve Trimper (Author), Steve Menasche, Steven Menasche (Narrator)

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Proactive Risk Management: Controlling Uncertainty in Product Development

Proactive Risk Management's unique approach provides a model of risk that is scalable to any size project or program and easily deployable into any product development or project management life cycle. It offers methods for identifying drivers (causes) of risks so you can manage root causes rather than the symptoms of risks. Providing you with an appropriate quantification of the key factors of a risk allows you to prioritize those risks without introducing errors that render the numbers meaningless. This book stands apart from much of the literature on project risk management in its practical, easy-to-use, fact-based approach to managing all of the risks associated with a project. The depth of actual how-to information and techniques provided here is not available anywhere else.

Guy M. Merritt, Preston G. Smith (Author), Steven Menasche (Narrator)

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The Vibrant Workplace: Overcoming the Obstacles to Building a Culture of Appreciation

It happens all the time: a leader reads a book or goes to a conference and learns great new ideas for their organization. But when they try to implement changes, nothing budges. Why? It's because work cultures are deeply rooted. Paul White knows this, and it's why he wrote The Vibrant Workplace: to give workplace leaders a thorough understanding of the most common obstaclesto change, plus the skills to overcome them. Pairing real-life examples with professional advice and research, White offers a guide to uprooting negativity and cultivating authentic appreciation and resiliency in the workplace. Readers will learn how to: - Assess what negativity is costing their company - Address the deeper issues under unhealthy dynamics - Make authentic appreciation the cornerstone of work culture - Apply the five languages of appreciation strategically - Bring out the best in their employees and teams and more Any workplace can be healthy. It just takes knowledge of the issues and skills to navigate them, which is exactly what this book provides. Readers will be equipped to successfully overhaul their workplace environment and infuse it with authentic appreciation. **Please Contact Customer Service for Additional Documents**

Paul White (Author), Steven Menasche (Narrator)

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50 Great Myths Human Evolution: Understanding Misconceptions about Our Origins

50 Great Myths of Human Evolution uses common misconceptions to explore basic theory and research in human evolution and strengthen critical thinking skills for lay readers, listeners and students. Examines intriguing-yet widely misunderstood-topics, from general ideas about evolution and human origins to the evolution of modern humans and recent trends in the field Describes what fossils, archaeology, and genetics can tell us about human origins Demonstrates the ways in which science adapts and changes over time to incorporate new evidence and better explanations Includes myths such as "Humans lived at the same time as dinosaurs;" "Lucy was so small because she was a child;" "Our ancestors have always made fire;" and "There is a strong relationship between brain size and intelligence"

John H. Relethford (Author), Steven Menasche (Narrator)

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From Bud to Boss: Secrets to a Successful Transition to Remarkable Leadership

Practical advice for making the shift to your first leadership position. The number of people who will become first-time supervisors will likely grow in the next 10 years, as Baby Boomers retire. Perhaps the most challenging leadership experience anyone will face isn't one at the top, but their first promotion to leadership. They must deal with the change and uncertainty that comes with a new job, requiring new skills, and they've been promoted from peer to leader. While the audiobook addresses the needs of any manager, supervisor, or leader, it pulls from the best leadership and management thinking, and puts the focus on the difficulties that new leaders experience. Includes practical information for new managers who must supervise friends and former peers Authors are expert consultants who work with leaders at all levels Shows how to adopt the mindset of a leader, including: communicating change, giving feedback, coaching employees, leading productive teams, and achieving goals This much-needed audiobook can help new leaders get beyond the stress and fear to focus on becoming the most effective leader they can be - starting right now. **Contact Customer Service for Additional Material**

Guy Harris, Kevin Eikenberry (Author), Steven Menasche (Narrator)

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Head, Heart and Guts: How the World's Best Companies Develop Complete Leaders

This audiobook reveals the three most important capabilities leaders must demonstrate today: the ability to set strategy, empathize with others, and take risks - all at the same time. In Head, Heart, and Guts, leadership experts David Dotlich, Peter Cairo, and Stephen Rhinesmith - who teach and coach CEOs and executive teams throughout the world - argue that to be successful in a complex, matrixed, fast-moving world, "whole" leaders must set strategy, develop trusting relationships with others, and consistently do the right thing based on personal values. "Partial" leaders, often the product of traditional executive programs, may be successful in the short run, but their companies lose over time. Filled with case studies of companies such as Bank of America, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, and UBS, Head, Heart, and Guts lays out specific steps and actions for leaders who want to grow beyond their "leadership comfort zone" and an action plan for companies that want to move beyond tried-and-true leadership development in order to develop "whole" leaders throughout their leadership pipeline.

David L. Dotlich, Peter C. Cairo, Stephan H. Rhinesmith (Author), Steven Menasche (Narrator)

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Elevate: The Three Disciplines of Advanced Strategic Thinking

According to a study published in Chief Executive Magazine, the most valued skill in leaders today is strategic thinking. However, more than half of all companies say that strategic thinking is the skill their senior leaders most need to improve. Elevate provides leaders with a framework and toolkit for developing advanced strategic thinking capabilities. Unlike the majority of books that focus on strategy from a corporate perspective, Elevate gives the individual executive practical tools and techniques to help them become a truly strategic leader. The new framework that will enable leaders to finally integrate both strategy and innovation into a strategic approach that drives their profitable growth is the Three Disciplines of Advanced Strategic Thinking: 1. Coalesce: Fusing together insights to create an innovative business model 2. Compete: Creating a system of strategy to achieve competitive advantage 3. Champion: Leading others to think and act strategically to execute strategy Every leader desperately wants to be strategic - their career depends on it. Elevate provides the roadmap to reach the strategic leadership summit. **Contact Customer Service for Additional Material**

Rich Horwath (Author), Steven Menasche (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Steven Menasche