Business audiobooks

The Mirror Test

By: Jeffrey W. Hayzlett

Narrated by: Jeffrey W. Hayzlett

Length: 5 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Jeff Hayzlett is a big, boisterous guy who has the guts to get in your face and tell you exactly why your business isn't doing well. In short, he asks the questions that most business managers are afraid to ask. And as Jeff points out, if you aren't willing to look at what's working and what isn't - and then take the necessary steps to fix them... Read more

Encouraging the Heart

By: James M. Kouzes & Barry Z. Posner

Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt

Length: 5 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Many people assume that money is the mainstay of motivation. But in truth, the desire to accomplish extraordinary things is linked to basic human need: We all want to be respected for who we are and recognized for the things we do. While many leaders know this from experience, few know how best to act on it.

In Encouraging the Heart, the... Read more

Time Power

By: Brian Tracy

Narrated by: Brian Tracy

Length: 8 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the world’s premier business consultants and personal success experts, Brian Tracy has devoted more than 25 years to studying the most powerful time management practices used by the most successful people in every arena. Now, in Time Power, Brian reveals his comprehensive system designed to help you increase your productivity and income... Read more

The Rational Optimist

By: Matt Ridley

Narrated by: L.J. Ganser

Length: 13 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

“A delightful and fascinating book filled with insight and wit, which will make you think twice and cheer up.” — Steven PinkerIn a bold and provocative interpretation of economic history, Matt Ridley, the New York Times-bestselling author of Genome and The Red Queen, makes the case for an economics of hope, arguing that the benefits of commerce,... Read more

The Way We're Working Isn't Working - Abridged

By: Tony Schwartz & Jean Gomes

Narrated by: Tony Schwartz

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This book was previously titled, Be Excellent at Anything.

The Way We're Working Isn't Working is one of those rare books with the power to profoundly transform the way we work and live.

Demand is exceeding our capacity. The ethic of "more, bigger, faster" exacts a series of silent but pernicious costs at work, undermining our energy, focus,... Read more

Walk Like You Have Somewhere to Go

By: Lucille O'Neal

Narrated by: LaTasha Ezell

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

“In Walk Like You Have Somewhere to Go Lucille will take you on a 40-year journey from ‘mental welfare to mental wealth.’ You will laugh—you may cry—and in the process you will be encouraged, enlightened, and empowered.”—Paula White, author of Dare to Dream: See Yourself as God Sees You As the mother of one of the greatest athletes of all time,... Read more

No Excuses!

By: Brian Tracy

Narrated by: Brian Tracy

Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Most people think success comes from good luck or enormous talent, but many successful people achieve their accomplishments in a simpler way: through self-discipline.

Brian Tracy knows this firsthand: He didn’t graduate from high school, and after working for a few years as a laborer, he realized he had limited skills and a limited future. But... Read more

The Other Kind of Smart

By: Harvey Deutschendorf

Narrated by: Fred Stella

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

We have known for years that the difference between those who become successful in life and those who struggle is their degree of emotional intelligence (EI), or "people skills.” Now, The Other Kind of Smart shows readers how they can increase their emotional intelligence and overcome the barriers that are preventing them from realizing their... Read more

Emotional Intelligence 2.0

By: Travis Bradberry & Jean Greaves

Narrated by: Tom Parks

Length: 4 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

In today's fast-paced world of competitive workplaces and turbulent economic conditions, each of us is searching for effective tools that can help us to manage, adapt, and strike out ahead of the pack.By now, emotional intelligence (EQ) needs little introduction—it’s no secret that EQ is critical to your success. But knowing what EQ is and... Read more

Open Leadership

By: Charlene Li

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

An essential guide for leaders who want to use social media to be "open" while maintaining control

"Be Open, Be Transparent, Be Authentic" are the current leadership mantras-but companies often push back. Business is premised on the concept of control and yet the new world order demands openness-leaders do not know how to be open and be in... Read more

Crisis Economics

By: Nouriel Roubini & Stephen Mihm

Narrated by: L. J. Ganser

Length: 13 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

This myth shattering book reveals the methods Nouriel Roubini used to foretell the current crisis before other economists saw it coming and shows how those methods can help us make sense of the present and prepare for the future.

Renowned economist Nouriel Roubini electrified his profession and the larger financial community by predicting the... Read more

Plenitude

By: Juliet B. Schor

Narrated by: Karen White

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

In Plenitude, economist and bestselling author Juliet B. Schor offers a groundbreaking intellectual statement about the economics and sociology of ecological decline, suggesting a radical change in how we think about consumer goods, value, and ways to live.



Humans are degrading the planet far faster than they are regenerating it. As we travel... Read more

The Referral Engine

By: John Jantsch

Narrated by: John Jantsch

Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

The small business guru behind Duct Tape Marketing shares his most valuable lesson: how to get your customers to do your best marketing for you

The power of glitzy advertising and elaborate marketing campaigns is on the wane; word-of-mouth referrals are what drive business today. People trust the recommendation of a friend, family member,... Read more

Building Social Business

By: Muhammad Yunus

Narrated by: Ray Porter

Length: 8 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Muhammad Yunus, the practical visionary who pioneered microcredit and won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for his world-changing efforts, here develops his revolutionary concept that promises to redeem the failed promise of free enterprise: social business. Designed to fill the gap between profit-making and human needs, social business applies... Read more

The Men Who Would Be King

By: Nicole LaPorte

Narrated by: Stephen Hoye

Length: 18 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

For sixty years, since the birth of United Artists, the studio landscape was unchanged.Then came Hollywood's Circus Maximus—created by director Steven Spielberg, billionaire David Geffen, and Jeffrey Katzenberg, who gave the world The Lion King—an entertainment empire called DreamWorks. Now Nicole LaPorte, who covered the company for Variety,... Read more

Subliminal Persuasion

By: Dave Lakhani

Narrated by: Dave Lakhani

Length: 3 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Every day you make purchasing decisions based on unconscious beliefs and biases you don't even know you have. Great marketers and persuaders know how to convince you to buy a product without you even knowing it. You can choose to believe you're immune, but you can't choose not to be persuaded. The power of subliminal persuasion can move markets... Read more

Credibility

By: James M. Kouzes & Barry Z. Posner

Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt

Length: 9 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

In this best-selling book, Kouzes and Posner (authors of The Leadership Challenge), explain why leadership is above all a relationship, with credibility as the cornerstone. They provide rich examples of real managers in action and reveal the six key disciplines and related practices that strengthen a leader's capacity for developing and... Read more

Dispelling Common Myths About Agile

By: Kevin Aguanno

Narrated by: Kevin Aguanno

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Agile methods are quickly growing in popularity, and recent statistics on agile adoption show that more and more organizations have already tried agile methods on their projects. As this wave of agile use spreads, those adopting these methods are less connected to the top experts in the field: early adopters learned the techniques from the... Read more

Krugman: Eurozone Has Big, Big Problems

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

As Greece struggles to repair its debt crisis, Jeffrey Brown gets two points of view from economists Paul Krugman and Robert Barbera about how the financial and social unrest could impact the European Union and its economy. Read more

The Language of Trust

By: Michael Maslansky

Narrated by: Michael Maslansky

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Trust is dead.  Now what?  If you’re trying to sell something—whether it ’s a product, a service, or an idea—you are facing a new era of consumers who listen less and question more. Armed with more knowledge and jaded by a lifetime of unfulfilled promises, these consumers reject the traditional approach to sales and marketing. But what if you... Read more

Beyond Integrity

By: Scott Rae & Kenman L. Wong

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 26 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Integrity is essential to Judeo-Christian business ethics. But today’s business environment is complex. Those in business, and those preparing to enter the business world, need to grapple with the question of how integrity and biblical ethics can be applied in the workplace. They need to go “beyond integrity” in their thinking.Beyond Integrity... Read more

Gandhi CEO

By: Alan Axelrod

Narrated by: Don Hagen

Length: 6 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Fourteen Lessons to instruct, inspire, and encourage...

History’s great leaders have much to teach us, and no one outshines Alan Axelrod in extracting those lessons and applying them to today’s business world. His Elizabeth I, CEO and Patton on Leadership both became BusinessWeek bestsellers—and now, to follow his recent Winston Churchill, CEO,... Read more

Twitter Power 2.0

By: Joel Comm

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Revised and updated with the latest on successful Twitter marketing

In this revised and updated edition of Twitter Power, online marketing entrepreneur Joel Comm explores the latest trends, methods, and practices for making Twitter work for your business. You’ll see how businesses and marketers are building a loyal following among Twitter... Read more

Making Ideas Happen

By: Scott Belsky

Narrated by: Scott Peterson & Don Hagen

Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

How the world's leading innovators push their ideas to fruition, time and time again.

Edison famously said that genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration. Ideas for new businesses, solutions to the world's problems, and artistic breakthroughs are common, but great execution is rare.

According to Scott Belsky, the capacity to make... Read more