Business audiobooks

Saving the World at Work

By: Tim Sanders

Narrated by: Tim Sanders

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Even the actions of a single person can help to change the world. How? Through simple acts of leadership and compassion. Open up this book, and discover the true stories of people whose actions have caused a chain reaction at work and in their communities. Among them:
A manager who gives an employee some supportive praise, and as a result... Read more

Squawk!

By: Travis Bradberry

Narrated by: Lloyd James

Length: 2 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Unfortunately, we've all been there. You and your team are facing a problem. Yet rather than working with you to come up with a solution, your manager swoops in squawking like a seagull, dumps orders riddled with formulaic advice, then takes off, leaving everyone else to clean up the mess. Or—let's be honest—there's been a time (or two) when all... Read more

You've Got to Be Believed to Be Heard, 2nd Edition - Abridged

By: Bert Decker

Narrated by: Bert Decker

Length: 5 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From Bert Decker, who has trained thousands of business people to communicate better, comes the revised and updated version of his top-selling book You've Got to Be Believed to Be Heard

Effective communication is essential in business and in everyday life. The most powerful communicators reach not just our minds, but our hearts: They win our... Read more

Nice Guys Can Get the Corner Office

By: Russ C. Edelman, Timothy R. Hiltabiddle & Charl...

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 8 hours

Abridged: No

Many people suffer from Nice Guy Syndrome—they're held back from higher levels of success by being too selfless at work. It's a tricky problem, because if you start to think that being nice is bad, it's easy to overcompensate with selfishness, intimidation, and intense aggression.



The founders of Nice Guy Strategies teach that nice is not about... Read more

30 Minuten Richtiges Feedback

By: Hans J. Kratz

Narrated by: Sonngard Dressler & Heiko Grauel

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Als Führungskraft verbringen Sie den Großteil Ihrer Arbeitszeit mit Gesprächen, Verhandlungen und Diskussionen. Fragen Sie sich ab und zu, wie Sie Ihr Kommunikationsverhalten verbessern und Ziele mit geringerem Energieaufwand erreichen könne? Dann sollten Sie an der Optimierung Ihres Feedbacks arbeiten. Dieses Hörbuch zeigt Ihnen, wie Sie... Read more

30 Minuten Mitarbeitervertrauen

By: Hartmut Laufer

Narrated by: Sonngard Dressler & Heiko Grauel

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Das besondere Hörvergnügen! Was genau ist Vertrauen? Und wie erwirbt man es sich? Welche Bedeutung hat es für das Verhältnis zwischen Mitarbeiter und Führungskraft? Oft zeigt sich erst in einer Krise, wie gut das Vertrauensverhältnis zwischen den Mitarbeitern einer Firma wirklich ist. Hören Sie, warum Vertrauen in Gesellschaften unverzichtbar... Read more

Waking Dragon

By: Peter Navarro

Narrated by: Peter Navarro

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

China has emerged as the "factory floor" for global produc- tion, providing the world with cheap goods at the astonishingly low "China Price." But there is a very steep price to pay for these low-budget consumables-a price that very well may have dire consequences for the health and security of the planet. The stark fact is that the current... Read more

Fundamental Cases

By: Alan M. Dershowitz

Narrated by: Alan M. Dershowitz

Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The courtroom trial has fascinated human beings from the beginning of recorded history. Trials are theater, trials are history, and the great trials of the twentieth century and beyond provide a unique window into American history and the sense of America's enduring commitment to law. It was Alexis de Tocqueville who, when he visited the new... Read more

Billion Dollar Lessons

By: Paul B. Carroll & Chunka Mui

Narrated by: Jim Bond

Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

“This book is your chance to learn from others’ mistakes.” —EntrepreneurIn the 1960s, IBM CEO Tom Watson called an executive into his office after his venture lost $10 million. The man assumed he was being fired. Watson told him, “Fired? Hell, I spent $10 million educating you. I just want to be sure you learned the right lessons.”There are... Read more

Leadership from the Inside Out

By: Kevin Cashman

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

In this rapidly transforming age of 24/7 connectivity and globalization, Cashman encourages listeners to strive no longer for the fiction of “Balance” but instead for “Resilience Mastery.” He also incorporates some powerful new insights he and his colleagues have acquired while helping thousands of leaders in more than sixty countries apply his... Read more

The Little Red Book of Selling

By: Jeffrey Gitomer

Narrated by: Jeffrey Gitomer

Length: 4 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the 2009 Audie Award for Business/Educational Audiobook

New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Gitomer shares his crucial sales principles featuring strategies and techniques on how to efficiently sell anything.

With a lifetime of sales experience New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Gitomer shares his 12.5 Principles of Sales... Read more

The First Billion is the Hardest

By: T. Boone Pickens

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Now eighty years old, T. Boone Pickens is a legendary figure in the business world. Known as the “Oracle of Oil,” he built Mesa Petroleum, one of the largest independent oil companies in the United States. When Pickens left Mesa after a downward spiral in the company’s profits, many counted him out.  What followed for him was the loss of 90... Read more

Hot, Flat, and Crowded

By: Thomas L. Friedman

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman

Length: 20 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Thomas L. Friedman's no. 1 bestseller The World Is Flat has helped millions of readers to see globalization in a new way. Now Friedman brings a fresh outlook to the crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy—both of which could poison our world if we do not act quickly and collectively. His argument speaks to all of... Read more

Hot, Flat, and Crowded - Abridged

By: Thomas L. Friedman

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Thomas L. Friedman's no. 1 bestseller The World Is Flat has helped millions of readers to see globalization in a new way. Now Friedman brings a fresh outlook to the crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy—both of which could poison our world if we do not act quickly and collectively. His argument speaks to all of... Read more

Working with Difficult People - Abridged

By: William Lundin, Ph.D., Kathleen Lundin & Michae...

Narrated by: narrator

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Working with difficult people can reduce your morale, threaten your productivity, deplete your energy, and waste your time. But you don’t have to be helpless in the face of other people’s craziness! Knowing how to handle coworkers’ disruptive behavior is one of the most important career skills you can have, allowing you to become a more valuable... Read more

The World is Curved

By: David M. Smick

Narrated by: Jim Bond

Length: 10 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

David Smick keeps a low profile, but experts consider him one of the most insightful financial market strategists in the world. For more than two decades, he has conferred with central bankers and advised top Wall Street executives and investors.The World Is Curved picks up where Thomas Friedman’s The World Is Flat left off, taking listeners on... Read more

The First Billion Is the Hardest - Abridged

By: T. Boone Pickens

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

With a Plan for Reducing U.S. Oil Dependency

It’s never too late to top your personal best.

Now eighty years old, T. Boone Pickens is a legendary figure in the business world. Known as the “Oracle of Oil” because of his uncanny ability to predict the direction of fuel prices, he built Mesa Petroleum, one of the largest independent oil companies in... Read more

Ahead of the Curve

By: Philip Delves Broughton

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

In the century since its founding, Harvard Business School has become the single most influential institution in global business. Twenty percent of the CEOs of Fortune 500 companies are HBS graduates, as are many of our savviest entrepreneurs (e.g., Michael Bloomberg) and canniest felons (e.g., Jeffrey Skilling). The top investment banks and... Read more

A Sense of Urgency

By: John P. Kotter

Narrated by: Bill Weideman

Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

True urgency is a gut-level determination to move and win, now.It’s practitioners are unusually alert. They come to work each day determined to achieve something important, and they shed irrelevant activities to move faster and smarter. Those with a sense of urgency are the opposite of complacent—but they are not stressed-out and anxious,... Read more

The Way We'll Be

By: John Zogby

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

In this far-reaching examination of contemporary American culture, John Zogby, one of the nation's foremost pollsters, explores who today's Americans are, identifying patterns in our social makeup that hint at the way we'll be. Companies from multinational corporations down to family-owned small businesses can benefit from this detailed... Read more

Crowdsourcing

By: Jeff Howe

Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne

Length: 9 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

“The amount of knowledge and talent dispersed among the human race has always outstripped our capacity to harness it. Crowdsourcing ­corrects that—but in doing so, it also unleashes the forces of creative destruction.”
—From Crowdsourcing

First identified by journalist Jeff Howe in a June 2006 Wired article, “crowdsourcing” describes the process... Read more

El factor Fred

By: Mark Sanborn

Narrated by: Jorge Pupo

Length: 2 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Un libro especialmente inspirador basado en una historia verdadera, El factor Fred transmite un importante mensaje que modificara la actitud del lector hacia el trabajo y hacia la vida. El autor relata la historia real de Fred, un cartero del Servicio Postal de los Estados Unidos quien logra convertir su profesion en una apasionante carrera,... Read more

What the Bible Says About Money

By: author

Narrated by: Kelly Ryan Dolan & Jill Shellabarger

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: No

What does the Bible say about money? This brand-new audiobook provides a concise, easy-to-listen-to resource on the biblical teachings on money. Featuring 12 sections, each addressing a common question relating to the overall topic. Personal stories, categorized scriptures, and practical advice make the "What the Bible Says About..." series... Read more

Envisioning and Manifesting the Life You Want to Live

By: Dave Ellis

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Ellis suggests that if our dreams are big enough, even if we fall short, we'll still be extraordinarily happy. He says, "If you imagine paradise times four and you only get a fourth of it - well, then you end up with paradise." He advises us to keep our eye on what really matters and here he shares his system with us so we can use it too. Read more