Business audiobooks

Golden Rules Effective Listening

By: David Ryder

Narrated by: David Ryder

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

You've got through to the prospective customer either or the phone or in person. It's taken preparation, effort, persistence and a slice of luck. But there you are with that one opportunity to make a sale, secure a deal.

What on earth do you say? How do you win the prospect over? How do you persuade them that you have the right product or service... Read more

The 7 Biggest Mistakes When Making Sales Calls

By: David Ryder

Narrated by: David Ryder

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

You need customers but don't know how to get them.

You do NOT want: gurus talking in lofty terms about having the right attitude, understanding psychology and other great sounding but ultimately unhelpful theories.

You do want: a SIMPLE, practical guide on how to sell over the phone or how to arrange meetings that you can convert to sales. No... Read more

Fundraising for Your School

By: Rowmark Ltd

Narrated by: David Ryder

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

This book will help those schools who wish to generate extra money outside of statutory funding to fund innovative projects, capital build programmes, staffing costs and other initiatives. It covers:

The climate for fundraising
Organising for fundraising
Registering as a charity
Preparation and writing your appeal
Sources of funding - trusts,... Read more

The End of Food

By: Paul Roberts

Narrated by: William Dufris

Length: 15 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

The frightening truth about the modern food system.



The bestselling author of The End of Oil turns his attention to food and finds that the system we've entrusted with meeting one of our most basic needs is dramatically failing us. With his trademark comprehensive global approach, Paul Roberts investigates the startling truth about the modern... Read more

The Best Service Is No Service - Abridged

By: Bill Price & David Jaffe

Narrated by: Jim Bond

Length: 10 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Most customer service operations have it wrong. They gauge their effectiveness and productivity based on the number of customer calls or contacts they handle. But do your customers really want a “relationship” with your company’s customer service department, or do they simply want to purchase your products or services so they can put them to... Read more

Generation Blend - Abridged

By: Rob Salkowitz

Narrated by: Bill Weideman

Length: 7 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Technology and demographics are on a collision course. Digital Natives, Boomerang Boomers, and Generation X-ecutives are all grappling with the transformative implications of Web 2.0 technologies, and organizations are scrambling for the best ways to unlock the talents of a multigenerational workforce in a connected world. Generation Blend... Read more

Common Wealth

By: Jeffrey D. Sachs

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner

Length: 12 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

“Lucid, quietly urgent, and relentlessly logical . . . this is Bigthink with a capital B.” —The New York Times Book Review

“Common Wealth explains the most basic economic reckoning that the world faces.” —Al Gore, winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize and former vice president of the United States

In Common Wealth, Jeffrey D. Sachs-one of the... Read more

Double or Nothing

By: Tom Breitling & Cal Fussman

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

If Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn had come of age at the end of the twentieth century looking for an all-American adventure, they probably would've headed for Vegas. However, they'd have been hard-pressed to go on a wilder ride than the one taken by Tom Breitling and Tim Poster to the top of the famed Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino.



Call them the Odds... Read more

Death to All Sacred Cows

By: David Bernstein, Beau Fraser & Bill Schwab

Narrated by: Johnny Heller

Length: 4 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Three award-winning advertising executives prove that in business, Sacred Cows deserve to die.



Don't get us wrong. While the authors have nothing against cows in general—they love steak—they do have a problem with Sacred Cows. Blindly doing things because...well...that's the way they've always been done. Formulas may be comforting, but they... Read more

The End of Poverty

By: Jeffrey D. Sachs

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner

Length: 13 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

"Book and man are brilliant, passionate, optimistic and impatient . . . Outstanding." —The Economist

The landmark exploration of economic prosperity and how the world can escape from extreme poverty for the world's poorest citizens, from one  of the world's most renowned economists

Hailed by Time as one of the world's hundred most influential... Read more

The Mormon Way of Doing Business - Abridged

By: Jeff Benedict

Narrated by: Jeff Benedict

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

An unprecedented look at how the Mormon faith has shaped some of today’s most successful CEOs and businessmen.

The Founder of JetBlue.The CEO of Dell Computers. The CEO of Deloitte & Touche. The Dean of the Harvard Business School. They all have one thing in common. They are devout Mormons who spend their Sundays exclusively with their... Read more

Straight Talk on Investing

By: Jack Brennan

Narrated by: Brian Keeler

Length: 9 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Jack Brennan is a graduate of Harvard Business School and the Chairman and CEO of The Vanguard Group, the world's second-largest mutual fund company. With over two decades of experience, Brennan has made a career out of helping people successfully manage their investments. This invaluable guide cuts through all the hype, offering a sensible plan... Read more

Seeing What's Next

By: Clayton Christensen

Narrated by: Joel Leffert

Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Seeing What's Next is a framework for predicting industry winners and losers. Every day, individuals take action based on how they believe innovation will change industries. Yet these beliefs are largely based on guesswork and incomplete data, and can lead to costly errors in judgment. Internationally renowned innovation expert Clayton M.... Read more

Stop Whining, Start Living

By: Dr. Laura Schlessinger

Narrated by: Lily LoBianco

Length: 5 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling author and popular national radio host Dr. Laura offers tough-love advice to help us all lead active and more positive lives.Dr. Laura Schelssinger has helped millions to nurture and cherish their relationships and their partners. Now, she turns her piercing insight and no-nonsense approach to each and every one of us, offering... Read more

The Undercover Economist

By: Tim Harford

Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie

Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Author of the extremely popular "Dear Economist" column in Financial Times, Tim Harford reveals the economics behind everyday phenomena in this highly entertaining and informative book. Can a book about economics be fun to read? It can when Harford takes the reins, using his trademark wit to explain why it costs an arm and a leg to buy a... Read more

How to Market Your Professional Expertise

By: Nido R. Qubein

Narrated by: Nido Qubein

Length: 4 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

This program covers:

The 10 objectives of strategic marketing
Capitalizing on your marketing advantage
An overview of an integrated marketing system
How to sell more in less time than before
Finding clients for your professional expertise
Investing in your success
Tactics for greater marketing power
Preventing sales from slipping away Read more

Your Marketing Sucks.

By: Mark Stevens

Narrated by: Michael Arkin

Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

This BusinessWeek bestseller from esteemed marketing guru Mark Stevens is an entertaining and useful guide to improving the way businesses promote
themselves. Stevens attacks conventional strategies with infectious zeal, making it crystal clear that most companies might as well throw their money away.

In blunt, perfectly logical terms and through... Read more

Becoming a Resonant Leader

By: Richard Boyatzis, Annie McKee & Fran Johnston

Narrated by: Jonathan Marosz

Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

A powerful case has been made for emotional intelligence and its role in leadership. As Annie McKee and Richard Boyatzis showed in their best-selling books, Primal Leadership and Resonant Leadership, the best leaders use their emotional intelligence to create resonance with others.
Resonant leaders are attuned to the needs and dreams of the... Read more

Trump Never Give Up

By: Meredith McIver & Donald Trump

Narrated by: Steve Blane

Length: 4 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

During his long business career, Donald Trump has known astonishing highs and lows. In Never Give Up, the world's most famous businessman talks candidly about his own biggest challenges, lowest moments, and toughest fights - and how he turned those setbacks into new successes.

Trump knows more than a little about turning defeat into victory.... Read more

The Leadership Pipeline

By: James Noel, Ram Charan & Stephen Drotter

Narrated by: Richard Rohan

Length: 7 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Ram Charan, Stephen Drotter, and James Noel are three eminent business consultants on the cutting edge of the knowledge economy. They have coached managers at many world-class organizations-and now their combined expertise on the subject of leadership is condensed in the fascinating book The Leadership Pipeline. Read more

Law in America

By: Lawrence M. Friedman

Narrated by: Alan Nebelthau

Length: 5 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Lawrence M. Friedman is Professor of Law at Stanford University and author of 23 books about law and legal history. Hailed as American law's greatest living historian, Friedman traces the evolution of America's legal system from the colonial period to the present. A Modern Library Chronicle, this book is concise, insightful, and graced with wit. Read more

Working For Your Soul

By: Thomas Moore, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

If your life is going along in a straight line there is little room for a creative change of direction. If you have a gnawing question about something better that might be waiting around the bend, Moore points to unexpected signs that it might help you make space to find fulfillment in a more creative direction in your life. Read more

The Leadership Genius of George W. Bush

By: James Ware & Carolyn B. Thompson

Narrated by: Rick Rohan

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Thompson and Ware, nationally known consultants in the fields of management and leadership, offer a practical guide that focuses on the skills G.W. Bush has used throughout his career and in the White House. Each useful chapter highlights one of his leadership lessons. From identifying core values to getting results, this clearly-written guide... Read more

Awakening the Entrepreneur Within

By: Michael E. Gerber

Narrated by: Michael E. Gerber

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

“No business author has touched me as deeply as Michael Gerber has.”—Jack Canfield, co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul bestselling book series The legendary Michael Gerber—founder of E-Myth Worldwide and author of such multi-million copy bestselling classics as The E-Myth Revisited and E-Myth Mastery—shows you how to go from dreaming... Read more