Business audiobooks

Meatier Marketing Copy

By: Marcia Yudkin

Narrated by: Marcia Yudkin

Length: 2 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Unleash the power of words to sell. It's easier to attract potential customers and persuade them to buy when you understand your audience and respect the nuances of language. Discover how to select tone, details, imagery, numbers, facts, verb tenses, punctuation, pronouns and more to create rapport and inspire an opt-in, an inquiry or a sale.... Read more

Leading Up - Abridged

By: Michael Useem

Narrated by: James Lurie

Length: 9 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Eight true stories show that Leaders today aren’t just bosses, they’re self-starters who take charge even when they haven’t been given a charge. Upward leaders get results by helping their superiors lead. They make sure that good ideas don’t die on the vine because a boss’s understanding doesn’t reach down deep enough into the organization.... Read more

McKinsey Mind

By: Paul N. Friga & Ethan M. Rasiel

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

The groundbreaking follow-up to the international bestseller­­a hands-on guide to putting McKinsey techniques to work in your organization

McKinsey & Company is the most respected and most secretive consulting firm in the world, and business readers just can't seem to get enough of all things McKinsey. Now, hot on the heels of his acclaimed... Read more

Changewave Investing 2.0 - Abridged

By: Tobin Smith

Narrated by: Tobin Smith

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In his groundbreaking first book, Changewave Investing, investment guru Tobin Smith revealed his secrets for scoring triple-digit returns in the stock market by focusing on the emerging sectors that had the best potential for explosive growth, what Smith referred to as change waves. Now, in an all new audiobook that extends the ChangeWave... Read more

The Agenda - Abridged

By: Michael Hammer

Narrated by: Michael Hammer

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

New rules for the new game:
the ideas that every business needs to win in the customer economy

In The Agenda, Michael Hammer shows companies how to prosper in today’s world of slow growth, fierce competition, and enormously powerful customers. The winners in this extraordinarily difficult environment—companies like IBM, Duke Power, Progressive... Read more

Narren des Zufalls - Die unterschätzte Rolle des Zufalls in unserem Leben (Ungekürzt)

By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Narrated by: Stefan Barth

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

In diesem Hörbuch geht es um Glück und Zufall, genauer gesagt darum, wie wir Glück und Zufall im Alltags- und Geschäftsleben wahrnehmen und damit umgehen. Die meisten Menschen denken, dass die Erfolge auf ihre "Strategie" und ihr "Können" zurückführen. Doch bestimmen Glück und Zufall unser Leben stärker, als wir denken. Nassim Nicholas... Read more

Gonzo Marketing - Abridged

By: Christopher Locke

Narrated by: Christopher Locke

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Gonzo Marketing is a knuckle-whitening ride to the place where social criticism, biting satire, and serious commerce meet...and where the outdated ideals of mass marketing and broadcast media are being left in the dust. As master of ceremonies at the wake for traditional one-size-fits-all marketing, Locke has assembled a unique guest list, from... Read more

When Genius Failed - Abridged

By: Roger Lowenstein

Narrated by: Roger Lowenstein

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

John Meriwether, a famously successful Wall Street trader, spent the 1980s as a partner at Salomon Brothers, establishing the best--and the brainiest--bond arbitrage group in the world. A mysterious and shy midwesterner, he knitted together a group of Ph.D.-certified arbitrageurs who rewarded him with filial devotion and fabulous profits. Then,... Read more

Ziele erreichen - fit in 30 Minuten

By: Dirk Konnertz & Hubert Schwarz

Narrated by: Charles Rettinghaus

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Nach den Sternen greifen, glücklich sein- wer möchte das nicht? Allerdings ist Glück nur selten eine Glückssache, viel häufiger jedoch die Folge von Mut, Durchhaltevermögen und persönlichem Einsatz, Dieses Hörbuch zeigt, dass glücklich ist, wer eigene Ziele vor Augen hat und sich neuen Herausforderungen stellt. Wie dabei der weg zum Ziel klug... Read more

The Road to Wealth - Abridged

By: Suze Orman

Narrated by: Suze Orman

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Accessible, pragmatic, and comprehensive, The Road to Wealth, read by the author herself, imparts information critical to every stage of listeners' financial lives. Whether one is a novice investor or a veteran of the market, whether laying the building blocks for a rich future or seeking comfort during the retirement years, The Road to Wealth... Read more

New Perspectives on Negotiating

By: Herb Cohen

Narrated by: Herb Cohen

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

Using the metaphor of "the game," master negotiator and New York Times bestselling author Herb Cohen says, "Negotiation is the game of life.” In New Perspectives on Negotiating, Cohen illustrates that conscious inattention ("caring, but not that much") produces heightened awareness, self-confidence, and a sense of greater mastery to convey... Read more

Networking with Millionnaires - Abridged

By: Thomas J. Stanley

Narrated by: Thomas J. Stanley

Length: 4 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In The Millionaire Next Door, Tom Stanely identified the millionaires around you. In the Millionaire Mind, he told you how they think. Now, he tells you how to get their business.
NETWORKING WITH MILLIONAIRES
The affluent market segment is growing seven times faster than the household population in this country. Dollar for dollar the most... Read more

25 Sales Secrets Of Highly Successful Salespeople - Abridged

By: Stephan Schiffman

Narrated by: Stephan Schiffman

Length: 3 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

LEARN THE SALES SECRETS THAT GET RESULTS!
25 Years Secrets of Highly Successful Salespeople is a must-listen for all salespeople. Stephan Schiffman, America's Number One Corporate Sales Strategist and President of D.E.I. Management Group, an international sales training and consulting firm, shares with you the 25 traits that will distinguish... Read more

The Innovator's Dilemma - Abridged

By: Clayton M. Christensen

Narrated by: Don Leslie

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Great companies can fail—not because they do anything wrong, but because they do everything right. Meeting customers' current needs leads firms to reject breakthrough innovations-"disruptive technologies" that create the products and opportunities of the future.

Radical thinking . . . and a wake-up call. Citing examples from many industries... Read more

Fuzzy Math

By: Paul Krugman

Narrated by: Sam Freed

Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Wielding his widely recognized powers of explanation, Paul Krugman lays bare the hidden facts behind the $2 trillion tax cut.

With huge budget surpluses just ahead, the question of whether to cut taxes has shifted to when? and by how much? With Fuzzy Math, Paul Krugman dissects the Bush tax proposal and shows us who wins, who loses, and how... Read more

Artful Negotiation in a Global Economy

By: Herb Cohen

Narrated by: Herb Cohen

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

As an adviser to U.S. Presidents and intimately involved with several highly publicized international negotiating dramas, Herb Cohen has earned the title of “World's Greatest Negotiator.” Employing a geocentric perspective, Cohen views bargaining as an enriching social exchange akin to an art form. In successful global negotiation, Cohen... Read more

A Passion to Win - Abridged

By: Sumner Redstone

Narrated by: Sumner Redstone

Length: 3 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A titan of modern media, Sumner Redstone shares how he became the head of one of the world’s great media empires and one of the richest men in the entertainment business.

In one of the most fascinating and eye-opening business autobiographies written, Sumner Redstone shares the unvarnished story of how he overcame significant obstacles on his... Read more

Changing Directions Without Losing Your Way - Abridged

By: Paul Edwards & Sarah Edwards

Narrated by: Paul Edwards & Sarah Edwards

Length: 2 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The complete guide for anyone who faces sudden change at work, in technology, and in the world around them
In Changing Directions Without Losing Your Way, the authors who helped pioneer the "working from home" revolution identify the six stages of change in business and in life. For each of these stages, Paul and Sarah Edwards demonstrate how... Read more

The New Market Leaders - Abridged

By: Fred Wiersema

Narrated by: Fred Wiersema

Length: 3 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the decade since Fred Wiersema coauthored the #1 bestseller The Discipline of Market Leaders, a momentous shift has occured. We have entered an age of customer scarcity--an age in which exciting, often unorthodox companies are revolutionizing the global marketplace. In this path-cutting work, Wiersema provides new benchmarks for ranking... Read more

Cyberselfish - Abridged

By: Pauline Borsook

Narrated by: Paula Parker

Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From one of the most controversial personalities in the high-tech world comes this rare critique of the narcissism, ignorance and anti-communitarianism of the digital elite and their culture. Until now, the lofty pronouncements of the high-tech gurus and society's obsession with them have seldom been questioned. Sub-titled 'A Critical Romp... Read more

A Call to Spirit: Living an Awakened Life

By: Swami Shuddhandanda

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Meet Swami Shuddhandanda Brahmachari, a living saint, who tries to keep a low profile.  This eloquent "holy man" with the mindset of an economist, tells us the story of his journey and life's work in the villages and slums of Calcutta. Read more

Dot-Gone

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Spencer Michels reports from San Francisco on the ongoing corporate bloodletting in the dot-com industry. Read more

The Power Of Positive Thinking in Business - Abridged

By: Scott W. Ventrella

Narrated by: Scott W. Ventrella

Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

One of the most powerful forces in business today is the positive psychology movement -- overcoming self-defeating attitudes and developing our talents and positive traits. Much of the new thinking stems directly from the concepts in Norman Vincent Peale's classic bestseller, The Power of Positive Thinking, which has sold over 22 million copies.... Read more

Networth - Abridged

By: Steve Frank

Narrated by: Steve Frank

Length: 2 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Invest sucessfully in the companies that will prevail through thechnology booms and busts -- with indispensable advice from the world's most trusted business publication, The Wall Street Journal.
There's no doubt the Internet has changed the way we live, the way we work, and the way we invest in the new millennium. But while many investors made... Read more