Business audiobooks

Mastering the Art of Quitting

By: Alan B. Bernstein & Peg Streep

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

In Mastering the Art of Quitting the authors show us how to let go when we need to and how to start over. A guide to increasing our emotional and mental flexibility, assessing our goals, and knowing when to hang in or bail out, it tackles our tendencies to overanalyze, ruminate, and put a positive spin on situations we actually need to avoid. In... Read more

Customer CEO

By: Chuck Wall

Narrated by: Dana Hickox

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Most companies still operate as if they control their customers. But, in today’s market, it’s really the other way around. Customer CEO confronts the new market reality that customers choose which companies to do business with completely on their own terms. This effectively inverts the power, control, and direction of decision-making; to survive... Read more

Product Manager Product Success

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Dr. Jim Anderson explores what product managers have to do in order to make their products a success. Dr. Anderson uses real-world examples from Microsoft, Dell, and Toyota to show product managers both what works and what doesn't work when it comes to capturing your customer's imagination (and their wallets).

What You'll Find Inside: FORGET... Read more

Product Failure Lessons for Product Managers

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

Product failures are never something that a product manager wants to talk about. We all live with the secret dread that someday the product that we are responsible might turn out to be a failure. When that happens, we all expect that we'll be asked to leave the company.

What You'll Find Inside: HOW DELL PRODUCT MANAGERS STOLE CHRISTMAS NEW... Read more

Preparing for Your Next Negotiation

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: No

It turns out that most negotiations are over even before they begin. The team that has spent the most time planning for the negotiation, doing their homework, and collecting the data that they’ll need is the one that’s going to walk away from the table with the best deal. Wouldn’t you want that team to be your team? Planning is what happens... Read more

Plan for Success: How to Plan Your Next Speech

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: No

As public speakers, the one thing that we all want to be able to learn to do better is to improve how we speak. The key to doing this successfully is to learn how to plan our next speech. The good news is that planning a speech is actually fairly simple. The first step in making this happen is to understand that the clothes that you wear when... Read more

Marketing Skills for Product Managers

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

At the heart of what it means to be a product manager lies the ability to market your product. No matter if you are trying to get people inside of your company to provide you with the resources or funding that your product needs in order to get out the door or if its customers that you are after, you've got to be able to paint a picture of your... Read more

Managing Your CIO Career

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

In today's fast-paced Information Technology (IT) field, Chief Information Officers (CIOs) are being asked to do more than ever. No longer is it enough to just make sure that the company's various servers and email systems are up and operating correctly, now CIOs have to play a role in setting the company's overall strategic direction.It's all... Read more

Making the Jump

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

This book has been written with one goal in mind – to show you how you can land the perfect job when you get out of college. It doesn't matter where you are in school (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, or Senior) the strategies laid out here are going to get you the job that you want! It's full of practical, proven techniques that will both help you... Read more

Learn How to Signal in Your Next Negotiation

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

The art of negotiation depends on your ability to successfully communicate with the other side of the table. An important part of this communication is your ability to signal to the other side what your intentions are. Likewise, they will be signaling to you what they want to accomplish. What You'll Find Inside: ESCALATION POWER: HOW TO USE... Read more

Learn How to Argue in Your Next Negotiation

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

We all know how we want our next negotiation to end – with a good deal for us. However, what all too often we don't spend enough time on understanding is how important our ability to successfully argue our points will be in order to get to that desired deal.

So much of what goes on in a negotiation is about power. Who has it, who is losing it,... Read more

How to Rehearse in Order to Give the Perfect Speech

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Every time we are asked to give a speech, we feel a sense of nervous energy flow through our body. We think "I hope that this turns out well." We would give anything to be able to control the future and make this our best speech ever. Well, I've got some good news for you: you are in control and you can make that happen.

What You'll Find... Read more

How to Organize a Speech in Order to Make Your Point

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: No

The first step in creating a speech that will allow you to make your point is to first determine how best to organize it. There are a lot of different ways to go about doing this, but you are going to want to make sure that you'll be able to connect with your audience. This means that you'll need to be able to determine what your emotional... Read more

How to Give a Great Presentation

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

After the speech has been written, the practice has been done, all that is left is for you to actually present your speech to the audience. It goes without saying that this can be one of life's biggest challenges! What You'll Find Inside: I WANT TO PRESENT JUST LIKE STEVE JOBS TOP 9 BAD HABITS OF TECHNICAL PRESENTERS PUBLIC SPEAKING... Read more

How to Create a Successful Product That Customers Will Want

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

The success of a product manager is judged by the success of their product. This of course leads to the question, what does it take to have a successful product? One of the most important things is how a product manager chooses to look at their market: do they take the short term view or the long term view?

What’s Inside: PRODUCT MANAGERS KNOW... Read more

How to Build High Performance IT Teams

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

In order to be successful as an IT manager, you need to be able to show the company that under your leadership your team is able to deliver high quality products on time and under budget. If you want to have any chance of being able to pull this off, then you are going to have to discover ways to build a high performance IT team. What You'll... Read more

How Product Managers Can Use Better Communication to Boost Sales

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

At the heart of what it means to be a product manager lies the ability to market your product. No matter if you are trying to get people inside of your company to provide you with the resources or funding that your product needs in order to get out the door or if its customers that you are after, you've got to be able to paint a picture of your... Read more

How Product Managers Can Learn to Understand Their Customers

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

If you want to be successful as a product manager than you are going to have to be able to create products that solve problems for your customers. In order to do this, you are going to first have to understand your customers – what are their wants and needs?

What You'll Find Inside: HOW TO MOVE FROM CUSTOMERS TO PARTNERS WHAT PRODUCT MANAGERS... Read more

How IT Managers Can Use New Technology to Meet Today's IT Challenges

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The job of an IT manager is constantly changing. The technologies that we used to use are now gone. The technologies that we use today will eventually go away. This means that we need to make sure that we are constantly aware of what new technologies are coming our way and what our teams will be able to do with them. What You'll Find Inside:... Read more

How IT Managers Can Get the Most Out of Their Careers

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

Abridged: No

As an IT manager one of your most valuable possessions is your career. At your firm, you are the only person who is going to be spending any time worrying about your career: how's it going, what is your next step, what could you be doing better? These are all vital questions for you to be able to answer if you want to advance in your career.... Read more

How Clergy Can Prepare for a Successful Negotiation

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

It turns out that most negotiations are over even before they begin. The clerical team that has spent the most time planning for the negotiation, doing their homework, and collecting the data that they'll need is the one that's going to walk away from the table with the best deal. Wouldn't you want that team to be your team? What You'll Find... Read more

The 10-Step Stress Solution

By: Neil Shah

Narrated by: Don Hagen

Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

A practical guide to banishing stress from your everyday life so you can feel happy and fulfilled.

Do you feel overwhelmed by work -- or life in general?

Having trouble coping with too many demands on your time and energy?

Well you're not alone! Britain is currently suffering from a stress epidemic. A staggering 1 in 4 employees are said to... Read more

How CIOs Can Make Innovation Happen

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Every company wants to grow and become more successful. There is no magic formula to make this happen, but it is generally agreed that in order for this to happen the company cannot stand still. Instead, they always have to be trying new things and growing.

In the IT department, in order to make this kind of growth occur, innovation has to be... Read more

How CIOs Can Take Their Career to the Next Level

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: No

It's only after you become a CIO that you truly start to understand all of the things that you don't know. Your technical skills are probably what got you this job, but they are not going to be enough to allow you to keep it. You are going to have to decide if it's going to take getting an MBA to allow you to get a seat at the table with the... Read more