Business audiobooks

How a Promoter of Artists, Performers, and Athletes 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 promotional 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

How a Lawyer 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 legal 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 legal team to be your team? What You'll Find... Read more

How a Vendor Manager 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 vendor manager 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 and a sense of winning. Wouldn't you want that person to be... Read more

How a Marriage and Family Therapist 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 Marriage and Family Therapist 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 and a sense of winning. Wouldn't you want that... Read more

How a Human Resources Manager 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 HR manager 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 and a sense of winning. Wouldn't you want that person to be... Read more

Secrets to Planning the Perfect Speech for Marketing Managers

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: No

In the world of marketing, a manager has the responsibility to find potential customers, make sure that they know about the company's products, and then equip the sales team to turn potential customers into real live customers. A great deal of these tasks have to do with communication between the marketing manager and different groups:... Read more

Secrets to Planning the Perfect Speech for Health Educators

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: No

If teaching people about wellness was easy, then anyone could do it. As health educators you spend your time developing and implementing strategies that will improve the health of not only individuals but also of communities. As you do this you learn what works and what does not work. This means that you have valuable information to share with... Read more

Price of Prosperity

By: Peter L. Bernstein

Narrated by: Walter Dixon

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

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Play Money

By: Julian Dibbell

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

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Secrets to Planning the Perfect Speech for Curators

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: No

As a curator you are the person who is the content specialist charged with your institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material. What this means is that you are the one person who knows the most about what your institution has, how it got it, the story behind it, and what its true meaning is. Your knowledge... Read more

Never Get a "Real" Job

By: Scott Gerber

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

A twenty-something hustler, rainmaker, and boot-strapper who has survived
and thrived despite never having held the proverbial "real" job, Scott Gerber
is the ultimate "Generation Y-er." He's a self-taught serial entrepreneur who
built several successful businesses without storied business connections, a
business school background, executive... Read more

Secrets to Planning the Perfect Speech for Contractor Managers

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: No

You would think that the job of managing outsourced work would not require the person doing it to give speeches. However, if you thought this, then you'd be wrong. It turns out that when a company is willing to give up control over how work is performed by bringing in contractors, the relationship between the company and both the contractors and... Read more

Networking for People Who Hate Networking

By: Devora Zack

Narrated by: Karen Saltus

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Devora Zack, an avowed introvert and a successful consultant who speaks to thousands of people every year, found that most networking advice books assume that to succeed you have to become an extrovert. Or at least learn how to fake it. Not at all. There is another way.
This audiobook shatters stereotypes about people who dislike networking.... Read more

Your Success as a CIO Depends On How Well You Communicate

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

Abridged: No

When we think about what it takes to be a successful CIO, there are a lot of things that probably come to mind. Staying on top of changing technology, anticipating security issues, and preparing the IT department for the company's growth. However, it turns out that there is something that is far more important than any of these things to a CIO's... Read more

What CIOs Need to Know in Order to Successfully Manage an IT Department

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

At the heart of being a CIO is the responsibility to manage an entire department of technical professionals. It is your job to provide an overall direction for the department to move in and when problems arise, and they always do, you are going to have to work with your staff in order to create solutions. What You'll Find Inside: CIO LESSONS... Read more

Use the Power of Arguing to Win Your Next Negotiation

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: No

As individuals we have a tendency to shy away from getting involved in arguments. We view them as being confrontational and filled with emotions. However, when it comes to negotiating and when we have a different view of the world than the other side of the table, it turns out that a little bit of arguing might be just what the doctor ordered.... Read more

Tools Speakers Need in Order to Give the Perfect Speech

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

As speakers, we want to create the best speech that we can. In order to do this we can make use of a large number of tools that are available. However, we first have to know about the tools that we have access to and then we need to know how to go about using them. Each of these tasks can be learned.

What You'll Find Inside:
10 TIPS FOR... Read more

Secrets to Planning the Perfect Speech for an Announcer

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: No

If there is one thing that an announcer does, it's talk. However, most announcers don't give speeches. Instead, we're handed something and told to read it. When we are asked to give a speech, we can start to experience a sense of panic – what should we say, how should we say it, just exactly what will the audience be looking for. The good news... Read more

Secrets to Planning the Perfect Speech for an Actor

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: No

No matter if the speech that you'll be expected to give is part of a role that you'll be playing or if it is for some event outside of a production, giving a good speech can be a real challenge. The good news is that as an actor, you have the skills that it's going to take to do this well. The same skills that you use to bring a role to life can... Read more

Secrets to Creating the Perfect Speech

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

There are speeches, and then there are great speeches. As public speakers it's the great speeches that we want to give; however, how is one to go about creating such a speech?

What You'll Find Inside: THE THREE KEY GOALS OF ANY PRESENTATION HOW TO CONNECT WITH YOUR AUDIENCE GET ‘EM TO UNDERSTAND, GET ‘EM TO REMEMBER QUICK HIT: TOP 10 TIPS TO... Read more

Secrets of Effective Leadership for IT Managers

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Anyone can manage IT employees. Due to the fact that the employees have agreed to work for the company, as their manager you hold the ability to fire them in your hands. If they don’t do what you tell them to do, you have the right to terminate them. That’s management, not leadership. What You’ll Find Inside: 4 DRIVERS OF EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION... Read more

Manage Your Customers, Manage Your Product

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: No

As though being a product manager was not tough enough, it turns out that not only do we have to manage our products, but we also have to manage our customers. Customers don't particularly want to be managed and so they are not necessarily going to make this an easy task for us to accomplish.

What You'll Find Inside: PRODUCT MANAGERS NEED TO... Read more

Sales Secrets for Product Managers

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

When you became a product manager, did anyone take the time to mention to you that you were signing up to become a member of your company's sales department? You might have thought that you were joining the marketing department, but if your product doesn't sell, then you won't be holding on to your product management job for long! What You'll... Read more

Product Management Secrets

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The job of a product manager is made even more difficult by the simple fact that it really does not come with any clear instructions on how to do it correctly. As product managers we are constantly searching for ways to become better. What You'll Find Inside: 9 WAYS TO TO BECOME AN INFORMATION PRODUCT MANAGER WHY PRODUCT MANAGERS NEED TO KNOW... Read more