Business audiobooks

The 10-Step Stress Solution

By: Neil Shah

Narrated by: Don Hagen

Length: TBA

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... Read more

Product Development Lessons for Product Managers

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

What is a product manager without a product? Nothing. That's why it's so very important that when a product is being developed that the product manager be involved. Now exactly how best to go about doing that is an entirely different question. What You'll Find Inside: TRACKING YOUR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN’T HOW DO YOU KNOW... Read more

New IT Technology Issues Facing CIOs

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: No

It's always been known that the job of being CIO is a tough job. One of the reasons that this job is so hard to do well is because we stand on shifting ground. The technology that we use goes out of style and then gets replaced by new technology almost overnight. What You'll Find Inside: CRM NEWS: THE BUSINESS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IS... Read more

Managing Your Product Manager Career

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you have the perfect product manager job? I'm willing to bet that the answer to that question is probably no. Every product manager job has a certain level of excitement and job satisfaction; however, sometimes we start to get interested in finding our next position. When we start to feel this way, we need remember just exactly how you go... Read more

How a Coach or Scout 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 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 and a sense of winning. Wouldn't you want that team to be your team? What... Read more

Getting What You Want in a Negotiation By Learning How to Signal

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

When we sit down to negotiate, we are really entering into a very specialized conversation with the other side of the table. We have a set of goals and they have their own set of goals. The purpose of the negotiation conversation is to find out if there is a way that the needs of both sides of the table can be met. What You'll Find Inside:... Read more

How to Show What You Mean During a Presentation

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

All too often public speakers think that all that they have to work with are the words that will tumble out of their mouth during their next presentation. Whereas these words are important, a speech offers you many other ways to connect with your audience by demonstrating what you are talking about. What You'll Find Inside: TOOLS TO HELP... Read more

All Good Things Come to an End: How to Close a Negotiation

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

The part of a negotiation that every negotiator wants to get to as quickly as possible is the closing. This is when your prize is insight: the deal that you want is so close that you could almost reach out and touch it. However, it turns out that this is the most dangerous part of a negotiation – it can all slip away from you if you don't know... Read more

How to Organize a Successful Speech

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

The goal of any speaker is that when they give their speech their audience hangs on their every word. In order to make this happen, we need to find ways to organize our speech so that we can both capture and hold our audience's attention from start to finish.

What You'll Find Inside: BACK TO BACK TO BACK TO BACK SPEAKING: HOW TO YOU CAN... Read more

Learn the Skill of Exploring in a Negotiation

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 41 minutes

Abridged: No

When you start a negotiation, there is a great deal that you don't know. No matter how much homework and research that you've done in order to better understand the other side of the table and their position, there will always be things that you don’t know. What You'll Find Inside: GOT TO KEEP ‘EM SEPARATED — ROLES IN NEGOTIATING YOU WANT A... Read more

How to Open Your Next Negotiation

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Every negotiation starts with an opening. It’s what we all do at the start of a negotiation. What a lot of us don’t realize is that how we handle the opening of a negotiation can have a big impact on how the rest of the negotiation goes. The very possibility of success may hinge on how we start things off. What You’ll Find Inside: THREE... Read more

How to Have a Successful Product Manager Career

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Congratulations – you are a product manager. Or you want to be one. No matter where your career is at right now, what we need to have a talk about is how you can take it to the next level.

What You'll Find Inside: HOW GREAT PRODUCT MANAGERS KEEP THEIR PERSPECTIVE SHOULD YOU GET AN MBA? #1 SKILL THAT A PRODUCT MANAGER NEEDS TO HAVE THE PRODUCT... Read more

CIO Business Skills

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

What does it take to be a successful CIO? Studies have shown that the average CIO only holds on to the job for roughly 4 years – what can you do to have a longer career? It turns out that the answer to this question is simple: you need to find ways to work with the rest of the business.

What You'll Find Inside: DO WE REALLY NEED CIOS ANY... Read more

CIO Secrets for Growing Innovation

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

Abridged: No

So just exactly what is innovation? It turns out that innovation is doing something new. It can be a new method, a new idea, or even a new product. In the world of IT, we have the ability to solve just about any problem. However, how we go about solving problems can become outdated quickly. What we need to do as CIOs is to find out how to bring... Read more

How to Get Ready to Give the Perfect Speech

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

Before we can give the perfect speech, we have to get ready to give the perfect speech. Just saying the words of our speech over and over again is a good first step, but it's not enough. We need to know what else we have to do prior to giving a speech in order to be ready when the big day comes.

What You'll Find Inside: CONNECT WITH YOUR... Read more

How to Create a Speech That Will Be Remembered

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: No

I'm pretty sure that we can all agree on one thing: we'd like the next speech that we give to be a great speech. Now the big question that we are all faced with is just exactly how to go about making this happen?

What You'll Find Inside: WHAT’S THE BEST STORY THAT A PUBLIC SPEAKER CAN TELL? JUST HOW DOES ONE CREATE A KEYNOTE PRESENTATION? HOW... Read more

How to Become a Better Speaker By Changing How You Speak

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: No

The Greek philosopher Heraclitus is the one who is credited with saying "The Only Thing That Is Constant Is Change". In the world of giving speeches this is especially true. One does not just suddenly become a great speaker. Rather, what happens is that we start to give speeches and gradually over time we get better at doing it. However, we'll... Read more

IT Manager Career Secrets

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

It’s not easy being an IT manager. There are constant staffing issue, budget issues, project issues, and the challenge of keeping your management informed about what is going on. The one thing that too many of us end up overlooking as we try to accomplish all of these things is that we have one more management job to do: manage our careers. What... Read more

Keeping the Barbarians Out: How CIOs Can Secure Their Department and Company

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

Abridged: No

There are a lot of bad guys out there. For some odd reason, a lot of them seem to want to break into your company's networks and applications. As the CIO, it's your job to make sure that this does not happen. Got any thoughts on how to go about doing that? What You'll Find Inside: CIO’S NEED TO LEARN HOW TO DEFEND AGAINST THE INSIDER... Read more

Creating Speeches That Work

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Let's face it, creating a speech is hard work. However, as long as we are going to go to the effort of creating a speech, it sure seems like we should do a good job of it. Now the difficult part comes: just exactly how does one go about creating a speech that works?

What You'll Find Inside: SIZE MATTERS – SHAPING YOUR SPEECH TO MATCH YOUR... Read more

Customer Lessons for Product Managers

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

In the end, it all comes down to what your customer wants to tell you about your product. However, how many of us have been taught how to listen to our customers?

What You'll Find Inside: LET’S GO VISIT THE CUSTOMER, PRODUCT MANAGER ARE ANGRY CUSTOMERS A PRODUCT MANAGER’S BEST FRIEND? CUSTOMER LED NEW PRODUCT DESIGN: NOTES FROM THE FIELD YOUR... Read more

The House of Morgan

By: Ron Chernow

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Length: 34 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the National Book Award and now considered a classic, The House of Morgan is the most ambitious history ever written about an American banking dynasty. Acclaimed by the Wall Street Journal as “brilliantly researched and written,” the book tells the rich, panoramic story of four generations of Morgans and the powerful, secretive firms... Read more

Exploring How to Get the Deal That You Want in a Negotiation

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Narrated by: Dr. Jim Anderson

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

When we enter into a negotiation, we simply don't know everything that we need to know. What this means for us is that we've got to use the negotiation to do some exploring – we've got to get answers to the questions that are unanswered when we start. What You'll Find Inside: GIVING TO GET: HOW A SALES NEGOTIATOR MAKES CONCESSIONS 3 THINGS... Read more

How a Labor Negotiator 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 Labor Negotiator 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