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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281652 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Humility Is the New Smart: Rethinking Human Excellence in the Smart Machine Age Author: Katherine Ludwig, Edward D. Hess Narrator: Anna Crowe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 33 minutes Release date: June 16, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: Smart machines are replacing more and more jobs. Edward Hess and Katherine Ludwig show how to develop abilities that machines don't have so we can thrive in this Smart Machine Age. Underlying them all is a sense of personal humility: honestly recognizing our limitations and working to mitigate them. In nearly every industry, smart machines are replacing human labor. It's not just factory jobs-automated technologies are handling people's investments, diagnosing illnesses, and analyzing written documents. If we humans are going to endure, Edward Hess and Katherine Ludwig say we're going to need a dose of humility. We need to be humble enough to let go of the idea that 'smart' means knowing the most, using that information quickest, and making the fewest mistakes. Smart machines will always be better than we are at those things. Instead, we need to cultivate important abilities that smart machines don't have (yet): thinking critically, creatively, and innovatively and building close relationships with others so we can collaborate effectively. Hess and Ludwig call this being NewSmart. To develop these abilities, we need to practice four specific behaviors: keeping our egos out of our way, managing our thoughts and emotions to curb any biases or defensiveness, listening to others with an open mind, and connecting with others socially and emotionally. What all these behaviors have in common is, again, humility-avoiding self-centeredness so we can learn from and work with other humans. Hess and Ludwig offer a guide to developing these NewSmart abilities and to creating organizations where these qualities are encouraged and rewarded.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289518 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big, 10th-Anniversary Edition Author: Bo Burlingham Narrator: Bo Burlingham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 46 minutes Release date: November 11, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.04 of Total 27 Ratings of Narrator: 4.2 of Total 5 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: How maverick companies have passed up the growth treadmill — and focused on greatness instead. It’s an axiom of business that great companies grow their revenues and profits year after year. Yet quietly, under the radar, a small number of companies have rejected the pressure of endless growth to focus on more satisfying business goals. Goals like being great at what they do, creating a great place to work, providing great customer service, making great contributions to their communities, and finding great ways to lead their lives. In Small Giants, veteran journalist Bo Burlingham takes us deep inside fourteen remarkable companies that have chosen to march to their own drummer. They include Anchor Brewing, the original microbrewer; CitiStorage Inc., the premier independent records-storage business; Clif Bar & Co., maker of organic energy bars and other nutrition foods; Righteous Babe Records, the record company founded by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco; Union Square Hospitality Group, the company of restaurateur Danny Meyer; and Zingerman’s Community of Businesses, including the world-famous Zingerman’s Deli of Ann Arbor. Burlingham shows how the leaders of these small giants recognized the full range of choices they had about the type of company they could create. And he shows how we can all benefit by questioning the usual definitions of business success. In his new afterward, Burlingham reflects on the similarities and learning lessons from the small giants he covers in the audiobook.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292831 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Mission: How Leaders Build a Team of Teams Author: Chris Fussell, C. W. Goodyear Narrator: Stanley Mcchrystal, Chris Fussell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13 minutes Release date: June 13, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 7 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: From the co-author of the New York Times bestseller Team of Teams, a practical guide for leaders looking to make their organizations more interconnected and unified in the midst of sudden change.   Too often, companies end up with teams stuck in their own silos, pursuing goals and metrics in isolation. Their traditional autocratic structures create stability, scalability, and predictability -- but in a world that demands rapid adaptation to a new reality, this traditional model simply doesn’t work.   In Team of Teams, retired four-star General Stanley McChrystal and former Navy SEAL Chris Fussell made the case for a new organizational model combining the agility, adaptability, and cohesion of a small team with the power and resources of a giant organization. Now, in One Mission, Fussell channels all his experiences, both military and corporate, into powerful strategies for unifying isolated and distrustful teams.   This practical guide will help leaders in any field implement the Team of Teams approach to tear down their silos improve collaboration, and avoid turf wars. By committing to one higher mission, organizations develop an overall capability that far exceeds the sum of their parts.   From Silicon Valley software giant Intuit to a government agency on the plains of Oklahoma, organizations have used Fussell’s methods to unite their people around a single compelling vision, resulting in superior performance. One Mission will help you follow their example to a more agile and resilient future.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292681 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 100 Ways to Motivate Others, Third Edition: How Great Leaders Can Produce Insane Results Without Driving People Crazy Author: Steve Chandler, Scott Richardson Narrator: Fred Stella Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 25 minutes Release date: June 6, 2017 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: 'Steve Chandler's coaching has had a tremendous impact in my life. He was vital to my personal transformation from a man of ideas and dreams to a person of action and reality.' --Radames Soto, former managing director, The Wall Street Journal 'Steve Chandler lights you up with the glow of his internal neon--what he proposes is so rock solid and reassuring.' --Lisa Schnebly, The Arizona Republic The world of leadership has changed dramatically since 100 Ways to Motivate Others was written, and now Chandler and Richardson have revised and refreshed their organizational classic to meet the times.They have crafted a vital, user-friendly, inspirational guide for executives, managers, and professionals--and those aspiring to reach their level. 100 Ways to Motivate Others is based on years of successful live workshops, seminars, and personal coaching programs on communication and leadership. This new edition includes fresh insights into communication and rapid decision-making, the importance of personal self-leadership and physical energy, and exciting new methods for enrolling clients and selling to customers in service-oriented ways that leave behind the old paradigm of manipulation and persuasion. The authors will help you learn: - How to slow down and enjoy a new level of focus. - How to build on your peoples' strengths. - A simple and creative way to hold people accountable. - How to enjoy cultivating the art of supportive confrontation.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292434 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Communicate Like a Leader: Connecting Strategically to Coach, Inspire, and Get Things Done Author: Dianna Booher Narrator: Dianna Booher Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 28 minutes Release date: June 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: When it comes to leading, there is a critical difference between communicating as a boss and communicating as a bully. Celebrated communicator Dianna Booher explains why a leader's success depends on knowing how to communicate strategically with audiences in an organization at their level of interest and relevancy. 'People don't leave an organization; they leave a boss' has become a truism in the workplace for good reason. The most common issue is that employees who get promoted from supervisor to manager or from manager to senior executive don't have adequate leadership communication skills for the job. As a result, they are stuck in micromanagement mode. This book addresses this micromanagement problem by providing principles to help professionals think, coach, converse, speak, write, and meet strategically to deliver results. Booher guides readers through the transition from being a tactical thinker conducting day-to-day administrative work to being a strategic thinker dealing with critical problem analysis, generating innovative ideas, and aiming at a targeted solution. While strategic thinking is the first step to standing out, if you are unable to communicate your strategic thinking, you will remain stuck. Booher's research-based practice of strategic communication gives managers the training they desperately need as they move into leadership positions. The ability to translate their knowledge, experience, and judgment for different groups and different levels in an organization transforms leaders from ordinary to extraordinary.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292668 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness Author: Lolly Daskal Narrator: Lolly Daskal, Marshall Goldsmith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 30, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.54 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: Do people see you as the kind of leader you want to be? Are your strongest leadership qualities getting in the way of your greatness? After decades of advising and inspiring some of the most eminent chief executives in the world, Lolly Daskal has uncovered a startling pattern: within each leader are powerful abilities that are also hidden impediments to greatness. She’s witnessed many highly driven, overachieving leaders rise to prominence fueled by well-honed skill sets, only to falter when the shadow sides of the same skills emerge. Now Daskal reveals her proven system, which leaders at any level can apply to dramatically improve their results. It begins with identifying your distinctive leadership archetype and recognizing its shadow: ■ The Rebel, driven by confidence, becomes the Imposter, plagued by self-doubt. ■ The Explorer, fueled by intuition, becomes the Exploiter, master of manipulation. ■ The Truth Teller, who embraces candor, becomes the Deceiver, who creates suspicion. ■ The Hero, embodying courage, becomes the Bystander, an outright coward. ■ The Inventor, brimming with integrity, becomes the Destroyer, who is morally corrupt. ■ The Navigator, trusts and is trusted, becomes the Fixer, endlessly arrogant. ■ The Knight, for whom loyalty is everything, becomes the Mercenary, who is perpetually self-serving. Using psychology, philosophy, and her own experience, Daskal offers a breakthrough perspective on leadership. She’ll take you inside some of the most cloistered boardrooms, let you in on deeply personal conversations with industry leaders, and introduce you to luminaries who’ve changed the world. Her insights will help you rethink everything you know to become the leader you truly want to be.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292438 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Iron Ambition: My Life with Cus D'Amato Author: Mike Tyson, Larry Sloman Narrator: Adam Lazarre-White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 1 minute Release date: May 30, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: From the former heavyweight champion and New York Times bestselling author comes a powerful look at the life and leadership lessons of Cus D’Amato, the legendary boxing trainer and Mike Tyson’s surrogate father. “[Iron Ambition] spells out D'Amato's techniques for building a champion from scratch.” – Wall Street Journal   When Cus D’Amato first saw thirteen-year-old Mike Tyson spar in the ring, he proclaimed, “That’s the heavyweight champion of the world.” D’Amato, who had previously managed the careers of world champions Floyd Patterson and José Torres, would go on to train the young Tyson and raise him as a son. D'Amato died a year before Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion in history. In Tyson’s bestselling memoir Undisputed Truth, he recounted the role D’Amato played in his formative years, adopting him at age sixteen after his mother died and shaping him both physically and mentally after Tyson had spent years living in fear and poverty. In Iron Ambition, Tyson elaborates on the life lessons that D’Amato passed down to him, and reflects on how the trainer’s words of wisdom continue to resonate with him outside the ring. The book also chronicles Cus’s courageous fight against the mobsters who controlled boxing, revealing more than we’ve ever known about this singular cultural figure.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292735 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Launch Your Dream: A 30-Day Plan for Turning Your Passion into Your Profession Author: Dale Partridge Narrator: Dale Partridge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 27 minutes Release date: May 30, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: Bestselling author and serial entrepreneur Dale Partridge provides a concrete, easily executed plan for readers looking to start a business that will result in greater freedom, a stronger family, and healthier finances. Dale Partridge, bestselling author and founder of StartupCamp.com and many other highly successful businesses, has helped thousands of people launch new startup businesses—and find unimaginable freedom in the process—through his highly acclaimed Startup Camp program. In Launch Your Dream, Partridge distills the essence of that course into a hyper-practical, 30-day journey for readers looking to follow their passions and realize their dreams. In clear, easily grasped steps, he teaches readers how to hone their ideas, build an audience, construct an online presence, launch a business, master social media, craft a beautiful brand, and create experiences that keep customers from ever considering competitors. Sharing time-saving “smartcuts” to make readers more efficient, Partridge also helps them identify and resolve business-killing blind spots. For anyone looking simply to make money on the side or seeking to become a millionaire, for the CEO or the stay-at-home mom, for the would-be entrepreneur or the freelancer, Launch Your Dream provides the steps necessary to begin living your dream in just 30 days.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292560 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Geek Girl Rising: Inside the Sisterhood Shaking Up Tech Author: Heather Cabot, Samantha Walravens Narrator: Heather Cabot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 9 minutes Release date: May 23, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 2 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: 'I don’t know much about tech, but I do know that these pioneer women are pretty dope. Geek Girl Rising gives a much needed voice to the fearless women paving an important path in the tech world, while forming a lasting sisterhood along the way.” - Kelly Ripa This program is read by the author, Heather Cabot. Meet the women who haven’t asked for permission from Silicon Valley to chase their dreams. They are going for it -- building the next generation of tech start-ups, investing in each other’s ventures, crushing male hacker stereotypes and rallying the next generation of women in tech. Geek Girl Rising isn’t about the famous tech trailblazers you already know, like Sheryl Sandberg and Marissa Mayer. Instead, veteran journalists Heather Cabot and Samantha Walravens introduce listeners to the fearless female entrepreneurs and technologists fighting at the grassroots level for an ownership stake in the revolution that’s changing the way we live, work and connect to each other. Listeners will meet Debbie Sterling, inventor of GoldieBlox, the first engineering toy for girls, which topples the notion that only boys can build. They’ll get a peek inside YouTube sensation Michelle Phan’s ipsy studios, where she is grooming the next generation of digital video stars while leading her own mega e-commerce beauty business. They will sit down with Tracy Chou, former lead software developer at Pinterest, whose public urging in 2013 helped push Silicon Valley tech giants to reveal the tiny number of women in their ranks, propelling the “women in tech” conversation to front pages. They will tour the headquarters of The Muse, the hottest career site for millennials and meet its intrepid CEO, Kathryn Minshew, who stared down sexism while raising millions of dollars to fund the company she co-founded. And they will journey around the country to meet a new crop of female investors, including Theresia Gouw and Kathryn Finney, who are infusing women-led tech start-ups with much needed capital. These women are the rebels proving that a female point of view matters in the age of technology and can rock big returns. At a time when women hold 26% of computing jobs in the U.S. and make up a tiny fraction of the entrepreneurs launching new tech companies, these stories shine a light on new role models who prove that in the fast-moving innovation economy, there is a place for anyone who has a big idea and the passion to build it.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293197 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Liderazgo Series: #1 of La Biblioteca del Exito Author: Brian Tracy Narrator: Johnny Pena Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 37 minutes Release date: May 23, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.88 of Total 8 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: Nadie nace como líder natural. Pero, ¿qué es lo que transforma a algunas personas en el tipo de individuos magnéticos que inspiran a otros a seguir? El experto en éxito Brian Tracy ha ayudado a miles de personas a convertirse en líderes excepcionales y ahora, en este libro conciso e intenso, revela cómo puede: Inspirar confianza, seguridad y la lealtad • Inculcar un sentido de significado y propósito en su organización • Acceder a la motivación y entusiasmo que impulsa a otros a comprometerse con su visión • Pensar estratégicamente —manteniendo el cuadro completo en mente • Enfocarse continuamente en el futuro • Convertir la adversidad en oportunidad • Tomar el tipo correcto de riesgos • Comunicar claramente sus objetivos y estrategias y lograr apoyo • Crear equipos ganadores • Obtener resultados extraordinarios de gente ordinaria • Cultivar relaciones valiosas y apoyar la Ley de la reciprocidad • Convertirse en la persona considerada la más probable en llevar a la organización a la victoria • Y mucho másEl liderazgo no es un misterio. Es una habilidad que se puede aprender. Lleno de prácticos métodos comprobados, esta pequeña guía indispensable le ayudará a desatar el potencial de liderazgo.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290800 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Red Teaming: How Your Business Can Conquer the Competition by Challenging Everything Author: Bryce G. Hoffman Narrator: Bryce G. Hoffman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 16, 2017 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: Red Teaming is a revolutionary new way to make critical and contrarian thinking part of the planning process of any organization, allowing companies to stress-test their strategies, flush out hidden threats and missed opportunities and avoid being sandbagged by competitors.   Today, most — if not all — established corporations live with the gnawing fear that there is another Uber out there just waiting to disrupt their industry. Red Teaming is the cure for this anxiety. The term was coined by the U.S. Army, which has developed the most comprehensive and effective approach to Red Teaming in the world today in response to the debacles of its recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. However, the roots of Red Teaming run very deep: to the Roman Catholic Church’s “Office of the Devil’s Advocate,” to the Kriegsspiel of the Prussian General Staff and to the secretive AMAN organization, Israel’s Directorate of Military Intelligence. In this book, author Bryce Hoffman shows business how to use the same techniques to better plan for the uncertainties of today’s rapidly changing economy.   Red Teaming is both a set of analytical tools and a mindset. It is designed to overcome the mental blind spots and cognitive biases that all of us fall victim to when we try to address complex problems. The same heuristics that allow us to successfully navigate life and business also cause us to miss or ignore important information. It is a simple and provable fact that we do not know what we do not know. The good news is that, through Red Teaming, we can find out.   In this book, Hoffman shows how the most innovative and disruptive companies, such as Google and Toyota, already employ some of these techniques organically. He also shows how many high-profile business failures, including those that sparked the Great Recession, could easily have been averted by using these approaches. Most importantly, he teaches leaders how to make Red Teaming part of their own planning process, laying the foundation for a movement that will change the way America does business.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Follow Me: Leading from the Front Author: Kim Kristensen Narrator: Paul Heitsch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 53 minutes Release date: May 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: Kim Kristensen has been in some of the most demanding situations a leader can experience. As an officer he led soldiers into battle many times, where making decisions was literally a matter of life and death. Later he applied his experiences of leadership to the worlds of business, local government, and diplomacy, as well as at the Danish royal house, where he currently serves as master of ceremonies. Leadership—especially during difficult periods—means having the courage to put yourself on the front lines, choose a direction, and say, “Follow me!” The power of example is unmistakable. You have to lead from the front. You have to go first. Knowing that you’ll be there in both good times and bad—not just at the office party, but also when the going gets tough—engenders trust and confidence among your employees. Basing his observations on his own experience, Kristensen offers a range of effective tools to create a unique strategy with a consistent focus on tough training and putting together a dream team. This is the foundation of world-class leadership. Taking issue with “Rambo-style” leadership and rigid discipline, Kristensen’s provocative message is this: You’ve got to love your employees. Ultimately, they are the ones who get results, and only when they know you care about them will they be willing to follow you through fire and water. The “New Nordic Leadership” is the new leadership mindset. Follow it.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291759 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Captain Class: The Hidden Force That Creates the World's Greatest Teams Author: Sam Walker Narrator: Keith Szarabajka Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 24 minutes Release date: May 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.71 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: A bold new theory of leadership drawn from elite captains throughout sports—named one of the best business books of the year by CNBC, The New York Times, Forbes, strategy+business, The Globe and Mail, and Sports Illustrated   “The book taught me that there’s no cookie-cutter way to lead. Leading is not just what Hollywood tells you. It’s not the big pregame speech. It’s how you carry yourself every day, how you treat the people around you, who you are as a person.”—Mitchell Trubisky, quarterback, Chicago Bears The sixteen most dominant teams in sports history had one thing in common: Each employed the same type of captain—a singular leader with an unconventional set of skills and tendencies. Drawing on original interviews with athletes, general managers, coaches, and team-building experts, Sam Walker identifies the seven core qualities of the Captain Class—from extreme doggedness and emotional control to tactical aggression and the courage to stand apart. Told through riveting accounts of pressure-soaked moments in sports history, The Captain Class will challenge your assumptions of what inspired leadership looks like.   Praise for The Captain Class   “Wildly entertaining and thought-provoking . . . makes you reexamine long-held beliefs about leadership and the glue that binds winning teams together.”—Theo Epstein, president of baseball operations, Chicago Cubs   “If you care about leadership, talent development, or the art of competition, you need to read this immediately.”—Daniel Coyle, author of The Culture Code   “The insights in this book are tremendous.”—Bob Myers, general manager, Golden State Warriors   “An awesome book . . . I find myself relating a lot to its portrayal of the out-of the-norm leader.”—Carli Lloyd, co-captain, U.S. Soccer Women’s National Team   “A great read . . . Sam Walker used data and a systems approach to reach some original and unconventional conclusions about the kinds of leaders that foster enduring success. Most business and leadership books lapse into clichés. This one is fresh.”—Jeff Immelt, chairman and former CEO, General Electric    “I can’t tell you how much I loved The Captain Class. It identifies something many people who’ve been around successful teams have felt but were never able to articulate. It has deeply affected my thoughts around how we build our culture.”—Derek Falvey, chief baseball officer, Minnesota Twins

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Multipliers, Revised and Updated: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter Author: Liz Wiseman Narrator: Liz Wiseman, John Meagher Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.31 of Total 67 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 6 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: A revised and updated edition of the acclaimed Wall Street Journal bestseller that explores why some leaders drain capability and intelligence from their teams while others amplify it to produce better results. We’ve all had experience with two dramatically different types of leaders. The first type drains intelligence, energy, and capability from the people around them and always needs to be the smartest person in the room. These are the idea killers, the energy sappers, the diminishers of talent and commitment. On the other side of the spectrum are leaders who use their intelligence to amplify the smarts and capabilities of the people around them. When these leaders walk into a room, light bulbs go off over people’s heads; ideas flow and problems get solved. These are the leaders who inspire employees to stretch themselves to deliver results that surpass expectations. These are the Multipliers. And the world needs more of them, especially now when leaders are expected to do more with less. In this engaging and highly practical book, leadership expert Liz Wiseman explores these two leadership styles, persuasively showing how Multipliers can have a resoundingly positive and profitable effect on organizations—getting more done with fewer resources, developing and attracting talent, and cultivating new ideas and energy to drive organizational change and innovation. In analyzing data from more than 150 leaders, Wiseman has identified five disciplines that distinguish Multipliers from Diminishers. These five disciplines are not based on innate talent; indeed, they are skills and practices that everyone can learn to use—even lifelong and recalcitrant Diminishers. Lively, real-world case studies and practical tips and techniques bring to life each of these principles, showing you how to become a Multiplier too, whether you are a new or an experienced manager. This revered classic has been updated with new examples of Multipliers, as well as two new chapters one on accidental Diminishers, and one on how to deal with Diminishers. Just imagine what you could accomplish if you could harness all the energy and intelligence around you. Multipliers will show you how.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292435 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Managing the Myths of Health Care: Bridging the Separations between Care, Cure, Control, and Community Author: Henry Mintzberg Narrator: Tom Kruse Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 8 minutes Release date: May 15, 2017 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: Management giant Henry Mintzberg turns his attention to health care, arguing that many of the massive issues facing health care stem from the fact that it is not a cohesive system. To heal itself, health care must become less distant and opaque and more engaging and collaborative. Mintzberg begins in part 1 by confronting myths about health care, including the following: - We have a system of health care. - Health-care institutions can be fixed with more heroic leadership. - The health-care system can be fixed by more administrative engineering. - The health-care system can be fixed by more categorizing and commodifying to facilitate more calculating. - The health-care system can be fixed with increased competition. - Health-care organizations can be fixed by running them more like businesses. Part 2 examines how health care is organized, in relation to what we know about differentiation, separation, and integration in organizations and systems in general. Mintzberg shows that in health care, the inclination has been to do an awful lot more differentiating than integrating. This has resulted in all sorts of excessive separations: curtains across the specialties, sheets over the patients, and walls and floors between the administrators. The favored form of organizing health care-the professional organization-is the source of its great strength as well as its debilitating weakness.  Part 3 then offers guidelines to reframe the core components of health care: strategy, organization, scale, ownership, management, and the 'system' itself. For example, managing has to be about care more than cure, and organizing has to favor communityship over leadership, collaboration over competition.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291450 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reinventing Talent Management: Principles and Practices for the New World of Work Author: Edward E. Lawler Narrator: Wayne Shepard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 38 minutes Release date: May 15, 2017 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: This new, data-driven book teaches managers and HR executives how to identify a comprehensive and integrated set of talent practices that fit the evolving workplace and that will dramatically improve the effectiveness of all organizations. Many talent management principles and practices now being used in organizations are obsolete as a result of the fluid nature of work. Globalization, technological advances, automation, the diversification of the workforce, the push for sustainable practices, and the increasing pace of transformation have wrought dramatic changes in the world of work. And yet a recent study showed that from 1995 to 2013 there was no significant growth in the way HR spends its time. Based on extensive research by Lawler and his colleagues, this book identifies the new strategies, policies, and practices needed for talent management today. What used to be good or best practices with respect to how people are recruited, selected, trained, assigned, developed, rewarded, and evaluated no longer fit. Today's hierarchical, bureaucratic talent management needs to become agile, strategic, and performance based. This is the first book to identify a comprehensive integrated set of talent practices that fit the changing workplace and that will dramatically improve the effectiveness of organizations.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291167 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Spellbound: Seven Principles of Illusion to Captivate Audiences and Unlock the Secrets of Success Author: David Kwong Narrator: Mike Chamberlain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 9, 2017 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: A professional magician and illusionist—the head magic consultant for the hit film Now You See Me—reveals how to bridge the gap between perception and reality to increase your powers of persuasion and influence. David Kwong has astounded corporate CEOs, TED talk audiences, and thousands of other hyper-rational people, making them see, believe, and even remember what he wants them to. Illusion is an ancient art that centers on control: commanding a room, building anticipation, and appearing to work wonders. Illusion works because the human brain is wired to fill the gap between seeing and believing. Successful leaders—like Steve Jobs, Warren Buffett, and Ted Turner—are masters of control and command who understand how to sway opinions and achieve goals. In his years of research and practice, David has discovered seven fundamental principles of illusion. With these rules anyone can learn to: - Mind the Gap—recognize and employ the perceptual space between your audience’s ability to see and their impulse to believe. - Load Up—prepare to amaze your audience. - Write the Script—discover the importance of shaping the narrative that surrounds your illusion. - Control the Frame—explore the real life value of a magician’s best friend: misdirection. - Design Free Choice—command your audience by giving them agency. - Employ the Familiar—take secret advantage of habits, patterns, and audience expectations. - Conjure an Out—develop backup plans that will keep you one, two, three, or more steps ahead of the competition. With Spellbound you’ll discover a different way to sell your idea, product, or skills, and make your best shot better than everyone else’s.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292057 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Am I Being Too Subtle?: The Adventures of a Business Maverick Author: Sam Zell Narrator: Sam Zell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 58 minutes Release date: May 9, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 5 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: The traits that make Sam Zell one of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs also make him one of the most surprising, enigmatic, and entertaining mavericks in American business.   Self-made billionaire Sam Zell consistently sees what others don’t. From finding a market for overpriced Playboy magazines among his junior high classmates, to buying real estate on the cheap after a market crash, to investing in often unglamorous industries with long-term value, Zell acts boldly on supply and demand trends to grab the first-mover advantage. And he can find opportunity virtually anywhere—from an arcane piece of legislation to a desert meeting in Abu Dhabi. “If everyone is going left, look right,” Zell often says. To him, conventional wisdom is nothing but a reference point. Year after year, deal after deal, he shuts out the noise of the crowd, gathers as much information as possible, then trusts his own instincts. He credits much of his independent thinking to his parents, who were Jewish refugees from World War II. Talk to any two people and you might get wild swings in their descriptions of Zell. A media firestorm ensued when the Tribune Company went into bankruptcy a year after he agreed to steward the enterprise. At the same time, his razor-sharp instincts are legendary on Wall Street, and he has sponsored over a dozen IPOs.  He’s known as the Grave Dancer for his strategy of targeting troubled assets, yet he’s created thousands of jobs. Within his own organization, he has an inordinate number of employees at every level who are fiercely loyal and have worked for him for decades. Zell’s got a big personality; he is often contrarian, blunt, and irreverent, and always curious and hardworking. This is the guy who started wearing jeans to work in the 1960s, when offices were a sea of gray suits. He’s the guy who told The Wall Street Journal in 1985, “If it ain’t fun, we don’t do it.” He rides motorcycles with his friends, the Zell’s Angels, around the world and he keeps ducks on the deck outside his office. As he writes: “I simply don’t buy into many of the made-up rules of social convention. The bottom line is: If you’re really good at what you do, you have the freedom to be who you really are.” Am I Being Too Subtle?—a reference to Zell’s favorite way to underscore a point—takes readers on a ride across his business terrain, sharing with honesty and humor stories of the times he got it right, when he didn’t, and most important, what he learned in the process.  This is an indispensable guide for the next generation of disrupters, entrepreneurs, and investors.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290989 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The CEO Pay Machine: How it Trashes America and How to Stop it Author: Steven Clifford Narrator: Oliver Wyman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 55 minutes Release date: May 9, 2017 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: The former top CEO examines the scandalous and corrupt reasons behind obscene pay packages for corporate executives—and explains how this hurts all of us--and how we can stop it.  Today, the pay gap between chief executive officers of major U.S. firms and their workers is higher than ever before—depending on the method of calculation, CEOs get paid between 300 and 700 times more than the average worker. Such outsized pay is a relatively recent phenomenon, but despite all the outrage, few detractors truly understand the numerous factors that have contributed to the dizzying upward spiral in CEO compensation.  Steven Clifford, a former CEO who has also served on many corporate boards, has a name for these procedures and practices— 'The CEO Pay Machine.' The CEO Pay Machine is Clifford's thorough and shocking explanation of the 'machine'--how it works, how its parts interact, and how every step pushes CEO pay to higher levels. As Clifford sees it, the payment structure for CEOs begins with shared delusions that reinforce one other: Once this groupthink is accepted as corporate dogma, it becomes infinitely harder to see any decision as potentially irrational or dysfunctional. Yet, as Clifford notes, the Pay Machine has caused immeasurable harm to companies, shareholders, economic growth, and democracy itself. He uses real-life examples of the top four CEOs named the highest paid in 2011 through 2014. Clifford examines how board directors and compensation committees have directly contributed to the rising salaries and bonuses of the country's richest executives; what's more, Clifford argues, each of those companies could have paid their CEOs 90 percent less and performed just as well. Witty and infuriating, The CEO Pay Machine is a thorough and incisive critique of an economic issue that affects all American workers.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292845 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership Author: James C. Hunter Narrator: Tony Pasqualini Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 9, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.55 of Total 58 Ratings of Narrator: 4.64 of Total 11 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: With a new introduction on using the principles of The Servant in your life and career, this book redefines what it means to be a leader. In this absorbing tale, you watch the timeless principles of servant leadership unfold through the story of John Daily, a businessman whose outwardly successful life is spiraling out of control. He is failing miserably in each of his leadership roles as boss, husband, father, and coach. To get his life back on track, he reluctantly attends a weeklong leadership retreat at a remote Benedictine monastery. To John's surprise, the monk leading the seminar is a former business executive and Wall Street legend. Taking John under his wing, the monk guides him to a realization that is simple yet profound: The true foundation of leadership is not power, but authority, which is built upon relationships, love, service, and sacrifice. Along with John, you will learn that the principles in this book are neither new nor complex. They don't demand special talents; they are simply based on strengthening the bonds of respect, responsibility, and caring with the people around you. The Servant's message can be applied by anyone, anywhere—at home or at work. If you are tired of books that lecture instead of teach; if you are searching for ways to improve your leadership skills; if you want to understand the timeless virtues that lead to lasting and meaningful success, then this book is one you cannot afford to miss.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291186 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are Author: Seth Stephens-Davidowitz Narrator: Timothy Andrés Pabon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 40 minutes Release date: May 9, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.32 of Total 65 Ratings of Narrator: 4.44 of Total 9 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: Foreword by Steven Pinker Blending the informed analysis of The Signal and the Noise with the instructive iconoclasm of Think Like a Freak, a fascinating, illuminating, and witty look at what the vast amounts of information now instantly available to us reveals about ourselves and our world—provided we ask the right questions. By the end of on average day in the early twenty-first century, human beings searching the internet will amass eight trillion gigabytes of data. This staggering amount of information—unprecedented in history—can tell us a great deal about who we are—the fears, desires, and behaviors that drive us, and the conscious and unconscious decisions we make. From the profound to the mundane, we can gain astonishing knowledge about the human psyche that less than twenty years ago, seemed unfathomable. Everybody Lies offers fascinating, surprising, and sometimes laugh-out-loud insights into everything from economics to ethics to sports to race to sex, gender and more, all drawn from the world of big data. What percentage of white voters didn’t vote for Barack Obama because he’s black? Does where you go to school effect how successful you are in life? Do parents secretly favor boy children over girls? Do violent films affect the crime rate? Can you beat the stock market? How regularly do we lie about our sex lives and who’s more self-conscious about sex, men or women? Investigating these questions and a host of others, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz offers revelations that can help us understand ourselves and our lives better. Drawing on studies and experiments on how we really live and think, he demonstrates in fascinating and often funny ways the extent to which all the world is indeed a lab. With conclusions ranging from strange-but-true to thought-provoking to disturbing, he explores the power of this digital truth serum and its deeper potential—revealing biases deeply embedded within us, information we can use to change our culture, and the questions we’re afraid to ask that might be essential to our health—both emotional and physical. All of us are touched by big data everyday, and its influence is multiplying. Everybody Lies challenges us to think differently about how we see it and the world.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292981 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 8 Lessons in Military Leadership for Entrepreneurs Author: Robert T. Kiyosaki Narrator: Stanislav Ivanov Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 11 minutes Release date: May 5, 2017 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: Robert Kiyosaki's new book 8 Lessons in Leadership draws from his years at the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point and his service in the United Sates Marine Corps. With compelling stories and examples and a engaging way of comparing and contrasting two very different cultures and value systems, Robert shares the challenges he faced in transitioning to civilian life&hellipwhere chain of command and team-over-self once so black and white were muddy and distorted. "Permission to speak freely, sir?" Count on it. This is Robert Kiyosaki and he does just that, in the forthright and no-nonsense style that readers have come to expect and appreciate. From Robert's perspective, military training shapes lives and supports entrepreneurship. The training, discipline, and leadership skills taught in the military can be leveraged for huge success in the civilian world of business. Highlights of 8 Lessons in Leadership include sections on Mission and Team, Discipline, Respect, Authority, Speed, the Power of Connectivity, Leaders as Teachers, Sales and Leadership.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292994 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Six Thinking Hats [Russian Edition] Author: Edward de Bono Narrator: Alexandr Krasnov Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: YOUR SUCCESS IN BUSINESS DEPENDS ON HOW WELL YOU THINK Six Thinking Hats can help you think better-with its practical and uniquely positive approach to making decisions and exploring new ideas. It is an approach that thousands of business managers, educators, and government leaders around the world have already adopted with great success. 'The main difficulty of thinking is confusion,' writes Edward de Bono, long recognized as the foremost international authority on conceptual thinking and on the teaching of thinking as a skill. 'We try to do too much at once. Emotions, information, logic, hope, and creativity all crowd in on us. It is like juggling with too many balls.' The solution? De Bono unscrambles the thinking process with his 'six thinking hats': * WHITE HAT: neutral and objective, concerned with facts and figures * RED HAT: the emotional view * BLACK HAT: careful and cautious, the 'devil's advocate' hat * YELLOW HAT: sunny and positive * GREEN HAT: associated with fertile growth, creativity, and new ideas * BLUE HAT: cool, the color of the sky, above everything else-the organizing hat Through case studies and real-life examples, Dr. de Bono reveals the often surprising ways in which deliberate role playing can make you a better thinker. He offers a powerfully simple tool that you-and your business, whether it's a start-up or a major corporation-can use to create a climate of clearer thinking, improved communication, and greater creativity. His book is an instructive and inspiring text for anyone who makes decisions, in business or in life.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291566 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Minute Mentoring: How to Find and Work With a Mentor--And Why You'll Benefit from Being One Author: Ken Blanchard, Claire Diaz-Ortiz Narrator: Dan Woren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 2, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: The bestselling co-author of the legendary The One Minute Manager® and a former Twitter executive join forces to create the ultimate guide to creating powerful mentoring relationships. While most people agree that having a mentor is a good thing, they don’t know how to find one or use one. And despite widespread approval for the idea of being a mentor, most people don’t think they have the time or skills to do so. Positive mentoring relationships can change the way we lead and help us succeed. In One Minute Mentoring, legendary management guru Ken Blanchard and Claire Diaz-Ortiz, a former Twitter executive and early employee, combine their knowledge to provide a systematic approach to intergenerational mentoring, giving readers great insight into the power and influence of mentoring and encouraging them to pursue their own mentoring relationships. Using his classic parable format, Blanchard explains why developing effective communication and relationships across generations can be a tremendous opportunity for companies and individuals alike. One Minute Mentoring is the go-to source for learning why mentoring is the secret ingredient to professional and personal success.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292504 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Power of Significance: How Purpose Changes Your Life Author: John C. Maxwell Narrator: Chris Sorensen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 9 minutes Release date: May 2, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: John C. Maxwell, #1 New York Times bestselling author, shows you how to achieve a life of purpose and meaning in this compact new book derived from his previous title, Intentional Living. We all have a longing to be significant, to make a contribution, to be a part of something noble and purposeful. But know this: you don't have to be a certain age, have a lot of money, or be powerful or famous to make a real difference. You can be significant starting today -- if you know your purpose. In The Power of Significance, you will find the pathway to a life that matters. Drawing on over 50 years of experience helping people around the world, John Maxwell gives practical guidance and motivation to get you started on your unique personal path to significance. Learn how to find your why, start small but believe big, and live every day as if it matters -- because it does!.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292481 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Women Who Work: Rewriting the Rules for Success Author: Ivanka Trump Narrator: Ivanka Trump, Kathleen McInerney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: May 2, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Ivanka is donating the unpaid portion of her advance and all future royalties received from Women Who Work to the Ivanka M. Trump Charitable Fund, a donor advised fund that will make grants to organizations that empower and educate women and girls.*   'This is a chatty step-by-step guide to living a happy life and getting ahead in a career.' —USA Today   'The advice is spot-on for everyone, not just women.' —Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com and author of Delivering Happiness   I believe that when it comes to women and work, there isn’t one right answer. The only person who can create a life you’ll love is you.    Our grandmothers fought for the right to work. Our mothers fought for the choice to be in an office or to stay at home. Our generation is the first to fully embrace and celebrate the fact that our lives are multidimensional. Thanks to the women who came before us and paved the way, we can create the lives we want to lead—which look different for each of us.

   I’ve been fortunate to be able to build my career around my passions, from real estate to fashion. But my professional titles only begin to describe who I am and what I value. I have been an executive and an entrepreneur, but also—and just as importantly—a wife, mother, daughter, and friend. To me, “work” encompasses my efforts to succeed in all of these areas.

   After appearing on The Apprentice years ago and receiving a flood of letters from young women asking for guidance, I realized the need for more female leaders to speak out publicly in order to change the way society thinks and talks about “women who work.” So I created a forum to do just that. This book evolves the conversation that started on IvankaTrump.com, where so many incredible women (and men!) have shared their experiences, advice, ambitions, and passions.

   Women who work lead meetings and train for marathons. We learn how to cook and how to code. We inspire our employees and our children. We innovate at our current jobs and start new businesses.

   Women Who Work will equip you with the best skills I’ve learned from some of the amazing people I’ve met, on subjects such as identifying opportunities, shifting careers smoothly, negotiating, leading teams, starting companies, managing work and family, and helping change the system to make it better for women—now and in the future. I hope it will inspire you to redefine success and architect a life that honors your individual passions and priorities, in a way only you can.
   * The Ivanka M. Trump Charitable Fund (the “Fund”) is a donor advised fund that supports the economic empowerment of women and girls. Ivanka Trump is the grant advisor to the Fund and sole member of IT WWW Pub, LLC (the “LLC”), which receives royalties from the publication of Women Who Work. The LLC will contribute a minimum $425,000 to the Fund, which is the unpaid portion of the advance, net of expenses. In addition, the LLC will contribute all future royalties it receives that are in excess of the advance to the Fund during the period from May 1, 2017 to May 1, 2022.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291545 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Leadership 2030: The Six Megatrends You Need to Understand to Lead Your Company into the Future Author: Yvonne Sell, Georg Vielmetter Narrator: Steven Menasche Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: May 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.07 of Total 44 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 5 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: The tumultuous changes of the past decade, including China’s economic rise and the financial meltdown, were just the beginning. The next cataclysmic wave is surging relentlessly ahead, demanding leaders who can steer their companies through complexity and change. Drawn from original research conducted jointly with foresight company Z-Punkt and further analyzed by Hay Group, Leadership 2030 uncovers six megatrends that will dramatically impact organizations’ markets, cultures, systems, and processes: 1. Globalization 2.0: Asia dominates the global economy. 2. Climate change: Sustainability becomes imperative. 3. Individualism: Freedom of choice erodes loyalty. 4. Digitization: Boundaries blur between private and working lives. 5. Demographic changes: Aging populations intensify the talent war. 6. Converging technologies: The sharpest tech shift in history is around the corner. Research findings and case studies provide compelling evidence of each megatrend and highlight the skills, capabilities, and attitudes leaders must cultivate, such as adaptability, collaboration, cultural sensitivity, strategic thinking, meaning creation, and more. In the rush to produce quarterly profits in chaotic conditions, the longer view is often obscured. This forward-thinking audiobook helps businesses everywhere prepare for the seismic changes on the horizon.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290043 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Slam-Dunk Success: Leading from Every Position on Life's Court Author: Jon Warech, Charlie Norris, Byron Scott Narrator: Charlie Norris, Byron Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 34 minutes Release date: April 25, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: Great leadership begins with great understanding. No one knows that better than basketball legend Byron Scott and lifelong business executive Charlie Norris who, respectively, won NBA championships and resurrected multimillion-dollar corporations by being team players no matter their position. Whether it's on the basketball court, in the boardroom, or in everyday life, getting to the heads and hearts of people is paramount to getting the most out of them. In SLAM-DUNK SUCCESS, Scott and Norris share their parallel formulas for victory and prove that, with the right tools, winning can happen anywhere. As a player Scott won three championships with the Los Angeles Lakers, and as coach he twice took the New Jersey Nets to the NBA Finals and won Coach of the Year honors with the New Orleans Hornets. With every team his role changed, but his winning mentality never faltered. As CEO of McKesson Water, Charlie Norris turned a $200 million-dollar company into a company that sold ten years later for $1.1 billion dollars and, as chairman of the board of Freshpet, he helped lead the start-up from early stage testing to become a publicly traded company with a market value of over $350 million. In each job, he led with the same amount of conviction and care. Their book-which grew from their unlikely friendship and realization that two men from completely different backgrounds could have the same leadership ideals-breaks down their keys to motivating others, negotiating deals, and creating prosperity from scratch. Their blueprint includes lessons on listening, turning failure into learning opportunities, and delegating authority with extreme precision. Leadership is a full-time job and Byron Scott and Charlie Norris's story is a guidebook for leaders in all fields and in any position looking to better both their careers and lives. Champions are formed when people make those around them better and this book shows how you can be a winner every day.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291604 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Good People: The Only Leadership Decision That Really Matters Author: Anthony Tjan Narrator: Anthony Tjan, Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: April 25, 2017 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: Good people are your organization’s most critical asset. But what does it really mean to be good? Leaders love to say that any company is only as good as its people, but tend to evaluate candidates and employees more by their measurable accomplishments than by their “softer” qualities, like integrity, compassion, and other values. Bestselling author Anthony Tjan is leading a movement to change the way we think about goodness so that we can become better judges of people and create more goodness in ourselves, in others, and in our organizations. Tjan argues that while competence is necessary, real goodness must also encompass values; a fantastic résumé can never compensate for mediocre character. In Good People, he provides a clear language to discuss goodness, redefining it as a lifelong, proactive commitment that, like any skill, can be exercised, honed, and taught. When leaders prioritize goodness in themselves and in others, they can create lasting cultures and tremendous value. Drawing from his own experiences as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Tjan also taps into the wisdom of his relationships and interviews with extraordinary innovators, executives, artists, academics, teachers, and role models from all disciplines and walks of life. The cases and profiles shared include: Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria, who has called for balancing leadership of competency with leadership of character; Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who has never forgotten her roots and shows profound kindness to her staff and clerks; Hollywood talent manager Shep Gordon, who has counseled his clients on the importance of generosity and gratitude; legendary venture capitalist Henry McCance, whose success proves that humbly ceding the spotlight to others makes room for their greatness; and master jazz musician Clark Terry, who devotedly mentored the young, blind pianist Justin Kauflin. Packed with practical yet often surprising advice, Good People establishes a new language and framework you can use to evaluate, develop, and lead with goodness. Tjan will convince you that there is a hard truth in the “soft stuff” of business, and that choosing and working well with good people is truly the only leadership decision that really matters.  With an Afterword read by the Author Includes a pdf of Goodness Exercises

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290142 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Conflict without Casualties, 2nd Edition: A Field Guide for Leading with Compassionate Accountability Author: Nate Regier Narrator: Jeff Hoyt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 13 minutes Release date: April 24, 2017 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: When leaders learn how to manage the emotions and drama in their organizations, conflict can be made healthier. Nate Regier uses the Drama Triangle Model and the Compassion Cycle to show leaders how to exercise compassion, not passion, and turn the negative energy of conflict into a positive energy for increased productivity and growth. 'Conflict without Casualties fills a gap by showing leaders at any level how to leverage positive conflict. Practical, insightful, challenging, relevant. -Dan Pink, New York Times bestselling author Most organizations are terrified of conflict in the workplace, seeing it as a sign of trouble. But Nate Regier says conflict is really just a kind of energy and can be used in positive or negative ways. Handled incorrectly, conflict becomes drama, which is costly to companies, teams, and relationships at all levels. Avoiding, managing, or reducing conflict is a limited alternative. Instead, Regier explores the interpersonal dynamics that perpetuate drama in organizations through a concept called the Drama Triangle and offers an alternative: the Compassion Cycle. The Compassion Cycle allows leaders to balance compassion and accountability, transforming conflict into a growth experience that enables organizations to achieve significant gains in energy, productivity, engagement, and satisfaction in relationships. Provocative and illuminating, the concepts Regier shares will turn conflict from an experience to be avoided into a partner for positive change.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290136 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Problem Solved: A Powerful System for Making Complex Decisions with Confidence and Conviction Author: Cheryl Strauss Einhorn Narrator: Gabra Zackman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 24 minutes Release date: April 17, 2017 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: It can be messy and overwhelming to figure out how to solve thorny problems. Where do you start? How do you know where to look for information and evaluate its quality and bias? How can you feel confident that you are making a careful and thoroughly researched decision? Whether you are deciding between colleges, navigating a career decision, helping your aging parents find the right housing, or expanding your business, Problem Solved will show you how to use the powerful AREA Method to make complex personal and professional decisions with confidence and conviction. Einhorn’s AREA Method coaches you to make smarter, better decisions because it recognizes that research is a fundamental part of decision making and breaks down the process into a series of easy-to-follow steps; solves for problematic mental shortcuts such as bias, judgment, and assumptions; builds in strategic stops that help you chunk your learning, stay focused, and make your work work for you; and provides a flexible and repeatable process that acts as a feedback loop.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291448 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Millennial Myth: TransformingMisunderstanding into Workplace Breakthroughs Author: Crystal Kadakia Narrator: Julie Eickhoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 46 minutes Release date: April 17, 2017 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: As a millennial herself, Crystal Kadakia gives baby boomers and Gen Xers an inside look into the true value of their millennial colleagues in the workplace. She shows that the key to managing millennials is understanding that they are a product of their fast-paced, technology-driven environment. Despite the countless books written on the subject of managing millennials (most often authored by nonmillennials), no one has until now diagnosed the real issue of generational differences in the workplace: generations do not define themselves; their environment defines them. The five main traits attributed to millennials-entitled, lazy, disrespectful, and disloyal-are misguided assumptions that Kadakia argues are actually positive attributes that every business and industry should internalize. The five 'faults' are in fact give qualities of the evolved workplace and worker. Millennials are simply reflecting the fast-changing environment around them. Therefore, understanding millennials is not just about managing a generation; it is about seeing the future of business as changing at an exponential rate and making the necessary adjustments to remain vital and competitive. Kadakia's mindset shift details the ways in which businesses can evolve their thinking to include technological advances as well as support the technological thinker, otherwise known as the millennial. This book not only is a guide to managing millennials but can also influence the development of business as a whole.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290390 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El cuadrante del flujo del dinero: guía del padre rico hacia la libertad financiera Author: Robert T. Kiyosaki Narrator: Jesús Flores Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 58 minutes Release date: April 6, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.65 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 4.89 of Total 9 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: Un libro para todos aquellos que no desean seguir atados a la seguridad laboral; para las personas que están listas para realizar cambios trascendentales en el mundo en el que vivimos, donde la información es indispensable para conquistar la libertad financiera. De Robert T. Kiyosaki, autor de Padre Rico, Padre Pobre, el libro #1 de finanzas personales. Este libro te revelará por qué algunas personas trabajan menos, ganan más, pagan menos impuestos y se sienten más seguras financieramente que las demás. La respuesta es sencilla: se trata de saber en qué sección del cuadrante del flujo de dinero trabajar y cuándo hacerlo. El cuadrante del flujo de dinero ha sido escrito para todos aquellos que no desean seguir atados a la seguridad laboral; para las personas que están listas para realizar cambios trascendentales en el mundo en el que vivimos, donde la información es indispensable para conquistar la libertad financiera. 'Este libro trata de las buenas opciones, de las nuevas direcciones y del nuevo futuro financiero que están a tu disposición' -Robert T. Kiyosaki- 'Muchas personas no emprenderán el camino hasta que éste parezca libre de riesgos. Por eso jamás van a ninguna parte' -Keith Cunningham, cofundador de Prime Cable-

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289089 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Extreme You: Step Up. Stand Out. Kick Ass. Repeat. Author: Sarah Robb O'Hagan Narrator: Sarah Robb O'Hagan, Sandy Rustin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 15 minutes Release date: April 4, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: The former president of Gatorade and Equinox draws unconventional insights and kickass lessons from her personal and professional experiences and from a band of highly accomplished ''Extremers'' from business, sports, and entertainment to help you rock your career and live the boldest version of yourself. From childhood, Sarah Robb O’Hagan felt destined to become a champion, but her early efforts at sports, in school, and in music made it clear she was no natural superstar. Unwilling to settle for average, she decided to go Extreme. From working with Richard Branson as a thriving Virgin Atlantic executive in her twenties to being fired and nearly deported a matter of months later, she learned through a series of surprising successes and epic fails that the extremes of her experiences were the engine of her success. Making her way up the corporate ladder to become an executive at Nike, global president of Gatorade, and president of the luxury fitness company Equinox—as well as a wife, mother, and endurance athlete—she took the opportunity to learn from her relationships with extremely successful athletes, entertainers, and business and political leaders, discovering that across a wide range of pursuits—from Olympic skier to disruptive entrepreneur, from White House chef to secretary of state—Extremers follow the same method to realize their potential. She learned to develop an almost magical inner drive, challenge by challenge, until she could outperform almost any competition; to embrace her interests, talents and idiosyncrasies and present them as unique specialties; and to step up—and step out of line—without letting her ego blow up all her hard work. She learned how to grit her teeth in the face of embarrassing failures, get over her weaknesses, and relentlessly test herself to reach her next level of success. In every challenging situation, personal or professional, individuals face the pressure to conform to the accepted norms. But doing so comes with heavy costs: passions stifled, talents ignored, and opportunities squelched. The bolder choice is to embrace what Sarah calls Extreme You: to confidently bring all that is distinctive and relevant about yourself to everything you do. Inspiring, surprising, laugh-out-loud funny, and practical, Extreme You is her training program for becoming your best version of yourself.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285556 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fifth Trimester: The Working Mom's Guide to Style, Sanity, and Big Success After Baby Author: Lauren Smith Brody Narrator: Allyson Ryan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 51 minutes Release date: April 4, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: The Fifth Trimester is your new best friend: a brilliant, tells-it-like-it-is guide that helps moms cope with the demands of the real world after the baby arrives The first three trimesters (and the fourth—those blurry newborn days) are for the baby, but the Fifth Trimester is when the working mom is born. No matter what the job or how you define work, you're going to have a lot of questions. When will I go back? How should I manage that initial 'I want to quit' attack? Flex-time or full-time? How can I achieve 50/50 at home with my partner? What's the best option for childcare? Is it possible to look like I slept for eight hours instead of three? And . . . why is there never a convenient space to pump?      Whether you're in the final stages of pregnancy or hitting the panic button on your last day of leave, The Fifth Trimester is your one-stop shop for the honest, funny, and comforting tips, to-do lists, and take-charge strategies you'll need to embrace your new identity as a working parent and set yourself up for success.      Based on interviews with 700+ candidly speaking moms in wildly varied fields and incredible expert advice, The Fifth Trimester tackles every personal and professional detail with the wit, warmth, and inspiration you need to win when you head back to work.      Like What to Expect When You're Expecting and The Happiest Baby on the Block, this is an indispensable guide every new mom needs on her shelf.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289099 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stop Guessing: The 9 Behaviors of Great Problem Solvers Author: Nat Greene Narrator: Tom Dheere Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 25 minutes Release date: April 3, 2017 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: Solving complex problems is very difficult and usually can't be done by simply brainstorming. Readers will learn how to successfully apply nine behaviors in a systematic and methodical way to solve any problem. Most problems are fairly easy: they have a few likely potential root causes. The most important problems often have hundreds or thousands of potential root causes within very complex systems. Such problems are hard problems and are highly resistant to guessing, brainstorming, or problem-solving methodologies that require conjuring a list of possible causes. Great problem solvers are armed with a set of behaviors that allows them to avoid guessing. They consistently solve hard problems in a way that can seem magical to most people. In Stop Guessing, you will learn nine behaviors that are critical to success and how to adopt them from Nat Greene, who has twenty years of experience leading great problem solvers. Developing strength in these behaviors will help you ¥ Have confidence to solve the hard problems you face ¥ Easily build alignment to implement the right solution ¥ Identify more important and valuable opportunities that are being ignored ¥ Help others become better problem solvers ¥ Stop wasting time and money and trying your patience Each of the nine behaviors comes with stories of great problem solving in action, including a best-in-class chemical processor that had hundreds of millions of dollars of upside hidden behind a hard problem, a losing baseball team without the budget for star players, and the scourge of poverty in sub-Saharan Africa.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289098 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The People Equation: Why Innovation Is People, Not Products Author: Deborah Perry Piscione, David Crawley PhD Narrator: Jeff Hoyt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 50 minutes Release date: April 3, 2017 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: This book teaches leaders how to focus on people development rather than product development. Innovation comes from people, not products or technology. Deborah Piscione's twelve-step process is a comprehensive guide to success for leaders that shows them how to harness the creative energy in their organization, thereby bringing better products to market. For too long, companies and their leadership teams focused primarily on their products or services. Leaders are deeply dialed in to the minutiae of their companies' operations. But veteran Silicon Valley consultant Deborah Perry Piscione says investments in new technologies or operations do not create innovations-people do. For innovation to happen, organizations need to be people-centric. In this breakthrough book she shows how, by following her People Equation, every organization can develop a mindset, an organizational structure, and a product development process that will maximize creativity and innovation. Using examples from her consulting work and from her research into successful business practices, Piscione shows how to create a culture where risk taking is rewarded, mavericks are encouraged, collaboration between highly competent people is nurtured, and, when experiments and new initiatives are proposed, the response is to ask how rather than question why. This requires upending the usual organizational pyramid, giving more decision-making power to frontline workers and less to the C-level executives traditionally at the top. Once this is all in place, you can take advantage of Piscione's twelve-step Improvisational Innovation process for bringing new products and services to market. This is a comprehensive guide to harnessing the creative energy in every organization.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289523 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Teach to Work: How a Mentor, a Mentee, and a Project Can Close the Skills Gap in America Author: Patty Alper Narrator: Karen Saltus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 1, 2017 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: The United States is abundantly rich in adults with 'know how.' By connecting mentors -- educated adults with expertise and knowledge -- with mentees -- teens and young adults who lack motivation, experience, and role models in their lives -- we can begin to close this gap dramatically. We can prepare the next generation for the jobs of tomorrow by adding real-world, project based experience to their education. Teach to Work is a call to action for mentors currently sitting on the sidelines. Whether you are a banker, lawyer, architect, accountant, engineer, IT specialist, or artist, you have the experience and skillset to become an ambassador of talent, grit, and transferable skills. The book provides a step-by-step guide to help professionals share their knowledge with the next generation of workers through this intergenerational experience. Based on Alper’s fifteen years of mentoring inner-city high-school students, Teach to Work proves how corporations, professionals, and boomers can have a significant impact on the professional future of America’s youth. Drawing from real-life stories and letters received from students, teachers, and fellow mentors describing pride of accomplishment, Alper helps professionals embark on this journey to transform lives, mentoring one student at a time.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290817 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Decision Quality: Value Creation from Better Business Decisions Author: Jennifer Meyer, Hannah Winter, Carl Spetzler Narrator: Karen Saltus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 59 minutes Release date: April 1, 2017 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: Few things are as valuable in business, and in life, as the ability to make good decisions. Decision Quality is here to help you make decisions that maximize value creation and manage risk- every time. This audiobook comes from the dynamic team of award- winning educator Carl Spetzler and his colleagues, Hannah Winter and Jennifer Meyer. This trio has helped shape the decision quality profession over the years-in the field and in the classroom. They've also worked with leaders around the world, across industries, to elevate the quality of their decisions. That same expertise is now available to you. The framework at the heart of this audiobook comes from the authors' decades-deep foundation in decision theory, behavioral decision sciences, and real-world practice. You'll get a reliable methodology that can be applied to all types of decisions-from business to personal, for big bets or smaller choices-regardless of your level, specialty, and industry. Every chapter unfolds with focused lessons, insights, and examples to help you navigate complex decisions. Decision Quality enables you to: Avoid the most common traps that undermine decision making Judge the quality of your decisions more accurately, as you're making them Navigate today's uncertainties with confidence Execute on your decisions with greater buy-in and success Join the growing group of leaders who are making decisions that create greater value-every time. Deal with uncertainty-a factor in every important choice Judge the quality of a decision at the time you're making it Learn how organizations have benefited from building quality into their decisions. Many people are satisfied with 'good enough' when making important decisions. This audiobook provides a method that will take you and your co-workers beyond 'good enough' to true Decision Quality.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291219 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The New Corporate Facts Life: Rethink Your Business to Transform Today's Challenges into Tomorrow's Profits Author: Diana Rivenburgh Narrator: Margaret Strom Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 1, 2017 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: Still myopically chasing quarterly profits, producing the same product the same way, issuing directives to increasingly disengaged employees? Too many organizations cling to outdated practices—to their detriment and almost certain demise. In today’s unpredictable, interconnected world you cannot rely on the old rules of business to get stellar results. The New Corporate Facts of Life charts a clear path through the obstacles facing all companies—disruptive innovation, economic instability, environmental degradation, increasing stakeholder power, and other global forces—explaining exactly how to transform each challenge into competitive advantage. Based on interviews with over 50 top executives and thought leaders, including Coca-Cola Enterprises CEO John Brock, Georgia Tech President G.P. “Bud” Peterson, and author Peter Senge, the book recounts how leading-edge companies have begun re-shaping strategy, culture, vision, engagement, and leadership to succeed in this brave new world. Change is the only constant in business. Packed with inspiring stories and compelling examples, The New Corporate Facts of Life offers a bird’s-eye view of the shifting landscape and reveals how any organization, large or small, can begin creating a profitable, sustainable future.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290816 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Power of Positive Destruction: How to Turn a Business Idea into a Revolution Author: Seth Merrin Narrator: Tim Andres Pabon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 27 minutes Release date: April 1, 2017 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: It's no longer good enough to build a company to last; today it's about building a company to ignite change. The Power of Positive Destruction reveals how to start a new business, disrupt an industry, and adapt to changing environments by leveraging technology and a new mindset. Serial entrepreneur Seth Merrin has built businesses by seeing issues with the status quo and introducing positive changes that have disrupted—and revolutionized—industries. In this audiobook, he breaks down his process step-by-step to show you what you need to know to successfully start a company and transform an industry. Merrin's incredible story, coupled with real, actionable advice, will resonate with anyone who wants to be a catalyst of change. With this audiobook, listeners will learn to see the inefficiencies, ineptitudes, and everyday problems that others dismiss as the cost of doing business and create 'unfair competitive advantages' to stack the deck—and win. You'll see how problems in current business models are really opportunities of which to take advantage and learn what you need to know and do to seize those opportunities —no matter where you work. Seth Merrin saw Wall Street as it was, then built a company to turn it into what it could be—safer and more efficient for investors. This book shows you how he did it, and how you can too, with the power of positive destruction. Discover how to turn status quo into disruption Understand how to stack the deck in your favor to achieve the best possible chances of success Learn how to build and run a company and design a culture for constant change Acquire new skills to create strategy, sell your disruptive product or service, and negotiate effectively Technology and innovation can disrupt or transform any industry. It's happening faster and more broadly now than ever, creating myriad opportunities for everyone. But winning in this new world is not easy. The incumbents will fight mightily against it and even those who would benefit from change may first express fear. This audiobook reveals the techniques from identifying the opportunities to designing and executing the strategy you'll need to succeed. With The Power of Positive Destruction you can to tap into your inner change agent and transform your company, your industry, and the world.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290810 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No More Pointless Meetings: Breakthrough Sessions That Will Revolutionize the Way You Work Author: Martin Murphy Narrator: Tim Andres Pabon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 12 minutes Release date: April 1, 2017 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: Wasting time in pointless meetings is the one thing that never seems to change. Martin Murphy, however, has helped a 'Who's Who' of corporate clients transform time-sapping meetings into breakthrough sessions that are measurably productive. His strategy is not simply to make meetings more palatable; instead, he reframes the entire concept of collaboration and introduces four 'Work Sessions' that replace meetings to get more done, faster than ever before. These protocols address Issues Management, a means to identify, rank, and resolve issues before promoting them to Action Plan status; Problem Solving, thirty-minute sessions for quickly solving complex problems; Innovation, a means to discover the billion-dollar idea that lurks in every organization; and Ongoing Planning, a stripped-down, built-for-speed, ongoing alternative to scheduled planning. In the Digital Age, where innovation and speed-to-market cabilities rule, 'No More Pointless Meetings' shows managers how to leverage the creative and cognitive capabilities of their reports in a manner that transforms traditional collaborative outcomes.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Making Work Work: The Positivity Solution for Any Work Environment Author: Shola Richards Narrator: Shola Richards Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 13 minutes Release date: April 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: Is your office a place of soul-destroying negativity? Shola Richards—keynote speaker, award winner, and creator of The Positivity Solution blog—is about to change that . . . forever. “My mission was clear: I needed to fix the problems facing the workplace. As quickly as I came up with my new mission, I came up with the solution: We need to treat each other better. Period.” Shola Richards had reached the end of the road: after nearly two years at a soul-sucking job, he felt numb and suicidal. So he quit and devoted himself to nothing less than transforming the workplace, turning it into a space of respect, courtesy, and endless energy. Making Work Work focuses on inspiring current and future leaders to start a movement that will banish on-the-job bullying, put meaning back into work, and enhance coworkers’ happiness and engagement. Richards, whose popular blog has a worldwide following, explains why inaction is insane, why we must move forward with positivity, and why the “abc” employees (asshats, bullies, and complainers) are so destructive. This motivational guide will stay in listeners’ hearts and minds long after they finish listening to it.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289525 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Art of Authenticity: Tools to Become an Authentic Leader and Your Best Self Author: Karissa Thacker Narrator: Karen Saltus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: Leverage your authentic self into a valuable leadership strategy The Art of Authenticity is a guide to becoming a better leader by achieving your best self. All people bring different sides of themselves to various situations. This audiobook will show you how to broaden and deepen your effectiveness by presenting the most appropriate side of yourself. Dr. Karissa Thacker is the management psychologist called on by over two hundred Fortune 500 companies to work with high potential leaders. This audiobook provides you with her expert guidance, based on validated psychological research and artful application of psychological principles to actual business situations, to help you become an authentic leader. You'll learn how to lead through reflection, action, and conscious choice, and how to maintain your guiding principles while effectively leading your team. By replacing habitual reactions with authentic ones, you'll find that you're modeling good behavior and effective decision-making-and that authenticity is contagious. This guide equips you with the tools and skills you need to be the catalyst of positive change your organization needs. How do you remain authentic while being an effective leader? This audiobook argues that the question isn't a duality. Authenticity is the best way to lead, and the only way to maintain sustainable success as an organization. This insightful guide shows you how to find your authentic self, and leverage that into an effective, executable leadership strategy. Become authentic in a way that befits your values Show loyalty, honesty, ethics, and consideration Maintain authenticity in leadership roles Make conscious choices instead of blind reactions Some are born to lead, other must be taught, but all leaders must work to retain their own values and basic sense of self. A simple pause can mean the difference between a knee-jerk reaction and an authentic decision, and the effects ripple throughout your organization. The Art of Authenticity is your guidebook to finding the true authentic leader within, and leading from the inside out for the long haul.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291898 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fit for Growth: A Guide to Strategic Cost Cutting, Restructuring, and Renewal Author: Deniz Caglar, John Plansky, Vinay Couto Narrator: Walter Dixon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 40 minutes Release date: April 1, 2017 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: A practical approach to business transformation Fit for Growth* is a unique approach to business transformation that explicitly connects growth strategy with cost management and organization restructuring. Drawing on 70-plus years of strategy consulting experience and in-depth research, the experts at PwC’s Strategy& lay out a winning framework that helps CEOs and senior executives transform their organizations for sustainable, profitable growth. This approach gives structure to strategy while promoting lasting change. Examples from Strategy&’s hundreds of clients illustrate successful transformation on the ground, and illuminate how senior and middle managers are able to take ownership and even thrive during difficult periods of transition. Throughout the Fit for Growth process, the focus is on maintaining consistent high-value performance while enabling fundamental change. Strategy& has helped major clients around the globe achieve significant and sustained results with its research-backed approach to restructuring and cost reduction. This book provides practical guidance for leveraging that expertise to make the choices that allow companies to: Achieve growth while reducing costs Manage transformation and transition productively Create lasting competitive advantage Deliver reliable, high-value performance Sustainable success is founded on efficiency and high performance. Companies are always looking to do more with less, but their efforts often work against them in the long run. Total business transformation requires total buy-in, and it entails a series of decisions that must not be made lightly. The Fit for Growth approach provides a clear strategy and practical framework for growth-oriented change, with expert guidance on getting it right.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291217 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Engagement: Transforming Difficult Relationships at Work Author: Lee G. Bolman, Joan V. Gallos Narrator: Anne Flosnik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 54 minutes Release date: April 1, 2017 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: In Engagement, bestselling authors Lee G. Bolman and Joan V. Gallos offer a compelling workplace parable to illustrate the strategies and skills needed to make unworkable relationships positive and productive. The audiobook introduces the four-step SURE model, which offers rules of engagement for staying alert, grounded, and productive when faced with the prickly, taxing, or toxic folks who block progress, weigh you down, undermine your confidence, leave chaos in their wake, and cause a disproportionate share of headaches and sleepless nights. Bolman and Gallos advocate that deeply engaging oneself, one another, and the situation is the best route to transform difficult relationships. They show how to unhook from the anger, stress, and frustration that limit your ability to see and appreciate better possibilities. Working with difficult people—a problem employee, bully boss, chronically complaining coworker, mean-spirited associate, Machiavellian teammate, or troubled colleague— all take a combination of strategy, confidence, determination, and skill. The authors show how to apply the four-step SURE model for overcoming the obstacles and frustrations that difficult people present. Because it is written as a parable, Engagement offers you the opportunity to slow down and think about your reactions, compare your solutions with others, and view events through multiple perspectives—your own, the authors, and the characters in the story. Engagement helps to better understand yourself, respond more effectively in your workplace, and handle challenges in ways that bring out the best in you and others.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289273 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sensemaking: The Power of the Humanities in the Age of the Algorithm Author: Christian Madsbjerg Narrator: Jeremy Maxwell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: March 21, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: Based on his work at some of the world's largest companies, including Ford, Adidas, and Chanel, Christian Madsbjerg's Sensemaking is a provocative stand against the tyranny of big data and scientism, and an urgent, overdue defense of human intelligence. Humans have become subservient to algorithms. Every day brings a new Moneyball fix--a math whiz who will crack open an industry with clean fact-based analysis rather than human intuition and experience. As a result, we have stopped thinking. Machines do it for us. Christian Madsbjerg argues that our fixation with data often masks stunning deficiencies, and the risks for humankind are enormous. Blind devotion to number crunching imperils our businesses, our educations, our governments, and our life savings. Too many companies have lost touch with the humanity of their customers, while marginalizing workers with liberal arts-based skills. Contrary to popular thinking, Madsbjerg shows how many of today's biggest success stories stem not from 'quant' thinking but from deep, nuanced engagement with culture, language, and history. He calls his method sensemaking. In this landmark book, Madsbjerg lays out five principles for how business leaders, entrepreneurs, and individuals can use it to solve their thorniest problems. He profiles companies using sensemaking to connect with new customers, and takes readers inside the work process of sensemaking 'connoisseurs' like investor George Soros, architect Bjarke Ingels, and others. Both practical and philosophical, Sensemaking is a powerful rejoinder to corporate groupthink and an indispensable resource for leaders and innovators who want to stand out from the pack.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284362 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Talent Unleashed: 3 Leadership Conversations to Ignite the Unlimited Potential in People Author: Todd Davis, Shawn D. Moon, Michael Simpson, A. Roger Merrill Narrator: Shawn D. Moon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 34 minutes Release date: March 21, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 8 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: A leader's job is to unleash the unlimited store of potential in people. 'The vast majority of the workforce in any organization possesses far more talent, intelligence, capability, and creativity than their present jobs require or even allow.” - Dr. Stephen R. Covey That’s what Talent Unleashed is about—unleashing that unlimited store of potential in people. That’s a leader’s job. And how does a leader do that job? Through 3 Leadership Conversations—not just individual events, but ongoing discussions designed to help people give the best they can. In these conversations, leaders trade fear for trust, confusion for clarity, and micromanaging for empowerment. The three vital leadership conversations are: - The Performance Conversation - The Voice Conversation - The “Clearing the Path” Conversation Performance Conversations define roles and set clear goals. Leaders hold people accountable for these roles and goals, thus transforming team members from “managed hirelings” to “trusted partners and teammates.” Voice Conversations affirm the worth and potential of each person on a team. Leaders help individuals discover their unique gifts, talents, and abilities and align these gifts, talents, and abilities to the great mission of the organization. It is the process that ignites the inner fire. Clear the Path Conversations turn supervisors into leaders who become sources of help and empower people to succeed in their jobs. Leaders help clear away the obstacles from the success pathway.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285108 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Boss Bitch: A Simple 12-Step Plan to Take Charge of Your Career Author: Nicole Lapin Narrator: Nicole Lapin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 1 minute Release date: March 21, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.48 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Nicole Lapin is back with a sassy and actionable guide empowering women to be the boss of their own lives and careers.   You don’t need dozens or hundreds of employees to be a boss, says financial expert and serial entrepreneur Nicole Lapin. Hell, you don’t even need one. You just need to be confident, savvy, and ready to get out there and make your success happen. You need to find your inner Boss Bitch — your most confident, savvy, ambitious self—and own it.   A Boss Bitch is the she-ro of her own story. She is someone who takes charge of herself and her future and embraces being a “boss” in all senses of the word: whether as the boss of her own life, a boss at work, or the literal boss of her own company (or all three). Whichever she chooses, being a Boss Bitch isn’t something to apologize for—it’s something to be proud of!   We all have what it takes to be a boss bitch, says Lapin. The problem is: we don’t learn how to do it in school. Even if we study business, we’re not getting enough real-deal business education. Until now. Here, Lapin draws on raw and often hilariously real stories from her own career and experiences starting businesses—the good, the bad, and the ugly—to show what it means to be a 'boss' in twelve easy steps. In her refreshingly honest and relatable style, she first shows how to embrace the boss-of-you mentality by seizing the power that comes from believing in yourself and expanding your personal skillset. Then she offers candid no-nonsense advice on how to kill it as the boss at work whether you have a high-up role or not. And finally, for those who want to take the plunge as an entrepreneur, she lays out the nuts and bolts of how to be the boss of your own business—from raising money and getting it off the ground to hiring a kickass staff and dealing office drama to turning a profit.   Being a rock star in your career is something that should be worn as a badge of honor.  Here Lapin shows how to crush it in our careers like like a Boss Bitch!

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284329 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Permission to Speak Freely: How the Best Leaders Cultivate a Culture of Candor Author: Doug Crandall, Matt Kincaid Narrator: Wayne Shepherd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 23 minutes Release date: March 20, 2017 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: What if some of the most powerful words in your organization were 'I'm not sure,' 'I need help,' and 'I have a new idea'? Imagine the potential for innovation, connection, and results if your employees felt courageous enough to say anything to you. What if people could simply communicate what they are really thinking without fear of having a bad idea? When you are in a leadership position, your people should feel comfortable to learn from and brainstorm with you. It is your responsibility to create an authentic environment characterized by honesty and trust that encourages everyone to share ideas. When your people don't speak up, it's not their problem-it's yours. Building a culture in which people are able to say anything opens up pathways to innovation that would otherwise not exist. Ultimately, this book is a letter to leaders-filled with experience, research, and practicality. Peering inside a vast array of organizations for the past decade, the authors have seen time and again that leaders are failing to draw out ideas from their introverts and, at the same time, shutting up their extroverts. Inhibitors in organizations make candid communication unsafe. As a leader, you must recognize and acknowledge these complex dynamics and then work tirelessly to inspire your team to speak freely.