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Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 795846 Title: Pitch the Perfect Investment: The Essential Guide to Winning on Wall Street Author: Paul D. Sonkin, Paul Johnson Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Length: 12:00:00 Language: English Release date: 12-24-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Accounting & Finance Summary: Investors who succeed on Wall Street spend their career analyzing companies, and honing their investment strategies. But they had to start somewhere. Training for research analysts is basically nonexistent on Wall Street resulting in a 'baptism by fire' that forces the new analyst to develop expertise on their own. To overcome this deficiency, Sonkin and Johnson have written the ultimate 'survival' guide for someone embarking on a career as an investment professional. Pitch the Perfect Investment accelerates the learning process, giving the college or MBA student the edge they need to succeed, whether they are pitching a stock idea in a job interview, in a stock pitch competition, or for a student-run investment fund. Pitch the Perfect Investment equips the chief investment officer and director of research with new tools, enabling them to tighten their analytical process and significantly improve communication and efficiency. No other single resource will provide students, money managers, analysts, bankers, executives, salespeople, and individual investors with a faster way to improve their performance. Pitch the Perfect Investment is the essential guide to winning on Wall Street. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 794485 Title: Positive Thinking: Find Happiness and Achieve Your Goals Through the Power of Positive Thought Author: Gill Hasson Narrator: Mike Chamberlain Format: Unabridged Length: 03:58:45 Language: English Release date: 12-10-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Self Development, Health & Wellness Summary: Are you stuck in a rut? Do you feel plagued by negative thoughts and emotions every day? Gill Hasson, the bestselling author of Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence, is back to help you move on from those pesky negative emotions and focus on the positive instead. If you struggle to see past setbacks both at work and at home, it can be tricky not to let those negative emotions affect you in every area of your life. This book will give listeners the tools to view life with a positive outlook and charge ahead in achieving goals that once seemed out of reach. Learn how to: identify the triggers for negative thoughts and understand how to turn them into positive ones; deal with setbacks and make the most out of negative situations; improve your happiness by accepting situations and learning how to move forward; and understand how the power of positive thinking can help you achieve your goals. The power of positive thinking is not a new idea; it's been around long enough to become almost a cliché, but there's a reason behind its longevity: positivity works. This book shows you how to break through the clouds today, and start working toward the life you want. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 805451 Title: Power Phone Scripts: 500 Word-for-Word Questions, Phrases, and Conversations to Open and Close More Sales Author: Mike Brooks Narrator: Walter Dixon Format: Unabridged Length: 08:45:00 Language: English Release date: 10-29-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Sales & Retail Summary: Have you ever found yourself at a loss for what to say when the gatekeeper asks you what your call is about? Have your palms ever sweated when the decision maker shuts you down with: 'I wouldn't be interested'? Has your heart taken a fast dive into your stomach when, at the start of your presentation, your prospect tells you that they've thought about it and are just going to pass? If you're in sales, then the question isn't 'Have you ever felt this way?', but rather, 'How often do you feel this way? Are you finally ready to learn how to confidently and effectively overcome these objections, stalls, and blow-offs? If so, Power Phone Scripts was written for you! Unlike other books on sales that tell you what you should do (like build value—hard to do when the prospect is hanging up on you!), Power Phone Scripts provides word-for-word scripts, phrases, questions, and comebacks that you can use on your very next call. Learn to overcome resistance, get through to the decision maker, and then, once you have him or her on the phone, make an instant connection and earn the right to have a meaningful conversation. You'll be equipped with proven questions, conversation starters, and techniques to learn whether or not they are even right for your product or service, and, if they aren't, who else in their company or another department might be. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 797881 Title: Invest Like a Guru: How to Generate Higher Returns At Reduced Risk With Value Investing Author: Charlie Tian Narrator: Brian Telestai Format: Unabridged Length: 07:37:49 Language: English Release date: 09-24-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Accounting & Finance Summary: Invest Like a Guru provides an invaluable resource for high-quality-focused value investing, with expert insight and practical tools for implementation. Written by the man behind GuruFocus.com, this book expands on the site's value strategies and research tools to provide a primer for those exploring pathways to higher returns at lower risk. The book begins with an insightful explanation of high-quality-focused value investing concepts, then quickly moves into practical, detailed guidance on analysis, valuation, key factors, and risks to avoid. Case studies demonstrate real-world application of various analysis methods, and the discussion walks you through important calculations using real examples. Author Charlie Tian draws upon his own experiences and lessons learned to provide true insight on high-quality-focused value investing as a strategy, providing both reference and expert advice in this singularly useful guide. Warren Buffett once said, 'I would rather buy good companies at fair prices than buy fair companies at good prices.' That's how he built his fortune, and his method is what we now call high-quality-focused value investing. This book shows you how to determine what constitutes 'good companies' and 'fair prices,' with practical tools for real-world application. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 795845 Title: Difficult Conversations Don't Have to Be Difficult: A Simple, Smart Way to Make Your Relationships and Team Better Author: Amy P. Kelly, Jon Gordon Narrator: Amy P. Kelly Format: Unabridged Length: 01:42:23 Language: English Release date: 09-10-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Sales & Retail Summary: In Difficult Conversations Don't Have to be Difficult, bestselling author Jon Gordon and veteran human resources professional and executive coach Amy P. Kelly deliver an inspiring new take on how to make tough workplace conversations an asset in building a stronger team and organization. The book, written as a business fable, follows Ruth, the CEO of a successful multinational company who has been instructed by her board to prepare her company for sale. As Ruth discovers the secret to unlocking extraordinary growth and productivity, you'll learn about: ● The critically important conversations you need to have with your team to realize outstanding results ● Structuring, planning, and having the tough conversations your team members really need ● Ensuring your team walks away from difficult conversations more united, motivated, inspired, and positioned for optimal growth and performance Perfect for managers, executives, directors, and business leaders and their teams, Difficult Conversations Don't Have to be Difficult is also a must-listen for coaches, trainers, teachers, consultants, and other professionals doing their best to help others realize their full potential. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 794479 Title: Design a Better Business: New Tools, Skills, and Mindset for Strategy and Innovation Author: Justin Lokitz, Lisa Kay Solomon, Patrick Van Der Pijl Narrator: William Sarris Format: Unabridged Length: 06:27:50 Language: English Release date: 08-27-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Business Development Summary: This book stitches together a complete design journey from beginning to end, guiding listeners (you) step-by-step in a practical way from the initial spark of an idea all the way to scaling it into a better business. Design a Better Business includes a comprehensive set of tools (over twenty total!) and skills that will help you harness opportunity from uncertainty by building the right team(s) and balancing your point of view against new findings from the outside world. This book also features over fifty case studies and real life examples from large corporations such as ING Bank, Audi, Autodesk, and Toyota Financial Services, to small startups, incubators, and social impact organizations, providing a behind the scenes look at the best practices and pitfalls to avoid. Also included are personal insights from thought leaders such as Steve Blank on innovation, Alex Osterwalder on business models, Nancy Duarte on storytelling, and Rob Fitzpatrick on questioning, among others. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 808281 Title: Big Data in Practice: How 45 Successful Companies Used Big Data Analytics to Deliver Extraordinary Results Author: Bernard Marr Narrator: Lyle Blaker Format: Unabridged Length: 07:01:38 Language: English Release date: 08-27-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Business Development Summary: Big data is on the tip of everyone's tongue. Everyone understands its power and importance, but many fail to grasp the actionable steps and resources required to utilize it effectively. This book fills the knowledge gap by showing how major companies are using big data every day. From technology, media, and retail to sport teams, government agencies, and financial institutions, learn the actual strategies and processes being used to learn about customers, improve manufacturing, spur innovation, improve safety, and so much more. Organized for easy dip-in navigation, each chapter follows the same structure to give you the information you need quickly. For each company profiled, learn what data was used, what problem it solved, and the processes put in place to make it practical, as well as the technical details, challenges, and lessons learned from each unique scenario. ● Learn how predictive analytics helps Amazon, Target, John Deere, and Apple understand their customers ● Discover how big data is behind the success of Walmart, LinkedIn, Microsoft, and more ● Learn how big data is changing medicine, law enforcement, hospitality, fashion, science, and banking Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 810768 Title: Flip the Switch: Achieve Extraordinary Things with Simple Changes to How You Think Author: Jez Rose Narrator: Michael Langan Format: Unabridged Length: 04:43:42 Language: English Release date: 08-27-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Self Development, Health & Wellness Summary: Do you ever wonder why achieving results is such a struggle? Do you want that to change? Let Jez show you how to train your brain differently by uncovering strategies used by some of the most successful people in the world. Using real-world examples, the former comedian examines why some people struggle to achieve, despite trying, while others appear to achieve extraordinary results. Jez will show you why we behave the way we do and how to change for the better. By changing the way we think, our behavior and approach to life will also change. Aware that our success is also a result of other people, Flip the Switch will show you how to improve the behavior and thought patterns of those around you too. ● Practical exercises to get you thinking differently ● Learn how to change for the better using a variety of techniques ● Get the confidence to go after what you want, when you want ● Become extraordinary by adopting Jez's down to earth and charismatic approach Flip the Switch: Achieve Extraordinary Things with Simple Changes to How You Think will change how you approach success and leave you ready to take on the world. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 777146 Title: Smart Rivals: How Innovative Companies Play Games That Tech Giants Can't Win Author: Bonnie Yining Cao, Feng Zhu Narrator: Cindy Kay Format: Unabridged Length: 04:22:20 Language: English Release date: 08-20-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Business Development Summary: A new, researched-based look at how traditional or smaller companies can better compete with Big Tech on their own terms Companies are fighting the wrong battle. The consensus has been to learn the best practices from Big Tech and imitate them. But new paths for growth aren't created by imitation; they're forged by radical differentiation. In Smart Rivals, Harvard Business School professor Feng Zhu and former Bloomberg journalist Bonnie Cao show business leaders how to create new competitive advantages by offering product features and benefits that tech giants and other competitors cannot match. Zhu and Cao bring listeners across the globe, revealing how big conglomerates—Coca-Cola, Ping An, and AB InBev—and scrappy upstarts—an Italian toll payment platform, a Chinese footwear retailer, a Nigerian media company, and scores of others—have managed to thrive by tapping into their unique capabilities. Based on original research and insights gleaned from leaders in a wide-range of industries, Smart Rivals will help you find new capabilities that mere imitation could never provide and lead to new products, services, strategies, and advantages. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 810643 Title: Speak It Now!: Affirmations for Self Care Self Worth Self Value Author: Dr. La'Vel F. Hardy Narrator: Kimberly Yvonne Steele Format: Unabridged Length: 01:46:04 Language: English Release date: 08-14-24 Publisher: Authors Republic Genres: Health & Wellness, Mindfulness & Meditation Summary: I wrote this book to give people the tools needed to shape their lives by the words they speak. While on this journey speak these affirmations daily, and the words you speak will soon transform your life. The affirmations in this book will speak wholeness, wellness, and healing over the body, mind, and heart. No one needs the validation of others to have a fulfilled life, but all must recognize the importance and power of self-care, self-love, and self-worth. Every affirmation spoken will empower and encourage all to live better, while traveling the road to best. When declaring these daily affirmations, it will be in the forefront of their mind and every word will have a positive impact on their life. I pray this book encourages all to understand the weight and power of their voice. No one will lose their voice, but have the power to reset their mind and heart. Everyone who has been afforded the opportunity to read this book will be encouraged to keep pressing, pushing, and persevering. Giving up is not an option. I want this book to empower all to live a better life as you travel the road to best. Everyone's life is worth living, and every person has the power to change the placement and assignment of their life. I encourage people don't put off for tomorrow, what you can speak today. It is time to SPEAK IT NOW. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 816086 Title: More: An Invitation Author: Diane Cotton Narrator: Rebecca Engelter Format: Unabridged Length: 02:20:31 Language: English Release date: 07-31-24 Publisher: Authors Republic Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Prayer, Counseling & Inspirational Summary: This book is about having a REAL relationship with God. The author will take you on an image-rich journey through your daily prayer times so that the resulting intimacy with Him actually changes your life. Is your prayer life rote, boring or even worse - has it become a chore? Read on - for there is so much MORE! Diane Cotton, married to husband Charlie, is a third generation Southern Californian. Together they have raised four kids - all grown and gone - leaving them with two beloved Corgis. Diane has owned and operated Diane Cotton Jewelry, a unique, one-of-a-kind jewelry company she founded in 2000. She has applied this same, creative, child-like enthusiasm to her faith journey. With a mix of humility and humor, she shares this journey- along with the lessons she has learned along the way - to pursue a life-changing relationship with God. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 773514 Title: Stories for Work: The Essential Guide to Business Storytelling Author: Gabrielle Dolan Narrator: Brigid Lohrey Format: Unabridged Length: 05:37:20 Language: English Release date: 07-16-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Negotiation & Communication Summary: Learn the science and master the art of telling a great story Stories for Work walks you through the science of storytelling, revealing the secrets behind great storytellers and showing you how to master the art of storytelling in business. Stories hold a unique place in our psyche, and the right story at the right time can be a game-changer in business; whether tragedy, triumph, tension, or transition, a good story can captivate the listener and help you achieve your goals. In this book, author Gabrielle Dolan draws from a decade of training business leaders in storytelling to show you what works, why it works, when it works best, and what never works. You'll learn how to create your own stories and develop an instinct for sharing when the time is right. In-depth case studies feature real-world people in real-world businesses, showing how storytelling has changed the way they work, motivate, and lead—providing clear examples of the power of this enormously effective skill. Storytelling gives you an edge. Whether you're after a promotion, a difficult client, a big sale, or leading through transition, a great story can help you smooth the road and seal the deal. This book is your personal coach for masterful storytelling, with expert guidance and lessons learned from real-world business leaders. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 745654 Title: HBR Guide to Emotional Intelligence Author: Harvard Business Review Narrator: Keith Sellon-Wright Format: Unabridged Length: 05:04:00 Language: English Release date: 07-04-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Career Development, Management & Leadership Summary: Managing the human side of work Research by Daniel Goleman, a psychologist and coauthor of Primal Leadership, has shown that emotional intelligence is a more powerful determinant of good leadership than technical competence, IQ, or vision. Influencing those around us and supporting our own well-being requires us to be self-aware, know when and how to regulate our emotional reactions, and understand the emotional responses of those around us. No wonder emotional intelligence has become one of the crucial criteria in hiring and promotion. But luckily it's not just an innate trait: Emotional intelligence is composed of skills that all of us can learn and improve on. In this guide, you'll learn how to determine your emotional intelligence strengths and weaknesses, understand and manage your emotional reactions, deal with difficult people, make smarter decisions, bounce back from tough times, and help your team develop emotional intelligence. Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, with the most trusted brand in business. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 745667 Title: Time, Talent, Energy: Overcome Organizational Drag and Unleash Your Team's Productive Power Author: Eric Garton, Michael C. Mankins Narrator: Gregory St. John Format: Unabridged Length: 05:19:07 Language: English Release date: 06-06-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Management & Leadership, Business Development, HR & Office Administration Summary: Managing Your Scarcest Resources Business leaders know that the key to competitive success is smart management of scarce resources. That's why companies allocate their financial capital so carefully. But capital today is cheap and abundant, no longer a source of advantage. The truly scarce resources now are the time, the talent, and the energy of the people in your organization—resources that are too often squandered. Building off of the popular Harvard Business Review article 'Your Scarcest Resource,' Michael Mankins and Eric Garton, Bain & Company experts in organizational design and effectiveness, present new research into how you can liberate people's time, talent, and energy and unleash your organization's productive power. They identify the specific causes of organizational drag—the collection of institutional factors that slow things down, decrease output, and drain people's energy—and then offer a pragmatic framework for how managers can overcome it. With practical advice for using the framework and in-depth examples of how the best companies manage their people's time, talent, and energy with as much discipline as they do their financial capital, this book shows managers how to create a virtuous circle of high performance. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 763988 Title: Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis Author: Charles L. Marohn Jr. Narrator: Stephen R. Thorne Format: Unabridged Length: 10:02:35 Language: English Release date: 05-21-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Politics, Public Policy, Business Development, Real Estate Summary: In Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Solution to the Housing Crisis, renowned urbanists Charles (Chuck) Marohn and Daniel Herriges introduce a first-of-its-kind discussion of the tension between housing as a financial product and housing as shelter. This is the key insight that's been missing from the Housing Crisis Conversation; and the insight that can help cities fight back against the crisis from the bottom-up. This book offers a serious, yet accessible, history of housing policy in the United States and explains how it led us to this point in time: where we face a market that is rigged against people who, only a few decades ago, could have been homeowners or stable, long-term rentals. Escaping the Housing Trap is the must-have resource for everyone with a stake in the future of housing in America—and that means everyone. Listeners will find discussions of housing as an investment and how the country's neighborhoods are being transformed by the introduction of large amounts of investment; explorations of housing as shelter, including discussions of zoning policy and NIMBYism; and a comprehensive overview of the Strong Towns approach to solving the American housing crisis. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 777568 Title: Into the Sunrise of Eternity: Reflections on the Journey Home Author: R.V. Seep Narrator: Hank Hart Format: Unabridged Length: 03:46:59 Language: English Release date: 04-25-24 Publisher: Authors Republic Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity Summary: This life is a prelude to our destiny in glory. We follow in the victory parade of the Lord Jesus: His life, death, resurrection, and destiny. A joyous eternity awaits and beckons us with expectant hope. We'll start our reflections on the journey each of us must take with its destination--'Longing for a Better Country', peruse themes populating our path home 'Along the Way', before concluding with some reflections about our earthly exit 'Into His Presence'. Finishing and dying well is part and parcel of seeing life as a gift from God and part of an interwoven whole. The way we pass from life to death can be a wonderful legacy to those we leave behind. Ralph (R.V.) Seep serves as the Law Revision Counsel of the United States House of Representatives. He holds degrees in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, in Law from Duke University, and in Exegetical Theology from Western Seminary. R.V. has served in numerous capacities in local churches. He and his wife, Dottie, have two adult children and four grandchildren and reside near Annapolis, Maryland. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 756225 Title: Overcoming Ageism (HBR Women at Work Series) Author: Harvard Business Review Narrator: Amy Bernstein, Ann Sprinkle Format: Unabridged Length: 04:40:00 Language: English Release date: 04-16-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Career Development, Management & Leadership Summary: Combat age discrimination in your workplace. Everyone experiences age-related bias at some point in their careers, but for women the costs are greater. Sure, there are laws and organizational rules prohibiting age-related discrimination, but lived experience shows there's no 'right age' to be a woman. Whether you're seen as too old or too young, ageism affects the opportunities you have access to, how others perceive you, and how much your contributions are valued. Overcoming Ageism offers stories, research, and advice about navigating gendered age discrimination and bias at work. From advocating for yourself to ensuring continual learning and curiosity, you'll learn how to show others the unique expertise you bring to the organization and take back control of your career growth. This book will inspire you to: ● Establish your credibility with those around you ● Overcome imposter syndrome ● Build a support system across age groups ● Work together to end age bias in your organization Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 745656 Title: HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict Author: Amy Gallo Narrator: Liisa Ivary Format: Unabridged Length: 04:51:00 Language: English Release date: 04-04-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Management & Leadership, HR & Office Administration Summary: While some of us enjoy a lively debate with colleagues and others prefer to suppress our feelings over disagreements, we all struggle with conflict at work. Every day we navigate an office full of competing interests, clashing personalities, limited time and resources, and fragile egos. Sure, we share the same overarching goals as our colleagues, but we don't always agree on how to achieve them. We work differently. We rub each other the wrong way. We jockey for position. How can you deal with conflict at work in a way that is both professional and productive—where it improves both your work and your relationships? You start by understanding whether you generally seek or avoid conflict, identifying the most frequent reasons for disagreement, and knowing what approaches work for what scenarios. Then, if you decide to address a particular conflict, you use that information to plan and conduct a productive conversation. The HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict will give you the advice you need to understand the most common sources of conflict; explore your options for addressing a disagreement; recognize whether you—and your counterpart—typically seek or avoid conflict; prepare for and engage in a difficult conversation; manage your and your counterpart's emotions; develop a resolution together; and know when to walk away. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 751909 Title: Beyond Quick Fixes: Addressing the Complexity & Uncertainties of Contemporary Society Author: William B. Rouse Narrator: Tom Parks Format: Unabridged Length: 07:47:53 Language: English Release date: 03-26-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Science & Technology, Animals & Nature, Biology & Chemistry, Technology & Engineering Summary: We seem to be stuck, staring at insurmountable challenges. The pandemic is the opening act for climate change, and we need to get much better at anticipating and preparing for these types of challenges. Simply rebuilding bridges once they fall, or houses once they are swept away, is both expensive and risks human lives. Anticipation and preparation costs more now, but is much less costly over time. We have managed—or at least reacted to—the Aids epidemic (19812013), Internet bubble bursting (2001), the real estate bubble bursting (2007), the opioid epidemic (2017), forest fires on the West Coast (2018), and the coronavirus pandemic (2020). Very recently, we have experienced the fall of Afghanistan (2021), the latest earthquake and hurricane in Haiti (2021), and the attack on Ukraine (2022). Beyond Quick Fixes steps back from business as usual to rethink how we can approach the complex challenges of contemporary society. Rouse retreats, initially, into the principals of design thinking rather than policy making; he rigorously reconsiders our typical modes of operation and explores alternative ways of thinking about complex problems and potential solutions. The result is an integrated approach to addressing complexity to assist leaders and advisors responsible for addressing these challenges. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 703638 Title: Building a New Leadership Ladder: Transforming Male-Dominated Organizations to Support Women on the Rise Author: Carol J. Geffner Narrator: Jennifer Aquino Format: Unabridged Length: 05:06:50 Language: English Release date: 03-19-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Self Development, Career Development, Management & Leadership, Health & Wellness Summary: When it comes to the gender gap, it is not enough to ask women to 'lean in' and demand promotions and raises. Organizations have an obligation to level up and provide women with more opportunities for advancement. In this book, leadership and governance expert Carol Geffner makes a strong case that for women to reach their full potential, workplaces and their leaders must take a more proactive role in combating gender discrimination. Based on over 200 hours of interviews with women leaders in the United States and abroad, Building a New Leadership Ladder demonstrates that even when women are promoted to leadership positions, they are rarely given access to the same support networks as their male colleagues. Covering sectors as diverse as higher education, health care, law enforcement, and the military, the book identifies common strategies that all organizations can use to remove obstacles for women's advancement. More than a how-to guide on how women can ascend to the top, Building a New Leadership Ladder is a bold call to action for organizations and their leaders to proactively foster the conditions under which women's efforts to rise up are consistently recognized and rewarded. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 715974 Title: Transformed: Moving to the Product Operating Model Author: Marty Cagan Narrator: Marty Cagan Format: Unabridged Length: 10:09:31 Language: English Release date: 03-12-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Management & Leadership, Business Development Summary: Help transform your business and innovate like the world's top tech companies! Transformed: Moving to the Product Operating Model was written to bridge the gap between where most companies are right now and where they need to be. The leaders of these companies know they must transform to compete in an era of rapidly changing enabling technology, but most of them have never operated this way before. Transformed has three big goals: ● First, the book will educate you with a deep understanding of the product operating model, and what it means to work that way. ● Second, the book will convince you with detailed case studies of successful transformations, that while difficult, it is absolutely possible for you to transform your company to the product operating model. ● Third, the book will inspire you with truly impressive case studies of product innovation, showing what you too will be capable of doing once you successfully transform. Written by bestselling author Marty Cagan and his partners at the Silicon Valley Product Group, Transformed is filled with real-world examples and proven, practical advice from their decades of experience helping companies move to the product operating model. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 745655 Title: HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business: Think Big, Buy Small, Own Your Own Company Author: Richard S. Ruback, Royce Yudkoff Narrator: Brian Holsopple Format: Unabridged Length: 06:50:42 Language: English Release date: 03-02-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Management & Leadership, Business Development Summary: Think big, buy small. Are you looking for an alternative to a career path at a big firm? Does founding your own start-up seem too risky? There is a radical third path open to you: You can buy a small business and run it as CEO. Purchasing a small company offers significant financial rewards—as well as personal and professional fulfillment. Leading a firm means you can be your own boss, put your executive skills to work, fashion a company environment that meets your own needs, and profit directly from your success. But finding the right business to buy and closing the deal isn't always easy. In the HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business, Harvard Business School professors Richard Ruback and Royce Yudkoff help you determine if this path is right for you; raise capital for your acquisition; find and evaluate the right prospects; avoid the pitfalls that could derail your search; understand why a 'dull' business might be the best investment; negotiate a potential deal with the seller; and avoid deals that fall through at the last minute. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 745671 Title: Harvard Business Review Manager's Handbook: The 17 Skills Leaders Need to Stand Out Author: Harvard Business Review Narrator: Eric Jason Martin Format: Unabridged Length: 09:39:41 Language: English Release date: 02-27-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Management & Leadership, Business Development Summary: Whether you're a new manager or looking to have more influence in your current management role, the challenges you face come in all shapes and sizes: a direct report's anxious questions, your boss's last-minute assignment of an important presentation, or a blank business case staring you in the face. To reach your full potential in these situations, you need to master a new set of business and personal skills. Packed with step-by-step advice and wisdom from Harvard Business Review's management archive, the HBR Manager's Handbook provides best practices on topics from understanding key financial statements and the fundamentals of strategy to emotional intelligence and building your employees' trust. In this book you'll find: ● step-by-step guidance through common managerial tasks ● self-assessments throughout ● exercises and templates to help you practice and apply the concepts in the book ● concise explanations of the latest research and thinking on important management skills from Harvard Business Review experts such as Dan Goleman, Clayton Christensen, John Kotter, and Michael Porter ● real-life stories from working managers Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 745657 Title: HBR Guide to Making Every Meeting Matter Author: Harvard Business Review Narrator: Christopher Walker Format: Unabridged Length: 03:48:44 Language: English Release date: 02-27-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Career Development, Management & Leadership Summary: Make every minute count. Your calendar is full, and yet your meetings don't always seem to advance your work. Problems often arise with unrealistic or vague agendas, off-track conversations, tuned-out participants who don't know why they're there, and follow-up notes that no one reads—or acts on. Meetings can feel like a waste of time. But when you invest a little energy in preparing yourself and your participants, you'll stay focused, solve problems, gain consensus, and leave each meeting ready to take action. With input from over twenty experts combined with useful checklists, sample agendas, and follow-up memos, the HBR Guide to Making Every Meeting Matter will teach you how to set and communicate your meeting's purpose; invite the right people; prepare an achievable agenda; moderate a lively conversation; regain control of a wayward meeting; and ensure follow-through without babysitting or haranguing. Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, from a source you trust. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 745658 Title: HBR's 10 Must Reads for New Managers Author: Daniel Goleman, Harvard Business Review , Herminia Ibarra, Linda A. Hill, Robert B. Cialdini Narrator: Tom Parks Format: Unabridged Length: 06:33:52 Language: English Release date: 02-27-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Career Development, Management & Leadership Summary: If you read (or listen to) nothing else on becoming a new manager, listen to these ten articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you transition from being an outstanding individual contributor to becoming a great manager of others. This book will inspire you to develop your emotional intelligence; influence your colleagues through the science of persuasion; assess your team and enhance its performance; network effectively to achieve business goals and for personal advancement; navigate relationships with employees, bosses, and peers; get support from above; view the big picture in your decision making; and balance your team's work and personal life in a high-intensity workplace. This collection of articles includes 'Becoming the Boss,' by Linda A. Hill; 'Leading the Team You Inherit,' by Michael D. Watkins; 'Saving Your Rookie Managers from Themselves,' by Carol A. Walker; 'Managing the High-Intensity Workplace,' by Erin Reid and Lakshmi Ramarajan; 'Harnessing the Science of Persuasion,' by Robert B. Cialdini; 'What Makes a Leader?' by Daniel Goleman; 'The Authenticity Paradox,' by Herminia Ibarra; 'Managing Your Boss,' by John J. Gabarro and John P. Kotter; 'How Leaders Create and Use Networks,' by Herminia Ibarra and Mark Lee Hunter; and more. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 745659 Title: HBR's 10 Must Reads 2017: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review Author: Adam Grant, Clayton M. Christensen, Harvard Business Review , Thomas H. Davenport, Vijay Govindarajan Narrator: Jonathan Yen Format: Unabridged Length: 05:59:16 Language: English Release date: 02-20-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Management & Leadership, Business Development Summary: With authors from Clayton M. Christensen to Adam Grant and company examples from Intel to Uber, HBR's 10 Must Reads 2017 brings the most important management conversations to your fingertips. This book will inspire you to rethink the way you work in the face of advancing automation; transform your business using a platform strategy; apply design thinking to create innovative products; identify where too much collaboration may be holding your people back; see the theory of disruptive innovation in a brand new light; and recognize the signs that your cross-cultural negotiation may be falling apart. This collection of articles includes 'Collaborative Overload,' by Rob Cross, Reb Rebele, and Adam Grant; 'Algorithms Need Managers, Too,' by Michael Luca, Jon Kleinberg, and Sendhil Mullainathan; 'Pipelines, Platforms, and the New Rules of Strategy,' by Marshall W. Van Alstyne, Geoffrey G. Parker, and Sangeet Paul Choudary; 'What Is Disruptive Innovation?,' by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael Raynor, and Rory McDonald; 'How Indra Nooyi Turned Design Thinking into Strategy,' an interview with Indra Nooyi by Adi Ignatius; 'Engineering Reverse Innovations,' by Amos Winter and Vijay Govindarajan; The Employer-Led Health Care Revolution,' by Patricia A. McDonald, Robert S. Mecklenburg, and Lindsay A. Martin; and more. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 728441 Title: Glad We Met: The Art and Science of 1:1 Meetings Author: Dr. Steven G. Rogelberg Narrator: Steven G. Rogelberg Format: Unabridged Length: 06:00:29 Language: English Release date: 02-20-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Career Development, HR & Office Administration Summary: SHRM top 12 New Books * The Next Big Idea Club's January 2024 Must-Read Books There are an estimated 200-500 million 1:1 meetings held each day around the world, but are they run as transformatively as they could be? Or are they just talk? In Glad We Met: The Art and Science of 1:1 Meetings Dr. Steven Rogelberg, author of The Surprising Science of Meetings, helps us maximize the potential of these crucial conversations. 1:1s are arguably one of the most critical meeting types for the success of team members, managers, coaches, teams, and organizations. The best managers recognize that 1:1s are not an add-on to their role as a manager. Conducting 1:1s successfully are foundational to being a manager. At the same time, these meetings are the core of a direct report's experience and development at work, including how well they engage and attach to their role, perceive the effectiveness of their manager, and envision their future at the organization. Scouring the research and evidence collected over twenty years from managers and team members, and drawing on interviews with top leaders from some of the most respected companies in the world, Dr. Steven Rogelberg covers topics such as: why effective 1:1s are critical to your success and the success of your team; messaging and positioning 1:1s for maximum value; finding the correct 1:1 cadence and meeting length to maximize positive impact without over-meeting; managing the intricate balance of productivity-building, relationship-building, and employee development; how to personalize your 1:1 approach to fit you and your direct reports; and more. Glad We Met will make managers and direct reports walk away from every 1:1 energized more than any other moment of their workweek and with enduring impact. 'The world's leading scholar of meetings unpacks the most important meeting of all . . . Rooted in deep research and replete with actionable takeaways, this book will transform how you conduct these essential encounters. Glad We Met is an urgent read for anyone trying to find their footing on the modern workplace's new terrain.' —Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of To Sell is Human and Drive 'One of the best—and also most underutilized—tools in fostering talent is the 1:1 meeting. In this highly practical book, meetings expert Steven Rogelberg shares powerful science to inform and elevate these crucial interactions. Read Glad We Met—you and your team will be glad you did!' —Arianna Huffington, founder & CEO, Thrive Global '1:1s can make or break your team, your culture, and your company. In this must-read guide for managers, Dr. Rogelberg explains the evidence-based simple steps you can take to make sure every 1:1 makes you and your team better.' —Laszlo Bock, Former CHRO of Google and founder of Humu and Gretel.ai Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 707634 Title: Building a Cyber Risk Management Program: Evolving Security for the Digital Age Author: Brandon Bapst, Brian Allen, Terry Allan Hicks Narrator: Mike Lenz Format: Unabridged Length: 08:46:58 Language: English Release date: 02-20-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Science & Technology, Insurance, Computers Summary: Cyber risk management is one of the most urgent issues facing enterprises today. This book presents a detailed framework for designing, developing, and implementing a cyber risk management program that addresses your company's specific needs. Ideal for corporate directors, senior executives, security risk practitioners, and auditors at many levels, this guide offers both the strategic insight and tactical guidance you're looking for. You'll learn how to define and establish a sustainable, defendable, cyber risk management program, and the benefits associated with proper implementation. Cyber risk management experts Brian Allen and Brandon Bapst, working with writer Terry Allan Hicks, also provide advice that goes beyond risk management. You'll discover ways to address your company's oversight obligations as defined by international standards, case law, regulation, and board-level guidance. This book helps you: understand the transformational changes digitalization is introducing, and new cyber risks that come with it; learn the key legal and regulatory drivers that make cyber risk management a mission-critical priority for enterprises; gain a complete understanding of four components that make up a formal cyber risk management program; and implement or provide guidance for a cyber risk management program within your enterprise. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 722864 Title: Higher Ground: How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World Author: Alison Taylor Narrator: Julia Anthony Format: Unabridged Length: 09:37:05 Language: English Release date: 02-13-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Management & Leadership, Business Development Summary: Today's headlines are full of employee unrest over racial injustice, communities infuriated by corporate environmental impacts, staff anxiety over surveillance, and discoveries of child labor in supply chains. We've traveled far and fast from the old world of business ethics, where black-and-white concerns about bribery and fraud could be addressed with rules and processes. Simply maximizing shareholder value while not breaking the law is no longer an option, but we've never been so confused about what it means to do the right thing. In this eye-opening, indispensable book, NYU ethics professor Alison Taylor argues that amid stakeholder demands and transparency pressures, we can no longer treat ethics as a legal and reputational defense mechanism. Leaders at Davos and the Business Roundtable have called for a new corporate responsibility paradigm, but how to implement their ideas remains an open question as organizations struggle in an atmosphere of heightened expectations and intense suspicion. Offering vivid stories and examples, Taylor brings this complex, risky environment alive to provide a blueprint for how leaders should rethink and reshape their practices. Higher Ground will show leaders how business can navigate this messy paradigm shift, build trust, and achieve long-term strategic advantage in a turbulent world. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 756462 Title: Never Been Blessed Author: John Kyrola Narrator: Chris Macky Format: Unabridged Length: 01:54:52 Language: English Release date: 02-12-24 Publisher: Authors Republic Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Self Development, Health & Wellness, Mindfulness & Meditation, Biblical Studies Summary: Never Been Blessed: Read On And Hang On by John Kyrola is a book about God's blessings. Written after being prompted by the Lord, within Kyrola shares his definition and experience of the Lord's blessings. Blessings are divine interventions that happen every day in the lives of Christian believers. John's life exemplifies a life lived serving others and following Jesus. From providing housing to those with nowhere to go to praying every day, the author shares experiences that highlight how blessing others produces a life of bountiful blessings that can be seen in everyday life. Readers will be inspired by his Christian wisdom, reminders of what it is to live a successful Christian life today, and will take away tips on living a Christian life that exemplifies the gospel message. Anyone reading this book will be inspired to trust God, pray, and watch for blessings in life. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 714158 Title: HBR Guide to Your Job Search Author: Harvard Business Review Narrator: Al Kessel, Kitty Hendrix Format: Unabridged Length: 04:10:00 Language: English Release date: 02-06-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Career Development, Management & Leadership, HR & Office Administration Summary: Land the job of your dreams. You're ready to take the next step in your career. But securing the right role can take a lot of work—and a lot of time and energy. How do you move forward without getting overwhelmed by the process? The HBR Guide to Your Job Search is here to help. Whether you're new to the workforce or have a well-established career, this book contains practical advice for navigating your job hunt. You'll learn how to: structure your search strategically; translate your strengths into a strong personal story; activate your network to find opportunities; write a résumé that gets callbacks; craft answers to common interview questions; and set yourself up for success in your new role. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 722624 Title: Never Not Working: Why the Always-On Culture Is Bad for Business-and How to Fix It Author: Malissa Clark Narrator: Lauren Pedersen Format: Unabridged Length: 05:19:49 Language: English Release date: 02-06-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Career Development, Business Development, HR & Office Administration Summary: Many workers believe that to compete with other top talent they must embrace a culture that rewards long hours and constant connection to work. Businesses and society have encouraged this by endorsing busyness, overwork, and extreme commitment as the most valued traits in workers. Sometimes that endorsement is explicit, as when Elon Musk told Twitter employees to work 'long hours at high intensity' or get fired. But more often it's an implicit contract, a buildup of organizational and cultural norms and the adoption of new technologies that increasingly make it easy to tether people to work. Either way, this workaholic behavior is unhealthy and counterproductive for workers and for organizations. It's time to fight back. Malissa Clark shows you how in Never Not Working. Clark delivers a comprehensive definition of workaholism, busting myths along the way—such as the idea that the number of hours worked is the strongest predictor of workaholic tendencies. (It's not.) She also helps you see if you're creating workaholics in your organization or if you're falling prey to the phenomenon yourself. Deeply researched and written for everyone from leaders to individual contributors, Never Not Working is the essential guide to identifying workaholism in yourself and others and starting on the road to recovery. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 705744 Title: How to Make Things Faster: Lessons in Performance from Technology and Everyday Life Author: Cary Millsap Narrator: Jonathan Yen Format: Unabridged Length: 06:38:17 Language: English Release date: 01-30-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Science & Technology, Computers Summary: Slow systems are frustrating. They waste time and money. But making consistently great decisions about performance can be easy, if you understand what's going on. This book explains in a clear and thoughtful voice why systems perform the way they do. It's for anybody who's curious about how computer programs and other processes use their time and about what you can do to improve them. Through a mix of personal vignettes and technical use cases, Cary Millsap reviews the process of improving performance and provides best practices for optimizing systems efficiently. You'll learn how to identify the information needed to improve a system, how to find the root causes of performance issues, and how to fix them. You'll also learn how performance optimization is both a skill set and a mindset, and how to develop both over time. If you're a computer professional whose success relies on software that goes fast, by the end of this book you'll be able to identify, view, scope, analyze, and remedy performance issues with consistency and confidence. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 710654 Title: Wealth and Climate Competitiveness: The New Narrative on Business and Society Author: Bruce Piasecki Narrator: William Sarris Format: Unabridged Length: 03:40:23 Language: English Release date: 01-30-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Business Development Summary: Many of the central concerns of the twenty-first century—racial inequity, white supremacy movements, greater inclusiveness of diverse peoples—are rooted in facing and overcoming prejudices, both common and hidden. Another great challenge—the role of wealth and innovation in solving the climate crisis—is also riddled with disabling prejudices about how corporations work, and about the rights and needs of consumers and world citizens. In his twenty-first book, Wealth and Climate Competitiveness: The New Narrative on Business and Society, Bruce Piasecki argues that a set of five recurring prejudices, from 1900 to 2020, have held up real progress on climate action. Using the examples of select firms like Trane Technologies, and oil giants like the transforming bp, Piasecki sets out to define climate competitiveness as a path to solutions that decarbonize, decentralize, and digitize our near future. Climate competitiveness involves a responsible, steady, resolve-based focus on lessons derived from human behavior and social movements. By using Robin Hood as a narrative example, this book is designed to give you a deep understanding of the changed landscape we now face, and how you can resolve to embrace climate competitiveness to drive your personal success, and the corporate and institutional success of our world. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 715973 Title: Managing Your Anxiety Author: Harvard Business Review Narrator: Steve Marvel, Teri Schnaubelt Format: Unabridged Length: 01:26:00 Language: English Release date: 01-23-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Non-Fiction, Career Development, Psychology Summary: Make anxiety work for you. Work is stressful: We race to meet deadlines. We extend ourselves to return favors for colleagues. We set ambitious goals for ourselves and our teams. We measure ourselves against metrics, our competitors, and sometimes, our colleagues. Some of us even go beyond tangible metrics to internalize stress and fear of missing the mark—ruminating over presentations that didn't go according to plan, imagining worst-case scenarios, or standing frozen, paralyzed by perfectionism. But hypervigilance, worry, and catastrophizing don't have to hold you back at work. When channeled thoughtfully, anxiety can motivate us to be more resourceful, productive, and creative. It can break down barriers and create new bonds with our colleagues. Managing Your Anxiety will help you distinguish stress from anxiety, learn what anxiety looks like for you, understand it, and respond to it with self-compassion at work. With the latest psychological research and practical advice from leading experts, you'll learn how to recognize how your anxiety manifests itself; manage it in small, day-to-day moments and in more challenging times; experiment and find a mindfulness practice that works for you; and build a support infrastructure to help you manage your anxiety over the long term. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 714162 Title: Open Talent: Leveraging the Global Workforce to Solve Your Biggest Challenges Author: Jin H. Paik, John Winsor Narrator: Steve Menasche Format: Unabridged Length: 09:29:54 Language: English Release date: 01-16-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Career Development, Business Development, HR & Office Administration Summary: In this eye-opening, essential guidebook for the new world of work, John Winsor and Jin Paik, leaders at the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard, show how the massive reset of the pandemic allowed talented workers everywhere to exit their jobs without leaving the workforce. Now some are freelancing for multiple companies or starting small businesses, leaving hiring managers scratching their heads over a workforce gone AWOL. What's more, talent has more power than ever using platforms such as Freelancer.com, Fiverr, and Upwork, setting their own terms for work: what, where, when, and at what price. How can companies adapt? The key, the authors argue, is shifting to a more 'distributed' idea of the organization that revolves around talent (people) and projects, not divisions and offices. In this new model, which the authors call a networked organization, talent is culled from both inside and outside the organization, dispensing with siloed approaches to talent acquisition and instead viewing talent through a single lens: as a global ecosystem that can be tapped as needed. With rich stories, keen insights, and an abundance of practical advice, Winsor and Paik provide a new framework and operating model for transforming your organization into a talent-orchestrating, problem-solving machine. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 714157 Title: HBR Guide to Navigating the Toxic Workplace Author: Harvard Business Review Narrator: Siiri Scott, Stephen Graybill Format: Unabridged Length: 05:09:00 Language: English Release date: 01-16-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Career Development, Management & Leadership, HR & Office Administration Summary: Are you enduring a toxic workplace? Toxic workplaces take all kinds of forms—whether it's a narcissist boss who belittles and bullies, colleagues who backstab and gaslight, 'work friends' who drain you with endless complaining, or a culture of overwork and burnout. It can feel impossible to know whether to speak up and when to keep your head down. Do you try to address it head-on, go to HR, or play office politics? And what can you do if you don't want to leave—or if your situation doesn't allow you to? The HBR Guide to Navigating the Toxic Workplace will help you set boundaries and change what you can while helping you maintain your mental health and your self-respect in some of the toughest situations at work. You'll learn how to: recognize what's fixable; help bring problems to light; protect your reputation and your career; prevent a toxic culture from infecting your team; keep your performance up; and move on if you choose, without burning bridges. Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, with the most trusted brand in business. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 710652 Title: Innovation for the Masses: How to Share the Benefits of the High-Tech Economy Author: Neil Lee Narrator: Keval Shah Format: Unabridged Length: 07:52:40 Language: English Release date: 01-09-24 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics Summary: An engaging, solutions-oriented look at how cities and nations can better navigate issues of innovation and inequality. From San Francisco to Shanghai, many of the world's most innovative places are highly unequal, with the benefits going to a small few. Rather than simply asking how we can create more high-tech cities and nations, Innovation for the Masses focuses on places that manage to foster innovation while also delivering the benefits more widely and equally. In this book, economist Neil Lee draws on case studies of Taiwan, Sweden, Austria, and Switzerland to set out how innovation can be successfully balanced toward equity. As high-tech economies around the world suffer from polarized labor markets and political realities that lock in these problems, this book looks beyond the United States to other models of distributing a leading-edge economy. Lee emphasizes the active role of the state in creating frameworks to ensure that benefits are broadly shared, and he reveals that strong policies for innovation and shared prosperity are mutually reinforcing. Ultimately, Innovation for the Masses provides a vital window into alternative models that prioritize equity, the roadblocks these models present, and what other countries can learn from them going forward. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 719803 Title: Customer Communities: Engage and Retain Customers to Build the Future of Your Business Author: Nick Mehta, Robin Van Lieshout Narrator: Stephen R. Thorne Format: Unabridged Length: 07:59:40 Language: English Release date: 12-26-23 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Management & Leadership, Business Development Summary: Make community building your ultimate business growth strategy In Customer Communities, Nick Mehta and Robin Van Lieshout deliver an actionable playbook on how to cultivate meaningful communities that fuel quantifiable business growth. In the book, you'll learn how to capitalize on this new growth strategy to scale your company and develop excitement around your products and your firm. The authors outline the ten foundational Laws of Community, explaining why community development does not need to be expensive and how to integrate community in the heart of your customer journey. You'll also find: ● Strategies for creating a cross functional customer engagement team ● Techniques for building community in places that aren't the web or on social media ● Ways to bring your organization's culture and values into your community with a human-first alignment An essential roadmap to community development for customer success, marketing, support and product teams, and other entrepreneurs, founders, and executive business leaders. Customer Communities will earn a place on the bookshelves of anyone with a stake in organizational growth and resilience. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 722623 Title: Your Money or Your Life: Debt Collection in American Medicine Author: Luke Messac Narrator: Luke Messac Format: Unabridged Length: 06:47:03 Language: English Release date: 12-26-23 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Personal Finance, Science & Technology, Medicine Summary: A riveting exposé of medical debt collection in America—and the profound financial and physical costs eroding patient trust in medicine For the crime of falling sick without wealth, Americans today face lawsuits, wage garnishment, home foreclosure, and even jail time. Yet who really profits from aggressive medical debt collection? And how does this predatory system affect patients and doctors responsible for their care? Your Money or Your Life reveals how medical debt collection became a multi-billion-dollar industry and how everyday Americans are made to pay the price. Emergency physician and historian Luke Messac weaves patient stories into a history of law, finance, and medicine to show how debt and debt collection are destroying the foundational trust between doctors and patients at the heart of American healthcare. The fight to stop aggressive collection tactics has brought together people from all corners of the political spectrum. But if we want to better protect the sick from financial ruin, we have to understand how we got here. With wit and clarity, Your Money or Your Life asks us all to rethink the purpose of our modern healthcare system and consider whom it truly serves. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 705731 Title: Dream Big and Win: Translating Passion into Purpose and Creating a Billion Dollar Business Author: Liz Elting Narrator: Liz Elting Format: Unabridged Length: 07:52:31 Language: English Release date: 12-26-23 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Management & Leadership Summary: A guide for how to not only dream big, but also win—both in business and in life—from one of the most celebrated and successful women in America. For the first time ever, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Forbes' Richest Self-Made Woman Liz Elting shares her story on how she cofounded and grew TransPerfect, the billion-dollar translation and language solutions company that began as a dream in an NYU dorm room. In Dream Big and Win, Elting divulges practical and inspiring tips you can implement immediately, teaching why success is not solely about attaining and wielding power. Elting shows you that fulfilling your highest potential will require you to look beyond yourself. In her honest and often humorous narrative, Elting illustrates why actions are more important than mantras and why doing will always eclipse dreaming. This book is for anyone who has ever dreamed of translating their passion into purpose and creating something bigger than themselves. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 699052 Title: How to Stand Out: Proven Tactics for Getting Noticed Author: Rob Yeung Narrator: Piers Wehner Format: Unabridged Length: 06:54:05 Language: English Release date: 12-26-23 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Business Development Summary: Win the respect you deserve You probably already have the skills to be more fulfilled and successful. But sometimes it's about showcasing these skills so that colleagues, customers, friends, and the rest of the world can recognize what you do. Drawing on extensive research and inspiring real-life examples, psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Rob Yeung guides you through proven techniques that will get you noticed for all the right reasons. How to Stand Out shows you how to: utilize winning body language techniques; incorporate the words that get people nodding in agreement; supercharge your persuasive skills to sell products, pitch ideas, network, and socialize with friends; boost your motivation to become more successful; and improve your confidence to get the results you desire. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 738956 Title: Vampiric Transformation Author: Frau Bunny Narrator: Klaudia Bitner Format: Unabridged Length: 04:42:24 Language: English Release date: 12-22-23 Publisher: Authors Republic Genres: Teen, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fairy Tales & Folklore Summary: Nicole Handl was an ordinary teacher in eastern Washington. She supported her students and learned about their interests, which led her to an experience far beyond her imagination. After her transformation, she is overloaded with sights and smells she cant handle, risking her entire livelihood as she simply seeks to live her life for the kids. She struggles with the wolves, but who is the real enemy? Is that enemy truly evil, or can she end this war? Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 710642 Title: HBR's 10 Must Reads for Business Students Author: Harvard Business Review Narrator: Ann Sprinkle, Walter Dixon Format: Unabridged Length: 05:46:00 Language: English Release date: 12-12-23 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Non-Fiction, Career Development, Psychology Summary: Take your business education to the next level—and drive your career forward. If you read (or listen to) nothing else to stand out in class and prepare for what's next, listen to these ten articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the best ones to help you learn the most important ideas in leadership and management, feel confident in your business classes, and be ready to thrive in any role you take on. This book will inspire you to: succeed by playing to your strengths; learn to be more persuasive; give killer presentations; perfect your business-writing skills; find your authentic voice and leadership style; and build a purposeful career. HBR's 10 Must Reads series is the definitive collection of books for new and experienced leaders alike. Leaders looking for the inspiration that big ideas provide, both to accelerate their own growth and that of their companies, should look no further. The series focuses on the core topics that every manager needs to know: leadership, strategy, change, managing people, and managing yourself. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an ever-changing business environment. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 710646 Title: Unsupervised: Navigating and Influencing a World Controlled by Powerful New Technologies Author: Daniel Doll-Steinberg, Stuart Leaf Narrator: Michael Langan Format: Unabridged Length: 11:53:57 Language: English Release date: 12-05-23 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Business Development Summary: How a broad range of new immensely powerful technologies is disrupting and transforming every corner of our reality—and why you must act and adapt. Unsupervised: Navigating and Influencing a World Controlled by Powerful New Technologies examines the fast-emerging technologies and tools that are already starting to completely revolutionize our world. Beyond that, the book takes an in-depth look at how we have arrived at this dizzying point in our history, who holds the reins of these formidable technologies, mostly without any supervision. It explains why we as business leaders, entrepreneurs, academics, educators, lawmakers, investors or users and all responsible citizens must act now to influence and help oversee the future of a technological world. Quantum computing, artificial intelligence, blockchain, decentralization, virtual and augmented reality, and permanent connectivity are just a few of the technologies and trends considered, but the book delves much deeper, too. You'll find a thorough analysis of energy and medical technologies, as well as cogent predictions for how new tech will redefine your work, your money, your entertainment, your transportation and your home and cities, and what you need to know to harness and prosper from these technologies. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 734018 Title: Lotto God's Idea! Author: Artie C Bethea, Patricia Brady Narrator: Christian Moore Format: Unabridged Length: 04:44:36 Language: English Release date: 12-04-23 Publisher: Authors Republic Genres: Business & Economics, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Wellness, Bibles, Business Development, Naturopathy & New Age Summary: This book unfolds the truth about the original idea for lotto participation. It has been said that the truth is always the original idea of the manufacturer; hence, God is the manufacturer of lotto participation for the nation of Israel and the body of Christ. My years of research have been a rediscovery of the casting of lots (lotto) derived from the Bible. The apostles prayed and casted lots to determine God's will. Lottery was not solely for Old Testament saints but also for New Testament believers as evidenced by scriptures. This book unfolds the possibility that in the world today one can know the outcome of the lottery drawing by divine revelation of the Holy Spirit as they did of old. This book also unfolds the difference in playing lottery (gambling) versus knowing lottery from the Lord's point of view. Rev. Doctor Artie C. Bethea, ambassador for Christ, and the Kingdom of God. Married to Patricia. Fathered, one daughter, 4 sons and 40 foster teenagers. Holds a doctorate degree from Rebirth Bible College and Seminary, Durham, NC. Former local Pastor within the Soul Saving Station Christ Crusaders of America and former local Bishop of the Church of God in Christ international, founder of Word Revival Christ Ministries an Evangelical outreach spreading the Gospel of the Kingdom in the United State Churches. Teaching ministry through radio television Broadcasting. Traveled to India, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Oman, throughout Central and South America continuing proclaiming and explaining Jesus Christ assignment; 'This' gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations and then the end shall come. Current assignment as an author of the book Lotto God's Idea. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 734037 Title: Concise Study of Two Controversial Christian Doctrines Author: W. Earl Grant Narrator: Stephen L Vernon Format: Unabridged Length: 01:00:35 Language: English Release date: 12-04-23 Publisher: Authors Republic Genres: Non-Fiction, Education Summary: Bibliography Concordance: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of The Bible The Amplified Bible published by Zondervan KJV Original African Heritage Edition published by J. C. Winston Pub. I attended The United Christian College In the Northern District of The United Church of America, Inc. I graduated with a Ph.D. 1990 and is the Pastor of the Holy Assembly of Jesus The Christ, Inc. and The Bible Knowledge Institute in Ocala, Florida. My prayerful hope is that this concise study will bring some clarity to these two controversial subjects. wearlgrant@yahoo.com 352-307-7647 Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 705741 Title: Art of Agile Development, 2nd Edition Author: James Shore Narrator: Mike Lenz Format: Unabridged Length: 23:02:18 Language: English Release date: 11-28-23 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Science & Technology, Computers Summary: Most companies developing software employ something they call 'Agile.' But there's widespread misunderstanding of what Agile is and how to use it. If you want to improve your software development team's agility, this comprehensive guidebook's clear, concrete, and detailed guidance explains what to do and why, and when to make trade-offs. In this thorough update of the classic Agile how-to guide, James Shore provides no-nonsense advice on Agile adoption, planning, development, delivery, and management taken from over two decades of Agile experience. He brings the latest ideas from Extreme Programming, Scrum, Lean, DevOps, and more into a cohesive whole. Learn how to successfully bring Agile development to your team and organization—or discover why Agile might not be for you. This book explains how to: improve agility: create the conditions necessary for Agile to succeed and scale in your organization; focus on value: work as a team, understand priorities, provide visibility, and improve continuously; deliver software reliably: share ownership, decrease development costs, evolve designs, and deploy continuously; and optimize value: take ownership of product plans, budgets, and experiments—and produce market-leading software. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 699047 Title: Overcoming Anxiety: Reassuring Ways to Break Free from Stress and Worry and Lead a Calmer Life Author: Gill Hasson Narrator: Tania Rodrigues Format: Unabridged Length: 04:01:11 Language: English Release date: 11-28-23 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Health & Wellness, Disorders & Diseases Summary: Understand, overcome, and break free from worry and anxiety Bestselling personal development author Gill Hasson is back, and this time she's here to help with something that affects everyone at some point in their life: anxiety. Worries and anxieties are familiar to us all. Worrying can be helpful when it prompts you to take action and solve a problem, but unrelenting doubts, fears, and negative possibilities can dominate your mind, affect your ability to manage your everyday life and well-being, your sleep and appetite, your social life, and your ability to concentrate. But it doesn't need to be like this; there are ways that you can manage this spiral of unhelpful thoughts and difficult feelings. Overcoming Anxiety explains how to manage anxiety and stop it from taking over; it teaches you the skills you need to lead a more peaceful life. Overcoming Anxiety: ● Provides practical strategies and techniques to manage your anxiety ● Discusses how to break free from negative cycles and move forward in a positive way ● Contains real-life examples from anxiety sufferers ● Explores what it takes to handle immediate anxiety events and longer term, low-level 'background' anxiety and worry Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 710650 Title: Lead Together: Stop Squirrelling Away Power and Build a Better Team Author: Tania Luna Narrator: Brian Luna, Tania Luna Format: Unabridged Length: 04:47:27 Language: English Release date: 11-28-23 Publisher: Ascent Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Career Development Summary: Leaders today want to stop feeling overwhelmed and alone. They want to build engaged, diverse, resilient, and joyful teams that achieve greater things together. They want a better way to lead. Lead Together is a fictional story, grounded in psychology and laden with practical tools, that offers leaders a power-with rather than power-over paradigm. It explores how leaders can develop power jointly rather than use it as a top-down means of control in the form of an engaging, squirrelly narrative. Psychology researcher and leadership educator Tania Luna offers the tale of Sam Squirrel, branch manager of Nuts for You, Inc., whose company faces an impending forest recession. Sam employs the leadership tactics his boss, Jack Walnuts, taught him ('know the way and make them go your way') but achieves only distrust, disengagement, poor performance, and high turnover. During Sam's last-ditch effort to meet his quotas, he finds a hidden, thriving community that shows him a radical new way to lead. But will it be enough to save Nuts for You and help Sam realize his dream of becoming Chief Nut Officer? Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com