Audiobooks by John Chambers

A Belfast Child: My true story of life and death in the Troubles

John Chambers was brought up on Belfast's notorious Loyalist Glencairn estate, during the height of the Troubles. From an early age he witnessed violence, hatred and horror as Northern Ireland tore itself apart in civil strife. Kneecapping, brutal murders, and even public tarring-and-feathering were simply a fact of life for the children on the estate. He thought he knew which side he was on, but although raised as a Loyalist, he was hiding a troubling secret: that his disappeared mother - whom he'd always been told was dead - was a Roman Catholic, 'the enemy'. In a memoir of rare power, John explores the dark heart of Northern Irish sectarianism in the seventies and eighties. With searing honesty and native Belfast wit, he describes the light and darkness of his unique childhood, and his teenage journey through mod culture and ultra-Loyalism, before an escape from Belfast to London - where, still haunted by the shadow of his fractured family history - he began a turbulent and hedonistic adulthood. A Belfast Child is a tale of divided loyalties, dark secrets and the scars left by hatred and violence on a proud city - but also a story of hope, healing and ultimate redemption for a family caught in the rising tide of the Troubles.

John Chambers (Author), Patrick Moy (Narrator)

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Une los puntos: Lecciones de liderazgo en un mundo de startups

John Chambers, el visionario de Silicon Valley, comparte las lecciones que transformaron a un niño disléxico en uno de los mejores líderes empresariales del mundo y convirtieron a una simple empresa de enrutadores en un titán tecnológico mundial. Cuando Chambers se unió a Cisco, en 1991, era una empresa con 400 empleados, un solo producto y unos 70 millones de dólares en ingresos. Cuando dejó su puesto de ceo en 2015, dejó un gigante tecnológico de 47 mil millones de dólares que era la columna vertebral de internet y un líder en áreas desde la ciberseguridad hasta la convergencia de centros de datos. En el camino, adquirió 180 compañías y convirtió a más de 10 mil empleados en millonarios. Ampliamente reconocido como un innovador, líder de la industria y uno de los mejores CEO del mundo, Chambers ha superado a prácticamente todos los rivales que alguna vez intentaron enfrentar a Cisco: Nortel, Lucent, Alcatel, IBM, Dell y Hewlett-Packard, por nombrar a unos pocos. Ahora, Chambers comparte sus estrategias únicas para ganar en un mundo digital. Desde sus primeras lecciones hasta sus audaces apuestas y batallas con algunos de los nombres más importantes de la tecnología, Chambers ofrece a los lectores un libro de jugadas sobre cómo actuar antes de que el mercado cambie, seleccionar clientes para la estrategia, asociarse para el crecimiento, construir equipos y desafiarse a sí mismos. «Un libro excelente.» FORBES «Al volverse práctico y perspicaz, el espíritu infatigable, el buen juicio y la profunda experiencia de John Chambers brillan a través de Une los puntos. A lo largo de su carrera, Chambers estableció un estándar de liderazgo e innovación durante la mayor parte de los últimos 20 años. Y estas lecciones aplican a todos nosotros, en los negocios y en la vida.» JAMIE DIMON, presidente y CEO de JPMorgan Chase «A lo largo de los años, he visto a John Chambers lograr lo virtualmente imposible, y todo siguiendo su plan, que finalmente revela en Une los puntos. Él ha hecho un buen trabajo al ponerlo a disposición, y lo más inteligente que podrías hacer por ti y por tu compañía es convertirlo en tu biblia.» MEG WHITMAN, presidente y CEO de Hewlett-Packard Enterprise «Siempre he sabido que John Chambers es sabio, y le doy crédito por las ideas de negocios que ayudaron a Oracle a tener éxito. Con las ideas brillantes que se encuentran en Une los puntos, aprendí aún más de lo que planeo usar. Ya sea para aprender de los reveses de la vida, encontrar tu coraje como líder, concentrarse en el cliente y mucho más, ésta es una lectura obligada para cualquier persona de negocios. ¡Un libro muy personal e increíblemente atractivo!» SAFRA CATZ, CEO de Oracle «Une los puntos está lleno de consejos sobre todo, desde establecer grandes objetivos y vencer a competidores hasta sobrevivir a fallas.» BUSINESS INSIDER «Vi a John Chambers liderarCisco a través de interrupciones masivas de tecnología, innumerables ciclos económicos y decenas de adquisiciones que mataron a muchos de sus competidores. Ésta es una historia convincente de liderazgo efectivo en los buenos y malos momentos, llena de lecciones inteligentes sobre innovación, formación de equipos y gestión de la creatividad. Una lectura importante y relevante, lo recomiendo altamente.» JACK WELCH, ex CEO de General Electric

John / Diane Chambers / Brady, John Chambers (Author), Manuel Campuzano (Narrator)

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Connecting the Dots: Leadership Lessons in a Start-up World

Legendary Silicon Valley visionary and one of the world's greatest business leaders, John Chambers shares the playbook and philosophy that transformed Cisco into a global tech titan and now inspire a new generation of leaders. With numerous start-ups moving from zero to a billion to bankruptcy in a matter of years, it's clear that sustaining a business in the digital age is no walk in the park. Over 20 years, John Chambers transformed a company with 400 employees and one toaster-sized product (a router) into a tech giant that's the backbone of the Internet. Along the way, he's outlasted and outmaneuvered practically every rival that ever tried to take Cisco on-Nortel, Lucent, Alcatel, IBM, Dell, and Hewlett-Packard, to name a few-and turned more than 10,000 employees into millionaires, more than any company in history. When Chambers stepped down as executive chairman in December of 2017, he left a company that didn't just shape the first Internet era but is leading the next wave of innovation in areas from cyber-security to self-driving cars. Now, in collaboration with award-winning journalist Diane Brady, Chambers shares the stories and strategies that helped his company win again and again through multiple market shifts. Posing a unique mode of thought proven to attain success, the message of this book is clear; it is not the biggest or the richest players who win, but the ones who are able to stay ahead of the trend by connecting the dots. Both enlightening and practical, this is essential reading to inspire a new generation of leaders.

John Chambers (Author), Allan Robertson (Narrator)

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Connecting the Dots: Lessons for Leadership in a Startup World

Legendary Silicon Valley visionary and one of the world's greatest business leaders, John Chambers shares the playbook and philosophy that transformed Cisco into a global tech titan and now inspire a new generation of leaders. When Chambers joined Cisco in 1991, it was a company with 400 employees and one toaster-sized product--a router-and $1.2 billion in revenue. When he left twenty years later, revenues had reached $47 billion and Cisco was a global tech giant that was the backbone of the internet, a leader in areas from cybersecurity to self-driving cars. He acquired 180 companies along the way, turning more than 10,000 employees into millionaires. Over those years, he received awards for innovation (the Edison Achievement Award) and as one of the best-performing CEOs in the world (Harvard Business Review), not to mention several awards for his leadership in philanthropy and social responsibility. He outlasted and outmaneuvered practically every rival that ever tried to take Cisco on--Nortel, Lucent, Alcatel, IBM, Dell, and Hewlett-Packard, to name a few--with a track record that is studied at business schools worldwide. Now, Chambers shares the leadership principles behind it all. From his early lessons and struggles with dyslexia in West Virginia to his bold bets and battles with some of the biggest names in tech, Chambers developed a series of playbooks for beating the odds and anticipating trends. Using stories and insights from his career, Chambers shows how to act before the market shifts, use your customers as your chief strategy officers, acquire and partner for growth, find the right people and build the best teams, and how to disrupt yourself. Today Chambers, who has been listed among the "World's Best CEOs" by Barron's and named one of Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People," has adapted his lessons to help transform government, becoming a trusted advisor to global leaders like French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to create new models for growth. He's also coaching and investing in the leaders of a number of game-changing startups through JC2 Ventures. In the digital era, companies can go from zero to a billion to bankruptcy in a matter of years. The winners won't be the biggest or richest players, but the ones who can connect the dots-in any size enterprise and in any industry.

Diane Brady, John Chambers (Author), Alan Robertson (Narrator)

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