Audiobooks by Muhammad

History's Great Speeches: The Definitive Collection: 161 speeches from Athens 431BCE to Beijing, 192

"Embark on a journey through 2,400 years of history with this definitive collection of 161 of the world’s greatest speeches. Presented chronologically, this master volume spans from the golden age of Athens in 431BCE to the dawn of a new China in 1926, now complete with seminal speeches from India’s Mohandas Gandhi and China’s Mao Tse-Tung. The collection begins with Demosthenes, whose rhetorical mastery forms the DNA of modern expression. Witness the high point of the Athenian empire with Pericles’ funeral oration and hear the only known speech of Julius Caesar before the Roman senate. Delve into the Roman Civil War, dominated by the rivalry between the revolutionary Cataline and the great statesman Cicero, and feel the power of Mark Antony’s oration over Caesar’s body. After a millennium where rhetoric waned, the art is reborn with Mirandola’s 'Oration on the Dignity of Man,' firing the starting pistol for the Renaissance. The Reformation erupts with Martin Luther’s barnstorming 95 Theses, while the Enlightenment gives way to political upheaval. Hear Maximillien Robespierre’s chilling justifications for terror, Patrick Henry’s cry for liberty, and Napoleon Bonaparte’s revolutionary addresses. Explore the great debates of the 19th century: the struggle against slavery, the rise of anarchism with Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Otto von Bismarck’s “Blood and Iron” forging a new nation, and Abraham Lincoln’s immortal words. Witness the birth of socialism, the powerful anti-war arguments of Eugene Debs, and Swami Vivekananda’s address bridging East and West. This complete volume concludes with visionary speakers from Mexico, the Philippines, India, and China, whose words shaped the modern world and continue to resonate into the twenty-first century."

, Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Martin Sullivan, Ann Coulter, Annie Besant, Anthony Robbins, Bernard Lewis, Bill Bryson, Catiline, Cato the Younger, Chief Joseph, Dale Carnegie, Daniel O'Connell, Edmund Burke, Eugene V. Debs, Gaius Marius, George Washin, H. Alan Day, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Huldrych Zwingli, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, James Patterson, John Calvin, John Lloyd, John Philpot Curran, Jonathan Kellerman, Jose Rizal, Khalil Gibran, Larry McMurtry, Louis Lingg, Marcus Buckingham, Mark Twain, Mark Victor Hansen, Maximilien Robespierre, Mikhail Bakunin, Muhammad, Patrick Henry, Pericles, Peter Kropotkin, Philip Melanchthon, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Ram Charan, Red Jacket, Ricardo Flores Magón, Rick Pitino, Rick Reilly, Robert G. Allen, Sandra Day O'Connor, Stephen R. Covey, Suze Orman, Wendell Phillips, William Morris, William Pitt the Elder, William Lloyd Garrison, Zig Ziglar (Author), Charles Featherstone (Narrator)

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The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals And Organizations Are Working Together to Create a Sustain

"Imagine a world in which the excess energy from one business would be used to heat another. Where buildings need less and less energy around the world, and where “regenerative” commercial buildings – ones that create more energy than they use – are being designed. A world in which environmentally sound products and processes would be more cost-effective than wasteful ones. A world in which corporations such as Costco, Nike, BP, and countless others are forming partnerships with environmental and social justice organizations to ensure better stewardship of the earth and better livelihoods in the developing world. Now, stop imagining – that world is already emerging. A revolution is underway in today’s organizations. As Peter Senge and his co-authors reveal in The Necessary Revolution, companies around the world are boldly leading the change from dead-end “business as usual” tactics to transformative strategies that are essential for creating a flourishing, sustainable world. There is a long way to go, but the era of denial has ended. Today’s most innovative leaders are recognizing that for the sake of our companies and our world, we must implement revolutionary—not just incremental—changes in the way we live and work. Brimming with inspiring stories from individuals and organizations tackling social and environmental problems around the globe, THE NECESSARY REVOLUTION reveals how ordinary people at every level are transforming their businesses and communities. By working collaboratively across boundaries, they are exploring and putting into place unprecedented solutions that move beyond just being “less bad” to creating pathways that will enable us to flourish in an increasingly interdependent world. Among the stories in these pages are the evolution of Sweden’s “Green Zone,” Alcoa’s water use reduction goals, GE’s ecoimagination initiative, and Seventh Generation’s decision to shift some of their advertising to youth-led social change programs. At its heart, THE NECESSARY REVOLUTION contains a wealth of strategies that individuals and organizations can use — specific tools and ways of thinking — to help us build the confidence and competence to respond effectively to the greatest challenge of our time. It is an essential guidebook for all of us who recognize the need to act and work together—now—to create a sustainable world, both for ourselves and for the generations to follow."

Bryan Smith, Joe Laur, Muhammad, Nina Kruschwitz (Author), Ted Barker (Narrator)

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The Dance of Change

"Since Peter Senge published his groundbreaking book The Fifth Discipline, he and his associates have frequently been asked by the business community: "How do we go beyond the first steps of corporate change? How do we sustain momentum?" They know that companies and organizations cannot thrive today without learning to adapt their attitudes and practices. But companies that establish change initiatives discover, after initial success, that even the most promising efforts to transform or revitalize organizations—despite interest, resources, and compelling business results—can fail to sustain themselves over time. That's because organizations have complex, well-developed immune systems, aimed at preserving the status quo. Now, drawing upon new theories about leadership and the long-term success of change initiatives, and based upon twenty-five years of experience building learning organizations, the authors of The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook show how to accelerate success and avoid the obstacles that can stall momentum. The Dance of Change, written for managers and executives at every level of an organization, reveals how business leaders can work together to anticipate the challenges that profound change will ultimately force the organization to face. Then, in a down-to-earth and compellingly clear format, readers will learn how to build the personal and organizational capabilities needed to meet those challenges. These challenges are not imposed from the outside; they are the product of assumptions and practices that people take for granted—an inherent, natural part of the processes of change. And they can stop innovation cold, unless managers at all levels learn to anticipate them and recognize the hidden rewards in each challenge, and the potential to spur further growth. Within the frequently encountered challenge of "Not Enough Time," for example—the lack of control over time available for innovation and learning initiatives—lies a valuable opportunity to reframe the way people organize their workplaces. This book identifies universal challenges that organizations ultimately find themselves confronting, including the challenge of "Fear and Anxiety"; the need to diffuse learning across organizational boundaries; the ways in which assumptions built in to corporate measurement systems can handcuff learning initiatives; and the almost unavoidable misunderstandings between "true believers" and nonbelievers in a company. Filled with individual and team exercises, in-depth accounts of sustaining learning initiatives by managers and leaders in the field, and well-tested practical advice, The Dance of Change provides an insider's perspective on implementing learning and change initiatives at such corporations as British Petroleum, Chrysler, Dupont, Ford, General Electric, Harley-Davidson, Hewlett-Packard, Mitsubishi Electric, Royal DutchShell, Shell Oil Company, Toyota, the United States Army, and Xerox. It offers crucial advice for line-level managers, executive leaders, internal networkers, educators, and others who are struggling to put change initiatives into practice."

Muhammad (Author), Peter M. Senge (Narrator)

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The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization

"Create your own guide to mastering the disciplines of organizational learning with this invaluable guide based on the national bestseller The Fifth Discipline. "The Fieldbook is a must read for anyone serious about building communities of common purpose, collective action, and continuous learning."-H. Thomas Johnson, author of Relevance Lost and Relevance Regained Peter Senge's The Fifth Discipline revolutionized the practice of management by introducing the theory of learning organizations. Now Dr. Senge moves from the philosophical to the practical by answering the first question all lovers of the learning organization ask: What do they do on Monday morning? The Fieldbook is an intensely pragmatic guide. It shows how to create an organization of learners where memories are brought to life, where collaboration is the lifeblood of every endeavor, and where the tough questions are fearlessly asked. The stories here show that companies, businesses, schools, agencies, and even communities can undo their "learning issues" and achieve superior performance. If ever a work gave meaning to the phrase hands-on, this is it. Senge and his four co-authors cover it all, including: • Reinventing relationships • Being loyal to the truth • Strategies for developing personal mastery • Building a shared vision • Systems thinking in an organization • Designing a dialogue session • Strategies for team learning • Organizations as communities • Designing an organization's governing ideas The Fieldbook is designed to be referred to in meetings, planning sessions, during reflections, or anytime a conflict or challenge arises. Open it up anywhere and icons and cross-references will lead you from defining the problem to thinking about how to solve it. Mark up the pages, write in the margins, draw, scribble, and daydream-and watch your own guide to mastering the disciplines of organizational learning evolve."

Muhammad (Author), Peter M. Senge (Narrator)

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