Management & Leadership Audiobooks in Business & Economics

The Winner's Way

Create personal best performance at will-and revel in the achievement! If you have ever watched athletes performing at their best, you have witnessed the power of “the Zone”-that state where everything clicks and personal and team bests are the norm. In The Winner’s Way, Dr. Pam Brill tells readers how they, too, can achieve the Zone of top performance, turning goals - whether in the wide world of sports, work or daily life-into positive, results-driving action. With her 3 A’s - activation, attention and attitude-Dr. Brill supercedes previous wisdom by systematically bringing together these three crucial elements to hurdle personal obstacles and finish-again and again-always the winner. Out of her years of research on peak performance in sport and work, coaching to elite athletes and top corporations, and teaching at Dartmouth Medical School, Brill, a psychologist, has put together, and field tested, her unique Winner’s Way(TM) system. The Winner’s Way offers readers a proven, user-friendly method to identify, engage, and drive strategic change for continual achievement in the face of never-ending challenge. That racing heart and those white knuckles? They’re the result of the chemical deluge that ramps activation to high speed-but without proper 3A alignment, this power within can derail attention and attitude. Tunnel vision is no accident. Negative beliefs about self and potential will always get in the way. Plagued instead by listlessness, wandering attention, an apathetic attitude? These are all due to another chemical reaction-with symptoms readers learn to identify and then re-ramp to their best strengths. Throughout The Winner’s Way, Dr. Brill provides example after example so readers can adapt, according to their personal make-up, the steps to winning achievement that become second nature. On command, our readers will learn to: Change a poor attitude Pull out of a downspin Use language as an arsenal, fortress, and medic 'Debrief' from experiences by identifying what was done well-and what should be done differently next time Examine and challenge habitual assumptions . . . plus deploy strategies for dealing with performance anxiety, fear of rejection, technology overload, and more to help recapture their love for the game of life. The Winner’s Way is straight forward, makes sense-and it works! Let the game of life begin! On your marks, get set, go!

Pamela Brill (Author), Bernadette Dunne (Narrator)

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Lean Solutions: How Companies and Customers Can Create Value and Wealth Together

A massive disconnect exists between consumers and providers today. Consumers have a greater selection of higher quality goods to choose from and can obtain these items from growing number of sources. So why aren't consumers any happier? Because everything surrounding the process of obtaining and using all these products causes us frustration and disappointment. In their bestselling business classic "Lean Thinking," James Womack and Daniel Jones introduced the world to the principles of lean production. In "Lean Solutions," the authors establish the groundbreaking principles of "lean consumption," showing companies how to eliminate inefficiency during consumption. The problem is neither that companies don't care nor that the people trying to fix our broken products are inept. Rather, it's that few companies today see consumption as a process a series of linked goods and services, all of which must occur seamlessly for the consumer to be satisfied. In this landmark new audiobook, the authors deconstruct this broken producer-consumer model and show businesses how to repair it.

Daniel T. Jones (Author), James P. Womack (Narrator)

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REAL Leadership: What Every Leader Needs to Know

Drawing from John Maxwell's bestsellers, REAL Leadership explores timeless principles in Dr. Maxwell's trademark style. In a concise, straightforward manner, Maxwell focuses on essential and time-tested qualities necessary for true leadership-influence, integrity, attitude, vision, problem solving, relationships, team building, and self-discipline. This audio series guides readers through practical steps to develop true leadership in their lives and the lives of others.

John C. Maxwell, John Maxwell (Author), Wayne Shepherd (Narrator)

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Der GmbH-Geschäftsführer: Rechte - Pflichten - Haftung

Das Hörbuch informiert über die Rechte und Pflichten von Geschäftsführern, insbesondere auch über die Haftungsrisiken, die mit der Person eines GmbH-Geschäftsführers verbunden sind. Zunächst wird dargestellt, wie Geschäftsführer nach den Regeln des GmbH-Gesetzes zum Organ bestellt und von dieser Position abberufen werden können sowie welche Punkte beim Abschluss des Anstellungsvertrages besonders zu beachten sind. In einem weiteren Teil erfolgt eine Darstellung, welche Kompetenzen Geschäftsführer gegenüber Außenstehenden haben (Vertretung) und wie das Management innerhalb des Unternehmens (Geschäftsführung) geregelt ist. Schließlich werden die mit der Position des Geschäftsführers verbundenen Haftungsrisiken dargestellt, wobei sowohl die persönliche Haftung gegenüber der eigenen Gesellschaft für Vermögensschäden infolge von Managementfehlern als auch die persönliche Haftung von Geschäftsführern gegenüber Gläubigern der GmbH (Durchgriffshaftung) behandelt wird. Pof. Dr. H.-P. Schauwecker lehrt - nach längerer Tätigkeit als Rechtsanwalt in einer wirtschafts-beratenden Rechtsanwaltsfirma - Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht an der Fachhochschule Münster und hat in den letzten Jahren zahlreiche Seminare bei Industrie- und Handelskammern zu gesellschaftsrechtlichen Themen durchgeführt.

Hans-Peter Schauwecker (Author), H.-P. Schwecker (Narrator)

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Managing Projects as a Consultant: How to Succeed in an Unknown Environment

This recording is designed for project managers who are interested in transitioning to the world of consultative project management. It includes the differences between internal-, vendor-, and independent-based project management the psychology of consulting as a project manager how to adapt to customer environments the politics and culture as a consultant survival techniques (especially what not to do!) plus, various tricks, tips and techniques to rapidly establish yourself in a new and unknown environment.

Bruce Robertson, Casey Worthington (Author), Bruce Robertson, Casey Worthington (Narrator)

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Ten Questions Your Sponsor Should Ask About Your Plan

Sponsors are getting more educated about project plans and as project managers we must anticipate their questions. In this recording, Dave Paradi will share ten questions your sponsor should be asking and what you can do to prepare for them. You can show leadership in your project by being prepared with a good plan that communicates confidence to your sponsor. In this recording, you will learn how to: Prepare properly for project plan reviews,Ensure your plan is complete, Anticipate what sponsors are looking for in your plan, Develop a better plan that will be more successful Help your team understand the key elements of a good plan

David Paradi (Author), David Paradi (Narrator)

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Taming Wicked Projects

In today’s chaotic organizational environments, project specifications, resources, and sponsorship change at the drop of a stock price. In times like this, it’s tempting to curse our projects as wicked or blame ourselves for not being able to tame these unpredictable and uncontrollable “beasts.” In wild times, our projects are better served by accepting their real nature and by embracing techniques to deal with our projects’ essentially unpredictable and uncontrollable dispositions. In this audiobook, we distinguish project wickedness from project fuzziness and introduce more effective strategies for embracing your fuzzy projects. You will learn: The difference between traditional flat-earth and wickedly fuzzy projects When flat-earth project management nearly guarantees project wickednessThe key strategies for embracing project fuzziness How to help others deal more effectively with the upsetting ambiguity of fuzzy projects

Amy Schwab (Author), Amy Schwab (Narrator)

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The Pampered Chef: The Story of One of America's Most Beloved Companies

At Berkshire Hathaway, we like companies that are easy to understand. Doris Christopher's "keep it simple" approach has a lot to teach anyone who is reaching for the American Dream. Frankly, if I can't understand a company's business, I figure their customers must have a pretty hard time figuring it out, too. I would challenge anyone on Wall Street to take $3,000 and do what Doris Christopher has done: build a business from scratch into a world-class organization. But follow the simple steps in this book, and it just might happen. Come see me in Omaha when you've put together your own recipe for success; we pay cash and Bershire's check will clear. In the meantime, read this book. Then, read it again. - Warren Buffet from the foreword to The Pampered Chef The Pampered Chef is Doris Christopher's extraordinary account of how she turned an innovative concept and $3,000 investment into a business with annual sales approaching the billion-dollar mark. It is packed with real-life lessons and inspiring insights for small-business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs. In 1980 Doris Christopher, a former home economist and teacher, was itching to get back into the workforce after an eight-year hiatus as a stay-at-home mom. Drawing on her personal and professional expertise, and determined to make cooking easier and more convenient for families, she started selling high-quality kitchen tools through cooking demonstrations to groups of women in their homes. Today, the company she started in her basement, The Pampered Chef, is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary and has grown into a corporation with tens of thousands of independent kitchen consultants. Now owned by Berkshire Hathaway, The Pampered Chef's Kitchen Consultants present more than a million Kitchen Shows a year, attended by more than 12 million people. THE PAMPERED CHEF is the story of the vision, energy, hard work, and chutzpah that drove Christopher and her company to the height of success. She describes her early days as a "one-woman show," chronicles the company's gradual expansion, its challenges and growing popularity, and the process, offers invaluable advice and sound strategies on how to found and grow a business, including: Hard learned lessons for start-up entrepreneurs How to create a business concept and set your priorities Knowing when to expand and when to slow growth so that demand doesn't overwhelm your operations or supplies How to counter the naysayers and deal with adversity Today, as at the company's founding, achieving a better balance between work and family remains central to The Pampered Chef's mission. THE PAMPERED CHEF brings Christopher's recipe for success to women, and men, everywhere.

Doris Christopher (Author), Kimberly Farr (Narrator)

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The Pampered Chef

At Berkshire Hathaway, we like companies that are easy to understand. Doris Christopher's "keep it simple" approach has a lot to teach anyone who is reaching for the American Dream. Frankly, if I can't understand a company's business, I figure their customers must have a pretty hard time figuring it out, too. I would challenge anyone on Wall Street to take $3,000 and do what Doris Christopher has done: build a business from scratch into a world-class organization. But follow the simple steps in this book, and it just might happen. Come see me in Omaha when you've put together your own recipe for success; we pay cash and Bershire's check will clear. In the meantime, read this book. Then, read it again. - Warren Buffet from the foreword to The Pampered Chef The Pampered Chef is Doris Christopher's extraordinary account of how she turned an innovative concept and $3,000 investment into a business with annual sales approaching the billion-dollar mark. It is packed with real-life lessons and inspiring insights for small-business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs. In 1980 Doris Christopher, a former home economist and teacher, was itching to get back into the workforce after an eight-year hiatus as a stay-at-home mom. Drawing on her personal and professional expertise, and determined to make cooking easier and more convenient for families, she started selling high-quality kitchen tools through cooking demonstrations to groups of women in their homes. Today, the company she started in her basement, The Pampered Chef, is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary and has grown into a corporation with tens of thousands of independent kitchen consultants. Now owned by Berkshire Hathaway, The Pampered Chef's Kitchen Consultants present more than a million Kitchen Shows a year, attended by more than 12 million people. THE PAMPERED CHEF is the story of the vision, energy, hard work, and chutzpah that drove Christopher and her company to the height of success. She describes her early days as a "one-woman show," chronicles the company's gradual expansion, its challenges and growing popularity, and the process, offers invaluable advice and sound strategies on how to found and grow a business, including: Hard learned lessons for start-up entrepreneurs How to create a business concept and set your priorities Knowing when to expand and when to slow growth so that demand doesn't overwhelm your operations or supplies How to counter the naysayers and deal with adversity Today, as at the company's founding, achieving a better balance between work and family remains central to The Pampered Chef's mission. THE PAMPERED CHEF brings Christopher's recipe for success to women, and men, everywhere.

Doris Christopher (Author), Doris Christopher (Narrator)

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Focus

Every company has it at one point. But all too often, it gets lost along the way, leaving the company--and its workers--with an unclear sense of direction. Now the co-author of The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing offers solutions for restoring the dispersed focus of a company back to its key service, and discarding everything else.With clear examples from a variety of industries, Al Ries demonstrates how crucial focus can be. Certainly it helps explain why Coca-Cola's stock is worth two times that of Pepsi-Co., even though Pepsi has twice the sales and twice the assets. And it is a key component to the success of on-track companies such as Volvo, Sun Microsystems, and Little Caesars.Al Ries's extensive marketing experience gives his managerial advice a cutting-edge angle as he defines a new standard of corporate competitiveness for companies big and small. So get focused! Your future depends on it.

Al Ries (Author), Al Ries (Narrator)

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Fast Innovation: Achieving Superior Differentiation, Speed to Market, and Increased Profitability

"How can I create an innovation engine that will consistently deliver substantial organic growth?" This question is the number-one issue for most CEOs and senior executives today. Innovation is a critical driver of organic growth, yet based on the authors' research, only a small percent of companies effectively use innovation to sustain long-term, profitable growth. And the stakes couldn't be higher-failure to create successful new products, services, and business models causes stagnating or declining profits. Now, for the first time, experts Michael George, James Works and Kimberly Watson-Hemphill explain the surprising and significant gap between the CEO's growth goals and actual performance. The authors, who are experts at connecting strategy to execution, give you a complete blueprint for exploiting the strategic and operational dimensions of innovation. Using fresh insights about the true drivers of fast time-to-market and the inadequate success rate of innovation, Fast Innovation reveals: Why current approaches to innovation fail A new strategic and tactical plan that will help your company dramatically reduce time-to-market by 50 to 80 percent The secret for finding out what your customers really want (not just what they say they want) Tools and methods for turning customer insights into ideas that will generate significant ROI The key levers that senior leadership must engage to create innovation capability across the business You'll receive specific actionable solutions for driving disruptive and sustaining innovation at the strategic, portfolio and project level. You'll also learn how to improve how much time your innovation teams actually spend innovating, and discover the changes that must be launched at the corporate level in order to enable the whole business to embrace and get results from this approach.

Clayton M. Christensen, James Works, Kimberly Watson-Hemphill, Michael L. George (Author), Dick Hill (Narrator)

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Transforming Leadership

Transforming Leadership focuses on the ways that leaders such as Ghandi, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Gorbachev emerged from being ordinary "transactional" deal makers to becoming dynamic agents of major social change who empower their followers.

James MacGregor Burns (Author), Patrick Cullen (Narrator)

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