Audiobooks narrated by Shlomo Zacks

Gorilla in the Cockpit: Breaking the Hidden Patterns of Project Failure and the System for Success

"Whether you lead a company, a project or your life, Gorilla in the Cockpit is a smart investment. —Scott A. Snook, Professor, Harvard Business School Open the Megaproject Black Box and Avoid Billion-Dollar Disasters Despite decades of analysis, reports, methodologies and experts, major and megaprojects ($1 billion plus) and change initiatives keep failing, Why? Gorilla in the Cockpit is a revolutionary way to understand project failures. It reveals the hidden drivers of project crashes. The root causes cannot be found in traditional project management books. They are neither technical nor financial. They are human. Gorilla in the Cockpit doesn't stop at diagnostics and explanations. It offers a solution based on latest research in neuroscience, psycholinguistics and behavioral economics, with practical application to real-life projects. Its framework encompasses all steps of managing megaprojects, from design to procurement, stakeholder management to execution, handover to sustainability. Learn how to: - Challenge how you see and lead megaprojects—and change programs. - Understand the project Black Box and why it drives 65% failure rates. - Expose the patterns destroying billions of shareholder value and taxpayer money. - Explode the myth that project failure is inevitable. - De-Risk your project and boost your success rate. Gorilla in the Cockpit is a rare look behind the scenes of megaprojects by two seasoned experts. If you want to understand what really goes on in big projects, why they fail so often and what it takes for them to succeed, this book is a must-read. —Bent Flyvbjerg, professor at Oxford & Copenhagen, principal author of How Big Things Get Done & Megaprojects and Risk."

Thomas D. Zweifel, Vip Vyas (Author), Shlomo Zacks (Narrator)

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Communicate or Die: Getting Results Through Speaking and Listening

"Frustrated by endless meetings or Zooms, blame games, mistrust, lack of alignment, toxic colleagues, turf wars, and/or dysfunctional teams? All of these are a result of bad communication; effective communication can resolve them. But most of us fly blind (and often crash) in our communications. Simply because we never systematically trained our speaking and listening muscles. Communicate or Die will show you—in one evening—how to lead through language. “I am a huge believer in Communicate or Die. When people speak—and listen—effectively, they get better information, better strategic intelligence, and better results. Zweifel’s short book is absolutely essential for you and your people if you want tight championship teams.”—Steve Baird, Senior Advisor, Human Resources, UBS Dr. Zweifel, ex-CEO, Columbia leadership professor and award-winning author of eight books like Leadership in 100 Days and Strategy-In-Action, has trained and coached 5,000+ executives in effective communication. Now he unpacks the toolbox he built over three decades of partnering with CEOs and C-level executives, a prime minister and a soccer club, to reveal the communication secrets of the most successful people. Communicate or Die is not just a book—it’s your system to master communication, take charge of negotiations or conflicts—in meetings, teleconferences, calls or texts—and lead, simply by how you speak and listen. Read this book— it’s going to cost you next to nothing to read. You can substitute one evening of entertainment and make a difference in your life and work for years to come.”—Ali Velshi, Anchor, NBC Check out Communicate or Die today and reboot your capacity to get the results you want. For good."

Thomas D. Zweifel (Author), Shlomo Zacks (Narrator)

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The Rabbi and the CEO: The Ten Commandments for 21st-Century Leaders

"What if you had the secret sauce of some of the most successful people? Use this 10-part system based on the Ten Commandments to win big. What if you got access to the secret DNA that had a tiny fraction of humanity (0.2%) win 22% of all Nobel prizes and succeed disproportionately in many fields of human endeavor? What if you had a system for building success predictably— professionally and personally? Amazingly, such a toolbox has been hiding in plain view for 3,000 years. It’s… the Ten Commandments. But not the dusty Ten Commandments you know. It took teaming up a Rabbi and a CEO to harness the power of the Ten Commandments for today’s challenges. In a unique synergy, Dr. Zweifel, CEO Emeritus, Columbia professor and award-winning author of 8 books like Strategy-In-Action and Leadership in 100 Days, joined with Rabbi Raskin, Jewish leader and author of Letters of Light, to blend the timeless wisdom of the Ten Commandments with a cutting-edge methodology from 35+ years of management. 'The leadership wisdom contained here is timeless, powerful and actionable—just what you'd expect when you combine a Rabbi and a CEO!'—Professor Scott A. Snook, Harvard Business School Jews are not the “People of the Book” by accident. Torah, Talmud and Kabbalah hold life-and-death leadership stories and astonishingly practical lessons for 21st-century managers and leaders. You need not be Jewish or religious to profit from these timeless secrets. They’ve stood the test of time. If you like gripping stories, but also step-by-step guides and humor, then you’ll love Zweifel’s and Raskin’s award-winning book. Put The Rabbi and the CEO to work today and build the sustainable success you always wanted."

Aaron L. Raskin, Thomas D. Zweifel (Author), Shlomo Zacks (Narrator)

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Strategy-In-Action: Marrying Planning, People and Performance

"Frustrated by organizational silos, fragmentation or resistance to change? Tugs-of-war, with stakeholders pulling in different directions? Can’t seem to get real buy-in or jumpstart implementation? The problem is, traditional planning no longer guarantees success. Rapid change, uncertainty, new technologies and a flatter world call for a new approach. The award-winning Strategy-In-Action shows how companies ended the long-standing divorce between planners and implementers. One saved $200m from people power, another made €74m from innovation. Zweifel, award-winning author and strategy & performance expert, and Borey, CEO and turnaround guru, use their experience at Fortune 500 companies, SMEs, UN/government agencies, and the military to offer a turn-key methodology that yields quick wins and stands the test of time. CEOs, senior managers and strategists find a systematic 7-step roadmap. Strategy-In-Action gives readers the art & science of integrating planning, people and performance. “We have results that were virtually impossible before Strategy-In-Action.”—Lawrence Obstfeld, CEO, Image Navigation 'The only strategy book that gives a truly holistic view of strategy. It integrates strategy alignment, highly pragmatic execution and performance, and the human element in one seamless process.'—Dr. Frank Waltmann, Head of Learning, Novartis “A new logical, efficient and common-sense approach. A must read for anyone involved with strategic planning in the 21st century.”—Dr. Martin Cross, Chairman, Medicines Australia Get Strategy-In-Action now and build alignment on a winning strategy that marries planning, people and performance."

Edward J. Borey, Thomas D. Zweifel (Author), Shlomo Zacks (Narrator)

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Culture Clash 2.0: Managing the Global High-Performance Team

"In a crisis that forces us to manage at a distance, how can you still get results? This quick read (updated 2nd edition) shows you how to build trust remotely, collaborate and negotiate effectively, prevent costly culture clashes, and get the job done across borders. Flying blind with customers, colleagues, collaborators or competitors? Frustrated by misunderstandings or turf-wars with other organizational silos or cultures? Learn how to step into anyone’s shoes, decode their mindset, and get the job done with anyone, anywhere. 'Culture Clash not only reminds us of our blindness, but also offers a cure.'--Scott A. Snook, Professor, Harvard Business School Few of us are prepared to manage across cultures, and blind-spots can be costly—from lost opportunities to lawsuits. Forged in the fire of clashing cultures and living on four continents, Dr. Zweifel, ex-CEO, Columbia professor and award-winning author, unpacks the toolbox he developed over three decades of coaching managers in 100+ countries. Culture Clash 2is not another Kiss, Bow or Shake Hands. Protocol-laden books on whether to bring wine to a dinner in Singapore miss the mark: Non-compliance with local etiquette is rarely the deal-breaker. What does derail deals is our inability to read between the lines, decode the mindset of the other side, and see the world from the other perspective. “Absolutely required reading for leaders who manage across cultures.”--Ali Velshi, Anchor, NBC Read this action-packed, quick and fun book (cross-cultural fiascos can be hilarious… Some jokes are so risqué that the publisher banned them until now), and in one evening, build your cross-cultural savvy and boost your remote power."

Thomas D. Zweifel (Author), Shlomo Zacks (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Shlomo Zacks