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Title: Predictable Results in Unpredictable Times

Author: Bob Whitman, Breck England, Stephen R. Covey

Narrator: Stephen R. Covey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-13-09

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 34 votes

Genres: Business, Management

Publisher's Summary:

If there's one thing that's certain in business, it's uncertainty; still, some companies perform reliably and with excellence in spite of changing circumstances. Predictable Results in Unpredictable Times is about four essentials for getting great performance in good times and bad.

©2009 FranklinCovey Co.; (P)2009 FranklinCovey Co.

Critic Reviews:

"This book gave me more insight about how to get the right things done in an organization than any other management book I have ever read. It is delightful to read and simple to see how its principles can be applied." (Clayton M. Christensen, Robert & Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School)

Members Reviews:

Perfect timing!

Stephen R. Covey has done it again!

This audiobook is packed with relevant, well structured and easily applicable practical inspiration on how to utilize the current economic downturn on the expense of the less ambitious competitors. The prescription within the audiobook is as simple as it is powerfull: 1. Execute priorities with excellence, 2. Move with the speed of trust, 3. Achieving more with less, and 4. Transforming fear into engagement. As the economy is gradually beginning to recover the publishing of this little helpful book is no less than perfect timing. Therefore it is a must-listen in 2010 for all ambitious businesspeople - from the youngest MBA students to the most senior Fortune500 CEOs!

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Title: Inside Drucker's Brain

Author: Jeffrey A. Krames

Narrator: Sean Pratt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-16-08

Publisher: Gildan Media, LLC

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 107 votes

Genres: Business, Management

Publisher's Summary:

In late 2003, Peter Drucker invited Jeffrey Krames to his home in Claremont, California, for a rare interview. The 94-year-old Drucker, who had amassed an unprecedented body of published work, comprised of many hundreds of thousands of pages, spent a full day sharing his insights from a lifetime of management consulting and writing.

This resulting audiobook is a simple guide that distills the essential wisdom from Drucker's considerable body of work. It includes:

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Title: The Levity Effect

Subtitle: Why It Pays to Lighten Up

Author: Adrian Gostick, Scott Christopher

Narrator: Scott Christopher

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-28-08

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 48 votes

Genres: Business, Management

Publisher's Summary:

The book also outlines the extensive research into the subject - studies that cut against the grain of traditional business thinking - including compelling data from the Great Place to Work Institute's one-million-person database, which reveals that "Great" companies consistently earn significantly higher marks for "fun".

Members Reviews:

Note to all managers: Have fun at work

I was a little disappointmented with this management book. The first 4 or so hours of this book was mostly the authors saying "have fun" with a little bits of companies that implement programs for loosen up their staff.

I can definitely appreciate the things Gostick and Christopher brought to the table in this book. They have worked with lots of relavent and current companies that are known for both their success and their relaxed business environment. But they spent a large portion of the book talking about companies in creative fields, such as advertising and marketing.

In the last hour, the book finally moved into lots of ways to implement levity. The ideas were listed out which makes for tough listening. And the listening of the book was also made more difficult by the straight reading of the book. While I am sure the book was humorous, the narrator (one of the authors) read the words and did not "customize" it as an audio book. It made listening to some sections seem out of place in a book about humor - they should have lossened it up.

I just thought they weren't practicing what they preached.

Making work fun again

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Absolutely. Anyone who works in a stressful job, or just in a place that could use some lightening up.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Not really applicable, so I'd have to say the narrator/author, Scott Christopher, who did a wonderful job.

Any additional comments?

I first became aware of this book through Scott Christopher's work on the TV show Granite Flats. Always looking to improve life in the work place I purchased this title, and am glad I did. It was a fun, enjoyable read, but more importantly were the ideas and concepts.

Even though I wasn't a manager I was still able to informally implement many of the suggestions as part of my team. This was especially helpful during high stress situations such as big software deployments.

I should insert a disclaimer, after buying the book my wife and Mr Christopher wound up becoming internet friends. I can say that he "practices what he preaches", providing appropriate amounts of levity to the world in his private and public life. This happened though after I was able to vet his book's ideas for myself.

Even if you are not a manager, I'd encourage this book if your work place is at all stressful (and let's face it, whose isn't these days). The ideas will help make your work a much more enjoyable place to be.

A Humor Home Run

This book is smart, fun, and funny--in that order. I found a lot to gain from the combination of well-researched data and practical ideas that the authors presented on lightening up the world of work. And having Scott Christopher narrate the book made this an almost must-HEAR version.

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Title: Managing Change

Subtitle: Adapt and Evolve Your Organisation to Keep Ahead in a Changing World

Author: Brian B Brown

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-05-08

Publisher: Matrix Digital Publishing

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Business, Management

Publisher's Summary:

Failure to recognise and address these conflicts is the main reason why change initiatives do not produce the gains, growth, and security anticipated. This book will help you to understand what drives change in your organisation. It will also show you:

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Title: VangoNotes for Organizational Behavior

Subtitle: An Introduction to Your Life in Organizations, 1/e

Author: Rae Andre

Narrator: Douglas Davis, Maria Hickey

Format: Original Recording

Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-07-07

Publisher: Pearson Education, Inc.

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Business, Management

Publisher's Summary:

Study on the go with VangoNotes. Just download chapter reviews from Organizational Behavior, 1/e and listen to them on your mp3 player. Now wherever you are -- whatever you're doing -- you can study by listening to the following for each chapter of your textbook:

©2008 Pearson Education, Inc.

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Title: VangoNotes for Strategic Management and Competitive Advantage

Subtitle: Concepts and Cases, 2/e

Author: Jay Barney, William Hesterly

Narrator: Dennis Holland, Maria Hickey

Format: Original Recording

Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-06-07

Publisher: Pearson Education, Inc.

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Business, Management

Publisher's Summary:

Study on the go with VangoNotes. Just download chapter reviews from Strategic Management and Competitive Advantage: Concepts and Cases, 2/e and listen to them on your mp3 player. Now wherever you are -- whatever you're doing -- you can study by listening to the following for each chapter of your textbook:

©2008 Pearson Education, Inc.

Members Reviews:

Not recommended

I've listened to three chapters of Vango-notes for this textbook, after having studied each chapter on my own. It's a very disappointing experience and I want a refund!

After three chapters, I've found that Vango-notes only covers roughly 1/3 of each chapter (within 8 minutes) before proceeding with a sparse set of questions that randomly quizzes on the remainder of each chapter.

What I expected was to find was a deliberate effort to cover all the main points of each chapter. Not someone reading 1/3 of these key points virtually word-for-word from the textbook.

This is a waste of your money and the other reviewers who've given this a poor score have certainly come to the same conclusion.

save your money

i got this thinking it would help, but it only covers about 10 pages out of 30 for each chapter. It also skips around and doesn't cover the text fully. I really wish I didn't waste my time and money.

Very Helpful

Great summaries of the chapters with 3 sections of quizzes. I have been scoring well on our quizzes without reading the actual book.

Thanks for the effort but not helpful

I almost purchased this audio, all the chapters. But soon, I saw the reviews on it, I changed my mind, and after download chapter 7.

They need to come up with better presentation of each chapter. Not only just read 1/3 of the chapter, also it doesn't show any slides. I think it is waste of money and time. This program should be free.

Good luck!!!

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Title: Become Invaluable to Meeting Planners

Subtitle: Tips from an Uber-Planner

Author: Joan Eisenstodt

Format: Original Recording

Length: 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-19-07

Publisher: SpeakerNet News

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Business, Management

Publisher's Summary:

How does a professional meeting planner think and operate? How do others who plan meetings think and operate? How can you make yourself known positively to them? How can you work in tandem to ensure your program is a great success? How can you share your needs and experience to help the overall program become more successful?

Joan Eisenstodt, uber-planner, NSA's 2006 Meeting Partner of the Year, and a legend in the meetings and hospitality industry, will share her opinions, based on her more than 30 years in the meetings industry. She thinks there are many ways a speaker can show his or her value to a planner effectively.

In this teleseminar, you will learn:

This is a live recording of an interview-format teleseminar focused on information that would be valuable for speakers, trainers, consultants, coaches, and other information entrepreneurs. It was recorded via telephone.

Members Reviews:

Very useful teleseminar

An excellent teleseminar for keynote speakers at conferences. Covers all the details listed in the Audible "Publisher's Summary." The central theme is: build relationships with meeting planners before trying to sell your expertise to them.

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Title: How to Write, Publish, and Market a Book with No Out-of-Pocket Expense

Author: Rebecca Morgan

Narrator: Rebecca Morgan, Kathleen Gage

Format: Original Recording

Length: 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-19-07

Publisher: SpeakerNet News

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 21 votes

Genres: Business, Management

Publisher's Summary:

Do you want to write a book, but don't know where to start? Wondering what it takes to get your book published? Confused about how to effectively market your book? Not sure how you will fund a book campaign?

If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, this session is for you. Kathleen will share what she's learned writing, publishing, and making her book an Amazon.com best-seller in under 90 days, with no out-of-pocket expense. She'll share how she pre-sold nearly $10,000 worth of her books before the book was ever published. Kathleen will explain her formula for success, which you can use to take your book to best-seller status on Amazon.com.

You will learn:

This is a live recording of an interview-format teleseminar focused on information that would be valuable for speakers, trainers, consultants, coaches, and other information entrepreneurs. It was recorded via telephone.

Members Reviews:

Depth of information was lacking

If you want a book that will encourage you to write a book then this will help. On the other hand, if you're looking for the actual steps to write and publish then this is not for you. She eludes to Amazon.com as a method of marketing but again if not for the facilitator, she wouldn't have explained what she meant very well. She shares her successes but doesn't really give any depth of information to actually do it.

Waste of time and money

I find it odd that someone claims that titles are important would botch the title of this seminar so thoroughly. The seminar deals rather poorly with how to get your book published (write came across as a flake who had to be re-directed by the interviewer). The seminar does not deal at all with how to write a book. As for marketing the book, you would need to be a public speaker; otherwise most of her advice does not apply. In my experience, most writers are more comfortable in front of a computer than in front of a crowd. Ultimately, this lady is a public speaker who also happens to writes books, not a writer and it shows. She is probably a very confident public speaker who thinks she can wing most speeches and get away with it, as she seems to have done with this interview. If you happen to be like her then this may help by giving you some ideas, otherwise save your money.

Misnamed, horrible recording quality

What disappointed you about How to Write, Publish, and Market a Book with No Out-of-Pocket Expense?

It's a recording of a phone call and and callers beep in and out throughout.

What was most disappointing about Kathleen Gages story?

Content did not fit title.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Recording quality

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Title: How to Start a Freight Brokerage Business

Author: Entrepreneur Magazine

Narrator: Michael Drew Shaw

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-15-06

Publisher: Entrepreneur Media, Inc.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Business, Management

Publisher's Summary:

A freight brokerage business is simple to start. You don't need any specialized education or previous knowledge of the shipping industry, and you can run your business out of your home. This information-packed audio guide tells you everything you need to know to plan, start and run a successful brokerage business, including:

© and (P) Entrepreneur Media, Inc.

Members Reviews:

waste of time and money

This was a waste of time and money. No specific information or instructions. Just vague recommendations that anyone looking to start a business would already know. It looks like they made a generic audiobook and then just inserted an introduction on the topic. The same audiobook is probably used in all their "How to" series and just the intro is changed.

So outdated

This was entirely useless. Maybe in the 90s this was a relevant book in this business.

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Title: The John Deere Way

Author: David Magee

Narrator: Thomas Penny

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-10-06

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 19 votes

Genres: Business, Management

Publisher's Summary:

Renowned business author David Magee fuses both the interesting history and philosophy of one of America's most well-known companies in this entertaining aid for business management. While other American businesses are crumbling under low-cost foreign competition, John Deere Company thrives by maintaining such ideas as building the best product, being open to change and innovation, listening rather than leading, and keeping virtuous business practices.

©2006 David Magee (P)2005 Recorded Books

Members Reviews:

I only wish it were longer

Excellent book super worth the price. Lots of neat facts and information not in my other John Deere books

Small Useful Book

A good little book about John Deere. Anyone who wants to work for or do business with this company need to review this book.

A Deere Corporate Bio

This sincerely earnest book is a good example of why corporate biography remains, perhaps, the most problematic business-book genre. While the book is well researched, author David Magee apparently found it hard to avoid the trap of laudatory language about current management. To write a book like this, you need corporate help and access. Most employees won't even talk to an author without a go-ahead from the top. This means that, even without Deere & Company's roots date to 1836, when a blacksmith named John Deere moved from Vermont to the frontier settlement of Grand Detour, Illinois. Deere set up a shop that could provide stout hayforks, horseshoes and wagon parts. He talked with farmers, who complained that it was very difficult to plow the dense Midwestern turf. Plows made in the Northeast didn't work in the rich heavy soil. In 1837, Deere decided to devise a plow that would scrape off the topsoil, turn it over and let it glide off the plow. Even without an explicit quid pro quo, corporate biographies tend to become trapped in a sort of literary Stockholm syndrome, dependent on their sources for their own survival. That cautionary flag raised, this book provides a worthwhile portrait of one of America's stalwart agricultural companies. Deere & Company's values are as plain and honest as the face of a farmer atop his Deere tractor. Although the book would have been more engrossing if it offered pictures and sharper anecdotes, particularly from times when things didn't go well, we recommend it to those interested in agriculture, corporate histories or values-driven management.

Learning Why a Legendary Company is Legendary

I'll admit it, I grew up on and around John Deere equipment. As an adult I have become a collector of antique tractors and become a student of this truly historic and great American company. John Deere is also a Client of ours.

So when I received this book as a birthday gift it was a slam dunk - it went near the top of my reading stack. Given all of that, this review doesn't come from my obviously biased point of view - this is a book worth reading.

The book does tell parts of the history of this company, but it isn't a book about products or history. Written by experienced business author David Magee, it is an exploration of the key factors that have led to John Deere to growing and thriving over the last 150+ years.

The chapter titles tip off the business practices and attitudes that have guided the company and serve as the thesis for the book.