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Title: Enduring Success

Subtitle: What We Can Learn from the History of Outstanding Corporations

Author: Christian Stadler

Narrator: Kent Jones

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-27-12

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

Enduring Success addresses a key question in business today: How can companies succeed over time? To learn the source of enduring greatness, author Christian Stadler directed a team of eight researchers in a six-year study of some of Europe's oldest and most stellar companies, targeting nine that have survived for more than 100 years and have significantly outperformed the market over the past fifty years. Readers may wonder, "Why European companies?" Yet Europe is the ideal place to seek the key to long-term success; half of the Fortune Global 500 companies that are 100 years old or older can be found in Europe, as can 72 of the 100 oldest family businesses in the world.

Fifteen years after Collins and Porras' Built to Last, this new book incorporates fresh insights from management science and provides the first non-US perspective on long-range success. Through Stadler's study, a counterintuitive story emerges: The greatest companies adapt to a constantly changing environment by being intelligently conservative. Enduring Success provides a coherent framework, grounded in five principles and practical concepts, for business leaders who are prepared to learn from the history of some of the world's greatest institutions. View the author's YouTube channel for more discussion of the book.

Critic Reviews:

"Christian Stadler's suggestions are surprising, sometimes provocative. A great inspiration for consultants and leaders who want to make enduring success a reality." (Burkhard Schwenker, CEO, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants)

"A must read!" (Arie de Geus, best-selling author of The Living Company)

"Enduring Success provides a coherent framework, grounded in five principles and practical concepts, for business leaders who are prepared to learn from the history of some of the world's greatest institutions." (Competitive Strategy Newsletter)

Members Reviews:

Would not recommend

Would not recommend. The author repeatedly uses the same examples throughout the book and they all felt incredibly drawn out and longer than they needed to be. It felt like the author was just trying to make the book longer than it should be. Although it does have some interesting insights the language and terminology used in the book are not up to par and makes this a non read. It felt as if I was reading a book from someone still in college instead of a specialist in the field.

Enduring Success = Great Read

Fascinating insight and practical learnings in a European business environment. Definitely worth reading.

Good strategic management overview

Enduring Success provides solid data-based conclusions on proven corporate management strategies comparing companies with long histories. No flash in the pan stuff here, we're talking one hundred years or more! And the authors relate their similar and contrary findings to other widely read researchers from recent decades. Well worth the read. Enjoy.

beats 'good to great'

Straight forward, full with practical examples, and still solid! I previously read `Good to Great' and liked it. But this is better. The book has more depth, and feels more honest. Unlike many other business books it does not claim to provide the ultimate answer.

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Title: Common Purpose: How Great Leaders Get Organizations to Achieve the Extraordinary

Author: Joel Kurtzman

Narrator: Marc Cashman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-24-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

From one of the most respected names in business and leadership, a rare look at the specifics of how great leaders achieve "common purpose" and success within their organizations.

What is common purpose? It is that rare, almost-palpable experience that happens when a leader coalesces a group, team, or community into a creative, dynamic, brave, and nearly invincible "we". It happens the moment the organization's values, tools, objectives, and hopes are internalized in a way that enables people to work tirelessly toward a goal. Common purpose is rarely achieved. But Kurtzman has observed that when a leader is able to bring it about, the results are outsized, measurable and inspiring.

This book is based on Kurtzman's all-new interviews with more than 50 leaders, including Ron Sargent, Ilene Lang, Micky Arison, Simon Cooper, Joel Klein, Janet Field, Steve Wynn, Shivan Subramaniam, Michael Dell, Richard Boyatzis, Tom Kelley, Michael Milken, and Warren Bennis. It contains research on leadership Kurtzman has conducted during his years at The New York Times, the Harvard Business Review, Booz & Company, as well as with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Mercer, and Korn/Ferry.

Based on all new interviews with some of the most dynamic, successful, and enduring leaders, Common Purpose sheds new light on the meaning of leadership, the crucial qualities of leaders, and most importantly, how to lead.

Members Reviews:

How to Build a Superior Organization that Serves a Common Purpose

Joel Kurtzman stresses that the heart and soul of leadership is the creation of common purpose. Leaders are judged both on who they are and what they do.

Mr. Kurtzman points out repeatedly that leadership has to exist at all levels of an organization. Unsurprisingly, the author does not believe in a world divided into leaders and followers. Furthermore, Mr. Kurtzman emphasizes that true leaders have to be part of the groups they lead, build a sense of inclusiveness, and empower their teams. This kind of leadership builds trust and positivity within teams and makes it possible for leaders to have teams that are more productive and responsive to changes in their environment. Mr. Kurtzman reminds his audience that many individuals working within a firm tend to mimic their leaders' best traits and worst characteristics. For this reason, leaders have to be mindful of the types of behavior that they do not want to see replicated.

Furthermore, people often lose sight of the fact that individuals working in an organization are the ones who accomplish goals. Creating a learning organization is an important building block in a common purpose organization. Therefore, removing obstacles is a leader's full-time job. Unsurprisingly, Mr. Kurtzman stresses that when an organization is winning, everybody has to be rewarded in some ways to further foster an "esprit de corps" that is conducive to superior performance. Unfortunately, too many organizations do not practice it.

Mr. Kurtzman notes repeatedly that leaders have to be comfortable with people who disagree with their ideas. Developing independent, trustworthy sources of information, judgment, and advice is key to fostering great leadership. This mindset is also an antidote to insularity and can save an organization from a calamitous fate.

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Title: Future-Proofing Your Business: Real Life Strategies to Prepare Your Business for Tomorrow, Today

Author: Troy Hazard

Narrator: Jonathan Petersen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 07-20-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

After years as a consultant to some of the world's biggest brands and having owned 10 companies himself, Troy Hazard has learned crucial lessons on predicting potential business issues before you experience them. Now Troy offers you the skills to prepare your business for a better future. Along with his stories of what works, he also shares his experiences of what doesn't work. With a mix of entertaining real-life extracts, client case studies, and personal experiences, Future Proofing Your Business offers potent and refined tools that have been road tested in real-world situations and aren't taught in business school.

All through the author's extensive experience in his own companies and as a consultant for major world brands.

Troy's philosophy on how to future-proof your business is anchored in one core belief: "Business happens in cycles. Your ability to manage these cycles successfully lies in how you interpret information from the past and deal with it in the present, to be more resilient through cycles of the future."

Based in San Diego, California, Troy Hazard (www.troyhazard.com) has founded and nurtured 10 businesses over two decades, turned around businesses that were experiencing enormous losses, and consulted to countless successful companies around the world. These business talents earned him international respect - so much so that he was elected by the world's foremost business leaders for the role of Global President of the Entrepreneurs' Organization. For over a decade Troy has been a host and regular guest on many national television and radio shows as a business commentator and a feature writer for magazines. More recently he has become a regular voice of authority on The Biz Television Network, the CBS Talk Radio Network, and the Business Talk Radio Network, and is a regular writer for publications across the country.

Members Reviews:

True gold nugget for business owners

Every business owner should hear the message in this book. Very practical, simple advice. Most business owners get stuck in the rut of working in their business when in fact it Will save us time and money to be working on our business.

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Title: Getting Change Right

Subtitle: How Leaders Transform Organizations from the Inside Out

Author: Seth Kahan

Narrator: John Morgan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-19-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

An innovative communication method for making change happen in any organization, Getting Change Right presents a new view of leadership communication that says change doesn't flow top-down, bottom-up, or sideways, but inside-out. This is how change spreads through a complex system successfully - the other options are force or failure. Based on years of experience with organizations around the world, change expert Kahan presents a new model of communication, one that moves from a transactional view of information exchange to a collaborative construction of shared understanding. When the right people are having the right conversations and interactions, then they act in concert even though the situations they confront independently are impossible to predict or coordinate.

This dynamic practitioner's guide to implementing change:

Getting Change Right offers business insights and field-tested, practical techniques that can be put to work immediately.

Members Reviews:

A good book with great advice.

This book has multiple ideas that any person can put into use to make there work more productive.

Practical and practiced

Seth uses powerful stories, firsthand experience, lessons learned, and expert input to provide practical direction and advice on leading change. From communication, to MVPs, to logjams and surges, to self-care, Seth gives the reader, the potential change leader, a roadmap to "WorkLifeSuccess."

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Title: Beyond a Passion for Excellence

Subtitle: Part 1: Competing Internationally

Author: Tom Peters

Narrator: Tom Peters

Format: Abridged

Length: 1 hr

Language: English

Release date: 07-10-12

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

There is a new, highly personalized, more entrepreneurial environment being created inside today's most successful organizations. There is an intense focus on the customer, the quality of the product, and the contribution of each individual.

In this program, hear Tom Peters (co-author of In Search of Excellence and A Passion for Excellence) as he presents in his unique, exciting, and dynamic style his newest ideas. Find out what you'll have to do to compete and win in the new business climate.

Peters discusses the changes new competitors are making in their companies, and shows you how to implement "pockets of excellence" in your workplace.

Members Reviews:

Theories that work!

I gave up a successful, but unfulfilling career in law enforcement; and with no business experience and very little money I used Mr. Peter's teachings and an obsequious focus on clients to build a wonderful, labor intense business, with low turn over which consistently produced 18% per tax profits!

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Title: Behind the Berkshire Hathaway Curtain

Subtitle: Lessons from Warren Buffett's Top Business Leaders

Author: Ronald Chan

Narrator: Scott Slocum

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-26-12

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

Warren Buffett is a legend primarily for his investment philosophy. He isn't concerned about the intricacies of the market, but instead focuses on the quality of the companies Berkshire Hathaway stands behind. Yet we know little about the leaders of the companies that Buffett handpicks.

In Behind the Berkshire Hathaway Curtain: Lessons from Warren Buffetts Top Business Leaders, author Ronald W. Chan founder and CEO of Chartwell Capital offers a behind-the-scenes look into the careers of Berkshire Hathaway executives who have both directly and indirectly contributed to the conglomerate's success.

Drawing on exclusive interviews from Berkshire leaders, Chan vividly describes how an exceptional group of managers has built a culture of achievement. With a keen eye for detail, he shows how their lessons can be applied for career success and personal fulfillment. Brimming with practical advice, the book will appeal to both executives and employees wanting to improve their leadership skills and work performance.

Covering the career and life decisions of David Sokol of MidAmerican Energy, Cathy Baron-Tamraz of Business Wire, Dennis Knautz of Acme Brick, Randy Watson of Justin Brands, Stan Lipsey of Buffalo News, and many more, the book offers a wide range of business insights, philosophies, and strategies directly from leaders at the top of their fields.

Members Reviews:

Too many quotes in the reading!!

The book has great and inspiring stories. Unfortunately, the reader kept reading out "quote quote quote...." was really annoying and disruptive for the story telling. Had to decide to read the book myself instead of listening to it.

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as much as i love the subject and the stories , i have to share somethings who really bothers me, as i was concentrating on the stories, the same concentration was interrupted by brackets " here and end of quotation brackets there"

I do anderstand that referrals to the autheurs is essentials but does it as to disminish the overall experience, of course i finished the book , but is it normal that i will always remember it as the brackets book?

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Title: The Transformative CEO

Subtitle: Impact Lessons from Industry Game Changers

Author: Jeffrey J. Fox, Robert Reiss

Narrator: Jeffrey J. Fox, Robert Reiss

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-19-12

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

Best-selling author Jeffrey Fox literally wrote the book on How to Become a CEO, and radio talk show host Robert Reiss has interviewed several of the worlds top CEOs. In The Transformative CEO, they have boiled down the characteristics it takes to become a transformational CEOthe kind that takes problems and transforms them into opportunities for growth and profit. With research based on first-hand interviews with superstar CEOs, The Transformative CEO provides valuable strategies that any manager, business owner, or executive can use.

Members Reviews:

If you like rehashed platitudes....

I was astonished; this book offered very little in the way of useful insights. Basically, it looks like the authors sent each CEO a questionaire, the PR dept filled out the form, included their marketing materials from the website, sent it back and the authors organized the book into short, snappy chapters intended to proffer transformational insights.

As you can tell, I do not recommend this book, UNLESS you have never read a business book and this is the first one, then you might like it. I recommend Good to Great, Execution, The Innovator's Dilemma, Built to Last or Seven Habits of Highly Effective People instead.

Succinct

Clear, simple, succinct. Extracted a lot of useful examples. Easy to follow, and highly beneficial.

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Title: Leadership Rules

Subtitle: How to Become the Leader You Want to Be

Author: Chris Widener

Narrator: Chris Widener

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-31-11

Publisher: Gildan Media, LLC

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

From Chris Widener, the best-selling author of The Angel Inside and The Art of Influence, comes an audio book about hard-won leadership lessons. Set deep in the heartland, this compelling business fable follows downcast protagonist Mike Keller, who having been demoted at work and recently separated from his wife, is forced to relocate to a rural factory town in Texas. There Mike encounters the deep-rooted traditions of Texas high school football, and in the process learns everything business school didnt teach him about leadership from the most influential man in town - the local high school football coach. At the heart of the book, Leadership Rules clearly shows what you give and get when you lead through the Four Rules of Leadership:

While the story takes place in the dusty Texas plains, the books leadership lessons can be applied to anyones work life or personal circumstances no matter where they are rooted. Leadership rules in the boardroom, in the classroom, and on the football field, and this engaging, accessible story will help everyone improve their ability to lead and make a difference in the lives of their followers.

Critic Reviews:

This is a fast-moving, entertaining audio book that weaves the best leadership lessons into an enjoyable story that changes you forever. (Brian Tracy, author of Eat That Frog! and No Excuses!)

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Title: Being the Boss

Subtitle: Get the Work Done

Author: Deaver Brown

Narrator: Deaver Brown

Format: Unabridged

Length: 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-27-11

Publisher: Simply Media

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

Being the Boss starts and ends with doing the work. The role models should be Jack Welch, ex-CEO of GE; Steve Jobs at Apple; and Jeff Bezos at Amazon. They get out in front of the work and lead the charge. Only then do they assess their talent to see who to enlist to help them. This audiobook emphasizes that, even if you get the boss job because you get along with people, have leadership skills, or network well, the key is doing the work - getting the job done. And checking with your boss to be sure you are doing exactly what he or she wants. Once a day is not too often.

"Boss, am I focused on what you want me to be?" Few say it; hard to get very off course if you keep calibrating, says the author. The author suggests exactly what you should do on each day in week one and in your second week of bossing. Don't sit back and assess, he advises, as so many people do. Get after it, get things done, and enlist those you need to support your efforts, both people reporting to you and those that don't, inside and outside your organization.

Lou Gerstner, when he became IBM's CEO, famously started by talking to customers: "What do you want? What can we do better?" He scheduled 40% of his time with customers. And lhe eft a can do, get it done, sales VP in charge as CEO when he left.

The work always starts with the customer, the author points out. Start there. And he provides interesting tips about how to deal with the people reporting to you: keep the ones that can help; return the ones that can't to HR, but keep them in your budget until HR can place them elsewhere or eliminate them. Don't harm people; just move them out. And quickly. You should get this done by Friday of your first week when still in your honeymoon period with your boss. The author says he has never met an effective CEO or boss who said he or she acted too quickly in removing people. But, and this is a big but, don't harm them. Move them to HR; keep them on the budget; support their transition; just not in your shop.

A great listening experience, and with humor too - not easy in a talk about bossing.

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Title: Empowered

Subtitle: Unleash Your Employees, Energize Your Customers, and Transform Your Business

Author: Josh Bernoff, Ted Schadler

Narrator: Josh Bernoff

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-14-10

Publisher: Gildan Media, LLC

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 21 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

Is your company empowered for success?

You know its happening within your organization. Your people - using low-cost, accessible technology - are connecting with customers and building innovative new solutions. But who are these creative problem solvers? How can you lead them? How can you be one? We call them HEROes: highly empowered and resourceful operatives. Your company needs them because, in the age of twitter, iPhones, Facebook, YouTube, and an ever-evolving torrent of web information, your customers now step up to the counter armed with more data and access than ever before - often overmatching your team.

In Empowered, Forresters Josh Bernoff - coauthor of the pioneering book Groundswell - and Ted Schadler explain how to transform your company by unleashing the force of HEROes.

The truth is, a third of your information workers already use commonly available technologies that your company does not sanction. Empowered gives you a prescription for embracing this covert innovation. At the heart of a HERO-powered business is a new pact between these employees, company managers, and IT: HEROes build new solutions to meet customer needs, management sets clear rules while encouraging experimentation, and IT expands its role to both support and secure these business solutions.

Fueled by data from Forrester Research, Empowered is packed with the business tools and information necessary to move your organization several steps ahead of the competition:

Critic Reviews:

When Josh talks, big companies listen. Let Josh and ted show you what more and more companies are figuring out the hard way: the world has changed, forever. (Seth Godin, author, Linchpin)

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