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Title: Discussion 13: Skill 2 - Challenge Paradigms

Author: Michael K. Simpson, FranklinCovey

Narrator: L. J. Ganser

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-26-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

Unlocking Potential: Discussions by FranklinCovey is a program based on Michael K. Simpson's book Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations.

In this discussion, adopt the four steps to challenge paradigms and remove false assumptions.

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Title: How to Meet a Project Deadline with Scrum in 7 Simple Steps for the Business, Agile Project Manager, Scrum Master, Product Owner, and Development Team

Author: Paul VII

Narrator: Kevin Kollins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-11-15

Publisher: MR P B ASHUN

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

The scrum framework is a simple framework for delivering projects. Although it is targeted towards complex projects, its principles can be used to ensure that any project or task is delivered on time. In scrum, delivering a project "on-time" means that those involved commit to and deliver a set of features by the end of a defined period called a sprint. When the product owner is happy that enough "sprints-worth" of features have been delivered he or she can make a decision to release the product. Delivering on commitments regularly gives confidence that a release is on track.

The challenge in delivering each sprint "on-time" comes from the fact that each team and individual comes with their own characteristics and each sprint comes with its own challenges. Therefore, there is a high degree of unpredictability involved in meeting sprint commitments.

Members Reviews:

Simple Steps

Great book with the basics of meeting project deadlines. I especially liked the simple steps laid out but the author.

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Title: The Leadership Code

Subtitle: People-Focused, Values-Based Leadership for Maximum Performance

Author: AJ Slivinski

Narrator: Darren Stephens

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-05-15

Publisher: AJ Slivinski

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

Let me whet your appetite for where this book will take you and your business. What I am going to share with you is not mere theory but a real-world approach to take your business to a superior level. This is not new information, but we tend to forget it. So here you'll find a step-by-step blueprint, presented in an attention-getting way, to assist you in implementing the leadership code successfully.

The core message of this book centers around three essential themes: leadership, people, and values. Consider the following in terms of these three themes. Leadership: many CEOs and managers attempt to lead a business instead of leading people. This is a fundamental flaw of business leadership. Effective leaders lead from values and provide a clear vision and mission for the organization. People: organizations that focus first on people have the best results. Companies with high levels of employee engagement are more productive, perform better financially, and boast higher customer and employee retention rates. Values: values define the identity and character of the company. Core values are the primary recruiting, evaluating and retention tools of an organization.

This people-centric, values-focused theme represents the core message of this book. I'm excited to share with you our experiences and stories that illustrate this message and the successful results achieved. Results you, too, can attain! Many good books have been written about leadership, people, and values. This book takes those raw materials and provides you with a strategy for perpetual success. We have broken the "leadership code" and present it here, for you, in this highly practical guide.

Members Reviews:

Turning commonsense leadership into common practice

There's an old saying something to the effect of, "the only problem with commonsense is that it doesn't result in common practice." Well, AJ Slivinski has solved that problem in The Leadership Code. The book is grounded in theory, practice, and experience. AJ knows of what he writes and writes about what he knows.

AJ is speaking my language when he encourages people-first and values-based leadership. Yet neither of these (people-first or values-based) are a guise for sloppy leadership with no accountability. In The Leadership Code, AJ shows how to create systems that promote excellence and embrace a philosophy of taking care of your people and honoring your values.

On top of that, he shares the tools he uses to accomplish all of this.

My recommendation, buy it, read it, do it.

The Leadership Code by AJ Slivinski---A 'Top 10' professional resource for your business library

The Leadership Code a new publication by author AJ Slivinski; provides a succinct and solid foundational message grounded with strong research and practical first hand experiences. Focusing on the areas of: leadership, people, and values, his message resonates how each of these three areas have a strong interdependence for success in business leadership. The reader acquires very quickly the passion/praise and respect the author has had for himself through his career path whether in an individual contributor role or leader; however more so how he âwalks the talkâ placing his team members first and foremost as the key âingredientâ to success in business.

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Title: The Culture of Success

Author: Steven J. Anderson

Narrator: Steven J. Anderson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-20-15

Publisher: The Yes Press

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

Discover 10 natural laws at the heart of creating a culture of success that will:

Packed with practical, actionable ideas and systems for leaders and members of all organizations, this book is an indispensable guide to creating a workplace environment where everybody wants to come and is eager to do his or her best. Learn how to harness the 10 natural laws, basic to human interaction, and put them to work for you. Ignore the laws at your peril. They will work against you if you allow your workplace culture to develop by default rather than by design. In your culture of success, your team will do amazing things for the organization, the people you serve, and for themselves while feeling better about work than ever before.

Members Reviews:

Great advice!

I was very impressed by the dedication and motivation of the author. He gave advice on how to successfully live your life, get along with coworkers and or run a business. It was very obvious that he has Christian standards in his life and believes that living by them will give you the best life possible. A great read for anyone in business or in the work field.

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Title: The Engaged Leader

Subtitle: A Strategy for Digital Leadership

Author: Charlene Li

Narrator: Sean Pratt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-27-15

Publisher: Gildan Media, LLC

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

NYT and WSJ best-selling author Charlene Li guides business leaders deeper than ever before into the uncomfortable and ever-changing terrain of the digital era. Technology has revolutionized the very idea and nature of relationships between leaders and their followers. Yet many leaders remain stuck at arms length from those they lead and serve, relying on specialized teams to interact with customers, on their direct reports to keep tabs on how employees are doing, and on the digital natives in their organization to stay abreast of new technologies.

Now, in The Engaged Leader: A Strategy for Your Digital Transformation, Li helps leaders adapt to the demands and opportunities of digital leadership. To be a true digital leader requires a metamorphosis: You must connect directly by listening, sharing, and engaging using digital technologies. This metamorphosis is not easy, comfortable, or painless - if your palms aren't sweaty or your stomach isn't churning, then you probably aren't really practicing digital leadership.

The Engaged Leader addresses why leaders need to master a new way of developing relationships, which begins by stepping out of traditional hierarchies; how to listen at scale, share to shape, and engage to transform; the art of making this transformative mind shift; and the science of applying the right tools to meet your strategic goals. This transformation is not optional. Those who choose not to make this change will be abandoned for those who inspire people to follow them.

The Engaged Leader provides leaders with the skills and confidence they need to transform their leadership, and in turn, their organizations. The Engaged Leader also provides guidance to institutions - businesses, communities, and schools - on how to develop and nurture digital leadership. It is a must-listen for anyone who values a deeper connection between leaders and those they serve.

Critic Reviews:

"Charlene Li practices what she teaches in The Engaged Leader: She is a master at listening, sharing, and engaging. This is a must-read for anyone who wants to develop connections that enable innovative ideas to emerge." (Beth Comstock, chief marketing officer, GE)

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Title: Hidden Strengths

Subtitle: Unleashing the Crucial Leadership Skills You Already Have

Author: Milo Sindell, Thuy Sindell

Narrator: Caroline Miller

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-25-15

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

Books like StrengthsFinder 2.0 have helped leaders discover their strengths - but they stop there. The Sindells argue that focusing only on your best abilities neglects a vital development opportunity. They show how to identify hidden strengths that can be quickly elevated into full strengths with attention and focus.

Working mainly on your strengths can ultimately make you weaker, they argue. You need to continually add new skills, not rely on what you're already good at. And while most people assume that means they should try to turn their weaknesses into usable skills, the Sindells say that it takes too much time and effort: The ROI just isn't there. It's in the neglected middle skills, neither strengths nor weaknesses, that the most potent development opportunities lie. They're close enough to being strengths that putting your energy there can offer a powerful payoff.

Using assessments, exercises, and case studies, the Sindells help you identify your most promising middle skills and create a plan to turn them into strengths. In today's work environment, not growing and stretching yourself translates into lack of innovation, stagnation, and obsolescence. Relying upon strengths is like relying upon training wheels. At a certain point you need to take them off in order to improve and grow.

Members Reviews:

A metamorphosis of sorts

Thuy Sindell, President of Skyline Group's Coaching Division and an Executive Coach, and Milo Sindell is a Managing Partner at Skyline Group International and President of C4X, know their strengths and in this short but intense book they show that they wish to pass that state of mind on to the readers. Thuy's work has resulted in marked skill improvements as well as bottom-line impact. Milo has developed and launched a number of innovative productivity solutions Including cofounding Hit the Ground Running a pioneering employee performance software company in 2006. Together they show how to identify hidden strengths that can be quickly elevated into full strengths with attention and focus.

This book goes beyond most leadership self help books. Instead of focusing on strengths we recognize the Sindells instead help uncover middle (and lower) skills and teach us how to resurrect those hidden talents and skills into major assets.

They offer the four principles of hidden strengths: Leverage Your Traits and Develop Your Skills, The Middle is the Source for Development, Practice Practice Practice, and Always Be Working on Hidden Strengths. In a special chapter on Identifying natural strengths, hidden strengths and weaknesses the spell out 28 skills and group these into four categories: Leading Self, Leading Others, Leading the Organization, and Leading Implementation.

This is a book that is an eye opener in a time when employment is growing more scarce and more is required of each of us to not just survive but excel. A fresh approach to an ever present problem of self-improvement - by simply discovering and unleashing hidden skills within each of us. Grady Harp, May 15

Wisdom to Heed--for Personal and Professional Growth

Review: HIDDEN STRENGTHS by Thuy Sindell and Milo Sindell

A short and fast-paced guide with a powerful impact, HIDDEN STRENGTHS is not the ordinary business leadership handbook.

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Title: Startup Strategy

Subtitle: The Art of The Start for Solopreneurs, Even if You Already Started...

Author: Ric Thompson

Narrator: Daniel Penz

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-10-15

Publisher: Healthy Wealthy nWise Press

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

In Startup Strategy: The Art of the Start for Solopreneurs, Even if You Already Started... best-selling author Ric Thompson gives you the tools and step-by-step systems you need to create a solid business strategy and then use that strategy to start and manage your business successfully. Within this audio, you will learn the importance of donning your CEO hat and how to work on your business rather than only working IN your business.

With the information you learn, you will position yourself to take the critical steps that will help you ensure that your business is as strong and profitable as possible! Being an entrepreneur isn't easy. But by taking these steps and developing a sound business strategy, you're ensuring a stronger business and a better life for you and your family.

Most entrepreneurs and solopreneurs don't have any formal business training (which is often a benefit), but they do need to understand the basic components of a business strategy, how to set business goals, and the tools they can use to build they businesses strong.

After listening to this audiobook, you will understand the different between business expectations and business goals and the importance of measuring success for both of them.

You'll also learn:

Members Reviews:

Great advice I wish I had years ago

I wish I had the advice contained in this book before I started my home-base business years ago. It contains great advice for anyone wishing to pursue a new venture. Most helpful was the Business Strategy Rating Quiz before and after going through the book.

Four Stars

Great read

Statup Strategy

A well written book and gives you the tools and step-by-step systems you need to create a solid business strategy and then use that strategy to start and manage your business successfully.

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Title: 10 Tips for Leading in the Middle East

Author: Dr. Tommy Weir

Narrator: Dr. Tommy Weir

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-04-15

Publisher: Dr. Tommy Weir

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

Dr. Tommy Weir's latest contribution is a must-listen for every corporate leader wanting to gain the inside track on doing business in the Middle East. 10 Tips for Leading in the Middle East is a practical guide for expats and locals alike, providing tips to lead in an environment that is vastly different from the world with which most upper-management members have been working. You may be wondering, "Where did these 10 tips come from?"

Dr. Tommy spent a decade up close and personally researching leadership in the Arab World. This started with understanding sociological trends to frame the context for the Middle East, demographic implications, organizational behavior, and leadership approaches. His extensive experience includes working with more than 30 companies, interviewing over 700 leaders, and developing at least 3,000 leaders.

Acknowledging the vast differences found across the Arab World, Dr. Weir focuses on the principal similarities between the GCC, Levant, and Egypt, even within the GCC that exist within the business world. These areas of commonality are substantial, and he uses them to craft an engaging collection of tips that help leaders enter this part of the business world with confidence and clear direction. With the purpose of aiding potential or current business leaders who wish to succeed in the Middle East, this book is a constant companion for the senior executive.

Whether one is embarking on a senior leadership position or merely curious and a seeker of leadership knowledge, you will find 10 Tips for Leading in the Middle East to be a fascinating guide written by someone who knows firsthand the potential inside the boardroom within the corporate world of the Middle East. This audiobook immediately separates itself from theoretical texts while keeping the focus on the applicable nature of leading in the Middle East.

Members Reviews:

Brilliant

Opened my eyes to the many cultural and familial influences that can affect how you lead in the middle east. It also gave useful tips and strategies on how you could build effective relationships and trust in the region. The section on honor, shame, patriarchy and collectivism were very insightful, given my indovdiualistic, liberal western upbringing.

Relatable content if you live in the Middle East

I enjoyed the content as I could relate to most of it. The author could have elaborated a bit more in a couple of topics especially describing solutions to some problems encountered in the region.

Not much on Middle East, more on general leading

What disappointed you about 10 Tips for Leading in the Middle East?

It's very generalistic book in regards to Middle East.

Would you ever listen to anything by Dr. Tommy Weir again?

may be

You didnt love this book--but did it have any redeeming qualities?

The book was ok in regards to topic of leading, but I would not put Middle East in the heading, since it provides very general and well-known knowledge on this region and is more focused on leading as such.

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Title: Leading Generations at Work: How to Avoid the Coming Crisis in American Business Leadership

Author: Brian Johnson

Narrator: Angela Grayden

Format: Unabridged

Length: 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-21-15

Publisher: Brian R Johnson

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

A historic generational shift is underway that will lead to a crisis in American business leadership. This concise and practical book will help you understand this shift and take action to retain your senior leaders, attract the next level of top talent, and grow a new generation of leaders. Learn the 4 essential disciplines and the 14 crucial steps to leading the generations at work. Dr. Brian R. Johnson is an internationally known executive, author, and public speaker in the business and technology consulting industry. In this book he brings his 25 years of experience managing thousands of employees and working closely with leading companies around the world to help you get the most from all of your employees.

Members Reviews:

Well-written, insightful, thought-provoking, and usable.

Dr. Johnson's book is well-written, insightful and thought-provoking. Most important, in this short work he provides very useful and applicable suggestions on how to ensure your company doesn't fail for lack of leadership. He uses, after providing brief summaries of, the often-cited general personality traits of the various generations (gen X, millenials, etc.), with a focus on how they relate to a person's proclivity to lead and/or be led. At the minimum, this book will leave you more well informed. Using its insights directly or merely as a stimulus to form your own plan, you have the opportunity to strengthen your company.

Draws important conclusions

This book is an eye-opening exploration of the challenges that arise from managing members of different generations within an organization. Beginning by reviewing the established definitions of the generations currently in the American workforce, Dr. Johnson discusses the priorities and motivations of each, as well as commonly-held conceptions and misconceptions about them. He then details the role of several important management disciplines â including knowledge management, corporate social responsibility, and human capital management - and their relative relevance and impact on each generation.

In total, Dr. Johnson gives the reader a useful framework for thinking about organizational management in a workplace that appears sometimes to collapse the differences between age cohorts that can have genuine differences in outlook. Highly recommended.

An interesting short book about the different generations and the ...

An interesting short book about the different generations and the importance for a company to have employees sampled across these generations. Well worth reading.

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Title: What the CEO Really Wants from You

Subtitle: The 4 As for Managerial Success

Author: R. Gopalakrishnan

Narrator: Neelkant

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-29-14

Publisher: Reado

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

There are many books on leadership. What the CEO Really Wants from You is one of the few to address the question that is uppermost in the mind of any manager: What he should be doing to make his or her boss his partner rather than his opponent. We spend most of our lives at work or thinking about it. Starting from a young age, fired by boundless energy and optimism, we launch into our careers sure of our abilities. Yet, things do not always turn out as we expect they would. It is not our abilities alone. The business environment is one of change and ambiguity. It is no easy task for any manager to negotiate the journey to success.

As Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever, points out in his foreword, partnerships with others, but above all with your direct boss and organization, are more important than ever before. Not only that, a good boss has an instinct for the right people, and getting them to do better. A good manager, by eliciting his help, helps himself. Few people are better qualified to guide on this journey than R. Gopalakrishnan. He brings 45 years of experience to this subject in some of the most challenging jobs. In this immensely practical book informed by the wisdom he has gleaned over the years, he offers the listener the benefit of all he has learnt, summarized in the four As - Accomplishment, Affability, Advocacy, and Authenticity. This is a book that will be of immense use to any manager, and one that just might bring him the answers it takes years to find - what the CEO really expects from him.

Members Reviews:

Amazing stories

Author narrates topics with stories. These stories are easy to remember and worth to remember. Problem is when he is narrating the story we are relating such characters from our life and experience we have dealt with. I would certainly spend some more time to listen to this book again for the characters which he is talking about. Very very informative.