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ID: 626711

Title: Getting Work Done

Author: Harvard Business Review

Narrator: James Edward Thomas

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:08:44

Language: English

Release date: 11-29-22

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Genres: Business & Economics, Career Development

Summary:

Overwhelmed by the sheer volume of work you need to accomplish? Being pulled in different directions by competing priorities? Getting Work Done runs you through the basics of being more productive at work. You'll learn to:

● Align your schedule with your priorities

● Focus your attention and avoid distractions

● Create effective daily routines

● Set boundaries and learn to say no

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ID: 626716

Title: Innovative Teams

Author: Harvard Business Review

Narrator: Mark Cabus

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:13:00

Language: English

Release date: 11-29-22

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Genres: Business & Economics, Management & Leadership, HR & Office Administration

Summary:

Don't leave creativity up to the 'creatives' in your organization. Fostering creativity within your team can help your organization solve problems, create innovative products, break out into a new market, and even communicate and collaborate more effectively. Innovative Teams shows you how to:

● Create the right environment for inventive thinking

● Build a diverse team

● Generate a wide array of new ideas

● Manage disagreements

● Make sure your ideas actually get implemented

Don't have much time? Get up to speed fast on the most essential business skills with HBR's 20-Minute Manager series. Whether you need a crash course or a brief refresher, each book in the series is a concise, practical primer that will help you brush up on a key management topic. Advice you can quickly listen to and apply, for ambitious professionals and aspiring executives—from the most trusted source in business.

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ID: 626600

Title: HBR Guide to Finance Basics for Managers

Author: Harvard Business Review

Narrator: Jonathan Yen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:56:00

Language: English

Release date: 11-29-22

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Genres: Business & Economics, Accounting & Finance

Summary:

Don't let your fear of finance get in the way of your success.

Can you prepare a breakeven analysis? Do you know the difference between an income statement and a balance sheet? Or understand why a business that's profitable can still go belly-up? Has your grasp of your company's numbers helped—or hurt—your career?

Whether you're new to finance or you just need a refresher, this go-to guide will give you the tools and confidence you need to master the fundamentals, as all good managers must.

The HBR Guide to Finance Basics for Managers will help you: learn the language of finance; compare your firm's financials with rivals'; shift your team's focus from revenues to profits; assess your vulnerability to industry downturns; use financial data to defend budget requests; and invest smartly through cost/benefit analysis.

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ID: 626715

Title: Delegating Work

Author: Harvard Business Review

Narrator: James Edward Thomas

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:01:00

Language: English

Release date: 11-29-22

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Genres: Business & Economics, Career Development, Management & Leadership

Summary:

You know you need to delegate some of your work so that you have time to focus on the things that require your expertise. But it's not easy to do. Delegating Work quickly walks you through the fundamentals of:

● Establishing a productive environment

● Assigning the right work to the right people

● Conducting an effective hand-off meeting

● Monitoring without micromanaging

Don't have much time? Get up to speed fast on the most essential business skills with HBR's 20-Minute Manager series. Whether you need a crash course or a brief refresher, each book in the series is a concise, practical primer that will help you brush up on a key management topic. Advice you can quickly listen to and apply, for ambitious professionals and aspiring executives—from the most trusted source in business.

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ID: 626646

Title: Psychology of Financial Planning: The Practitioner's Guide to Money and Behavior

Author: Brad Klontz, Charles R. Chaffin, Ted Klontz

Narrator: Jamie Renell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:02:32

Language: English

Release date: 11-22-22

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Genres: Business & Economics, Personal Finance

Summary:

In Psychology of Financial Planning: The Practitioner's Guide to Money and Behavior, distinguished authors Drs. Brad Klontz, CFP, Charles Chaffin, and Ted Klontz deliver a comprehensive overview of the psychological factors that impact the financial planning client.

Designed for both professional and academic audiences, Psychology of Financial PLanning is written for those with thirty years in practice as well as those just beginning their journey.

With a focus on how psychology can be applied to real-world financial planning scenarios, Psychology of Financial Planning provides a much-needed toolbox for practicing financial planners who know that understanding their client's psychology is critical to their ability to be effective.

The Psychology of Financial Planning is also a much-needed resource for academic institutions who now need to educate their students in the CFP Board's newest category of learning objectives: psychology of financial planning.

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ID: 626590

Title: HBR Guide to Project Management

Author: Harvard Business Review

Narrator: Jonathan Yen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:39:18

Language: English

Release date: 11-22-22

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Genres: Business & Economics, Career Development, Management & Leadership

Summary:

MEET YOUR GOALS—ON TIME AND ON BUDGET.

How do you rein in the scope of your project when you've got a group of demanding stakeholders breathing down your neck? And map out a schedule everyone can stick to? And motivate team members who have competing demands on their time and attention?

Whether you're managing your first project or just tired of improvising, this guide will give you the tools and confidence you need to define smart goals, meet them, and capture lessons learned so future projects go even more smoothly.

The HBR Guide to Project Management will help you: build a strong, focused team; break major objectives into manageable tasks; create a schedule that keeps all the moving parts under control; monitor progress toward your goals; manage stakeholders' expectations; and wrap up your project and gauge its success.

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ID: 626592

Title: HBR Guide to Leading Teams

Author: Mary Shapiro

Narrator: Jonathan Yen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:30:43

Language: English

Release date: 11-22-22

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Genres: Business & Economics, Management & Leadership, HR & Office Administration

Summary:

Great teams don't just happen.

How often have you sat in team meetings complaining to yourself, 'Why does it take forever for this group to make a simple decision? What are we even trying to achieve?' As a team leader, you have the power to improve things. It's up to you to get people to work well together and produce results.

Written by team expert Mary Shapiro, the HBR Guide to Leading Teams will help you avoid the pitfalls you've experienced in the past by focusing on the often-neglected people side of teams.

With practical exercises, guidelines for structured team conversations, and step-by-step advice, this guide will help you: pick the right team members; set clear, smart goals; foster camaraderie and cooperation; hold people accountable; address and correct bad behavior; and keep your team focused and motivated.

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ID: 626589

Title: HBR Guide to Managing Up and Across

Author: Harvard Business Review

Narrator: Jonathan Yen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:44:58

Language: English

Release date: 11-22-22

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Genres: Business & Economics, Career Development

Summary:

ARE YOUR WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WORKING AGAINST YOU?

To achieve your goals and get ahead, you need to rally people behind you and your ideas. But how do you do that when you lack formal authority? Or when you have a boss who gets in your way? Or when you're juggling others' needs at the expense of your own?

By managing up, down, and across the organization. Your success depends on it, whether you're a young professional or an experienced leader.

The HBR Guide to Managing Up and Across will help you: advance your agenda—and your career—with smarter networking; build relationships that bring targets and deadlines within reach; persuade decision makers to champion your initiatives; collaborate more effectively with colleagues; deal with new, challenging, or incompetent bosses; and navigate office politics.

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ID: 629417

Title: HBR's 10 Must Reads on Talent

Author: Harvard Business Review

Narrator: Ann Sprinkle, Joshua Saxon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:46:32

Language: English

Release date: 11-22-22

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Genres: Business & Economics, Career Development, Management & Leadership, HR & Office Administration

Summary:

Invest in your most valuable resource: your people.

Top talent is hard to come by. And seeing your stars walk out the door is painful—and expensive. You need to take steps to ensure that you attract, develop, and retain your best people.

If you read (or listen to) nothing else on managing talent in your organization, listen to these ten articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you boost the engagement, skills, and commitment of your highest performers.

This book will inspire you to: build a winning talent strategy, recruit and hire the best candidates, identify and develop high-potential employees, foster a just and inclusive workplace, overcome the challenges of hybrid work, and prepare your workforce for the future.

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ID: 626710

Title: Finance Basics

Author: Harvard Business Review

Narrator: James Edward Thomas

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:10:07

Language: English

Release date: 11-22-22

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Genres: Business & Economics, Career Development

Summary:

Intimidated by corporate finance? The numbers (and the jargon) can feel overwhelming—but you have to understand them to manage effectively. Finance Basics explains the fundamentals simply and quickly, introducing you to key terms and concepts such as:

● How to navigate financial statements

● How to weigh costs and benefits

● What's involved in budgeting and forecasting

● How to gauge a company's financial health

Don't have much time? Get up to speed fast on the most essential business skills with HBR's 20-Minute Manager series. Whether you need a crash course or a brief refresher, each book in the series is a concise, practical primer that will help you brush up on a key management topic. Advice you can quickly listen to and apply, for ambitious professionals and aspiring executives—from the most trusted source in business.

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