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Title: How to Start a Staffing Service

Author: Entrepreneur Magazine

Narrator: Michael Drew Shaw

Format: Abridged

Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-16-06

Publisher: Entrepreneur Media, Inc.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Business, Management

Publisher's Summary:

Whether we're in an economic boom or a downturn, staffing is always a necessary business service. During boom times, companies scramble to find qualified employees as they grow. During slower times, businesses rely on temporary employees because they're unable to commit to hiring full-time staff. And through it all, staffing companies fulfill their needs by finding great workers and taking care of the extensive logistics: interviewing and hiring, payroll, government regulations, insurance, and more. This guide will teach you everything you need to know to start and run a successful staffing business. Topics covered include:

© and (P) Entrepreneur Media, Inc.

Members Reviews:

Great Start of understanding this business

This has been a very easy purchase. Received in a decent amount of time. Product is great! Will purchase again.

Good quality product

Fast delivery. Good quality product.

Good Novice Book

I have to counter the bad reviews. This book, like the others in the series, is meant for someone who is an absolute beginner. The only criticisms in previous reviews are that the book is not advanced enough.

I knew 0% about import/export when I got this book. From that viewpoint it has been great! This sticks to the absolute basics and defines all the elementary professional jargon. It assumes you know nothing. There are so many details in export/import that such a low-level book is essential. Also, following the formula of the series, the authors give a little psychological test of whether you are suited for the career and they show some hypothetical balance sheets and start-up costs. This is perfect if you are just poking your nose into a new field and need to make decisions about whether to pursue further research. I have read a number of books in the Startup series and they are all useful. Also good is that the authors have interviewed a number of professionals to gather some real-world experiences.

As long as you know that this is a base level introduction, you can't but give it five stars!

Light reading to start you off... not much more..

This is the first book I read when I decided to start my own import/export business. It's light, easy reading and mildly humorous, making it a quick read and is good for basic definitions if you don't know anything about import/export. The first 60 odd pages have a straightforward basic description of the import/export process, after which the book goes into marketing, how to do business in foreign countries, what equipment you need..etc.. and all the other stuff you should actually know already as part of your life skills. Having lived in a number of other countries and learned some foreign languages, and having a good grasp of IT and telecommunications, I found the last 2/3rd's of the book pretty useless, but it may be helpful if you've been living under a rock your whole life. For those who want the real 'meat and potatoes' from the get go, I recommend the Dummies guide and Kenneth Weiss book on Starting an Import.Export Business. Happy trading :)

a great starting point

This is a great starting point. The subject of import/export can be very complex, but this book is simple right to the core. Yes there are some lame jokes, but the information is solid and the book well researched, and is full of all the information you need to understand this area of business.

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Title: VangoNotes for Managing Human Resources, 5/e

Author: Luis Gomez-Mejia, David Balkin, Robert Cardy

Narrator: Christine Fuchs, Ax Norman

Format: Original Recording

Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-02-06

Publisher: Pearson Education, Inc.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Business, Management

Publisher's Summary:

Study on the go with VangoNotes. Just download chapter reviews from Managing Human Resources, 5/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:

©2007 by Pearson Education, Inc.

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Title: The Ultimate Question

Subtitle: Driving Good Profits and True Growth

Author: Fred Reichheld

Narrator: Fred Reichheld

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 06-22-06

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 123 votes

Genres: Business, Management

Publisher's Summary:

In this revolutionary management audiobook, Fred Reichheld reduces all business success into one question. "Would you recommend this business to a friend?" According to Reichheld, this measure of customer satisfaction should be at the heart of all strategic decisions made by every company. He presents compelling case studies to show how customer satisfaction is more important than any business criterion besides profits. You'll learn how financial pressures have caused some executives to sacrifice true customer satisfaction in exchange for "bad profits". Such shortsightedness undermines long-term growth and success. Learn how to use "the ultimate question" to strengthen your business.

© and (P)2006 FranklinCovey

Critic Reviews:

"Among management books, this one's a keeper." (The Washington Post

"Reichheld makes a strong rhetorical case for his ideas." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

An awakening message

This is an excellent book: it really reminds you that customers are ruling and many companies are forgeting this at their own expense.

The book provides and easy to apply methodology to realy focus your business to the customers, in fact, not in declarations. It gets upgraded from 4 to 5 stars for the practical methodology described by the author.

I recommend the book to anybody who wants to excel in business.

Good idea, poorly narrated

I like the idea and the concept of this book - a little overexplained, but that's forgivable. The narration, and editing, of the audio however, are very poor - the repeat takes are so badly cut together, it makes the narrator sound like a non-native English speaker who isn't always sure where to put the emphasis in a sentence.

Good profits

Simplistic in its approach but enduring if obtained. Business leaders should read this book to re-calibrate themselves on the golden rule and how it can be truly measured.

Great Book!

Performance wasn't the best, but the message was amazing! Well worth a listen... Especially if you are in a business...

Ultimate Question

Would you listen to The Ultimate Question again? Why?

Loved hearing this book on my iPod. I am not much of a book reader and was given the assignment to read the book by my company. I was able to listen to it a couple of times and have the ideas in my head clearly to discuss them at the meeting.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No, I listened to it over several days when I had time.

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Title: Lean Solutions

Subtitle: How Companies and Customers Can Create Value and Wealth Together

Author: James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones

Narrator: James P. Womack

Format: Abridged

Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-05-05

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 75 votes

Genres: Business, Management

Publisher's Summary:

In their best-selling business classic Lean Thinking, James Womack and Daniel Jones introduced the world to the principles of lean production, principles for eliminating waste during production. Now, in Lean Solutions, the authors establish the groundbreaking principles of lean consumption, showing companies how to eliminate inefficiency during consumption.

In this landmark new book, James Womack and Daniel Jones deconstruct this broken producer-consumer model and show businesses how to repair it. Across all industries, companies that apply the principles of lean consumption will learn how to provide the full value consumers desire from products without wasting time or effort, theirs or the consumers', and as a result these companies will be more profitable and competitive.

Members Reviews:

Great ideas with customer focus

I really liked this book.

it was clear in its examples and my brain is overloading with ideas.

it could have contained one more example but it's not critical.

worth a second, third and even a fifth read.

terrible follow up to a great first book.

This is just the ramblings of an old man. It's the way that he wishes the world could be but it isn't.

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Title: Stewardship

Subtitle: Choosing Service Over Self-interest

Author: Peter Block

Narrator: Michael Toms

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 12-15-99

Publisher: Phoenix Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 26 votes

Genres: Business, Management

Publisher's Summary:

In today's workplace, managers must be able to accept accountability for the overall well-being of the company, yet also be able to give up the need to control or be controlled by others. Author Peter Block discusses ways to create a new kind of workplace, where every employee thinks and acts like an owner, by integrating management with workers to increase productivity. This program features exclusive interviews with the author, Harley Davidson President/CEO Richard Teerlink, best selling author Margaret Wheatley, and others who have benefited from these time-tested principles.

Recording (P)1997 by Audio Literature; Copyright ©1993, 1996 by Peter Block

Members Reviews:

Great Thoughts

I found Peter Block's ideas fascinating. Peter Block is an experienced consultant with some revolutionary ideas about how business and government should be run. In this book he talks about service, community, empowerment, responsibility and accountability. He shows how work and family life can be more fulfilling and rewarding for all of us if we can change our thinking on how business is structured. Critics may think he's too idealistic, too radical, too impractical, but the interviews at the end of the audiobook show how these ideas are being successfully implemented in three different organizations, a school district, a police department, and at Harley Davidson. Margaret Wheatley, author of "A Simpler Way" and "Leadership and the New Science", both available at Audible, was also interviewed.

Change is difficult and those in power now will probably have the most trouble accepting these ideas. But these ideas can transform us and society, and they should be embraced by all.

A New Way of Thinking

Block presents the concept of stewardship as a new form of leadership or governance that places service ahead of self-interest and creates partnership rather than dependency. It takes the idea of empowerment presented in his earlier book, The Empowered Manager, to a whole new level. Block is constantly contrasting traditional leadership with the model of stewardship with phrases like "service over self-interest," "patriarchy vs. partnership," and "dependency vs. empowerment," to name a few. The main idea is that commitment to the larger community or organization is what creates effective organizational systems, and we inspire that commitment by allowing those involved to create the vision

Love the concept but can it be done?

Would you listen to Stewardship again? Why?

I've listened to it twice and will probably listen to it many more times on my long commute. I love this radical departure from the normal corporate ideology. It's very appealing to an entrepreneur like me who's had to fit herself into the corporate grind after calling my own shots for a few decades. Many, but not all, are hungry for ownership and a share in the rewards and privileges. This will take a lot of willpower and determination to implement, along with a healthy dose of un-indoctrination. Not sure it can be accomplished, but will be fun to try!

What was one of the most memorable moments of Stewardship?

When we take ownership, we give up the luxury of having others take care of us.

What does Michael Toms bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

Very low key, laid back presentation. Peaceful voice.

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Title: David Allen on Managing Your Attention

Author: David Allen

Narrator: Dave Summers

Format: Original Recording

Length: 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-23-15

Publisher: American Management Association

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: Business, Management

Publisher's Summary:

David Allen, author of Getting Things Done, uses lists so he doesn't have to make a plan. This may seem counterintuitive, but it's actually extremely intuitive thinking. As soon as something crosses your mind, it is best to deal with it immediately in the most appropriate way. Most of the time, that means writing an action item down on a list to do later. But addressing thoughts as they occur to you, even if that just means acknowledging them and planning on saving them for later, frees up your mind so the real critical thinking can be done on issues that really matter.

Members Reviews:

Good Reminder of GTD Reasoning

You could use this quick listen two ways. One way to use it is as a refresher if you've read David Allen's book Getting Things Done several times and are implementing the practices (or trying to move into them.) The second way it could be used is as a quick overview to decide if you want to know more about GTD. If trying to decide whether or not to use GTD methodology with this information, do yourself the favor of listening to it 5 or 10 times before deciding not to. He moves fast in this excerpt.

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Title: Practical Empathy

Subtitle: For Collaboration and Creativity in Your Work

Author: Indi Young

Narrator: Indi Young

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-28-16

Publisher: Indi Young

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 15 votes

Genres: Business, Management

Publisher's Summary:

Conventional product development focuses on the solution. Empathy is a mindset that focuses on people, helping you to understand their thinking patterns and perspectives. Practical Empathy will show you how to gather and compare these patterns to make better decisions, improve your strategy, and collaborate successfully.

Members Reviews:

Insightful, pragmatic and inspiring

As a long-time meditator and peace activist, I tend to be wary of the sudden recent "rediscovery" of empathy in design and business. Yet among all the shallow posturing, every now and then you come across a writer or designer who really does understand what is needed. Indi Young is one of those who has thought deeply about empathy and its role in collaboration and design. Her book is titled perfectly - this is above all a guide to applied, empirical empathy in our work.

And it does take work. The words practice, teaching, learning, repeating all stand out. I really like that Practical Empathy is both aspirational ("It feels different to be a true listener,") and realistic ("You are not expected to embrace everything written here wholesale. Instead, incorporate bits and pieces into your regular work practice.")

What you practically learn here is how to listen in a new way to the needs of users - and the techniques for doing so are neither obvious or easy. And building on that listening, how to structure what you hear into patterns of behaviour that you can, in turn, use as the basis of design decisions.

I recommend the book - and the accompanying website - without hesitation. And if you are fortunate enough, do take the opportunity to study the techniques first hand with Indi. I did so recently in Seattle and it was an outstanding day of learning.

I love this book

This book has totally changed the way I communicate with people, and our customers. Empathy is something one needs to practice and cultivate. I have been making excellent progress since reading this book. For me this book goes way beyond the "customer" it also includes my family members and people I work with everyday. It includes strangers I meet on my daily train commute.

Science of Emotion

Indi Young brings the scientist's mindset to solving for emotion in design. Her guidance is clear and ready to follow as you design for empathy and emotion.

Love it. Drives home what empathy really is and ...

Love it. Drives home what empathy really is and isn't. Caused me to think differently and hopefully, therefore respond differently.

Five Stars

Read it! ;-)

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Title: Managing at the Leading Edge

Subtitle: Navigating and Piloting Business Strategy at Critical Moments

Author: Tom Rose

Narrator: Michael Sears

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-17

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Business, Management

Publisher's Summary:

We live in an exciting time. Technology, globalization, and demographic shifts provide new potential for personal and business success. Yet, research tells that only 30 percent of our attempts to implement change succeed amid the turbulence we encounter both within and outside today's organizations. We need new ways of thinking and doing if we are to turn potential into performance. Managing at the Leading Edge provides a new evidence-based roadmap for leadership success in a dynamic context.

Managing at the Leading Edge highlights lessons from the navigation and piloting practices used in high performance sailing. In the contemporary "white water" business environment, as at sea, achieving goals requires choosing a destination amidst uncertainty, adjusting to continually shifting conditions, converting the push and pull of environmental forces into momentum, and using different skills at different times to negotiate hazards and achieve success.

Easy-to-grasp and recall, this book proposes a framework of leadership with a dual focus on navigating and piloting. This framework is supported by new evidence-based insights about personal and organizational high performance. Systematic comparisons of high performing leaders and organizations with leaders and organizations that have not yet achieved this distinction illustrate how the principles of navigation and piloting apply. This research featured surveys of over 1,000 senior and mid-level leaders, the results of over a 100 interviews and the author's extensive consultation experience with a host of leaders and organizations.

Through case studies, discussion of relevant research, practical tools, and templates, Managing at the Leading Edge will help you learn:

Armed with leadership capabilities of high performance navigating and piloting you will be able to recognize and act on opportunities for enhanced leadership impact and achieve results that matter for you, your peers, and your organization.

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Title: 48-Hour Start-Up: From Idea to Launch in 1 Weekend

Author: Fraser Doherty MBE

Narrator: Fraser Doherty MBE

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-25-16

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Business, Management

Publisher's Summary:

Fraser Doherty's 48-Hour Start-Up is your handy and essential cheat sheet to starting your own business, giving the key steps for developing an idea and getting it to market quickly.

Almost everyone dreams of starting their own business, but very few do it. What if it had to be only a decision of a weekend, and it didn't cost a fortune?

In 48-Hour Start-Up, Fraser Doherty uses his experience in building a multimillion-dollar company to attempt an experiment: starting with a blank piece of paper, he sets out to start a profitable new business over a weekend, without relying on any technical ability whatsoever. He succeeds, and you can, too, by following his journey. Fraser shares all of his lessons and mistakes and explains all of the shortcuts and online tools that make it possible to:

48-Hour Start-Up pioneers the idea of a microbusiness, a creative outlet, an income stream and a business you can run in your spare time on the weekends, without having to quit the day job. This audiobook is perfect for:

Members Reviews:

Beautifully narrated and written

I finished this book in a little over a day and that's how much I loved it!

It has indeed inspired a startup to menifest in 48 hours in South Africa.

Much love & respect.

mostly the resources

The most valuable information is probably the list of resources you get from this book.

Solid small business ideas and well worth a listen

This book has given me sound business advice and real good for amateurs and intermediate entrepreneurs. I already had some business ideas, however I believe this book has given me even more ideas and decent foundations on how to make those ideas work with the tools he has provided me with. This book may have cost me 8, but it might just make me 80,000 in the future, only time will tell.

Great!!

Found this book brilliant and great tools that can be used and got from his site

No excuses now!!

no excuses now! all the tools required for a startup are here! makes me realise how so many others do it. thanks!

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Title: Lessons Learned in Retail Management

Author: Jeannie G Bruenning

Narrator: Jim Seybert

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-30-17

Publisher: A Silver Thread Publishing

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Business, Management

Publisher's Summary:

Managers are the heart, soul and brains of any retail operation.

Lessons Learned in Retail Management breaks down the manager's role in four parts: the importance of understanding financials, the skills needed in managing people, finding the lost art of customer service, and the importance of personal development. 25 years in the making, it contains successful tools for building strong foundations and turning stores around. You can be a successful manager - no matter how tall the ladder of success may be.

Whether you are on the first rung of the ladder or feel as if you're stuck somewhere in the middle, Lessons Learned in Retail Management is a primer in basic retail management and provides tools that will challenge you to reach for the next rung. Introduction and Conclusion are read by the author.

Members Reviews:

Applicable Business Lessons

The info in this book can be applied to your business as well as to your home organization and management! Helps to take into consideration everything involved in how to run a business successfully.

Jim Seyberts narration is really good; he sounds professional, believable, and like he knows whats hes talking about, His voice is very clear and understandable, makes you want to listen!

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Really Helpful!

This audio had a lot of helpful information. I'm taking some business management classes right now and I actually mentioned some of the information I learned in this audiobook in class. Great narration!

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. The fact that I was gifted this book had no influence over my opinion of it

Informative and Inspirational Business Book

As a business owner, I'm always in search of the next great business book that going to teach me something new, or tell me something I've heard before, but in a way I've not heard it before.

I'm happy to announce that this book fits the bill. Not only does it tell me things I have not heard before (like the importance of not allowing seasonal dips to get you down), but it also told me things I already knew in a way I hadn't heard before (such as scheduling people well in advance so that they can have a life that's more predictable, and thereby find one less reason to hate their job because they never know when they are working).

The author of the book gives a nice, long introduction, which at first I didn't understand, but as she drew me into her background and story, I understood why she recorded it herself. The audio quality of the author's intro was inferior compared to the recording of the book itself, which was rich and professional. But I forgive her for the tinny quality of the recording because it was brief, and the content was great.

After the author's intro, Jim Seybert did a fantastic job narrating. He threw himself into the narration with the perfect balance of acting when there was a phrase with emotion or frustration to convey to the reader, and he was great in that regard. Not once did I sense that he was reading a book. It was like he was just telling me the advice, making it up as he went. That's how smooth the reading was.