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Title: Humanize

Subtitle: How People-Centric Organizations Succeed in a Social World

Author: Jamie Notter, Maddie Grant

Narrator: Rick Frederick

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-07-13

Publisher: Maddie Grant

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

A practical guide for realizing the true potential of social media - not for marketing, but for leadership.

Knowing the tools of social media is a must for successful marketing these days, but the real promise of social media is the way it can teach us a whole new way of doing business. Humanize takes the principles underlying social media's growth and applies them to the way we lead and manage our organizations. Leading organizational consultants Jamie Notter and Maddie Grant help you change your organization, from the culture down to individual behavior, in ways that make it more human - and more effective.

Drawing on their extensive experience, Notter and Grant help you make management innovation real and doable. Regardless of your title or position, this book can help you:

Members Reviews:

Your Business WILL Change -- this book explains how, and what to do about it.

We've all experienced the impact of technology on how we do business, and on how organizations work. Computers. Email. Mobile phones. All things we now take for granted, but they had a profound effect on how we got work done.

Social media--which lets anyone publish anything from anywhere, and which creates instant communities around shared interests--will have a far more profound effect on how we do business than anything we've seen so far. It will literally force us to tear up and re-knit the fabric of how our organizations are structured. I have believed this to be true for a while, and we finally have a book that explains why this transformation will happen, what the post-social media organization will look like, and how to transition your business from a hierarchical, mechanistic structure into to a far more sustainable, effective people-centric organization.

In the first four chapters, all written in an informative yet highly readable style, Grant and Notter explain the origins of our current process- and best practices-based corporate structures, why those structures will fail if they don't change, and what the challenges are to making the change happen. This is not a pollyanna cheerleading book about how great social media is; the changes will happen but they won't be easy for many organizations to absorb.

That's where the second half of the book comes in. In four brilliantly written chapters, the authors offer detailed, practical advice--complete with downloadable worksheets and specific examples and suggestions for how anyone (not just executives) can start making a difference today. Humanize allows you to help your organization become open, trustworthy, generative (being able to produce/create value on an ongoing basis) and courageous. And, for those organizations who can make the transition, it will allow them to build far closer, more valuable relationships with its customers and its employees.

I am not typically a fan of business books, but I really enjoyed this one, both for its subject matter and its readability.

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Title: The Three Rules

Subtitle: How Exceptional Companies Think

Author: Michael E. Raynor, Mumtaz Ahmed

Narrator: Erik Synnestvedt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-18-13

Publisher: Gildan Media, LLC

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 16 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

Finally, an answer to the ultimate business question: How do some companies achieve exceptional performance over the long term?

In every sector, there's an outlier. In the pharmaceutical industry, its Merck. In discount retail, it's Family Dollar. It used to be Wrigley in candy and Maytag in appliances. Other superstars have been hidden in plain sight, like Heartland Express in trucking or Linear Technology in semiconductors. How do these exceptional companies deliver superior performance over the long run despite facing the same constraints as competitors? What are they doing differently? What can we learn from them?

Michael E. Raynor and Mumtaz Ahmed have analyzed data on more than 25,000 companies spanning 45 years. Their five-year study began with a sophisticated statistical analysis to identify which companies have truly exceptional performance, 344 in all. In collaboration with teams of researchers, Raynor and Ahmed then put a carefully chosen representative sample of 27 companies under the microscope to uncover what made the stand-out performers different. They found that exceptional companies, when faced with difficult decisions, follow three rules: Better before cheaper. They rarely compete on price. Revenue before cost. They drive profits through price and volume, not thrift. There are no other rules. Everything else is up for grabs, and they are willing to change anything to remain true to the first two rules.

The rules provide an indispensable compass that any company can use to chart its own path to greatness. Is it better to keep price down or invest in creating value that commands a higher price? Should you focus on talent and developing the abilities of your people or build processes to extend the capabilities of your organization? How about acquiring a sizable competitor to secure economies of scale - or a small start-up to gain access to new technology?

According to Raynor and Ahmed, the right answers to these and just about every other question are the ones most closely aligned with the rules. The Three Rules is built on a powerful combination of large-scale data analysis and in-depth case studies. Its guidance will increase the chance that your organization can become truly exceptional.

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Title: Kiss Your BUT Good-Bye

Subtitle: How to Get Beyond the One Word That Stands Between You and Success

Author: Joseph Azelby, Robert Azelby

Narrator: David Drummond

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-11-13

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

A simple, engaging, and eminently practical guide to overcoming your weaknesses - your Buts - to achieve the career and personal relationships you want.

Imagine a workplace where all the employees are aware of the things they do - or fail to do - that prevent them from being more productive and valuable. Imagine a company where everyone speaks openly and honestly about his or her weaknesses and is committed to strengthening and overcoming them. Imagine an environment where colleagues help one another become more efficient and less disruptive by speaking the truth about what detracts from the team's efforts and objectives. Imagine a place where the firm's most talented employees know exactly what they need to do to attain a leadership position.

This is no fantasy workplace: It can be your business if you listen to Joe Azelby and Bob Azelby, brothers and successful executives in their own right.

Kiss Your BUT Good-Bye will help all professionals find their individual BUT - whether it's a lack of skills, a distracting behavior, or a personality quirk that interferes with achieving success. Using road-tested techniques, Kiss Your BUT Good-Bye helps you examine your BUT, understand it, manage it, cover it, and most important, shrink it. It also enables managers to help their employees discover personal weaknesses and to learn how to deliver the direct, honest feedback every worker needs and deserves.

Finding your BUT can be tough medicine, but the Azelbys deliver it with a tasty spoonful of sugar. Get ready for success...get ready to Kiss Your BUT Good-Bye.

Members Reviews:

Great looking to better understand their weakness

There is no question that this book is far too cheeky with its use of puns.

However, it does give a moment to pause and consider all of the different Ways that someone's personal are the inhibiting factor to their success

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Title: 12 Disciplines of Leadership Excellence

Subtitle: How Leaders Achieve Sustainable High Performance

Author: Brian Tracy, Peter Chee

Narrator: Brian Tracy

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-19-13

Publisher: Gildan Media, LLC

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 20 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

The 12 disciplines you need to lead your company to excellence

In 12 Disciplines of Leadership Excellence, bestselling author and motivational expert Brian Tracy teams up with global learning expert Dr. Peter Chee to reveal simple, straightforward principles any business leader can use to make lasting positive changes in his or her organization.

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Title: It's All About Who You Hire, How They Lead . . . and Other Essential Advice from a Self-Made Leader

Author: Morton Mandel, John A. Byrne

Narrator: Bob Souer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-18-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 19 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

Leadership wisdom from a former CEO and Self-Made Billionaire

With corporations now associated in the public mind primarily with greed and unethical practices, it's more important than ever for leaders to move the focus back onto integrity, honesty, and doing the right thing. Mort Mandel, a CEO whom Peter Drucker esteemed in the same category as Jack Welch and Andy Grove, has spent the past seven decades mixing business and philanthropy, to the great enhancement of both. In this book Mandel shows how leaders can create lives of both meaning and profitability.

The book is filled with lessons learned from how Mort Mandel built a $3 billion company from scratch, yet also managed to spend up to a third of his time in the social sector, building and supporting nonprofit organizations.

Members Reviews:

Great leaders have always had an undue impact on the ...

This is an unusual book on leadership.

It is the distilled wisdom of an American businessman and philanthropist, but that in itself is not unusual as there are literally thousands of books of this kind.

There are three facts that make this book unusual. First, Mandel was described by the business guru, Peter Drucker, in a Forbes magazine article as one of the three businessmen he admired most. (The other two were Jack Welsh of GE and Andy Grove of Intel.)

Second, his company, Premier Industrial Corporation, was the lead anecdote in a Business Week cover story on customer service, and superlative customer service is always the result of a business that is well managed.

Finally, Mandel is a self-made dollar billionaire; his is a genuine story of rags to riches.

The title of the book, âIt is all about who you hireââ encapsulates much of the wisdom of the book. Great leaders have always had an undue impact on the organizations they lead whether the organization is a non-profit, a for-profit or a country. This position has led to Mandel insisting that only âA playersâ occupy leadership positions in his own companies and in the many public benefit organizations he served and those he established with his own wealth.

In a conversation with Mandel, Drucker asserted that you must always put your very best person into your greatest opportunity. When Mandel countered with the question: what if your best person is dentist and your greatest opportunity is a brass foundry, Drucker replied that the best person would fast realise what he could not do and fast find the right person to do.

This begs the question - what is an âA player?â Mandel has five criteria: Intellect, values, passion, work ethic, and experience - in this order.

The complexity of modern business requires that the leader has intellectual firepower, that ability to analyse facts correctly, interrogate situations cleverly, apply thoughtful judgement, and make good decisions. Fortunately, there are many ways to see a personâs intellect and Mandel favours school and university grades because they are taken over long periods and therefore are more reliable than a quick test or flash of brilliance in an interview.

Values are harder to discern, but how a candidate talks about their parents, teacher and role models does provide clues.

Intellect and values without passion wonât get results you require from the leader.

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Title: Simple

Subtitle: Conquering the Crisis of Complexity

Author: Alan Siegel, Irene Etzkorn

Narrator: Fleet Cooper

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-02-13

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 26 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

For decades, Alan Siegel and Irene Etzkorn have championed simplicity as a competitive advantage and a consumer right. Consulting with businesses and organizations around the world to streamline products, services, processes, and communications, they have achieved dramatic results.

In Simple, the culmination of their work together, Siegel and Etzkorn show us how having empathy, striving for clarity, and distilling your message can reduce the distance between company and customer, hospital and patient, government and citizen - and increase your bottom line.

Examining the best and worst practices of an array of organizations big and small - including the IRS, Google, Philips, Trader Joe's, Chubb Insurance, and ING Direct, and many more - Siegel and Etzkorn recast simplicity as a mindset, a design aesthetic, and a writing technique.

In this illuminating book, you will discover, among other things:

By exposing the overly complex things we encounter every day, Simple reveals the reasons we allow confusion to persist, inspires us to seek clarity, and explores how social media is empowering consumers to demand simplicity.

The next big idea in business is Simple.

Members Reviews:

Disappointing

This book wasnt for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

I can't think of a particular audience who would enjoy this book. One of the problems was that it was scattered and unfocused and pardon my pun, simplistic.It seems like there are the beginnings of two or three good books contained in the ideas of this book. However, the authors need to decide to focus and develop these.

Would you ever listen to anything by Alan Siegel and Irene Etzkorn again?

Probably not, there really wasn't a whole lot of meaningful content in this book, it seemed like the authors were just trying to capitalize on a fad.

What didnt you like about Fleet Coopers performance?

He did this weird thing whenever he was quoting another person. He would take on this creepy voice almost like Jack Donaughy's nemesis in 30 rock.

What character would you cut from Simple?

I would probably start with the narrator.

Any additional comments?

Yes, save your credit and skip this one. There's a ton of great information on simplicity on the web. This book has neither depth nor breath and therefore offers nothing above and beyond what you can find with a simple Google search.

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Title: Rebooting Work

Subtitle: Reimagining Work in the Age of Entrepreneurship

Author: Maynard Webb, Carlye Adler

Narrator: Brad Lawrence

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-01-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

From Silicon Valley leader Maynard Webb, how we can leverage technology to change how we work.

Maynard Webb has always been the go-to guy when Silicon Valley companies have thorny problems. Whether revamping eBay's crashing servers (transforming their technology weaknesses into a competitive strength) or investing in emerging technology start-ups, Webb brings strategic and operational savvy to every issue and venture. In his first book, Webb brings this same focus to tackle outdated models of work, created a century ago, which no longer sync up with either individual or employers' needs.

Through a unique framework, Webb identifies 4 different mindsets around work (the company man, CEO of your own destiny, disenchanted employee, and the aspiring entrepreneur). It organizes those who are self-motivated versus those who are waiting to be discovered and aims to give listeners the tools to become more self-actualized, happier, and ultimately more fulfilled in their careers. In identifying a paradigm shift that is already underway, Webb demonstrates clearly how to harness technology to embrace our own personal happiness, allowing people to become more productive at work and also spend more time with their families.

Rebooting Work reveals how anyone can take control of his or her own future, finding greater fulfillment, productivity, and happiness.

Members Reviews:

Motivating book

You must listen this book. It's a real history about the big difference between ceo enterprenour and ceo of your own destiny.

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Title: Leading Apple with Steve Jobs

Subtitle: Management Lessons from a Controversial Genius

Author: Jay Elliot

Narrator: Richard Davidson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-12-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 27 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

Audie Award Finalist, Business/Educational, 2014

A former Senior VP of Apple shares how Steve Jobs motivated people to do the best work of their lives

Jay Elliot was hired personally by Steve Jobs, just in time to accompany him on the last of his historic visits to Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center, the visits that changed the course of computing. As Senior VP of Apple, Jay served as Steve's right-hand man and trouble-shooter, overseeing all corporate operations and business planning, as well as software development and HR. In Leading Apple with Steve Jobs, Jay details how Steve managed and motivated his people - and what every manager can learn from Jobs about motivating people to do the best work of their lives.

Steve Jobs used the phrase "Pirates! Not the Navy" as a rallying cry - a metaphor to "Think Different." In the days of developing the Macintosh, it became a four-word mission statement. It expresses the heart of Apple and Steve. The management principles that grew out of that statement form the backbone of this book.

Members Reviews:

Not that intresting ...

Maybe it was just me but this book was just not that interesting. I was hoping to find some nuggets of Steve Jobs wisdom and this book just didn't have it. I might give it another chance in a couple of months but as of right now I was not impressed.

not very engaging

narrator sounded like he had an handfull of smoke and chewing on it..

the story was not cohesive, bits and bobs from jobs career...

not recommended

I love this book

Where does Leading Apple with Steve Jobs rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

It's definitely in my top five. I've learned a ton of practical principles I can use to run my business.

Which scene was your favorite?

The Pirates not the navy.

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

Yes but it took me two days. I even had to take a lot of detours whiles driving to make my journey longer. It is truly an inspiring book.

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Title: Amazing Things Will Happen

Subtitle: A Real-World Guide on Achieving Success and Happiness

Author: C. C. Chapman

Narrator: C. C. Chapman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-12-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 39 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.

Amazing Things Will Happen offers straightforward advice that can be put into action to improve your life. Through personal anecdotes from the author's life, and interviews of successful individuals across several industries, this audiobook demonstrates how to achieve success, in all aspects of life, through hard work and acts of kindness. Split into five sections, this audiobook details how to begin the self-improvement journey.

Each of us has different goals in life, but everyone wants to succeed - and have as much fun as possible along the way. Amazing Things Will Happen shows how to get on this path to success.

Critic Reviews:

"For people who want to make a leap into a new kind of career but just can't quite make the jump, C. C. Chapman offers practical advice, real-life examples, and thoughtful, realistic encouragement that will allow them to dare to do amazing things." (Gretchen Rubin, author of Happier at Home and The Happiness Project)

"This audiobook is a field manual for living life with passion and gusto. Listen to it only if you're prepared for amazing things!" (Chris Guillebeau, author of The $100 Startup)

Members Reviews:

Amazing Audio Version

What did you love best about Amazing Things Will Happen?

Having bought the book, I couldn't wait for the audio version. CC is an engaging and entertaining speaker, and his enthusiasm really comes through in the audio version.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Amazing Things Will Happen?

For some reason, the chapter about Ducks really struck a chord with me. Often times, being a duck, I am considered either complacent or uncaring - CC felt like he was talking about ME, saying it's ok not to "sweat the small stuff." Plus, hearing him quack through my car stereo was priceless.

Have you listened to any of C. C. Chapmans other performances before? How does this one compare?

CC is always an engaging speaker, so this version of his book definitely didn't let me down. I've heard a lot of "boring" books that are supposed to be uplifting and inspirational - but CC is different - you can feel the energy and honesty through his words.

Any additional comments?

I could have picked up the audio version for free as part of my audible subscription in only a few days. BUT, I just couldn't wait and popped on it. I was not disappointed. It is a great listen in the car as you are getting motivated to start your day.

Not as good as i expected

What did you like best about Amazing Things Will Happen? What did you like least?

I like that it's HIS story and not a fabricated "you should do". I didnt like that it was JUST a story...

Would you be willing to try another book from C. C. Chapman? Why or why not?

possibly.

Remarkably Unremarkable

This book wasnt for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

Someone very new to the working world - as in right out of high school - might appreciate it as general, shot-in-the-arm, rah-rah encouragement with which to embark on their career, but those with a more extended employment trajectory will find it old hat, motivational-speaker style hyperbole whose main attribute is its merciful brevity.

What was most disappointing about C. C.

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Title: Leadocracy

Subtitle: Hiring More Great Leaders (Like You) into Government

Author: Geoff Smart

Narrator: Geoff Smart

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-12

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

Do you think your life will get better in the future? Geoff Smart had some doubts. He saw what you see - how broken government has become. He worried about his career, his familys future, and our everyday quality of life. Then one day, Geoff received an unexpected message that changed how he saw the problem. Geoff was asked to help. His journey took him behind the scenes to work with other private sector leaders who had made the leap into government. What he discovered will surprise you.

Leadocracy will tell you:

Thomas Paines Common Sense painted a vision that inspired a generation and changed the course of human history. The movement of our time is leadocracy - government by societys greatest leaders. Leaders like you.

Members Reviews:

Leadocracy: Hiring More Great Leaders (Like You) In Office

review written by guest blogger Nabil Khan

Throughout the past decade due to conflicts of war, milestone presidencies, and revolutions around the world, the public eye has been focused on the leaders in government and the economy. There is a perceived dynamic between the public and private sector leaders that Geoff Smart wishes to change and modify. Geoff Smart provides a survey of the leaders that testify to the transition from public to private sector leadership positions. Smart unambiguously illustrates the process he went through in order to eradicate this stereotype that people, including private sector financier leaders, have about positions in government. Through the use of past examples of leaders who made the transition and their opinions concerning their experiences, Geoff Smart helps the reader develop a greater understanding of government leadership.

Geoff Smart consistently uses various examples of successful individuals who made the transition from private sector leadership to public sector leadership. These examples include Mitchell Daniels, governor of Indiana, Governor Jack Merkell of Delaware, and Mark Gollogly who sits on the cabinet of President Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. Smart interviews and discusses the transition from private sector leadership at places like Blackstone, Ernst & Young, and the Tractor Supply Company, to government leadership positions as governors, secretaries of departments, and cabinet members of the presidential administration. The interviews consisted of questions concerning why they left their high-paying jobs, was the transition a rewarding experience, and whether or not they would recommend it to other CEOs of industry.

This book takes you on a personal journey and recommendation of Geoff Smart, a leader in the field of ethical leadership. This journey entails Smart's own hesitancies behind the idea of transitioning from private to public. He admits to the stereotypes and fears that most Americans, and CEOs of industry continue to have: the money isn't as good, it's a political game, and spotlight is not something they want their families to endure. Geoff Smart tackles these obstacles by asking tough questions and requiring substantial answers.