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Title: Exploring Leadership: For College Students Who Want to Make a Difference, 2nd Edition

Author: Susan R. Komives, Nance Lucas

Narrator: Derek Perkins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-31-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

This is the thoroughly revised and updated second edition of the best-selling book Exploring Leadership. The book is designed to help college students understand that they are capable of being effective leaders and to guide them in developing their leadership potential. Exploring Leadership incorporates new insights and material developed in the course of the authors work in the field. The second edition contains expanded and new chapters and also includes the relational leadership model, uses a more global context and examples that relate to a wide variety of disciplines, contains a new section which emphasizes ways to work to accomplish change, and concludes with concrete strategies for activism.

Members Reviews:

Food for thought still fills the appetite

Leadership can sometimes drag on and be a boring subject to talk about. In this book, Komives puts simple ideas and big text together to make reading though the textbook quite easy. While some of the idea's are off-base and definitely need some work (I am looking at you MBTI 2.0), there are also many great theories that can be expaned upon for great discussion. Normal classes consisted of reading the book as homework and discussing how we could apply these theories in everyday life.

I am not saying this is the solution for future leaders, but food for thought still filled the appetite.

Read this if you have trouble obtaining the code for the book

I have not read the book, yet, so not reviewing that. But, I followed the instructions to get the code:

"E-book customers must prove they have purchased the book to obtain their StrengthsFinder access code from Wiley Customer Service"

Wiley online chat support representatives would not provide the code. I had to call Wiley Customer Service (good luck finding the phone number). They provided the code and told me that they would tell their online chat reps to provide the code in the future. Here's the Wiley Customer Service phone number just in case: (877) 762-2974.

Book

Needed it for leadership class at school.

Five Stars

Full of great info. Not a book you will want to get rid of after a class is over!

E- books needs reviewing

I am aware of the copy wright issues book producers and sellers are facing pertaining to their books. I am all for securing your interest, however, this book is okay because it is just to read, but the other book I purchased is a work book, so it need to be printable. If these E books are made printable for students, once they enter their student ID or something along that line, it will entice us to purchase them, but as we speak, students are distancing themselves from E books. Other than that I love shopping on Amazon.com

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Title: Do Nothing!

Subtitle: How to Stop Overmanaging and Become a Great Leader

Author: J. Keith Murnighan

Narrator: Sean Pratt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-24-12

Publisher: Gildan Media, LLC

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

Imagine youve just come back to work after a two-week vacation during which you actually relaxed, without calling in or checking e-mail. You discover that there are no pressing issues and that, on the contrary, your team scored a big new customer and fixed a nagging problem during your absence. No red flags or fires to put out. Sadly, for most leaders this scenario is only a dream. They constantly check on whats happening because they expect the worst (and usually get it). But Keith Murnighan shows that not only is do nothing leadership possible, it is also far more effective than doing too much.

Great leaders dont work; they facilitate and orchestrate. They think of great strategies and help others implement them. They spend their time preparing for the future. They take a comprehensive view of their terrain while also noticing key details so they can confidently choose the right forks in the road. In other words, great leaders dont do anything - except think, make key decisions, help people do their jobs better, and add a touch of organizational control to make sure the final recipes come out okay.

In sharp contrast, most leaders are too busy actually working to do these things - and their teams suffer as a result. Do Nothing!s practical strategies and true stories will show you how to set high expectations for your team and watch it rise to the challenge. It will help you establish a healthier culture by trusting people more than they expect to be trusted. And it will help you overcome your natural tendencies toward micromanagement so you can let people do their jobs - even when you know you could do their jobs better.

As Murnighan writes, My experience suggests that you will be surprised - wildly surprised. People on your team will reveal skills you never knew they had and will accomplish things that go far beyond your estimate of their capabilities. They might not do things the way you would do them, but they will get results you never expected. Everyone has hidden talents, and most leaders never discover them. Before you reject this approach, ask yourself: what if you did nothing and it actually worked?

Critic Reviews:

Murnighan uses rigorous research to provide detailed advice that will help leaders do their jobs better, develop more adept and committed followers, and suffer from less stress and overwork. Even though most business books present new wine in old bottles, Do Nothing! is the rare book that provides a refreshing perspective and tangible advice on leadership that isnt available anyplace else. (Robert I. Sutton, author of The No Asshole Rule)

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Title: The Wide Lens

Subtitle: A New Strategy for Innovation

Author: Ron Adner

Narrator: Walter Dixon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-10-12

Publisher: Gildan Media, LLC

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 58 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

How can great companies do everything right - identify real customer needs, deliver excellent innovations, beat their competitors to market - and still fail? The sad truth is that many companies fail because they focus too intensely on their own innovations, and then neglect the innovation ecosystems on which their success depends. In our increasingly interdependent world, winning requires more than just delivering on your own promises. It means ensuring that a host of partners - some visible, some hidden - deliver on their promises, too.

In The Wide Lens, innovation expert Ron Adner draws on over a decade of research and field testing to take you on far ranging journeys from Kenya to California, from transport to telecommunications, to reveal the hidden structure of success in a world of interdependence.

A riveting study that offers a new perspective on triumphs like Amazon's e-book strategy and Apple's path to market dominance; monumental failures like Michelin with run-flat tires and Pfizer with inhalable insulin; and still unresolved issues like electric cars and electronic health records, The Wide Lens offers a powerful new set of frameworks and tools that will multiply your odds of innovation success.

The Wide Lens will change the way you see, the way you think - and the way you win.

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Title: The Secret of Teams

Subtitle: What Great Teams Know and Do

Author: Mark Miller

Narrator: Bob Dunsworth

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-06-11

Publisher: HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 62 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

Using the same characters as those found in Millers other bestseller, The Secret and one new character, a retired Special Forces Commander, this work aims to help team leaders and team members create high-performing teams. The core message is that Talent, Skills, and Community are all essential to team success, and that team leaders and leaders supervising or training team leaders, need to develop all three in order to create such teams.

This work presents a radical message in the team literature and in the practice of most organizations. Most team books focus on such things as getting clear about team purpose and team member roles, not the importance of creating a sense of community in a team. Miller offers concrete suggestions for building teams where people know each other deeply, server each other willingly, and genuinely care for each other. The reader learns of the value true affection and compassion bring to a team and how crucial that bond is to any teams success.

Critic Reviews:

Whether you're part of a huge corporation, a not-far-profit organization, or a small company with just a few employees, apply the principles and practices in The Secret of Teams to make your workplace come alive. (Ken Blanchard, author of the bestselling classic The One Minute Manager)

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Title: The Performance Pipeline

Subtitle: Getting the Right Performance at Every Level of Leadership

Author: Stephen Drotter

Narrator: Jim Manchester

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-22-11

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

It's not enough to build a company full of people with leadership skills. The Performance Pipeline digs deep into the real work of executing business results at each leadership layer. It is filled with lessons and examples from the author's 40 years of experience, and shows how to set performance standards, make sure the right work is being done, and remove performance barriers. It also illustrates how leaders can make the transition to the next level and achieve full performance. Filled with illustrative examples and personal experiences, the audiobook explains how Performance Pipelines work in real-world organizations. Get an advantage over the competition!

Members Reviews:

The right results from the right people in the right management layer... Simple and efficient!

This book gives us a deep understanding of how companies loose time, efficiency and money because the absence of a clear view of what results are expected from each management layer. It is worthy reading to see how to make expectations and roles simple and understandable to everybody...

highly recommend

Amazing and valuable book for every manager and executive

Three Stars

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For the Leader in All of Us

One of Stephen Drotter's previous books was - "The Leadership Pipeline - How to build a Leadership Powered Company"

As you can deduce from the titles, Drotter feels that almost everyone in a company should be a leader.

The introduction "Dealing with pervasive uncertainty" talks about all the unknowns of the current situation. Although I feel these uncertainties, there is a part in everyone that wants to think that the current time has greater uncertainty than others. I have found we always feel that way though.

He talks about not only having good leadership skills but applying them properly for optimum performance.

Of course he also touches on succession planning. This is the key role for any board. Also key for any organization to have long term staying ability.

Performance Pipeline draws on decades of experience and research so has many interesting stories. The best learning is often gained through stories (and they keep it interesting).

This is an HR book of sorts. There is a great list of interview questions in the appendix. I always find it easiest to pick questions from such a list.

Good book - too much to summarize. Best to just read it.

Better and mode detailed than the Leadership pipeline

Better and mode detailed than the Leadership pipeline. This one includes individual contributors in a full chapter. The other doesn't

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Title: The 100 Best Business Books of All Time

Subtitle: What They Say, Why They Matter, and How They Can Help You

Author: Jack Covert, Todd Sattersten

Narrator: Jack Covert, Todd Sattersten

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-30-10

Publisher: 800CEOREAD

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 27 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

Thousands of business books are published every year. Here are the best of the best. After years of reading, evaluating, and selling business books, Jack Covert and Todd Sattersten are among the most respected experts on the category. Now they have chosen and reviewed the 100 best business titles of all time, the ones that deliver the biggest payoff for today's busy readers and listeners.

The 100 Best Business Books of All Time puts each book in context, so that listeners can quickly find solutions to the problems they face, such as how best to spend The First 90 Days in a new job or how to take their company from Good to Great. Many of the choices are surprising - you'll find reviews of Moneyball and Orbiting the Giant Hairball, but not Jack Welch's memoir.

At the end of each review, Jack and Todd direct listeners to other books, both inside and outside "The 100 Best". And sprinkled throughout are "sidebars" suggesting movies, novels, and even children's books that offer equally relevant business insights. This guide will appeal to anyone, from entry-level to CEO, who wants to cut through the clutter and discover the brilliant books that are truly worth and investment of time and money.

Members Reviews:

Good book list; poor recording

This book is read by the two authors. They are not professional oral readers and frequently stumble over their words or make mistakes. The recording was apparently not edited because the authors repeat sentences when they have made a mistake (thinking the first sentence audio would be removed). In the final few chapters, the authors are actually talking about the recording itself (perhaps thinking the microphone is turned off) and one of the chapters is cut off. The list is a good sample of popular business books, but each very brief synopsis often contains more of Covert and Satterson's impressions of the book rather than the content of the book itself. The first 50 books have 3 or 4 minute outlines, while the last 10 or 20 books have outlines in the 1 to 3 minute range which makes them limited in usefulness.

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Title: If You Don't Make Waves You'll Drown

Subtitle: 10 Hard-Charging Strategies for Leading in Politically Correct Times

Author: Dave Anderson

Narrator: Dave Anderson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-17-10

Publisher: The Dave Anderson Corporation

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 15 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

You'll find the following in If You Don't Make Waves You'll Drown: four politically incorrect traits you must weave into your leadership style; how to eliminate entitlements and send the moochers in your organization packing; how to give four types of effective feedback to employees to improve performance; 25 sample performance and behavioral expectations that enhance accountability; a step-by-step plan to restart your momentum when you lose it; and much, much more!

Members Reviews:

The truth

The hard truth about entitlements and the need for accountability. The weaklings won't like it!

Direct and too the point

Would you try another book from Dave Anderson and/or Dave Anderson?

Yes

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

Yes

What did you take away from If You Don't Make Waves You'll Drown that you can apply to your work?

You need to be very focused on the expectations of your staff and you will reach the goals you have set for your company.

Any additional comments?

Some democrats will not like Dave's direct approach!

Good Book, Valid Points, Revels In Obnoxiousness

Any additional comments?

Overall I enjoyed this book. The author makes very valid points - for the sake of courtesy or nicety or political correctness we often don't say or do what needs to be done to be successful. But he goes to the point of reveling in harshness or bluntness a bit. He does make sure to qualify that he doesn't suggest people should be mean and avoid being brutal if possible, but spends most of the book encouraging the listeners to be honest as far as necessary to ensure the success of their objectives. To his credit, that's exactly what the book is about and, in my opinion, this isn't a guide for all of life, but rather suggestions to incorporate into life/business. Personally I see Jack Welch's Winning as more of an all encompassing book on success and Dave Anderson's Waves as a highlight on the more "brutal" things Jack did to ensure the success of GE.

Total Rubbish

Wow! Mr. Anderson seems to think that by being opinionated will make him (and you) right. This neo-conservative diatribe is the absolute worst advice I can imagine. His nostalgic longing for the past that never existed is gag provoking. If you have a soft spot in your heart for Dick Cheney you will love this book. I hope all my competitors read this book. There may be good points in here, but the author's paternalistic scolding gets in the way.

Ranting!

I agreed with most of the beginning and absolutely respect political views at variance with mine, it challenges my thinking and sharpens my cognitive saw! However, a lot of this book is an angry rant. I was disappointed and cannot rate until I have listened to it again! Hummmm!

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Title: No-Nonsense Leadership

Subtitle: Real World Strategies to Maximize Personal & Corporate Potential

Author: Dave Anderson

Narrator: Dave Anderson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-10-10

Publisher: The Dave Anderson Corporation

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 39 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

No-Nonsense Leadership is the most useable, hard-hitting field manual on managing and leading people available. It is broken down into short, direct, applicable sections filled with strategies like these: seven steps to recruiting and hiring a team of eagles; how to leverage the power of momentum; are you more manager than leader; 11 steps for leading change; a fish rots at the head; five causes and cures for corporate cancer; you might be a micromanager if...; how to stay off the endangered species list; your people need a coach, not a cop; vision: a leader's first responsibility; drop the excuses for not training; weeding out "loyal" non-performers; six steps to power motivating; five steps to holding powerful one-on-ones; turning poor performers around; how to make the tough calls; and dozens more!

©2001 Dave Anderson (P)2002 Dave Anderson

Members Reviews:

Good information

Good information from someone who has lived the car business. Dave offers insight offered in few books I have read.

Must read for all Dealers

It's like the Bible for business. Can't read it too many times. Good job Dave Anderson, can't thank you enough!

A no-nonsense map

Loved this book.it is simple and real. Great map to success. A motivational inward look at self included. Will be listening more than once.

Should be required reading for all Managers

Great book! You won't be disappointed. Dave has really put together a sound book on leadership, developing people and growing your business. Regardless if you're a new manager, or a seasons pro, this book needs to be in your library.

strait to leadership

i first found the style quite difficult but then i got right into it, and did get great inside as well as some of my values were shaken, and this I do like

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Title: High Altitude Leadership

Subtitle: What the World's Most Forbidding Peaks Teach Us About Success

Author: Chris Warner, Don Schmincke

Narrator: Marc Vietor

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-20-10

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 33 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

Leadership is often a risky, lonely role possessing nearly unbearable lows and fleeting highs. Despite this emotionally and intellectually draining roller coaster, a handful of leaders deliver stunning results, with great consistency. They push past current leadership trends in order to achieve the most extremely challenging goals. They don't fall prey to the platitudes or cliches we see so often see in leadership theory. Instead, they succeed by recognizing and surviving the dangers that challenge them as they take themselves and their teams to higher levels. These rare individuals are those that Chris Warner and Don Schmincke call High Altitude Leaders. In High Altitude Leadership they explain how to become that kind of leader.

The authors present a new approach to leadership development, based on ground-breaking scientific research, field-tested under the most brutal conditions on the most difficult summits, and successfully applied in the training of executives, management teams, and entrepreneurs throughout the world.

Critic Reviews:

"As much a life guide as a business primer, this book sports a helpful, engaging and positive plan for working together effectively and honestly." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

Must listen for mountaineers & mortals

What made the experience of listening to High Altitude Leadership the most enjoyable?

Why are you such a risk taker in some parts of your life and a wimp in others?

What was one of the most memorable moments of High Altitude Leadership?

Writing a business plan, on toilet paper, while cooped up in a tent on Denali.

Which scene was your favorite?

All of it.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Do you want to die fast or slow?

Any additional comments?

Chris does a great job of boiling down behavioral issues that you will see all around you - even in the mirror - that are killing you and your organization. The question is whether you are going to do anything about them?

An Excellent Leadership Book

Any additional comments?

This is the best leadership book I have read by a civilian. No BS. A lot of leadership books have 5 hours of useful content and 4 hours of fluff. This book doesn't. I felt like the entire book was top notch content.

The best book ever

This book single handedly took leadership from a phrase to a new height in practical everyday application. Wow,wow,WOW!

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Title: Cracking the Corporate Code

Subtitle: The Revealing Success Stories of 32 African American Executives

Author: Price M. Cobbs, Judith L. Turnock

Narrator: Jane Ellen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-07-10

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 24 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

Despite decades of social progress and legal reform, minorities still face obstacles on the path to success, both internal and external, from cultural insensitivity to outright prejudice, from isolation to over-scrutiny.

Cracking the Corporate Code looks at the factors that have framed the careers of 32 African-American executives, whose accomplishments have made valuable contributions to the success of organizations ranging from Pepsi, Kraft, GE, Merrill Lynch, and Miller Brewing to Prudential, Sears, Verizon, American Express, Chrysler, and BP. These men and women, in wide-ranging interviews, discuss what motivated them, recount sources of support and conflict, and reveal the strategies they developed to acquire and use power and to achieve undisputed corporate results.

The authors have analyzed the experiences selectively, resulting in a book that is both an inspiration and a call to action. Cracking the Corporate Code is an eye-opening and practical guide for anyone who seeks to blend professional, personal, and cultural identities into an individual formula for success.

Members Reviews:

more like a lecture

Maybe I gave up too soon, it just seemed that it was all preface. I wanted to read about the lives of these successful people and their unique challenges. Too little biography and too much lesson.

Good Read.

If you could sum up Cracking the Corporate Code in three words, what would they be?

Insightful, Entertaining and Motivating.

What did you like best about this story?

It showed me that my experiences are neither new nor uncommon... that there is a way to overcome common challenges many people of African descent experience in a Caucasian work place and culture.

The narrative brought the insights to life, and made them meaningful.

Have you listened to any of Jane Ellens other performances before? How does this one compare?

None before. I would like to hear more of her performances.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

None in particular... the book is inspiring on a whole.

Any additional comments?

It would have been nice to hear success stories from more contemporary black businessmen and women. The people covered often said that a big part of there success was not having too much competition against other black people in their field so it's easier for them to have developed their respective niches.

As someone in their mid 20's in 2013, I'd like to hear to climb of those closer to my age... what their backgrounds are and how they came to know their success in this day and age.

Eye Opening

My career is now on the downswing and I hope retire in the next five years. I am an African American male. I was a first line procurement manager at a large defense company for 18 years after being a buyer for 16 years. I really wish that I had learned what this book teaches 30 years ago.

The narrator swings into new story lines and examples fairly quickly so you have to pay attention.

The examples have enough depth to make their points without being dragged out.

It would help for Caucasians to read this book to increase their sensitivity to diverse cultures.

Unexpected, poor product.

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

The content was lousy - dull and repetitive.