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Title: The Innovator's Dilemma

Subtitle: Meeting the Challenge of Disruptive Change

Author: Clayton Christensen

Narrator: Deaver Brown

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-02-10

Publisher: Simply Media

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 226 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

Please Note: The audio has been updated for better sound quality.

This audiobook was created based on Clayton Christensen's landmark book The Innovator's Dilemma. This was Mr. Christensen's synopsis of his book for the Harvard Business Review. The audio tracks listed here cover the key elements of Mr. Christensen's book. This audiobook emphasizes the Idea in Brief "Does my organization have the right resources, processes, values, and team to innovate?" Then it covers the right structure for your specific type of innovation. He identifies where capabilities reside, in resources, processes, and values. He then addresses the migration of capabilities, illustrates it with the example of Digital Equipment (DEC), defines sustaining versus disruptive innovation, how to create capabilities to cope with change - internally, in a spinout, or an acquisition - and how to fit the tool to the task.

Members Reviews:

poor quality summary only

Would you try another book from Clayton Christensen and/or Deaver Brown?

This is incredibly poor quality recording and a summary only of a great book.

Sounds like recorded in a bathroom, when you can hear computer's fan and the narrator clicking a mouse, some weird background noise. The narrator seems to read it without much understanding and preparation. Avoid!

This is a summary, not the whole book

Any additional comments?

This is a summary, not the whole book. I feel like the term unabridged is misleading. It is dull in presentation and the information only applies to large businesses already in operation. Not my cup of tea. However, if you manage a large business and are interested in innovation from that perspective, the information might be helpful, I wouldn't know.

HORRIBLE PERFORMANCE... JUST COULDN'T LISTEN TO IT

What disappointed you about The Innovator's Dilemma?

I could not handle listening to this thing for more than two minutes... the quality is terrible.

It was recorded in a noisy environment with no technical resources nor knowledge at all!!

How could the performance have been better?

Someone recorded this at home with the worst microphone ever and lots of background noise!!

Terrible Quality

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

I guess its a good summary of the full book, but the audio quality and narration are terrible. It reminds of me of a podcast, yet even those have better quality. I know this was a cheap download, but I was a little surprised to Audible let this one through. Maybe if you need a refresher on The Innovators Dilemma listen to this, but otherwise stay away.

ABRIDGED !!!!

What would have made The Innovator's Dilemma better?

This is ABRIDGED!!! The recording is only 58 minutes long.

What was most disappointing about Clayton Christensens story?

Did Deaver Brown do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

What character would you cut from The Innovator's Dilemma?

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Title: On Becoming a Leader

Subtitle: The Leadership Classic Revised and Updated

Author: Warren Bennis

Narrator: Walter Dixon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-21-10

Publisher: Gildan Media, LLC

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 151 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

For many years, Warren Bennis has persuasively argued that leaders are not born - they are made. And for countless readers, On Becoming a Leader has served as a beacon of insight, delving into the qualities that define leadership, the people who exemplify it, and the strategies that anyone can apply to achieve it. In a world increasingly defined by turbulence and uncertainty, the call to leadership is more urgent than ever.

Featuring a provocative new epilogue on the challenges and opportunities facing leaders today, this new edition will inspire the next generation and guide us into the future.

Critic Reviews:

On Becoming a Leader is the indispensable handbook for anyone who has become a leader. Warren Bennis maps the terrain of leadership with a rare sense of wisdom and authority. (Daniel Goleman)

"Recommended for all business collections." (Library Journal)

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Title: The Power of Servant Leadership

Author: Robert K. Greenleaf

Narrator: Don Leslie

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-17-09

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 99 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

During the last decade, we have witnessed an unparalleled explosion of interest in the practice of "servant-leadership", as today's business leaders search for a new leadership model for the 21st century. Based on the seminal work of Robert K. Greenleaf, a former AT&T executive who coined the term almost 30 years ago, servant-leadership emphasizes an emerging approach to leadership - one which puts serving others, including employees, customers, and community, first. In fact, Greenleaf's work, including his best-selling Servant-Leadership, has become increasingly popular since his death in 1990 and continues to inspire a growing movement of people and organizations concerned with issues of leadership, management, service, and spirit.

The Power of Servant Leadership is a collection of nine of Greenleaf's most compelling essays on servant-leadership. These essays, published together in one volume for the first time, contain many of Greenleaf's best insights into the nature and practice of servant-leadership and show his continual refinement of the servant-as-leader concept. In addition, several of the essays focus on the related issues of spirit, commitment to vision, and wholeness.

Members Reviews:

Not Just the Power of Servant Leadership

This book is a collection of eight essays by Robert Greenleaf, which were all initially published separately after his seminal book, Servant Leadership. As such it is sometimes hard to find the thread of servant leadership in each of these essays, and some of them are very dense. The essay entitled, The Leadership Crisis, however, is particularly pertinent to the themes of servant leadership. In it Greenleaf points to the lack of a unifying idea as the basis for the current leadership crisis and outlines three forms of power leaders can exert: coercive, manipulative, and persuasive.

To be honest, I had a hard time getting through this book, possibly for two reasons. First, I was listening to this as an audio download, and I found it hard to follow. The other reason is that I had very different expectations of this book. It seemed to me that these essays really documented Robert Greenleaf's spiritual journey in his later years rather than expanding on his thesis about servant leadership.

A different leadership style

I've been reading leadership books for many years, and really couldn't find one that matched my personal style: leading from behind, mentoring employees, and working towards the good of the organization, without worrying about personal rewards.

This is a series of essays based around the concept of the leader as a servant. The leader serves the employees that work for him/her, the institution, and the community at large. This is a departure from the usual leadership books, which are usually based on the "alpha male" leadership style.

It must be said that this consists of a series of essays that were written for different target groups over a number of years. The specific topics cover corporations, seminaries, colleges, and other non-profits.

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Title: Fierce Leadership

Subtitle: A Bold Alternative to the Worst "Best" Business Practices of Today

Author: Susan Scott

Narrator: Susan Scott

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-15-09

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 65 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

From the author of the acclaimed book Fierce Conversations comes the antidote to some of the most wrongheaded practices of business today.

©2009 Susan Scott; (P)2009 Random House

Critic Reviews:

"Susan's new book has serious style, in its best sense, and is a must-read for anyone even remotely thinking about influencing situations and organizations. It's a jammed-packed compilation of truths and approaches for grounding all those "business how-to's" in real substance that makes them work. Marrying how you are with who you are is ultimately the winning formula, and Fierce Leadership makes that accessible and exciting in its practical suggestions for implementing the powerful principles of making positive change. This is on my very short list of books to digest and assimilate. " (David Allen, author of Getting Things Done and Making it all Work)

Members Reviews:

Inspiring

Highly recommended! I heard Susan Scott speak live in 2004. She was amazing. I bought her first book and have referred to its message over the years. She's onto to something!

Author hits the nail on the head; funny too.

If you could sum up Fierce Leadership in three words, what would they be?

brilliant and witty and fun

What was one of the most memorable moments of Fierce Leadership?

the end; the trip to Africa by the author.

Have you listened to any of Susan Scotts other performances before? How does this one compare?

her best is "Fierce Conversations"

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

How to succeed in business by trying!

Any additional comments?

love this author

interesting with some very useful insights.

I enjoyed this. There were a lot of useful tips that could be applied to a variety of in-work and personal settings.

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Title: How the Mighty Fall

Subtitle: And Why Some Companies Never Give In

Author: Jim Collins

Narrator: Jim Collins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-19-09

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1066 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

Amidst the desolate landscape of fallen great companies, Jim Collins began to wonder: How do the mighty fall? Can decline be detected early and avoided? How far can a company fall before the path toward doom becomes inevitable and unshakable? How can companies reverse course?

In How the Mighty Fall, Collins confronts these questions, offering leaders the well-founded hope that they can learn how to stave off decline and, if they find themselves falling, reverse their course. Great companies can stumble, badly, and recover. Every institution, no matter how great, is vulnerable to decline. There is no law of nature that the most powerful will inevitably remain at the top. Anyone can fall and most eventually do.

But, as Collins' research emphasizes, some companies do indeed recover. Decline, it turns out, is largely self-inflicted, and the path to recovery lies largely within our own hands. We are not imprisoned by our circumstances, our history, or even our staggering defeats along the way. As long as we never get entirely knocked out of the game, hope always remains. The mighty can fall, but they can often rise again.

Members Reviews:

Collins is always right

If you are a Jim Collins fan, which I am, you will have to read or listen to this book. It is pretty good, though not as good as his two previous books. Worth getting.

Good not great--missing appendices?

I love Jim Collins' work--Good to Great, Built to Last, and now How the Mighty Fall. The text is well written, the narration excellent, but the substantial appendices which contain detailed case study information (based on statements made during the reading) are missing--only one is covered.

Because of this, I doubt you will want to substitute the audio book for the paper version.

Not quite par for the course

I'm a BIG Collins fan, and upon reading other reviewers criticisms about this not being as well-rounded of a book, thought they were just being picky, but... it's true. He fails to back up several of his deductions with the same rigor as Good to Great, and the general quality of these deductions isn't as significant in the first place. I'd say he had more than enough content for a chapter in a book, but not nearly enough for a whole book. This could have been a section of his next book. But, it's short...

This is not Shakespeare

How the Mighty Fall is a mature and disciplined perspective on the underpinnings of business success and failure. Collins provides grounded, grown up advice: avoid hubris, don't get greedy, be honest in your self appraisals, and it's almost never too late.

Unfortunately, someone told Mr. Collins that he needed to kick the voice acting schtick up one too many notches. His reading is just short of a dramatization. This would be fine if his work was theater. But How the Mighty Fall isn't Shakespeare, it's good old American know how.

A good listen if you can get past the delivery.

Good

I'm a mid level manager at a Fortune 100 company, and I enjoyed this listen. I'm not sure how practical it was as the target audience for actually doing any of these things is C-suite level, but I've always wondered why companies like Circuit City, Motorola, etc that were profiled in "Good to Great" failed. This does a nice job breaking down the stages of companies headed for the brink.

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Title: Gung Ho!

Subtitle: Turn On the People in Any Organization

Author: Sheldon Bowles, Ken Blanchard

Narrator: Agnes Hermann

Format: Abridged

Length: 1 hr and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-30-08

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 313 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles, co-authors of the New York Times business best seller Raving Fans, are back with Gung Ho! Here is an invaluable management tool that outlines foolproof ways to increase productivity by fostering excellent morale in the workplace. It is a must-read for everyone who wants to stay on top in today's ultra-competitive business world.

(P)2008 Random House Audio

Members Reviews:

Can't wait to put into practice

Learned soooo much from this title and I can't wait to begin to put this into practice to see if it really works. Great book on "working together" and it should be fun coming up with creative ways to show my workers about the importance of their work, autonomy and cheering others on!

Book doesnt match audible

Several pieces missing from the audible that are in the book. This is aggravating as I liked some of the verbiage that was left out.

Otherwise, great story and Great teaching points.

The audiobook missing a lot text vs the book

Hello

This audiobook is missing a lot text according the book

I prefer read the book, in the end , I can said , the story is fantastic.

Thanks for this kind of thinking!

Awesome!

Absolutely enjoyable and enlightening! A great book with great ideas, one that I will use for reference.

Gung Ho Friend .. Gung Ho

I have read this book many times, I have given many copies to people... It was a great audio book ... would highly recommend for anyone who wants to turn their organization on to positive results.

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Title: Creating Magic

Subtitle: 10 Common Sense Leadership Strategies from a Life at Disney

Author: Lee Cockerell

Narrator: Lee Cockerell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-14-08

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 699 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

The secret for creating magic in our careers, our organizations, and our lives is simple: outstanding leadership, the kind that inspires employees, delights customers, and achieves extraordinary business results.

No one knows more about this kind of leadership than Lee Cockerell, the man who ran Walt Disney World Resort operations for over a decade. And in Creating Magic, he shares the leadership principles that not only guided his own journey from a poor farm boy in Oklahoma to the head of operations for a multibillion dollar enterprise, but that also soon came to form the cultural bedrock of the world's number one vacation destination. But as Lee demonstrates, great leadership isn't about mastering impossibly complex management theories. We can all become outstanding leaders by following the 10 practical, common sense strategies outlined in this remarkable book. As straightforward as they are profound, these leadership lessons include:

Members Reviews:

Brilliant, simple, lessons on leadership

I have gorged myself on business books in the last year. This was hands down one of the best. It applies to many areas of life even outside the office. From the newest 'rookie' at a company to the CEO, this has countless rules which can be absorbed and used the moment they are learned. No one argues that Disney has phenomenal customer service. This is a great guide, from an authoritative source on how to relate those practices to your own business and the benefits they will reap.

Full of valuable content!

The most fulfilling leadership audio I have ever listened to. Lee breaks the steps down and gives real examples, constantly giving me something to live up to. I bought this book for leadership roles in community service. Though he talks about CEO's and managers, I found it very easy to apply the basic principles to every day life in my small town. The reader is authentic and his voice soothing and inspiring. I will listen to this time and time again.

WOW

This is one of the absolute best listens I have had on audible. I have read and listened to at least a 100 different leadership/managerial books. Some of what Lee offers is stuff I have heard before, but in a practice application that you know exists in that business. Therefore it is and was a complete treat to listen too.

Simple points, well and clearly made

This is a great leadership book. The points are simple, which might trick a reader into thinking those points are 'obvious' or 'elementary.' They are, however, difficult to put into practice without focus and intentionality. I really enjoyed listening to this book. I kept pulling over in my car to write notes. The content is very outline-based. There are 10 major points and each has sub-points and sub-sub-points. At the end of every chapter are specific action steps that a leader who wants to implement these lessons can do. I can't recommend these tenets highly enough and will be gifting this book to a few fellow leaders.

Inspiring ideas for professionals

Although not all of the concepts applied to my current situation I found this audio book inspirational.

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Title: The New New Thing

Subtitle: A Silicon Valley Story

Author: Michael Lewis

Narrator: Bruce Reizen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-29-08

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 625 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

Despite the variety of his achievements, Clark thinks of himself mainly as the creator of Hyperion, which happens to be a sailboat - not just an ordinary yacht, but the world's largest single-mast vessel, a machine more complex than a 747. Clark claims he will be able to sail it via computer from his desk in San Francisco, and the new code may contain the seeds of his next billion-dollar coup.

On the wings of Lewis' celebrated storytelling, the listener takes the ride of a lifetime through this strange landscape of geeks and billionaires. We get the inside story of the battle between Netscape and Microsoft; we sit in the room as Clark tries to persuade the investment bankers that Healtheon IS the new Microsoft; we get queasy as Clark pits his boat against the rage of the North Atlantic in winter. And in every brilliant anecdote and character sketch, Lewis is drawing us a map of markets and free enterprise in the 21st century.

Members Reviews:

A fun book about Jim Clark

This book gently pokes fun at a man who one of the most widely acclaimed entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. Jim Clark is not the richest man in Silicon Valley, or the richest tech entrepreneur, but he is widely regarded as the most entrepreneurial of the super-rich in Silicon Valley.

The book presents him as a likable, slightly tormented, mild misfit. Of course he's a man of nuclear will; all great entrepreneurs are. But this book doesn't portray him as a bellicose tyrant, the way Steve Jobs is often portrayed. And it doesn't portray him as a borderline autistic, diabolical businessman, they way Bill Gates is often portrayed. The portrayal is closer to a character on the popular TV show, "The Big Bang Theory". There is something in the portrayal that it is funny and likable in a way that is similar to almost every geek I've ever known. In this regard the book is very well written. And the narration was excellent.

On a personal note I inherited the office that Jim Clark inhabited as a grad student at the University of Utah, about a decade after him, where I too earned a Ph.D. in computer science. When I moved into the office I found a raincoat and an umbrella standing in the corner, made to look like a mannequin without the mannequin. It was referred to as the "Invisible Grad Student". Rummaging through the pockets of the raincoat I discovered an old printout, on old style computer paper, of the department student directory. Jim's name was highlighted. After asking around I discovered that it was widely believed that the Invisible Grad Student was the work of Jim Clark. But all that was known for sure was that it had at one time been his office. When I pointed out that this might be valuable and inquired about rather the department wanted to keep these artifacts in a safe place, the items were stolen. Since at that time all the grad students had keys to everybody else's office, the list of suspects was intra

Excellent

I really enjoyed this audiobook. Beautifully narrated. Especially the antitrust trials with microsoft.

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Title: Ready, Fire, Aim

Subtitle: Zero to $100 Million in No Time Flat

Author: Michael Masterson

Narrator: Sean Pratt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-25-08

Publisher: Gildan Media, LLC

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 689 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

Whether you're thinking about starting a new business or growing an existing one, Ready, Fire, Aim has what you need to succeed in your entrepreneurial endeavors. In it, Masterson shares the knowledge he has gained from creating and expanding numerous businesses and outlines a focused strategy for guiding a small business through the four stages of entrepreneurial growth. Along the way, you'll learn the skills needed to succeed in this dynamic environment. Discover how to:

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Title: The First-Time Manager

Author: Loren B. Belker, Gary S. Topchik

Narrator: Sean Pratt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-14-08

Publisher: Gildan Media, LLC

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 266 votes

Genres: Business, Leadership

Publisher's Summary:

Written and read in an inviting and accessible style, this classic skill-building audiobook is an essential tool for becoming an effective, confident new manager.

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