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Joy, Inc. offers an inside look at how Sheridan and Menlo created a joyful culture, and shows how any organization can follow their methods for a more passionate team and sustainable, profitable results. Sheridan also shows how to run smarter meetings and build cultural training into your hiring process. Joy, Inc. offers an inspirational blueprint for listeners in any field who want a committed, energizing atmosphere at work - leading to sustainable business results.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hey Menlo.
- By Stacey Colón on 03-25-16
By: Richard Sheridan
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The Power of People Skills
- How to Eliminate 90% of Your HR Problems and Dramatically Increase Team and Company Morale and Performance
- By: Trevor Throness
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 65
People are the problem. They're always the problem. If a business person goes home frustrated, if they talk with their significant other about it, if they lay awake at night stewing about it, inevitably the problem is some person at work - a colleague, subordinate, or boss. Handling people issues is every leader's major headache. It's what takes up the majority of their time and - more important - the bulk of their head space. Every leader can and must develop this most important of all management skills.
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5 out of 5 stars
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great listen
- By RB Player on 03-30-18
By: Trevor Throness
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Winning from Within
- A Breakthrough Method for Leading, Living, and Lasting Change
- By: Erica Ariel Fox
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 49
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 50
Life is a series of negotiations, whether or not you think of yourself as a negotiator. From seemingly insignificant daily decisions to major life choices, you negotiate every time you aim to persuade, argue over a decision, or resolve a conflict. But as negotiations and leadership expert Erica Ariel Fox reveals, the most important negotiations - the ones that determine the impact of our actions and the quality of our lives - are those we have with ourselves.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Enlightening is an understatement
- By Lucas on 01-13-19
By: Erica Ariel Fox
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First, Break All the Rules
- What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently
- By: Marcus Buckingham, Gallup Press, Jim Harter - foreword
- Narrated by: Mel Foster
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,334
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,080
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,069
They actually have vastly different styles and backgrounds. Yet despite their differences, great managers share one common trait: They don’t hesitate to break virtually every rule held sacred by conventional wisdom. They don’t believe that, with enough training, a person can achieve anything he sets his mind to. They don’t try to help people overcome their weaknesses. And, yes, they even play favorites. In this longtime management bestseller, Gallup presents the remarkable findings of its massive in-depth study of great managers.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Content is dated
- By A. Yoshida on 09-09-19
By: Marcus Buckingham, and others
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The Little Big Things
- 163 Ways to Pursue EXCELLENCE
- By: Tom Peters
- Narrated by: Tom Peters
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 321
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 135
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Story4 out of 5 stars 135
"Years ago, I wrote about a retail store in the Palo Alto environs—a good one, which had a box of two-cent candies at the checkout. I subsequently remember that 'little' parting gesture of the two-cent candy as a symbol of all that is Excellent at that store. Dozens of people who have attended seminars of mine have come up to remind me, sometimes 15 or 20 years later, of “the two-cent candy story,” and to tell me how it had a sizable impact on how they did business."
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1 out of 5 stars
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Really hard to listen
- By Alexander on 06-03-10
By: Tom Peters
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The Making of a Manager
- What to Do When Everyone Looks to You
- By: Julie Zhuo
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker, Julie Zhuo
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,780
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,437
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,429
Having managed dozens of teams spanning tens to hundreds of people, Julie Zhuo knows the most important lesson of all: Great managers are made, not born. The Making of a Manager is a modern field guide packed with everyday examples and transformative insights you need to be the kind of manager you wish you had.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Drink the Facebook Kool Aid
- By Amazon_Customer on 03-29-19
By: Julie Zhuo
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Linchpin
- Are You Indispensable?
- By: Seth Godin
- Narrated by: Seth Godin
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,881
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,637
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,598
There used to be two teams in every workplace: management and labor. Now there’s a third team, the linchpins. These people invent, lead (regardless of title), connect others, make things happen, and create order out of chaos. They figure out what to do when there’s no rule book. They delight and challenge their customers and peers. They love their work, pour their best selves into it, and turn each day into a kind of art.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I was expecting more
- By Steve High on 04-06-10
By: Seth Godin
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Questions Are the Answer
- A Breakthrough Approach to Your Most Vexing Problems at Work and in Life
- By: Hal Gregersen
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 132
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 113
For innovation and leadership guru Hal Gregersen, the power of questions has always been clear - but it took some years for the follow-on question to hit him: If so much depends on fresh questions, shouldn’t we know more about how to arrive at them? That sent him on a research quest ultimately including more than 200 interviews with creative thinkers. Questions Are the Answer delivers the insights Gregersen gained about the conditions that give rise to catalytic questions - and breakthrough insights - and how anyone can create them.
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2 out of 5 stars
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All you need is the title
- By Bob Jordy on 01-13-22
By: Hal Gregersen
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The Power of Presence
- Unlock Your Potential to Influence and Engage Others
- By: Kristi Hedges
- Narrated by: Karen Saltus
- Length: 7 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 78
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 66
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Story4 out of 5 stars 66
Everyone recognizes leaders with "presence." They stand out for their seemingly innate ability to command attention and inspire commitment. But what is this secret quality they exude, exactly? Executive and CEO coach Kristi Hedges demystifies this elusive trait, revealing that leadership presence is the intersection of outward influencing skills and internal mental conditioning. Using her I-Presence model, the author shows how anyone-regardless of position or personality-can strengthen their impact.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Useful Information, Robotic Presentation
- By Jennifer L. Sullivan on 04-22-15
By: Kristi Hedges
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HR on Purpose
- Developing Deliberate People Passion
- By: Steve Browne
- Narrated by: Steve Browne
- Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 199
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 168
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 168
Can you be in HR for more than 30 years and still be geeked out about it? The answer is yes, you can! HR leader and popular Everyday People blogger Steve Browne takes a fresh look at HR through an engaging assortment of real-life examples, insights, and epiphanies and encourages practitioners to drop the preconceptions of what HR should be and instead look to what HR could be. Listen to this book to rekindle your passion for a field that is vibrant and vital and touch the lives of everyone you encounter with HR on Purpose!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyable book about the HR profession
- By Rancher on 06-22-19
By: Steve Browne
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Power Listening
- Mastering the Most Critical Business Skill of All
- By: Bernard T Ferrari
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 88
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 73
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Story4 out of 5 stars 71
Listening is harder than it looks - but it's the difference between business success and failure. Nothing causes bad decisions in organizations as often as poor listening. But Bernard Ferrari, adviser to some of the nation's most influential executives, believes that such missteps can be avoided and that the skills and habits of good listening can be developed and mastered. He offers a step-by-step process that will help you become an active listener, able to shape and focus any conversation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Better listening made easy
- By Alejandro A. on 09-07-12
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Results
- Think Less. Achieve More.
- By: Jamie Smart
- Narrated by: Jamie Smart
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story5 out of 5 stars 16
Life can be a bit overwhelming sometimes, right? It can be difficult to clear your mind of a million different anxieties and focus in on the one thing you need to get done. The best-selling author of Clarity and The Little Book of Clarity goes one step further with Results by using his Clarity Coaching Model to help you de-clog your mind so you can make better decisions, prioritize, and focus on achieving those important goals.
By: Jamie Smart
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Go-Givers Sell More
- By: Bob Burg, John Mann
- Narrated by: Bob Burg, John Mann
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,460
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,209
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,206
Most of us think of sales as convincing potential customers to believe or do something they don't really want to. But that cutthroat mentality makes the process much harder than it has to be—especially in an economic downturn, when customers are more suspicious and defensive. It's far more productive (and satisfying) when salespeople think like Go-Givers and focus exclusively on creating value for the customer.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Do you really not know that you give to get?
- By Sandy on 09-23-10
By: Bob Burg, and others
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Sales EQ
- How Ultra High Performers Leverage Sales-Specific Emotional Intelligence to Close the Complex Deal
- By: Jeb Blount
- Narrated by: Jeb Blount
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,789
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,546
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,534
The sales profession is in the midst of a perfect storm. Buyers have more power - more information, more at stake, and more control over the sales process - than any time in history. Technology is bringing disruptive change at an ever-increasing pace, creating fear and uncertainty that leaves buyers clinging to the status quo.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Effective Approach to EQ Sales Mastery
- By Joe on 07-20-17
By: Jeb Blount
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Good in a Room
- How to Sell Yourself (and Your Ideas) and Win Over Any Audience
- By: Stephanie Palmer
- Narrated by: Judith Brackley
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 93
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 72
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Story4 out of 5 stars 72
Business consultant and former MGM director of creative affairs Stephanie Palmer reveals the techniques used by Hollywood's top writers, producers, and directors to get financing for their projects and explains how you can apply these techniques to be more successful in your own high-stakes meetings.
As Palmer has found, the strategies used to sell yourself and your ideas in Hollywood not only work in other businesses, they often work better.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Much Too General to Be Useful
- By Coldmountain on 05-22-15
By: Stephanie Palmer
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Thanks for the Feedback
- The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well
- By: Sheila Heen, Douglas Stone
- Narrated by: Sheila Heen, Douglas Stone
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,429
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,190
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,172
The coauthors of the New York Times best-selling Difficult Conversations take on the toughest topic of all: How we see ourselves. Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen have spent the past 15 years working with corporations, nonprofits, governments, and families to determine what helps us learn and what gets in our way. In Thanks for the Feedback, they explain why receiving feedback is so crucial yet so challenging. They blend the latest insights from neuroscience and psychology with practical, hard-headed advice.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Poor narration ruins yet another good read
- By WordNerd on 08-25-14
By: Sheila Heen, and others
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- 03-22-18
surprisingly compelling for such a short listen.
When I saw this book was shorter than 2 hours I didn't believe that I would buy it but then I listened to the sample and found that I couldn't stop listening. This was a compelling book.
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- Tiiu Ashcraft
- 07-06-24
Not your typical business manual
Naphtali Visser's "Humans Working: Why Culture and Mindset Beat Strategy" is a refreshing departure from the typical business manual. Unlike most business books that bombard readers with an array of strategies, tools, and techniques, Visser emphasizes the power of what lies within us. Through his engaging wit, humor, and personal anecdotes, Visser embarks on a journey that aims to ignite the intrinsic potential within both your business and personal life.
This book delves beyond organizational practices and strategies, offering a profound understanding of human nature that resonates universally across various settings. Visser's central message is clear: by fostering a human-centric culture and nurturing your team, you can generate an energy far greater than anything achieved in isolation.
Visser advocates for businesses to recognize that the key to amplifying success lies in valuing the people within the organization. Engaged employees perform better and faster, underscoring the notion that people are more crucial than strategies and tactics. Without addressing the human element first, achieving other objectives becomes a formidable challenge.
In "Humans Working," Visser's compassion and insight shine through as he reveals a fundamental truth: a positive and joyful culture is the cornerstone of any successful business. His deep understanding and empathetic approach make this book an essential read for anyone seeking to transform their organization from within.
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