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linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Discover the role of compassion in the workplace. Uncover the quiet power that elevates people and organizations.
Awakening Compassion at Work considers the role of compassion in the workplace. It demonstrates the methods individuals and organizations can use to develop a culture of empathy and compassion, and shows how individuals and companies alike can benefit from such an approach. In this audio-only summary of this insightful book, you can learn...
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to solve the most common problems for team leaders by learning these eight essential people skills.
The Eight Essential People Skills for Project Management is a hands-on guide designed to help team leaders diagnose and solve people problems in today?s increasingly horizontal workplaces. The fruit of years of first-hand experience, Zachary Wong?s playbook for effective leadership is packed full of actionable advice on how to boost motivation,...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Discover how to become an exceptional CEO. This audiobook summary provides practical insights into the struggles encountered when leading a company?and how to overcome them.
Being a CEO can be particularly challenging. Those who ascend to this rank must steer their company to success while grappling with loneliness, stress, and the weighty knowledge that their organization's fate largely rests in their hands. In his 2014 book, The Hard Thing About...
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Effective sellers don't push?they persuade. In this audiobook summary, learn how to make the sale by convincing buyers that your idea was their idea.
Your customers don't want to be pushed into making a deal; they want to make their own decisions on their own timelines. In his 2019 book Flip the Script, Oren Klaff explains how to close more deals by convincing buyers that your idea was their idea. This audiobook summary distills key lessons from...
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Leverage the power of positive organizational scholarship in your organization. In this audiobook summary, get research-backed insights on empowering and motivating your employees.
The field of positive organizational behavior examines the measurable ways that leaders can encourage and empower employees?and, in turn, boost productivity. In their 2014 book, How to Be a Positive Leader, organizational scientists Jane E. Dutton and Gretchen M. Spreitzer...
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to structure organizations in order to simplify tasks and decision-making, in this audiobook summary of the classic leadership book.
Reframing Organizations looks at how to structure organizations in order to simplify tasks and decision-making. It shows that there is no foolproof way to arrive at the right answer when facing complex challenges. However, certain structures exist that increase the chances of company success. This audio-only...
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Learn what it really takes to succeed in business. In this audiobook summary, get practical strategies for mastering personal interactions and using self-discipline to get ahead.
When it comes to success in business, street smarts can be just as, if not more, essential than book smarts. In his 1984 book, What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School, entrepreneur Mark H. McCormack shared practical lessons gleaned from his own wildly successful...
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Leverage the power of objectives and key results (OKRs) in your organization. In this audiobook summary learn how to use this time-tested technique to achieve measurable goals.
What do Google and Bono have in common? They've both used objectives and key results (OKRs), a goal setting system that involves defining specific objectives and establishing how you'll measure your progress. In his 2018 book, Measure What Matters, John Doerr?an early investor...
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to overcome resistance, stop procrastinating, and get out of your own way.
Steven Pressfield's popular book Do the Work outlines ways to help you conquer your fears, stop procrastinating, and accomplish the things you've long desired. This concise audio-only course summarizes key ideas from the book, from identifying your barriers to overcoming creative blocks and handling setbacks. Take ten minutes to learn about the many ways you can...
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Look at your everyday life through the lens of an economist. In this audiobook summary, get an overview of economic systems and how they impact the decisions we make.
Economics play a major role in shaping our everyday lives?from the lattes we buy in the morning to the traffic jams we encounter on our way home. In The Undercover Economist, author Tim Harford demystifies economic systems, explaining how they impact the basic choices we make each day....
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Discover the strategies of the most successful people and businesses. This audiobook summary provides tips to help you become more fulfilled at work and inspire those around you.
What do most great leaders and captains of industry have in common? They center their approach around a compelling "why." And by clearly communicating their distinct purpose, they successfully rally people together and motivate them to take action. In Simon Sinek's 2009...
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In this audiobook summary, learn about the different personalities you'll encounter at work, and get tips for connecting with these individuals and helping them succeed.
Each of your coworkers have their own unique working styles. Whether you admire or feel challenged by a colleague's approach, you can still find a way to connect with them. In their 2018 book Business Chemistry, Kim Christfort and Suzanne Vickberg lay out how to do this, highlighting...
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Discover the qualities that set good leaders apart from bad ones. In this audiobook summary, learn practical leadership strategies you can implement to empower your team.
The very best managers cultivate workplaces where team members are empowered to produce their very best work. Bad bosses tend to do the opposite, making their employees feel smaller and less capable. In her 2010 book, Multipliers, Liz Wiseman examines the qualities and behaviors...
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Control your inbox. This audiobook summary provides practical tips for organizing your inbox, responding to messages in a more efficient manner, writing better emails, and more.
Email is supposed to be a tool that helps us do our jobs. But the time we spend responding to unimportant messages (and obsessively emptying our inbox to zero) can actually impede our ability to perform key tasks. In Jocelyn K. Glei's 2016 book, Unsubscribe, she shares strategies...
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Embrace boredom to enhance your innate creativity. In this audiobook summary, learn how altering your digital habits can help you become more productive and innovative.
Being bored is something of a novelty in the age of smartphones. And in his 2017 book, Bored and Brilliant, Manoush Zomorodi posits that this lack of boredom in our lives can actually zap us of our creativity. In this audiobook summary, get bite-sized tips that can help you alter...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Embrace essentialism. Learn to eliminate the excess that's keeping you from being truly productive and fulfilled in this audiobook summary.
Essentialism by Greg McKeown teaches you how to do better by doing less. By offering practical solutions for how to get your priorities straight, Essentialism helps you to eliminate the excess that?s keeping you from being truly productive and fulfilled. In this audio-only summary, you can review the key ideas...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Discover a total productivity system to achieve more by doing less.
In Free to Focus, Michael Hyatt challenges some common myths surrounding productivity and proposes a new way to approach your workday. Explore a total productivity system to achieve more by doing less, in this concise audiobook summary from Blinkist. Learn how to schedule time for rejuvenation, identify unnecessary tasks, learn the power of yes and no, and minimize disruptions. In...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to replicate excellence and tackle scaling challenges. In this audiobook summary, discover principles and strategies for successfully scaling up an organization.
Organizations need to be able to scale to survive. In their 2014 book, Scaling Up Excellence, Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao share research-backed strategies that can help organizations replicate excellence in new places and successfully scale. This audiobook summary distills some...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Explore the foundational elements of successful groups. In this audiobook summary, get research-backed strategies for cultivating team purpose and a positive company culture.
How can you get the best performance out of a group? In his 2018 book, The Culture Code, Daniel Coyle delves into this topic, sharing research and personal insights that managers and employees can leverage to better understand group dynamics. This audiobook summary distills...
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Master the habits of great leaders. This audiobook summary breaks down leadership skills into easy-to-learn microbehaviors you can develop in minutes a day.
The Leader Habit offers an approach to leadership development that favors practice and habit learning over rote learning of knowledge. By looking at the ways habits are developed, and by breaking down the skills necessary for successful leadership into microbehaviors, author Martin Lanik offers...
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