Management & Leadership

A former FBI hostage negotiator offers a new, field-tested approach to negotiating - effective in any situation....

Ben Horowitz, cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz and one of Silicon Valley’s most respected entrepreneurs, offers essential advice on building and running a startup....

From finding a spouse to finding a parking spot, from organizing one's inbox to understanding the workings of human memory, Algorithms to Live By transforms the wisdom of computer science into strategies for human living....

This is an audiobook for busy people. If you want less on your plate and more for your life and career, tune in to this #1 Wall Street Journal best seller...

When raised to the level of art, seduction, an indirect and subtle form of power....

In this science-driven guide to persuasion Robert Cialdini applies the psychology of why people say yes to help you succeed in business and life.

From communication expert Jefferson Fisher: the definitive guide to making your next conversation the one that changes everything.

Read this book and you will learn the principles it takes most business professionals a lifetime of trial and error to master....

Eat That Frog! shows you how to organize each day so you can zero in on these critical tasks and accomplish them efficiently and effectively. The core of what is vital to effective time management is: decision, discipline, and determination....

Simon Sinek's iconic global bestseller has sold more than three million copies by asking a simple fundamental question: Why are some people and organisations more innovative, more influential, and more profitable than others?

Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable. The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe....

Widely used in classes, as well as sold to people operating successfully in the business world, the eagerly awaited revision of Influence reminds the listener of the power of persuasion....

Often the decision between a customer choosing you over someone like you is your ability to know exactly what to say, when to say it, and how to make it count....

A blueprint for transforming good companies into great ones, from the author of the bestselling Built to Last.

The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts is the first book in The Great Mental Models series designed to upgrade your thinking with the best, most useful and powerful tools so you always have the right one on hand....

Ten years ago, Crucial Conversations revolutionized the way people communicate when stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions run strong. Now, the authors have revised their classic to provide even more ways to help you take the lead in any tough conversation....

Great bosses have strong relationships with their employees, and Scott has identified three simple principles for building better relationships with your employees....

A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was....

In this audio edition of the totally revised underground bestseller, The E-Myth, Michael Gerber dispels the myths surrounding starting your own business....

Source Code describes with unprecedented candour Bill Gates’ life from his childhood in Seattle to dropping out of Harvard aged 20 in 1975....

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Black Swan, a bold new work that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion....

One of the most important works ever written on investment theory, Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits lays out the fundamental principles of intelligent investing...

Poker champion turned business consultant Annie Duke teaches you how to get comfortable with uncertainty and make better decisions as a result....

There is no such thing as a non-finance person. It is an error to think that finance management is limited to the Finance Department alone....

Measure What Matters is about using Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), a revolutionary approach to goal-setting, to make tough choices in business....

Want to Implement AI Agents in Your Organization? Heard of Agentic AI & Wonder What It Is About? Need a No-BS Guide to Implementing AI Agents Today? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then keep reading ... Amazon-bestselling author and AI consultant David M. Patel is going to show in this comprehensive hands-on executive guide to AI Agents everything you need to know to implement and harness the full potential of AI Agents & Agentic AI in your organization.

Increasingly, people report feeling overlooked, ignored, and underappreciated at work. Simply put, they don't feel like they matter to their leaders or organizations. This hidden epidemic of insignificance is fueling a mental health crisis, intensifying loneliness, and, for organizations, driving disengagement, turnover, and low performance. Filled with practical advice, helpful exercises, and inspiring real-world examples, The Power of Mattering equips leaders at all levels with the tools they need to revitalize their teams—and entire organizations—by showing people that they matter.

Vertical teams and horizontal teams can transcend organizational silos and boundaries if properly focused and supported. Building collaborative teams can improve the client experience. In Supernova Advisor Teams: A Pathway to Excellence, you'll discover the macro rationale and justification for teams, as well as the micro benefits of team formation.

In this new Jon Gordon fable The 7 Commitments of Great Teams, Tim is struggling to lead his team at work: projects are falling flat, morale is low, and his leadership ability is in question from higher-ups. In a moment of heartbreak, he talks to his old college coach, who is on his deathbed, and is reminded of a simple yet perspective-shifting adage from the past: "teammates are forever."

From Founder to Future is an essential guide for mission-driven leaders seeking to reshape their businesses for inclusivity, longevity, and positive impact. Whether you're a retiring owner planning your exit, a young entrepreneur building for the future, or an employee working in a purpose-driven business, this book offers a blueprint for creating enduring, values-driven enterprises in the emerging regenerative economy.

Why do some changes occur, and others don't? What are the factors that drive successful social and environmental movements, while others falter? How Change Happens examines the leadership approaches, campaign strategies, and ground-level tactics employed in a range of modern social change campaigns. The book explores successful movements that have achieved phenomenal impact since the 1980s—tobacco control, gun rights expansion, LGBT marriage equality, and acid rain elimination.

In Coaching for (a) Change, Dr. Greg Giuliano draws on over two decades of leadership and coaching experience to offer a practical, adaptable path forward. Through the GR8 Coaching Framework—eight questions to quickly coach anyone, anytime—you will learn how to kick the “Expert Problem-Solver” habit, shift from manager to coach, and create the conditions for people to own their situation, own their solution, and increase their impact.

Digital Darwinism takes a closer look at disruptive thinking to inspire those who want to be the best at digital transformation. Change across business is accelerating, but the lifespan of companies is decreasing as leaders face a growing abundance of decisions to make, data to process and technology that threatens even the most established business models. These forces could destroy your company or, with the right strategy in place, help you transform it into a market leader.

In Home Sales: How to Master One Call Close at the Kitchen Table by Shai Ades provides a deep dive into the techniques and strategies essential for mastering the art of one-call close in the home improvement industry. With over 15 years of hands-on experience, Shai offers a comprehensive guide for sales professionals looking to enhance their skills and dramatically increase their closing rates.

With almost 3 million copies sold worldwide, this new edition of an enduring classic is the definitive guide to dramatically improve leadership effectiveness, transform personal and professional relationships, and unleash organizational results. Significantly revised throughout, this edition includes updated stories, brand new content, and a practical group discussion guide.

Since the start of this century, businesses have confronted a series of extreme and constant disruptions, including technological upheavals, a pandemic, and a global financial crisis. As a result, today’s leaders, from startup founders to the managers of global giants, face unprecedented pressures from their bosses, investors, customers, peers, suppliers, and employees. For many, it’s a recipe for disaster. Part of the problem is that these challenges, while acutely felt, are rarely articulated in a way that makes them graspable and actionable.

As nonprofit organizations mature and grow, their staffs and programs expand, their operations and dynamics become more complex, and the climate they operate in changes and presents new challenges. If they are to move to a new level of effectiveness, they must periodically adjust their leadership, management, structure, governance, and operating style to fit their changed circumstances. Author Susan Gross calls these adjustments "turning points.

Harry Kraemer showed how self-reflection, balance, true self-confidence, and genuine humility are the traits of today's most effective leaders. In Becoming the Best, his highly anticipated follow-up, Kraemer reveals how, in practical terms, anyone can apply these principles to become a values-based leader and to help create values-based organizations. Drawing on his own experiences as the former CEO and chairman of Baxter International, as well as those of other notable leaders and organizations, Kraemer lays out a pathway for understanding the principles and putting them into practice.

Transformational Coaching brings the Executive Coaching trilogy to a compelling close by guiding readers through the real-world application of coaching principles at the highest levels of leadership. This book explores advanced coaching conversations, executive influence, team dynamics, culture shaping, and succession planning, while integrating stories, tools, and frameworks that help leaders deepen their legacy and empower the next generation.

Leveling up from the Bottom to the Top Through My Lens and Voice is not your average leadership memoir. In the captivating audiobook, Cynthia McCoy Miller, a powerhouse in the child welfare industry, shares her riveting journey from humble beginnings to becoming the third in command at the largest child welfare agency in the nation.

We live in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) world that calls for a paradigm shift in the style of leadership. The new world needs leaders who are purposeful, agile, flexible, cooperative, humble and helpful. Leadership, therefore, is as much about soft skills as hard skills, and no leader can be successful without using the two in concert. In The Gym of Leadership, Anil Khandelwal, a proven transformational leader, advocates that building all-round leadership capabilities should be a high-priority agenda for those aspiring for growth.

In The Highflier Handbook, renowned executive coach and advisor, Allen N. Weiner, guides listeners through the essential qualities and behaviors that distinguish outstanding performers in the workplace. The book addresses the common challenge of being overlooked for leadership roles despite competence and hard work.

Using his experience in retail sales of more than 20 years, Edward brings a new idea to the table. Instead of looking at sales teams through a classical lens where the whole team performs uniformly and you are taught how to identify the customer, he suggests that we should instead look and identify who we are and what our role is in the business world. He explains how each member has their own quality, their animal, which helps them find themselves.

In the midst of a successful year, visionary CEO Gui Loureiro decided that Walmex—Walmart’s biggest division outside of the United States—needed to make massive changes to make the iconic company a more data-driven, customer-centric business that would be competitive in our digital economy. The stakes were high: no company the size of Walmex had ever attempted a transformation at such a magnitude of scale. Reinventing the Leader is the turbulent story of how it happened that’s especially relevant in this age of globalization.

Through his deeply relatable stories and his witty and disarming voice, John Wang offers a bold, moving, insightful, and practical guide. Big Asian Energy aims to teach listeners to identify their authentic strengths and values, and to finally break through societal barriers.

If you’ve tried to change and failed, this book is for you. Grappling will show you the way, not by giving you lots of advice but by letting you in on other people’s struggle to be better.

Perfect for managers, executives, directors, and other business leaders, Coaching Power is also a can't-miss resource for entrepreneurs and founders seeking a powerful new way to lead others through challenging circumstances.

What if every business owner or manager could combine cutting-edge technology with the warmth of personal connection to keep customers coming back for more and sending their friends and family? Drawing lessons from the industry-leading business practices at One Medical, a brand transforming the customer experience in healthcare, All Business Is Personal gives readers tools to blend the powerful benefits of today’s rapidly improving technology with individuals’ unique talents, all in the name of providing only the best for their customers.

THE ESSENTIAL HEART OF A LEADER is an invaluable guide to becoming an authentic leader. This book will equip you with the mindset and insight to deliver excellent Leadership imbued with the Values and Behaviours that people respect.

Who Says? is a manifesto for those who refuse to live life on autopilot. This book dares you to ask the questions no one else is asking, to defy the gravitational and seductive pull of the status quo, and to embrace a life of authenticity and boundless innovation. You'll learn about the grounding-breaking spaces of psychedelic therapy, the transformative powers of artificial intelligence, and the dismantling of outdated workplace hierarchies. This book is your companion in uncharted territory, where the only rule is to question everything.