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"Mavericks at Work" by William C. Taylor Length: 5 hours and 56 min. ISBN: 0-0611-4232-8 Business Week Best Seller Listen to an excerpt with:     Windows Media Player     Real Player

Meet the innovators and upstarts who are inventing the future of business. Their unconventional ideas and groundbreaking strategies can become your business plan for the 21st century: a better way to lead, compete, and succeed.

Business as usual is a bust. In industry after industry, the old guard is cutting back and losing ground. Meanwhile, organizations that were once dismissed as upstarts, or “mavericks”, are making waves and growing fast. The only way to stand out from the crowd is to stand for something truly original.

That’s the lesson behind the companies, executives, and entrepreneurs you’ll meet in Mavericks at Work. They have devised exciting new answers to the timeless challenges facing organizations of every size and leaders in every field: how you make strategy, unleash new ideas, and connect with customers.

Their success demonstrates that:

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"Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box" by The Arbinger Institute Length: 4 hours and 34 min. ISBN: 1-57270-444-6 Business Week Best Seller Listen to an excerpt with:     Windows Media Player     Real Player

Most personal and organizational problems are the result of a little-known problem called “self-deception”. We deceive ourselves into thinking we’re doing the right thing for the right reason, but people won’t follow a leader whose motives are selfish. The tricky thing is, we don’t know that our motivation is flawed. Through an entertaining and highly instructive story, this audio shows what self-deception is, how people get trapped in it, how it undermines relationships and organizational achievement, and, most importantly, the surprising way to solve it.

The Arbinger Institute is a consulting firm and scholarly consortium that includes people trained in business, law, economics, philosophy, the family, education, and psychology. Arbinger has worked with leaders from such major organizations as Microsoft, 3M, Cornell University, and the U.S. Navy.

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"Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results" by Stephen C. Lundin, Ph.D., Harry Paul, and John Christensen Length: 1 hours and 54 min. ISBN: New York Times Best Seller Listen to an excerpt with:     Windows Media Player     Real Player

Imagine a workplace where everyone chooses to bring energy, passion, and a positive attitude to the job every day. Imagine an environment in which people are truly connected to their work, to their colleagues, and to their customers. In this engrossing parable, a fictional manager is charged with the responsibility of turning a chronically unenthusiastic and unhelpful department into an effective team. Down the street from her office is Seattle’s very real Pike Place Fish, a world famous market that is wildly successful thanks to its fun, bustling, joyful atmosphere and great customer service. By applying ingeniously simple lessons learned from the actual Pike Place fishmongers, our manager discovers how to energize those who report to her and effect an astonishing transformation in her workplace.

Addressing today’s most pressing work issues (including employee retention and burnout) with an engaging metaphor and an appealing message that applies to anyone in any sector of any organization, Fish! offers wisdom that is easy to grasp, instantly applicable, and profound - the hallmarks of a true business classic.

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"The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change" by Stephen R. Covey Length: 12 hours and 58 min. ISBN: 1-929494-75-0 Publisher's Weekly Best Seller Listen to an excerpt with:     Windows Media Player     Real Player

Stephen R. Covey’s book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, has been a top seller for the simple reason that it ignores trends and pop psychology for proven principles of fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity. Celebrating its 15th year of helping people solve personal and professional problems, this special anniversary edition includes a new forward and afterword written by Covey that explore whether the 7 Habits are still relevant and answer some of the most common questions he has received over the past 15 years.

This audio edition is the first ever unabridged recording of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

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"Rich Dad's Before You Quit Your Job: 10 Real-Life Lessons Every Entrepreneur Sho" by Robert T. Kiyosaki and Sharon L. Lechter Length: 2 hours and 40 min. ISBN: 1-59483-077-0 Business Week Best Seller Listen to an excerpt with:     Windows Media Player     Real Player

The real secret to making money and reaching financial independence is not staying an employee, but starting a company and quickly developing it. This book is for aspiring entrepreneurs who need to know how to take those first crucial steps.

In Rich Dad’s Before You Quite Your Job, Robert T. Kiyosaki provides first-hand accounts of his own start-up companies, and what he learned from his failures and successes. Readers will discover: