Blinkist
Author
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...
Author
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...
Author
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...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Learn to use authority, warmth, and energy to get exceptional results.
Do you often feel like something is keeping you from reaching your full potential? Sometimes, your lack of success can be hard to pin down. You can have all the right skills, credentials, education, and network, but the impression you give people—particularly that crucial first impression—may be what is holding you back. If you come across as timid or flat, or if you don’t...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Discover how to build your personal highlight reel and unlock your potential.
We all have strengths, but sometimes social norms can prevent us from discovering them. How can you get around that and unlock your potential? This audio-only course from Blinkist shows you how to discover your strengths and build on them to become the best version of yourself. By creating a personal highlight reel of your life, you’ll learn how to spot your talents,...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to boost brainpower, increase focus, and maximize performance, in just two weeks.
Do you want to unlock your full cognitive potential? This audio-only course from Blinkist gets you started on the right foot. Get a cutting-edge guide to strengthening and fine-tuning your cognitive powers. Learn what you need to do, to foster a sharp and efficient brain, improve your neural health and tackle brainpower-sapping inflammation. Discover how to...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Listen to unconventional advice and wisdom on how to work your way up in the business world, distilled from Mark Cuban's popular book.
In How to Win at the Sport of Business, Mark Cuban offers unconventional advice and wisdom on how to work your way up in the business world. Comprising a collection of posts from Cuban’s renowned blog, the book tells the story of Cuban’s own unconventional rise to success—a story that’s sure to inspire anyone...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Become a leader who's worth following. This audiobook summary examines the role of biology in the division of leadership and as tactics that can help leaders inspire confidence.
What makes certain leaders so effective in rallying their troops? In his 2014 book, Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek examines the role that our biology plays in the division of leaders and followers, and highlights the qualities that make up a good leader. This audiobook summary...
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
2020.
Language
English
Description
Effective communicators do more than just share information—they inspire. In this audiobook summary, get tips for connecting with your audience.
Effective communicators do more than just share facts and charts—they inspire. In this audiobook summary, get techniques for engaging audiences large and small, and discover how to avoid common mistakes that can take even great messages off track. Learn about common strains on communication, how to engage...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Learn how improving your conversation skills can lead to developing better relationships and feeling more trust and empathy.
Texts, emails, DMs, tweets—these are increasingly the preferred methods of communication for the modern human race. While these are all effective ways of communicating information, are they actually a good form of communication? How often have you seen a comment misinterpreted because it was via a text or tweet or some other...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to take an organization from good to great. In this audiobook summary, explore the tactics and principles that middling companies employed to make the leap to greatness.
Why is it that some middling companies are suddenly able to make the leap to greatness? In his 2001 book, Good to Great, Jim Collins details the results of a five-year study he performed to examine what led certain public companies to skyrocket to success, while others...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to establish a learning culture at your company.
How can you make learning a core part of the way you work, and how can you share that across your company? This audio-only course shows you how to establish a learning culture at your company. Most skills only stay relevant for five years, so it’s important to keep learning. Explore teacher tactics to keep learning interesting, as well as how to cultivate an agile learning environment that...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In this audio-only summary of the popular book Negotiating the Nonnegotiable, learn how to resolve the most emotionally charged conflicts in your personal and professional lives.
Negotiating the Nonnegotiable by Daniel Shapiro offers insights into a new framework that can be applied to solve stubborn conflicts in both our personal and professional lives. This audio-only summary distills the framework into digestible lessons, emphasizing the importance...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Learn about the key ingredients that go into the creation of truly great teams. In this audiobook summary, get practical tips that can help you build stronger, more cohesive groups.
Whether you're a college student saddled with a group project or an executive trying to pull off a multimillion dollar merger, collaborating with other people can be challenging. In his 2018 book, Dream Teams, Shane Snow details the key ingredients that go into the creation...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Get science-backed insights into the habits of high performers, as well as what you can do to incorporate these practices into your daily life.
It can sometimes seem like the most industrious, successful people among us are imbued with some sort of magic or rare brilliance. But their extraordinary productivity is often the result of something much more mundane: good habits. In this audiobook summary, get science-backed insights into the six habits...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to be comfortable, confident, and successful in new situations, with this audio-only summary of Keith Rollag's book.
What to Do When You’re New is the result of Keith Rollag’s 20 years of research on why people become anxious and stressed in new situations. It provides strategies for changing your outlook on new situations and offers techniques for handling them with comfort and confidence. This audio-only summary distills the best...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to make small changes over time to achieve big results.
One of the hardest parts of change is just how long it can take. We don’t often notice little changes—if you’re out of shape and go jogging for 20 minutes, you’ll still be out of shape tomorrow. But if you go jogging for 20 minutes every day, eventually you’ll notice an improvement in your performance, even though the day-to-day change may not be measurable. This audiobook...
Author
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...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to think creatively to increase your happiness and success in your professional and personal life.
When we think of creativity, we often think of something artistic like painting or music or writing. But broadly speaking, creativity is using your imagination to create something new. For example, analytical types express creativity when a programmer creates a new web interface, or when a CEO devises a new business strategy. This audiobook...