Regular price: $17.49

Membership details Membership details
  • A 30-day trial plus your first audiobook, free.
  • 1 credit/month after trial – good for any book, any price.
  • Easy exchanges – swap any book you don’t love.
  • Keep your audiobooks, even if you cancel.
  • After your trial, Audible is just $14.95/month.
OR
In Cart

People who bought this also bought...

Leading Change audiobook cover art

  • Leading Change

  • By: John P. Kotter
  • Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
  • Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 617
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 519
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 513

John Kotter, the world's foremost expert on business leadership, distills 25 years of experience into Leading Change. A must-have for any organization, this visionary and very personal audiobook is at once inspiring, clear-headed, and filled with important implications for the future. Kotter identifies an eight-step process that every company must go through to achieve its goal, and shows where and how people—good people—often derail.

  • 5 out of 5 stars

  • A Key Resource for Any Change Leader

  • By Marty on 10-24-12
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management audiobook cover art

  • HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management

  • By: Renee Mauborgne, W. Chan Kim, John P. Kotter, and others
  • Narrated by: Susan Larkin, Bernard Setaro Clark
  • Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars 123
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars 95
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars 94

Most companies' change initiatives fail. Yours don't have to. If you listen to nothing else on change management, listen to these 10 articles (featuring "Leading Change" by John P. Kotter). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you spearhead change in your organization.

  • 5 out of 5 stars

  • Well worth my time

  • By Brian K. Hill on 12-26-16
Made to Stick audiobook cover art

  • Made to Stick

  • By: Chip Heath, Dan Heath
  • Narrated by: Charles Kahlenberg
  • Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 4,679
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 2,880
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 2,879

Mark Twain once observed, "A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on." His observation rings true: urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus public-health scares circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideas (business people, teachers, politicians, journalists, and others) struggle to make their ideas "stick". In this indispensable guide, we discover that sticky messages of all kinds draw their power from the same six traits.

  • 5 out of 5 stars

  • Even Better The Second Time

  • By Jeremy on 09-05-09
7 Secrets of Persuasion audiobook cover art

  • 7 Secrets of Persuasion

  • Leading-Edge Neuromarketing Techniques to Influence Anyone
  • By: James C. Crimmins PhD
  • Narrated by: James Foster
  • Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 31
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 27
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 27

7 Secrets of Persuasion is the first book to take the latest scientific insights about the mind and apply them to the art of persuasion. It directly translates the revolution in neuroscience that has occurred over the last 40 years into practical new techniques for effective persuasion.

  • 5 out of 5 stars

  • Continued Learning

  • By Amazon Customer on 03-04-18
The Introvert Entrepreneur audiobook cover art

  • The Introvert Entrepreneur

  • Amplify Your Strengths and Create Success on Your Own Terms
  • By: Beth L. Buelow
  • Narrated by: Beth L. Buelow
  • Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars 85
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 76
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars 75

In The Introvert Entrepreneur, professional coach Beth Buelow shows listeners how to harness their natural gifts (including curiosity, independence, and a love of research) and counteract their challenges (such as an aversion to networking and self-promotion). She addresses a wide range of topics.

  • 3 out of 5 stars

  • Good Info.

  • By Heather on 05-09-16
The Strategic Leader's Roadmap audiobook cover art

  • The Strategic Leader's Roadmap

  • 6 Steps for Integrating Leadership and Strategy
  • By: Harbir Singh, Michael Useem
  • Narrated by: Walter Dixon
  • Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    3.5 out of 5 stars 3
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 3
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars 3

Even a strong leader can flounder without an effective strategy, and the most powerful strategy can fail without the right leader. Only those who master and integrate both skills can effectively navigate the challenges that lay ahead for today's organizations. The Strategic Leader's Roadmap, by Wharton management professors Harbir Singh and Michael Useem, offers a six-point checklist for leading strategically that will help managers strengthen their capacity to develop strategy and to lead its execution.

Publisher's Summary

Why do as many as 75% of change initiatives fail?

We live in an era where constant change is the norm rather than the exception. Given globalization, increased competition, and constant technological turnover, no organization can run in place: change is not optional. However, the sad fact is that the vast majority of change efforts fail. As authors Gregory P. Shea and Cassie A. Solomon argue, they do not fail for a lack of trying or leadership. Chances are you have led or been part of a failed change. But why did it fail and how can the next change be successfully implemented?

In this essential guide, authors Gregory P. Shea and Cassie A. Solomon deal with the real reasons change efforts fail - and how that failure can be avoided. They argue that change - real change - means changes in behavior and that the work environment itself is the greatest obstacle to making behavioral change stick. They reveal a tested method for leading successful change, which they have developed over a combined 50 years of helping organizations do just that.

In Leading Successful Change, they share the two tenets for making successful change; how to create a scene that will provide a vision of the future; the 8 Levers of Change, a tried-and-true method for designing the work environment to support the changes; and how winning companies - from IKEA to a hospital near you - are successfully implementing change.

Change is not optional and it is difficult - but it is also not impossible. Shea and Solomon present a thorough, well-researched explanation of how to make change work.

Gildan Media is proud to bring you another Wharton Digital Press Audiobook. These notable audiobooks contain the essential tools that can be applied to every facet of your career.

©2013 Gregory P. Shea and Cassie A. Solomon (P)2013 Gildan Media LLC

Critic Reviews

"... a must-use guide for anyone who is faced with leading others to a future that is better than today. …The audiobook to listen to if you are a leader who genuinely cares about people and your organization’s success.”—(Annie McKee, PhD, author of Management: A Focus on Leaders and coauthor of Primal Leadership and Resonant Leadership)

What members say

Average Customer Ratings

Overall

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    6
  • 4 Stars
    5
  • 3 Stars
    3
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0

Performance

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    5
  • 4 Stars
    5
  • 3 Stars
    2
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0

Story

  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    5
  • 4 Stars
    6
  • 3 Stars
    1
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Audible.com Reviews
Amazon Reviews
Sort by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Edith
  • SAN DIEGO, CA, United States
  • 01-19-14

Excellent book narrated brilliantly by Dana Hickox

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

The basic message of the book, like most powerful insights, is actually quite simple. Shea and Solomon emphasize that, in order to realize successful change, new practices must be encouraged and supported institutionally in very specific ways. Hickox's intelligent, nuanced narration makes each of the multiple examples and business stories clear and thought provoking. I hope for more from the same team.

Has Leading Successful Change turned you off from other books in this genre?

Reading Successful Change has made me think more deeply than I ever have about making a difference in my profession.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Dana Hickox?

Dana Hickox is an outstanding narrator.

Any additional comments?

This audio book is a must for all professionals facing change...and who isn't?