Leadership

Updated for today’s readers, Dale Carnegie’s timeless bestseller How to Win Friends and Influence People is a classic that has improved and transformed the professional and personal and lives of millions. One of the best-known motivational guides in history, Dale Carnegie’s groundbreaking...

Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills 3,000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws. This bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and...

Think and Grow Rich is the number-one inspirational and motivational classic for individuals who are interested in furthering their lives and reaching their goals by learning from important figures in history. The text read in this audiobook is the original 1937 edition written by Napoleon Hill...

*New York Times bestseller—over 40 million copies sold* *The #1 Most Influential Business Book of the Twentieth Century* One of the most inspiring and impactful books ever written, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has captivated readers for nearly three decades. It has transformed the...

*New York Times bestseller—over 40 million copies sold* *The #1 Most Influential Business Book of the Twentieth Century* One of the most inspiring and impactful books ever written, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has captivated readers for nearly three decades. It has transformed the...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Poker champion turned business consultant Annie Duke teaches you how to get comfortable with uncertainty and make better decisions as a result in “the ultimate guide to thinking about risk” (Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit). “A big favorite among...

Featuring a foreword written and read by Jocko Willink! A motivational guide to success and leadership based on the author's experience as a Navy SEAL. Drawing from his extensive military career, renowned Navy SEAL Andy Stumpf shares his hard-earned wisdom by reflecting on his own journey and...

The world’s most trusted guide for leaders in transition. Transitions are a critical time for leaders. In fact, most agree that moving into a new role is the biggest challenge a manager will face. While transitions offer a chance to start fresh and make needed changes in an organization...

Bending Reality is Victoria Song's innovative process used by billionaires, tech founders, and the world's most successful leaders to make the impossible probable....

After her first two weeks observing the problems at DecisionTech, Kathryn Petersen, its new CEO, had more than a few moments when she wondered is she should have taken the job. But Kathryn knew there was little chance she would have turned it down. After all, retirement had made her antsy, and...

An Avid Reader Press book. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader. In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm, Bridgewater Associates, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Forty years later, Bridgewater has made more money for its clients than any other hedge fund in...

THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION Champions do extra. They sweep the sheds. They follow the spearhead. They keep a blue head. They are good ancestors. In Legacy, best-selling author James Kerr goes deep into the heart of the world's most successful sporting team, the legendary All Blacks of New...

Is this blue book more valuable than a business degree? Most people enter their professional careers not understanding how to grow a business. At times, this makes them feel lost, or worse, like a fraud pretending to know what they’re doing. It’s hard to be successful without a clear...

The Senior Vice President of Christie’s and seasoned auctioneer Lydia Fenet, with her “razor-sharp humor and her don’t-mess-with-me gavel strike” (Mariska Hargitay, star of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), shares the secrets of success and the strategies behind her revolutionary sales...

In Build a Business You Love, #1 New York Times bestselling author and Ramsey Solutions Founder and CEO, Dave Ramsey breaks down the system that took his business from a card table in his living room to a $250 million operation.

Leadership Mindset 2.0 is the seemingly counterintuitive, yet most effective approach to quickly becoming a top-tier leader. The kind of leader that is truly confident, strategically effective, and creates highly engaged, skilled, and productive teams in any organization lucky enough to have them.

Brian Tracy, the world's leading authority on success and personal achievement, gives you his proven principles and step-by-step tips for raising your self-esteem and improving your life. This audiobook is based on his seminar program that has dramatically improved the income and lives of over...

Good Strategy/Bad Strategy clarifies the muddled thinking underlying too many strategies and provides a clear way to create and implement a powerful action-oriented strategy for the real world. Developing and implementing a strategy is the central task of a leader. A good strategy is a specific...

The last lecture on leadership by the NFL's greatest coach will inspire, inform, and enlighten leaders in all professions. Bill Walsh was a towering figure in the history of the NFL. His advanced leadership transformed the San Francisco 49ers from the worst franchise in sports to a legendary...

A revised and updated edition of the acclaimed Wall Street Journal bestseller that explores why some leaders drain capability and intelligence from their teams while others amplify it to produce better results. We’ve all had experience with two dramatically different types of leaders. The...

"You guys really dropped the ball on the teamwork project.” They didn’t say anything, so Jeff continued, focusing on Bobby. “You said it wasn’t just posters and t-shirts, but what else was it?” Before they could answer, he went on. “Because you don’t seem to know what you mean when...

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...

Discover the practical, fail-proof tools that will help you to fine-tune your leadership skills, solidify respect among your workforce, and ensure your company's lasting success....

Retired Navy SEAL commander and performance expert Rich Diviney reveals a revolutionary method for training individuals and teams to perform at their best, no matter what.

"It's Monday morning and George walks out the front door to his car and a flat tire. But this is the least of his problems. His home life is in shambles and his team at work is in disarray. With a big new product launch coming up in 2 weeks for the NRG-2000 he has to find a way to get it...

Organizations run on confidence. When people’s self-belief matches their capability, they feel able to step forward, take on new challenges, stretch themselves. When teams are connected by trust and respect, they are more ambitious in what they deliver together. And thoughtful, wholehearted confidence in the organization’s mission acts as oxygen for collective performance. Unleash a confidence contagion and unlock the strongest level of contribution from your team.

The organization is broken. Decades of research show how women struggle to grow in their careers and move up into leadership positions, in part due to demands outside of work. But it's not working for men either. Men want to be equal partners, present parents, and active community members...

The practical guide 500,000 people have already trusted to master their emotions, now revised and expanded. Make your emotions work for you, not against you. Do you feel like you aren’t good enough? Do you blame yourself for something you did in the past? Or perhaps, you resent someone for...

Transform your everyday life with wisdom that built empires. Do you want to make smarter decisions and create lasting impact? Learn how to handle challenging situations, or how to become a better, more effective leader? The answers lie in the Arthashastra-the 2,300-year-old masterpiece by...

People first. Mission always. It takes grit to rise above mediocrity and lead with conviction. Whether your fight is on the battlefield, in business, or at home, true victory is won through integrity and servant leadership. As a decorated special warfare officer and nonprofit founder, Dr. Damon Friedman has learned firsthand that before you can lead others, you must first conquer yourself. Special Warfare CEO blends elite military wisdom with real-world leadership insights for overcoming obstacles and transforming your mission —whatever it may be.

In Curiosity Redefines the Limits, business leader and innovator Rod Adkins delivers a compelling roadmap for turning life’s questions into fuel for growth, leadership, and impact. From his early days as a precocious child in Miami to the executive ranks of IBM and influential roles on global boards, Rod’s journey proves that curiosity isn’t just a trait—it’s a strategy. This insightful book combines personal storytelling with actionable insights to help listeners harness curiosity in every chapter of life.

In Lead with Trust, leadership expert and HR executive Bart Spence challenges conventional leadership thinking and makes a compelling case for trust as the ultimate driver of people, performance, and sustainable success. Drawing on more than two decades of real-world experience—from corporate boardrooms to ballfields—Spence shows that the quality of our relationships ultimately determines the quality of our leadership and results.

A raw, clear-eyed portrait of what it’s really like to run a startup in Silicon Valley, told by someone who has lived it again and again. For nearly three decades, Mike Grossman has been at the center of the world’s most mythologized innovation hub, leading early-stage, venture-funded tech companies through the highs, heartbreaks, and near misses that define life in the Valley. He has raised millions, managed boardroom crises, built great teams, and navigated moments when everything seemed one bad quarter away from collapse.

In a crowded field of business leadership books, Lead With Authority gives managers and founders a clear, practical path to becoming the kind of leader people trust, follow, and respect. Ethan Cole breaks leadership down into usable principles: how to communicate expectations, make decisions under pressure, hold people accountable, and build a culture where performance and trust can grow together. Written in a confident, structured, and motivational style, this book is designed for leaders who want more than theory.

Most books about rebranding are written by agencies, for agencies. This one isn't. It's written for the person inside the company — the in-house leader who has to actually pull off the brand transformation while keeping the lights on, managing the executives who think they know design, and absorbing the blame when the new logo leaks early.

Stay centered when the world feels chaotic. In the face of complex stressors, being calm isn't just a state—it's a skill worth cultivating. Developing emotional regulation can help you navigate situations such as high-pressure meetings, periods of intense overwork, or an environment of change...

Unleash your inner dynamo and step into the spotlight with confidence, clarity, and charisma! This isn't your average training manual—it's a turbo-charged transformation toolkit for anyone who's ever stood in front of a classroom, a boardroom, or even a living room full of curious minds and...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What if leadership were determined not by hustle, but by serenity? If you no longer had to control – but could let go? And still lead more clearly, better, more stably? That is Stoic leadership. Not self-optimization. Not performance pressure. But an...

Managers direct reports. Leaders inspire followers. Role models engineer identity and magnify the future. Role Modelship is the governance layer for the AI enterprise. The secret to exceptional impact isn’t talent. It’s the power of role modelship. Your competitive edge depends on learning from the best. As we integrate AI into our lives, it’s more vital than ever to model the best of who we are. AI learns from us. It mirrors our data, habits, and humanity. Role Modelship offers the human grounding and guardrails AI lacks.

In The Power of Positive Habits, eighteen-time bestselling author and leadership coach Jon Gordon—who has spent over two decades transforming lives and teams through his work—delivers a game-changing collection of practical habits that demolish distractions, beat burnout, neutralize...

Many talented professionals climb the ladder only to feel they're treading water, chasing titles without finding purpose. Rise to the Role shows you another way—one that ignites your potential without sacrificing your authenticity. Drawing on decades of coaching Csuite executives and emerging leaders, Randall Ian Thames introduces the Discover, Develop, Display framework—a proven roadmap to uncover your "superpower," elevate your influence, and lead with clarity and conviction.

We’ve all heard that F-word shouted across locker rooms, social media clips, and viral business videos —but does it really say what you mean? In a world where vulgarity has become a brand and profanity is praised as passion, bestselling author Beth Townsend and her son, record breaking sales leader, Rhett Townsend, are flipping the script. Blending wisdom from two generations, this unapologetically fresh and fiercely positive book introduces a new vocabulary of power —twelve bold “F-words” that challenge you to live on fire, lead with finesse, and face your fears with grit and grace.

Emotional inclusion—putting Emotional Intelligence into Action for sustainable change in the workforceWhen Mollie Rogers Jean De Dieu founded Emotional Inclusion in the workforce three years ago, she was on a mission to rid emotional unwellness shame and stigma in companies. She realized...

Is your leadership driving real results? Leadership is not built on slogans. It is built on systems that work. Best Practice or Pitfall? stands out in the world of business leadership books as a decisive, experience-driven guide for leaders who want results, not rhetoric. Drawing from twenty-five years in sales and executive leadership, Greg Mickelsen delivers a practical playbook that helps you distinguish between advice that sounds good and strategies that actually produce measurable success. This non-fiction business audiobook is grounded in real-world application.

Most leaders don't struggle because they lack talent. They struggle because they lack clarity. Overnight, your role shifts from doing the work to enabling others to succeed—and without a clear path, even the most capable professionals start second-guessing themselves. Lead With Clarity is your guide to navigating this transition. Packed with practical tools, real-world scripts, and a proven leadership framework, this audiobook shows you how to think, decide, and communicate like a leader—without micromanaging, overexplaining, or burning out trying to do everything alone.

The Communication Advantage is a practical leadership audiobook for anyone who wants to build trust, reduce conflict, and communicate with more clarity, confidence, and impact. Many leaders believe communication is only about speaking well. But real communication is deeper than that. It is about how people experience your words, your tone, your presence, and your decisions. A leader can have the right strategy, the right goals, and the right intentions—but if the message does not reach people, trust weakens, confusion grows, and conflict becomes harder to solve.

Why do you need a brain instruction manual? You know what good leadership looks like. You've learned the models, tools, and techniques. And yet, under pressure, everything slips: conversations derail, tension builds, people resist. You fall back into old patterns, even when you know better. Why?...

Through raw, hilarious, and soul-stretching stories, Mya Fort–Marshall invites you into the in-between—the messy, sacred, stretch-marked places where real transformation resides. From childhood nicknames and her grandma’s butter rolls to breast cancer, motherhood, heartbreak, and rebirth, this book feels like a late-night phone call with your friend who always keeps it real. The one who’ll let you cry, laugh, spiral a little—and then remind you who the hell you are.

You're not stuck because you lack talent. You're stuck because of your BUT. Not the one you sit on—the one that sits on you. "I want to lead this team... BUT I'm afraid they'll find out I'm an imposter." "I want to delegate... BUT what if the quality drops?" "I want to grow... BUT I don't have the time, the money, or the right connections."

Are you faking it? How many times have you taken a shortcut, or thought about taking one because you were tired of spinning in the same place? Working harder. Trying more. Still not getting clearer or closer to what you believe matters. Here’s the truth. Most people are not failing. They are constantly drifting. No Shortcuts: What It Really Takes is not motivation. It is a code. This book is for people who carry responsibility and want a way forward that does not require pretending, performing, or compromising what matters.