Mark Miller has 12 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 8 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.6★ across 93 ratings. The most-rated is The Heart of Leadership.
The Heart of Leadership
Summary
In this short, easy-to-listen fable, best-selling author Mark Miller reveals five habits that underlie leadership character and that determine a leader's success - and he teaches leaders how to develop these habits. Like Miller's previous books, this one follows the life, learning, and influence of Debbie Bruster. Here she finds herself mentoring Blake Brown, the son of her former mentor. Rather than answer Blake's questions about leadership directly, Debbie introduces him to other leaders, each of whom shares a unique perspective on what really makes a leader successful. As Blake puts the pieces together, he discovers his problem is not one of skills but of character - that leadership is more about the heart of the leader than the head or hands. In fact, Miller summarized these traits with the acronym HEART: Hunger for Wisdom, Expect the Best, Accept Responsibility, Respond with Courage, and Think Others First. With the help of his new friends and mentors, Blake is able to build a plan to transform his heart. The good news is that leadership is not just the purview of the few - it is within reach for millions of aspiring leaders around the world. This book is the road map they need to get their lives and careers on track.
©2013 Mark Miller (P)2013 Blackstone Audio
Chess Not Checkers
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In his latest business fable, top leadership author Mark Miller tells the story of newly appointed CEO Blake Brown, who takes over a company distressed by poor performance and low morale. Nothing Blake learned from his previous job seems to help him deal with the bigger, more complex problems he now faces. The game has changed. As his new mentor points out, Blake is playing a simple game of checkers when he should be playing chess. Miller uses this metaphor to show how leaders can encourage deep, strategic thinking throughout an organization and utilize the unique abilities of each employee (bishops move differently than knights). He explains how to apply the "chess not checkers" mentality in four critical areas: leadership development, employee engagement, organizational alignment, and execution. This is an appealing, accessible guide to helping all leaders think ahead, plan their moves, and avoid getting checkmated by circumstances or competitors.
©2015 Mark Miller (P)2015 Mark Miller
Talent Magnet: How to Attract and Keep the Best People
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There is a long-standing truth in the world of organizations: Talent wins! But how do you attract the best people? What do they really want? Based on his rigorous and extensive research, Mark Miller learned that top performers are looking for very different things than solid contributors. In Talent Magnet, Miller uses a clever and entertaining business fable to share these findings. He tells the parallel stories of Blake Brown, a CEO struggling with winning the war for talent, and Blake's 16-year-old son, Clint, who is trying to get his first job so he can raise money to buy a well for a village in Africa. Blake reaches out to leaders in other industries and works with his team to solve the puzzle of making his organization a destination for exceptional performers. But he also learns from his son. Listening to Clint and his friends compare notes on the companies they've worked for that summer, ranging from the awful to the inspirational, Blake realizes they want the same three things out of a job as any top performer in a Fortune 500 company. Miller identifies these three critical aspects of a true talent magnet and explores the deeper meaning of each. He pulls back the curtain on what leaders can do to find and retain the very best people - a strategic need every leader faces.
©2018 Mark Miller (P)2018 Mark Miller
The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do
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In this audio edition of their classic business fable, Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller get to the heart of what makes a leader successful. Newly promoted but struggling young executive Debbie Brewster asks her mentor the one question she desperately needs answered: "What is the secret of great leaders?" His reply, "Great leaders serve" flummoxes her. But over time, he reveals the five fundamental ways that leaders succeed through service. Along the way, she learns: Why great leaders seem preoccupied with the future How people on the team ultimately determine your success or failure What three arenas require continuous improvement Why true success in leadership has two essential components How to knowingly strengthen - or unwittingly destroy - leadership credibility The book also includes a leadership self-assessment so listeners can measure to what extent they lead by serving and where they can improve. The authors have also added answers to the most frequently asked questions about how to apply the SERVE model in the real world. As practical as it is uplifting, The Secret shares Blanchard’s and Miller’s wisdom about leadership in a form that anyone can easily understand and implement. This book will benefit not only those who listen to it but also the people who look to them for guidance and the organizations they serve.
©2004, 2009, 2014 Blanchard Family Partnership and Mark Miller (P)2019 Blanchard Family Partnership and Mark Miller
Leaders Made Here
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The most important attribute high-performing organizations have in common is that they are well led. Every organization dreams of having enough leaders. Yet too many organizations take a haphazard or inconsistent approach to leadership development. The result is a dearth of leaders and a failure to leverage the full capacity of the enterprise. Leadership guru and Chick-fil-A executive Mark Miller describes how any organization can create a culture in which leaders are routinely and systematically developed, resulting in a surplus of leaders. Miller details how to nurture leaders throughout the organization, from the front lines to the executive ranks. He provides a game plan for organizations to create a deep leadership bench. To help bring the ideas to life, Miller uses the story of Charles, a new executive, as he and his team discover best practices from around the world to ensure a continuous supply of capable leaders. Charles and his team then translate their findings into a practical plan that any organization can use to create a leadership culture that will assure a sustainable competitive advantage and long-term success.
©2017 Mark Miller (P)2017 Mark Miller
Win the Heart: How to Create a Culture of Full Engagement
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Every great company has an engaged workforce, and nurturing a culture of engagement is at the heart of great leadership - employees who really care about their work, their coworkers, and the organization can supercharge a company’s success. But for many years, engagement has been suffering. Gallop reports that 70 percent of employees are not fully engaged on the job. Mark Miller draws on more than 40 years of leadership experience to teach leaders at all levels how to change the conversation and create real competitive advantage in the process. In the fourth book in Miller’s High Performance series, CEO Blake Brown sets out to discover how to create the kind of workplace where everyone feels excited to come to work, passionate about what he or she brings to the company, and energized at the end of the day. It’s a journey that takes him literally all over the world - from Italy to Greece to Green Bay and more. What he discovers from the pages of history is as relevant as the evening news. Engagement unleashes untapped potential buried deep within the hearts of your people. An engaged workforce is more creative, more driven, and more enthusiastic about reaching company goals. If you put the lessons in this book to work, your people will never look at work, or their leaders, the same way again.
©2019 Mark Miller (P)2019 Mark Miller
Great Leaders Grow
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What is the secret to lasting as a leader? In the words of Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller, "Our capacity to grow determines our capacity to lead.” Leadership must be a living process, and life means growth. In Great Leaders Grow, a woman named Debbie Brewster becomes a mentor to a young man named Blake, as he embarks on his own career. Together, they explore four ways that leaders must keep growing, both on the job and off. Within their story are valuable lessons for anyone who desires both professional success and personal fulfillment.
©2012 Original material © 2012 Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller. Recorded by arrangement with Berrett-Koehler Publishers. (P)2012 (p) 2012 HighBridge Company
The Secret of Teams
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Using the same characters as those found in Miller’s other bestseller, The Secret and one new character, a retired Special Forces Commander, this work aims to help team leaders and team members create high-performing teams. The core message is that Talent, Skills, and Community are all essential to team success, and that team leaders and leaders supervising or training team leaders, need to develop all three in order to create such teams. This work presents a radical message in the team literature and in the practice of most organizations. Most team books focus on such things as getting clear about team purpose and team member roles, not the importance of creating a sense of community in a team. Miller offers concrete suggestions for building teams where people know each other deeply, server each other willingly, and genuinely care for each other. The reader learns of the value true affection and compassion bring to a team and how crucial that bond is to any team’s success.
©2011 Original material Mark Miller. Recorded by arrangement with Berrett-Koehler Publishers (P)2011 HighBridge Company
Passive Income for Beginners: 2 Books in 1
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Have you decided to start your online business with the online sale of products? The goal is to search for a product, create a brand, and sell multiple products in different countries where Amazon or other platforms do business. Well, in short, when you create your brand, you separate yourself from the package, being literally the only seller who offers your product. In this way, you can keep all the profits, 100 percent of the time! Manage a large amount of shipping and handling in addition to their other business needs. Services such as handling shipments are taken care of by Amazon - it manages the process of shipping the goods as they are sold. The free time you get often allows you to scale your business and work to find new products and work on marketing rather than work to get a package delivered to a customer. The seller lists a product he has not purchased, and a supplier sends the product to the consumer at the time of sale. This is known as dropshipping, and the seller's initial investment is much less than traditional sales, which means lower profit margins per sale rather than when funds allow. This makes dropshipping one of the main methods for beginners. But there is still a surprise for you! I inform you that you also have another possibility to make money: Shopify. It is the simplest e-commerce builder to help you make the process painless and simple. E-commerce is a great way to find items directly from your home. This makes Shopify a great way to sell things you do. But aren't there tons of competition? Yes, but it is not important! The basic strategy: There are several ways you can choose to sell, but I think the best way to achieve sales success is to sell private label products. This audiobook will walk you through the basics of platforms through the following chapters: What is Amazon FBA? What is currently the best market strategy? Time is money Shipping and customs costs Methods to get traffic The 18 best practices What is dropshipping? What is affiliate marketing? How can I create a successful strategy with dropshipping and affiliate marketing? Things to sell online How can I choose the right sales platform for me? Steps to manage customers with excellent customer service What is Shopify? Ways to maximize profit Steps in building online stores And more... Ready to get started? Click on "buy now"!
©2020 Mark Miller (P)2020 Mark Miller
Social Media Marketing Complete Guide 2019
Summary
Master social media, attract your audience, and grow your business fast with this guide to marketing using the most popular online platforms.
More than three billion people use social media daily. More importantly, it’s growing exponentially.
Marketing through social media isn’t just an option in today’s world. It’s an absolute must. Are you making the most of it?
Social media is the best way to separate your brand from the rest. Social Media Marketing Complete Guide 2019 will teach you all the tips and tricks to market your brand effectively to reach potential customers with content that works. Starting with fundamentals of content creation, this book outlines the best strategies for the biggest platform - covering Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, and YouTube.
With this guide, you’ll learn how to:
Build an audience and keep them engaged
Build an effective, efficient landing page
Find your audience’s preferences and tap into current trends without oversaturation
Optimize advertising while making a profit
Gain followers organically and increase your reach through community interactions
Thrive in the global marketplace
Complete Social Media 2019 is the definitive guide on getting the most for your money with today’s biggest social media platforms.
Are you ready to maximize your social media presence and market your brand fast and more effectively than ever?
Pick up Social Media Marketing Complete Guide 2019 today.
©2019 Mark Miller (P)2019 Mark Miller
Money Management: Get Out of Debt, Make a Budget, Save Money, and Learn the Steps to Building Real Wealth
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Are you struggling with debt and saving money? Do you find that near the end of the month, there is more month left than money? Does your family need and want more out of life than you can financially afford? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this book is for you. Here's a sneak peek at what you'll learn: How to achieve financial peace of mind How to no longer live paycheck to paycheck The real importance of saving and budgeting How to create a budget the right way Top money management software programs Tips on how to repair your credit Top mistakes in budgeting Moneymaking tips And much more! Mark Miller is a successful entrepreneur and retired financial planner. His passion is helping people realize their true financial power. He spends his time consulting with midsize businesses and holds private works shops near his home in Denver, Colorado.
©2015 Great Reads Publishing (P)2015 Great Reads Publishing
Amazon FBA and E-Commerce with Shopify
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For sure, you’ve heard a lot about selling physical products on Amazon lately. But why Amazon? Simply because it’s the biggest online store to ever have been - and probably that will ever be - created! If you’re interested in e-commerce, Amazon is the right place for you. Another often-overlooked reason to sell on Amazon is its Prime clients. When you let Amazon handle the shipping, your products become eligible to be sold to millions of Amazon Prime clients that will receive any order of any size in just two days. So, if you’re asking yourself “Should I sell there?” the answer is yes! But aren’t there tons of competitors? Yes, but it's not important! By opening its platform to third-party sellers, Amazon immediately created one of the biggest opportunities ever for entrepreneurs: It opened its store on its pages, selling to over 225 million clients! There are different ways you can sell on Amazon, but probably selling products with the distributor’s own label is by far the best method to reach success. You’re basically creating a brand with private labeling of a product that already sells well on Amazon. This not only makes you avoid having to reinvent the wheel, trying to create and market something new, but also making you compete for the “buy box”. When you create your own brand, you distinguish yourself by being the only seller offering your product. This way, you can keep all your profits, 100 percent of the time! The aim is to find a product, create a brand, and sell more products in different countries that buy from Amazon. This audiobook will guide you through the fundamentals of Amazon FBA. You will learn: What Amazon FBA is What are and how to use the algorithms What the best market strategy is Time is money Finding products Getting clicks And more! But wait, it’s not over yet! You have another possibility to make big money. Have you decided to start your online activity by selling products? Shopify is the solution. If you’re interested in selling "any size" products or any services, Shopify is the simplest platform to build your e-commerce. We will now see how to use the Shopify platform through the following topics: What Shopify is Maximize your profit Shipping fees Get the right Shopify keyword Backlink Shopify Steps to build your online shop Strategies for the correct pricing And much more! The term “e-commerce” was coined to indicate any sort of online transaction. E-commerce is a great way to find products straight from home. Shopify has grown significantly since its launch in 2006. The greatest thing about it is that you don’t need to own a company to use this resource. You can sell things from home if you wish. This makes Shopify a great way to sell what you make. Ready to start? Click on “buy now”!
©2020 Mark Miller (P)2020 Mark Miller