Michael Schwalbe has narrated 4 audiobooks on Listento.it by 4 authors. The most-rated is Trials and Tribulations of a Travelling Prostitute.
Everything You Know About Organizational Behavior You Learned in High School
Summary
Through humorous and relatable stories, Everything You Know About Organizational Behavior You Learned in High School, by author Victor P. Becker, offers a practical management-development tool using real-life experience to draw comparisons between adolescent high-school behavior and behavior prevalent in workplaces today. Becker assists business leaders and human resources professionals in identifying and correcting adolescent organizational behaviors on the job. He examines the organizational dysfunction in the context of real challenges in areas such as employee recognition, performance management, leadership, predators and bullies, the power of teams, and more. He offers simple fixes for each area. Everything You Know About Organizational Behavior You Learned in High School brings you on a nostalgic journey to a pleasant, albeit sometimes volatile, period in your life. It is during this time in high school the foundation for your personality and adult behavior patterns are established. These adolescent behavior patterns remain in adulthood and find their way into the workplace. Becker teaches you to recognize the dysfunction that is caused and captures simple tips to improve your team’s and company’s results.
©2019 Victor P. Becker (P)2019 Victor P. Becker
The 5C Leader
Summary
Some leaders make it look easy. Others who have every opportunity to lead effectively make it appear impossible. One thing is certain with leadership: People notice it when it is absent. W. James Weese, a professor of leadership at one of Canadas top universities, advances the concept of leadership in his exciting book. In doing so, he argues that the best leaders exhibit 5C qualities: credibility, compelling vision, charismatic communicator, contagious enthusiasm, and culture builder. He explores how leaders can effectively: Energize colleagues to solve problems Engage as a partner and a participant in the leadership process Develop a community of leaders committed to a clear vision Open the way to greater clarity, alignment, and effectiveness The author provides a thorough overview and theoretical grounding for each of his 5Cs in addition to exercises and a diagnostic tool so listeners can assess their leadership strengths and areas for development. Discover the foundational components you must cultivate to inspire others, overcome challenges, and achieve results with the lessons outlined in The Five C Leader.
©2018 W. James Weese, Ph.D. (P)2018 W. James Weese, Ph.D.
In a Mirror Dimly
Summary
Through the years of his education, training, work as a family physician, and life situations, author Dr. Michael Fleming realized every experience had a story. In In a Mirror Dimly, he shares a collection of these stories, reflecting his love for them and his talent for telling them. This compilation includes Fleming’s random thoughts and observations as he’s traveled his path: an early life filled with insecurity and shame; a young adult life with too much wasted; an adult life blessed with love and family, a wife, children, and grandchildren; and now his final seasons that have been given light through God’s grace. Derived from a life of curiosity, some of the stories are edgy and others not exactly politically correct. They represent a reflection of the many mentors who guided him, the experiences that molded him, the love of his life who traveled these paths with him, and the observations of someone who has ever been curious about “why” we are, and “how” do we make the best of it all.
©2020 Michael Fleming, MD (P)2020 Michael Fleming, MD
Trials and Tribulations of a Travelling Prostitute
Summary
If you work at a multinational company, at some point you may be asked to travel the world to maintain, or install equipment, or seek to boost your firm’s reputation. It happened to Andrew Mackay, and he was unprepared from the moment he stepped on a helicopter to go to a Chevron platform in the North Sea, when everyone was dressed for freezing temperatures except him. Working as what he calls “a travelling prostitute”, Mackay was surprised to find that almost all of the time, he was on his own. Higher-ups never asked about his well-being, and he had to quickly adapt to indigenous populations, cultures, and traditions. In sharing his experiences while working abroad, he hopes to prepare other employees at multinational companies who may not appreciate what traveling on the job entails. If your organization has not done its homework in advance, your very life could be at risk. From being kidnapped at an airport, left stranded, forced to spend extra time in strange places, and navigating dangerous situations, you’ll learn how to survive when working overseas in Trials and Tribulations of a Travelling Prostitute.
©2018 Andrew Mackay (P)2019 Andrew Mackay