With his soothing vocal clarity and youthful-sounding changes in vocal pitch, narrator Oliver Wyman adds enormous appeal to this captivating book on leadership. The author, a business journalist who interviews CEOs for a Sunday NEW YORK TIMES column, has grouped the career stories and wisdom of 75 such people into three components of the CEO’s job—succeeding, managing, and leading. Among the many substantial discoveries he made is that the leader of a large company is often someone who grew into power by listening, studying why people succeed, and connecting with others in a personal, candid way. Bryant has a wonderful ear for narrative. By letting his CEOs tell their own stories, his message takes the form of a tapestry of insights on personal leadership.
Pub Date: April 12, 2011
Duration: 5 hrs
DD ISBN: 9781427211828
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
The readers can't compensate for the unbearably pompous prose style of this extended parable about corporate politics and strategy.
Pub Date: N/A
Duration: 3 hrs
Publisher: Random House Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
The audiobook illuminates the misdeeds of malevolent marketers, sleazy lawyers, and unethical doctors.
Cassandra Campbell’s narration is a model of a nonfiction performance. Her reading of exposition is careful and convincing. She knows where to pause and how to move the action forward. Law professor Burch’s investigative report of the con men, grifters, and profiteers who took advantage of women who were harmed by vaginal mesh implant removal is deeply researched. The revelations of how these “professionals” colluded to scam these vulnerable women who experienced incontinence, pain, and emotional distress after their procedures is horrific. The patients whose mesh implants were removed often had no medical workups prior to surgeries and were charged egregious hidden fees. The text also exposes the legal system’s glacial pace.
The audiobook illuminates the misdeeds of malevolent marketers, sleazy lawyers, and unethical doctors.Pub Date: Jan. 13, 2026
Duration: 13 hrs
DD ISBN: 9781668115107
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Review Posted Online: Feb. 17, 2026
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