You Can't Order Change
Lessons from Jim McNerney's Turnaround at Boeing
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Peter S. Cohan
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The first audiobook to explore the unique leadership style of Boeing's acclaimed CEO.
Jim McNerney was one of Jack Welch's top protégés at General Electric and a finalist to replace the retiring Welch as CEO. McNerney lost that competition in 2001, but since then he has emerged as one of the most effective leaders of his generation.
You Can't Order Change tells the amazing story of McNerney's turnaround at the world's leading aircraft manufacturer, which had faced a series of tough problems. Boeing is extremely hard to run, with more than $66 billion in annual revenue and 161,000 employees. A new product like the 787 Dreamliner costs billions to develop over many years, with global production hurdles and little margin for error.
Peter Cohan interviewed people who worked with McNerney throughout his career to explain why his consensus-driven style sets him apart. The title comes from a McNerney quote about the importance of winning hearts and minds with a clear vision of future success.
McNerney combines Midwestern integrity and humility with the brilliance and drive of a Harvard Business School and McKinsey alum. This audiobook reveals his approach to accountability, growth, cost cutting, leadership development, customer focus, and other universal challenges.
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- By Justin on 01-01-18
By: Suman Sarkar
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Extreme Teams
- Why Pixar, Netflix, AirBnB, and Other Cutting-Edge Companies Succeed Where Most Fail
- By: Robert Bruce Shaw
- Narrated by: James Foster
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 62
Managers want great teams, but most build them around decades-old ideas and practices made popular by companies that have lost their edge. Extreme Teams looks at the new generation of teams driving growth in today's most innovative firms. They do this by doing things differently: hiring the right person instead of the best person; focusing on one priority while leaving room to explore new ideas; creating an environment where people are comfortable dealing with the uncomfortable.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Extreme Blah
- By Blair C on 05-03-18
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The Complete Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions
- Process Tools to Support M&A Integration at Every Level, 3rd Edition
- By: Timothy J. Galpin, Mark Herndon
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 7
Merger and acquisition activity across the globe continues to grow, and is also playing a major role in the development of expanding markets. A well-managed integration effort is essential to success, and failure means a tremendous waste in terms of time and money, as well as the rapid destruction of shareholder value. The Complete Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions: Process Tools to Support M&A Integration at Every Level, Third Edition is an invaluable resource to guide firms in managing M&A integration and maximize the value of their deals.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Sales brochure for the authors
- By J Garner on 04-18-22
By: Timothy J. Galpin, and others
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The Founder's Dilemmas
- By: Noam Wasserman
- Narrated by: Mark Mosely
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 723
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 582
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Often downplayed in the excitement of starting up a new business venture is one of the most important decisions entrepreneurs will face: should they go it alone, or bring in cofounders, hires, and investors to help build the business? More than just financial rewards are at stake. Friendships and relationships can suffer. Bad decisions at the inception of a promising venture lay the foundations for its eventual ruin.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Too much talk on the data
- By Stanley Tan on 10-02-14
By: Noam Wasserman
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The Self-Made Billionaire Effect
- How Extreme Producers Create Massive Value
- By: John Sviokla, Mitch Cohen
- Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 320
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 261
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 260
Imagine what Atari might have achieved if Steve Jobs had stayed there to develop the first massmarket personal computer. Or what Steve Case might have done for PepsiCo if he hadn't left for a gaming start-up that eventually became AOL. What if Salomon Brothers had kept Michael Bloomberg, or Bear Stearns had exploited the inventive ideas of Stephen Ross? Scores of top-tier entrepreneurs worked for established corporations before they struck out on their own and became self-made billionaires.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Waste of time!
- By Anonymous User on 05-30-20
By: John Sviokla, and others
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The Amazon Way: Amazon's 14 Leadership Principles
- By: John Rossman, Tom Alberg - foreword
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 144
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 108
The 3rd edition of The Amazon Way is one of the rare business leadership books giving actionable insights for innovation and business growth to be the basis for your digital transformation gameplan. The Amazon Way translates Amazon's unique culture and management practices into insights and opportunities, as only an Amazon executive and expert advisor could do for the Amazon Leadership Principles giving listeners one of the essential business leadership books for the digital era.
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5 out of 5 stars
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If you pay attention…
- By Ken A myhra on 12-08-24
By: John Rossman, and others
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Think Like Amazon
- 50 1/2 Ideas to Become a Digital Leader
- By: John Rossman
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings, John Rossman
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 223
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 188
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 188
“What would Jeff do?” Since leaving Amazon to advise start-ups and corporations, John Rossman has been asked this question countless times by executives who want to know “the secret” behind Amazon’s historic success. In this step-by-step guide, he provides 50½ answers drawn from his experience as an Amazon executive - and shows today’s business leaders how to think like Amazon, strategize like Bezos, and beat the competition like nobody’s business.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read if you really want to innovate like Amazon
- By Npino on 05-19-19
By: John Rossman
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The Outstanding Organization
- Generate Business Results by Eliminating Chaos and Building the Foundation for Everyday Excellence
- By: Karen Martin
- Narrated by: Karen Martin
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 27
After two decades in the trenches of helping companies design and build better, more efficient operations, Karen Martin has pinpointed why performance improvement programs usually fail: Chaos, the sneaky but powerful force that frustrates customers, keeps business leaders awake at night, and saps company morale. In The Outstanding Organization, Karen offers a toolbox for combating chaos by creating the organizational conditions that will allow your improvement efforts to return greater gains.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good breadth, shallow depth
- By aochoa19 on 02-09-21
By: Karen Martin
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Build an A-Team: Play to Their Strengths and Lead Them Up the Learning Curve
- By: Whitney Johnson
- Narrated by: Whitney Johnson
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 132
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 113
The best bosses know this, and they know how to make it happen by thoughtfully designing people’s jobs around the skills they have today as well as the skills they'll need to be even more valuable tomorrow. That's how entire organizations stay competitive in an unpredictable, rapidly changing business environment. In this book, Johnson explains how to become one of those bosses and how to build your A-team.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must listen for team builders everywhere
- By Nathan McMullin on 06-09-18
By: Whitney Johnson
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Journey to the Emerald City
- By: Roger Connors, Tom Smith, Craig Hickman
- Narrated by: Wayne Shepherd
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4 out of 5 stars 36
Building on the success of their previous title, The Oz Principle, Connors and Smith explore the direct link between a company's culture and the results it produces. Journey to the Emerald City details a clear road map for accelerating the move to a culture of accountability in which people focus on achieving the results critical to a company's future.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Every creative leaders go to book
- By June on 01-08-18
By: Roger Connors, and others
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Under New Management
- How Leading Organizations Are Upending Business as Usual
- By: David Burkus
- Narrated by: Rich Orlow
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 66
A provocative work that challenges the traditional and widely accepted principles of business management - and proves that they are outdated, outmoded, or simply don't work. Do open floor plans really work? Are there companies that put their employees' welfare first, and their clients second? Are annual performance reviews necessary? Dr. David Burkus is a highly regarded and increasingly influential business school professor who challenges many of the established principles of business management.
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5 out of 5 stars
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information age work assembly line management
- By A. Davis on 04-15-16
By: David Burkus
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The Strategist
- Be the Leader Your Business Needs
- By: Cynthia Montgomery
- Narrated by: Karen White
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 119
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 99
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Story4 out of 5 stars 98
Based on an acclaimed professor's legendary strategy course at Harvard Business School, The Strategist offers a radically new perspective on a leader's most vital role. "Are you a strategist?" That's the first question Cynthia Montgomery asks the business owners and senior executives from all over the world who participate in her highly regarded executive education course. It's not a question they anticipate, but by the time the program ends, they cannot imagine leading their companies to success without being - and living the role of - a strategist.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Slow going with an odd narrative tone
- By Benson Bumpkin on 08-06-12
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Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick
- People, Probabilities, and Big Moves to Beat the Odds
- By: Chris Bradley, Martin Hirt, Sven Smit
- Narrated by: David Marantz
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 172
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 144
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 142
To make these big moves happen for your company, you’re going to have to break through inertia, gamesmanship, and risk aversion. You’re going to have to mitigate human biases and manage group dynamics. Eight practical shifts can help you do this, and unlock bigger, bolder, better strategies. This is not another by-the-book approach to strategy. It’s not another trudge through frameworks or small-scale case studies promising a secret formula for success. It’s an irreverent, fact-driven, and humorous take on the real world of strategic decision making.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ok beginning, superb finish
- By Rancher on 01-01-21
By: Chris Bradley, and others
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Inside Drucker's Brain
- By: Jeffrey A. Krames
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 121
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 69
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Story4 out of 5 stars 68
In late 2003, Peter Drucker invited Jeffrey Krames to his home in Claremont, California, for a rare interview. The 94-year-old Drucker who had amassed an unprecedented body of published work, comprised of many hundreds of thousands of pages, spent a full day sharing his insights from a lifetime of management consulting and writing. This resulting audiobook is a simple guide that distills the essential wisdom from Drucker's considerable body of work.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Learn From the Master
- By morton on 10-24-08
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Playing to Win
- How Strategy Really Works
- By: Roger L. Martin, A.G. Lafley
- Narrated by: LJ Ganser
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,382
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,098
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,093
Playing to Win, a noted Wall Street Journal and Washington Post best seller, outlines the strategic approach Lafley, in close partnership with strategic adviser Roger Martin, used to double P&G’s sales, quadruple its profits, and increase its market value by more than $100 billion when Lafley was first CEO (he led the company from 2000 to 2009). The book shows leaders in any type of organization how to guide everyday actions with larger strategic goals built around the clear, essential elements that determine business successwhere to play and how to win.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The P&G Story
- By lniles on 04-14-15
By: Roger L. Martin, and others
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- Cyntia
- 12-24-24
bunch of BS
A bs book basically full of self agrandizing lies. He was an awful CEO and everyone is pretty much in agreement and the gall to say he turned around Boeing is insane. McNerney is the reason the 737 MAXs exist at all.
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- SINA GOLSHANY
- 06-15-19
Talk is cheap, but...
This book is an excellent collection of what McNerney said during his reign at Boeing. Sadly for those of us who were at Boeing, the opposite of what you hear in this book actually took place. Basically the leadership said one thing (all good) and the company did exactly the opposite. I would say this book summarizes how it should have been, instead of how it actually was.
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