Best Business Audiobooks Under 5 Hours

Business audiobooks filtered to under 5 hours of listening time — scored by reader and listener reviews.

Short business audiobooks respect your time — which is fitting for the genre. Under 5 hours, these titles distill a single big idea into something you can absorb in an afternoon or a couple of commutes. They're focused, practical, and often better for it. No padding, no filler, just the core argument.

The audiobooks below are the best business listens under 5 hours, scored by reader and listener reviews.

Where to Start with Business Audiobooks Under 5 Hours

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    The Richest Man in Babylon cover

    The Richest Man in Babylon

    by George S. Clason

    Narrated by Grover Gardner

    4.77 ABR Score (272.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.23 Goodreads (245.3K) ★ 4.74 Audible (26.9K)
    4h 4m listening time • Released 2012

    Grover Gardner's warm, grandfatherly tone transforms these ancient Babylonian parables into timeless money wisdom that actually sticks—no jargon, just clarity.

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    The Mom Test cover

    The Mom Test

    by Rob Fitzpatrick

    Narrated by Rob Fitzpatrick

    4.69 ABR Score (15.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.37 Goodreads (14.0K) ★ 4.81 Audible (1.4K)
    3h 50m listening time • Released 2019
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    $100M Money Models cover

    $100M Money Models

    by Alex Hormozi

    Narrated by Alex Hormozi

    4.61 ABR Score (1.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.56 Goodreads (1.1K) ★ 4.9 Audible (831)
    3h 40m listening time • Released 2025
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    Getting Naked: A Business Fable about Shedding the Three Fears That Sabotage Client Loyalty cover

    Getting Naked: A Business Fable about Shedding the Three Fears That Sabotage Client Loyalty

    by Patrick Lencioni

    Narrated by Dan Woren

    4.51 ABR Score (8.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.2 Goodreads (6.3K) ★ 4.76 Audible (2.3K)
    4h 17m listening time • Released 2010

    Dan Woren's conversational delivery makes Lencioni's business fable feel like advice from a mentor, not a lecture—the vulnerability framework lands harder when you hear it spoken with genuine warmth.

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    Baby Steps Millionaires: How Ordinary People Built Extraordinary Wealth-- and How You Can Too cover

    Baby Steps Millionaires: How Ordinary People Built Extraordinary Wealth-- and How You Can Too

    by Dave Ramsey

    Narrated by Dave Ramsey

    4.26 ABR Score (9.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.91 Goodreads (6.5K) ★ 4.7 Audible (3.2K)
    4h 50m listening time • Released 2022

    Dave narrating his own success stories hits different—his conviction about the Baby Steps feels earned, not preached, and you'll actually believe ordinary people can do this.

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    Hooked cover

    Hooked

    by Nir Eyal, Ryan Hoover

    Narrated by Nir Eyal

    4.24 ABR Score (55.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.12 Goodreads (50.5K) ★ 4.39 Audible (4.7K)
    4h 40m listening time • Released 2014
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    Rework cover

    Rework

    by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson

    Narrated by Mike Chamberlain

    4.21 ABR Score (183.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.98 Goodreads (176.3K) ★ 4.43 Audible (6.9K)
    2h 50m listening time • Released 2010
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    The Five Dysfunctions of a Team cover

    The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

    by Patrick Lencioni, Patrick Lencioni - introduction

    Narrated by Charles Stransky

    4.21 ABR Score (19.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.4 Goodreads (5) ★ 4.65 Audible (19.3K)
    3h 42m listening time • Released 2002
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    The Ideal Team Player cover

    The Ideal Team Player

    by Patrick Lencioni

    Narrated by Adam Barr

    4.20 ABR Score (16.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.07 Goodreads (16.1K) ★ 4.73 Audible (154)
    4h 46m listening time • Released 2025
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    Rework Change The Way You Work Forever, It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work 2 Books Collection Set cover

    Rework Change The Way You Work Forever, It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work 2 Books Collection Set

    by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson, Rework Change The Way You Work Forever, David Heinemeier Hansson It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried

    Narrated by Eileen Stevens

    4.18 ABR Score (177.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.98 Goodreads (176.3K) ★ 4.47 Audible (1.4K)
    3h 18m listening time • Released 2018
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    Zero to One cover

    Zero to One

    by Daily Books

    Narrated by Blake Masters

    4.17 ABR Score (24.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.95 Goodreads (21) ★ 4.56 Audible (24.8K)
    4h 50m listening time • Released 2014
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    Silos, Politics and Turf Wars: A Leadership Fable About Destroying the Barriers That Turn Colleagues Into Competitors (J-B Lencioni Series) cover

    Silos, Politics and Turf Wars: A Leadership Fable About Destroying the Barriers That Turn Colleagues Into Competitors (J-B Lencioni Series)

    by Patrick Lencioni

    Narrated by Eric Conger

    4.13 ABR Score (5.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.05 Goodreads (4.4K) ★ 4.5 Audible (1.1K)
    3h 34m listening time • Released 2006
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    The 6 Types of Working Genius cover

    The 6 Types of Working Genius

    by Lasioseon

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    4.11 ABR Score (1.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (18) ★ 4.7 Audible (1.7K)
    4h 11m listening time • Released 2022
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    Getting to Yes Negotiating an agreement without giving in, Getting Past No Negotiating With Difficult People cover

    Getting to Yes Negotiating an agreement without giving in, Getting Past No Negotiating With Difficult People

    by Roger Fisher, William Ury

    Narrated by William Ury

    4.09 ABR Score (88.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.93 Goodreads (87.5K) ★ 4.44 Audible (1.3K)
    2h 6m listening time • Released 1999
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    Beyond the Hammer: A Fresh Approach to Leadership, Culture, and Building High Performance Teams cover

    Beyond the Hammer: A Fresh Approach to Leadership, Culture, and Building High Performance Teams

    by Brian Gottlieb

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Brian Gottlieb

    4.07 ABR Score (453 ratings)
    ★ 4.37 Goodreads (365) ★ 4.81 Audible (88)
    4h 45m listening time • Released 2024

    Gottlieb pairs a gripping business fable with practical playbook sections, and Ballerini's narration makes the fictional crisis feel urgent enough to rethink how you actually lead.

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    Scientific Advertising cover

    Scientific Advertising

    by Claude C. Hopkins

    Narrated by Paul Jones

    4.03 ABR Score (4.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.06 Goodreads (3.9K) ★ 4.53 Audible (121)
    2h 4m listening time • Released 2017
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    Purple Cow, New Edition: Transform Your Business cover

    Purple Cow, New Edition: Transform Your Business

    by Seth Godin

    Narrated by Seth Godin

    3.98 ABR Score (56.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.78 Goodreads (56.1K) ★ 4.52 Audible (553)
    2h 58m listening time • Released 2020
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    Lean UX: Designing Great Products with Agile Teams cover

    Lean UX: Designing Great Products with Agile Teams

    by Jeff Gothelf, Josh Seiden

    Narrated by Douglas Martin

    3.96 ABR Score (6.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (6.7K) ★ 4.42 Audible (73)
    4h 56m listening time • Released 2021
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    The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization cover

    The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization

    by Peter M. Senge

    Narrated by Peter M. Senge

    3.95 ABR Score (38.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.94 Goodreads (36.1K) ★ 4.28 Audible (1.9K)
    4h 18m listening time • Released 2002
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    Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us cover

    Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us

    by Seth Godin

    Narrated by Seth Godin

    3.95 ABR Score (48.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.8 Goodreads (42.4K) ★ 4.35 Audible (6.5K)
    3h 42m listening time • Released 2008
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    Growth Hacker Marketing: A Primer on the Future of PR, Marketing, and Advertising cover

    Growth Hacker Marketing: A Primer on the Future of PR, Marketing, and Advertising

    by Ryan Holiday

    Narrated by Ryan Holiday

    3.91 ABR Score (13.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.77 Goodreads (11.1K) ★ 4.42 Audible (1.9K)
    2h 17m listening time • Released 2014
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    The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick) cover

    The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)

    by Seth Godin

    Narrated by Seth Godin

    3.90 ABR Score (42.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.78 Goodreads (38.1K) ★ 4.33 Audible (4.8K)
    1h 32m listening time • Released 2007
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    Seth Godin: Biography and Lessons Learned From Seth Godin Books Including; The Dip, Linchpin, Your Turn, Purple Cow, All Marketers Are Liars, Permission ... Development Gurus / Seth Godin Books) cover
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    Permission Marketing: Turning Strangers into Friends and Friends into Customers cover

    Permission Marketing: Turning Strangers into Friends and Friends into Customers

    by Seth Godin

    Narrated by Seth Godin

    3.89 ABR Score (15.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.91 Goodreads (14.8K) ★ 4.28 Audible (693)
    2h 1m listening time • Released 2001
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    What Works on Wall Street: A Guide to the Best-Performing Investment Strategies of All Time cover

    What Works on Wall Street: A Guide to the Best-Performing Investment Strategies of All Time

    by James P. O'Shaughnessy

    Narrated by Michael Kramer

    3.87 ABR Score (954 ratings)
    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (912) ★ 4.55 Audible (42)
    4h 57m listening time • Released 2021

    Michael Kramer's steady, analytical delivery transforms decades of market data into a gripping investigation of what actually works versus Wall Street mythology—essential listening for anyone tired of investment folklore.

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    How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It cover

    How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

    by Mark Cuban

    Narrated by Stephen R. Thorne

    3.87 ABR Score (7.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.04 Goodreads (7.2K) ★ 4.5 Audible (2)
    2h 33m listening time • Released 2026
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    The Proximity Principle: The Proven Strategy That Will Lead to a Career You Love cover

    The Proximity Principle: The Proven Strategy That Will Lead to a Career You Love

    by Ken Coleman, Dave Ramsey

    Narrated by Ken Coleman

    3.86 ABR Score (4.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.73 Goodreads (2.8K) ★ 4.45 Audible (1.4K)
    4h 3m listening time • Released 2019
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    The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions cover

    The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions

    Dilbert: Business • Book 1

    by Scott Adams

    Narrated by Scott Adams

    3.83 ABR Score (10.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.87 Goodreads (10.0K) ★ 4.26 Audible (224)
    1h 10m listening time • Released 1999
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    The World America Made cover

    The World America Made

    by Robert Kagan

    Narrated by Robertson Dean

    3.79 ABR Score (1.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.75 Goodreads (1.1K) ★ 4.55 Audible (97)
    4h 16m listening time • Released 2012

    Robertson Dean's measured delivery turns Kagan's geopolitical argument into something visceral—you feel the weight of each scenario as it unfolds. Sharp, essential listening for anyone trying to understand what's actually at stake in American power.

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    Power Questions - Build Relationships, Win New Business and Influence Others cover

    Power Questions - Build Relationships, Win New Business and Influence Others

    by Andrew C. Sobel, Jerold Panas

    Narrated by Andrew Sobel, Jerold Panas

    3.78 ABR Score (1.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.83 Goodreads (1.6K) ★ 4.35 Audible (83)
    3h 52m listening time • Released 2020
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    Remote: Office Not Required cover

    Remote: Office Not Required

    by David Heinemeier Hansson, Jason Fried, Rebecca Lowman

    Narrated by Rebecca Lowman

    3.78 ABR Score (15.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.8 Goodreads (14.1K) ★ 4.24 Audible (1.4K)
    3h 22m listening time • Released 2013
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    Navigating Bias at Work cover

    Navigating Bias at Work

    by The Great Courses

    Narrated by Meara Habashi

    3.77 ABR Score (22 ratings)
    ★ 4.27 Audible (22)
    2h 24m listening time • Released 2023
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    The Business of Belief: How the World's Best Marketers, Designers, Salespeople, Coaches, Fundraisers, Educators, Entrepreneurs and Other Leaders Get Us to Believe cover

    The Business of Belief: How the World's Best Marketers, Designers, Salespeople, Coaches, Fundraisers, Educators, Entrepreneurs and Other Leaders Get Us to Believe

    by Tom Asacker

    Narrated by Tom Asacker

    3.77 ABR Score (635 ratings)
    ★ 3.92 Goodreads (586) ★ 4.16 Audible (49)
    2h 2m listening time • Released 2014
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    How to Work with Anyone cover

    How to Work with Anyone

    by The Great Courses

    Narrated by Raluca Graebner

    3.76 ABR Score (107 ratings)
    ★ 4.12 Audible (107)
    3h 13m listening time • Released 2023
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    Hinge Moments: Making the Most of Life's Transitions cover

    Hinge Moments: Making the Most of Life's Transitions

    by D. Michael Lindsay, Davis Metzger

    Narrated by Adam Verner

    3.76 ABR Score (213 ratings)
    ★ 3.86 Goodreads (195) ★ 4.72 Audible (18)
    4h 19m listening time • Released 2021
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    Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead: What Every Business Can Learn from the Most Iconic Band in History cover

    Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead: What Every Business Can Learn from the Most Iconic Band in History

    by David Meerman Scott, Brian Halligan

    Narrated by Brian Halligan, David Meerman Scott, Bill Walton

    3.75 ABR Score (416 ratings)
    ★ 3.83 Goodreads (355) ★ 4.28 Audible (61)
    3h 7m listening time • Released 2010
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    The Science Success: How Market-Based Management Built the World's Largest Private Company cover

    The Science Success: How Market-Based Management Built the World's Largest Private Company

    by Charles G. Koch, Synnestvedt Erik

    Narrated by Erik Synnestvedt

    3.73 ABR Score (409 ratings)
    ★ 4.33 Goodreads (3) ★ 4.35 Audible (406)
    3h 39m listening time • Released 2007
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    Poke the Box cover

    Poke the Box

    by Seth Godin

    Narrated by Seth Godin

    3.73 ABR Score (15.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.77 Goodreads (14.7K) ★ 4.21 Audible (1.1K)
    2h 14m listening time • Released 2011
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    Branding Is Sex: Get Your Customers Laid and Sell the Hell Out of Anything cover

    Branding Is Sex: Get Your Customers Laid and Sell the Hell Out of Anything

    by Deb Gabor

    Narrated by Deb Gabor

    3.72 ABR Score (104 ratings)
    ★ 4.13 Goodreads (82) ★ 4.05 Audible (22)
    3h 53m listening time • Released 2018
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    Find Your Why: A Practical Guide to Discovering Purpose for You and Your Team cover

    Find Your Why: A Practical Guide to Discovering Purpose for You and Your Team

    by Simon Sinek, David Mead, Peter Docker

    Narrated by Stephen Shedletzky, Simon Sinek

    3.69 ABR Score (15.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.66 Goodreads (12.9K) ★ 4.25 Audible (2.5K)
    4h 56m listening time • Released 2017
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    Becoming a Venture Capitalist (Masters at Work) cover

    Becoming a Venture Capitalist (Masters at Work)

    Masters at Work • Book 6

    by Gary Rivlin

    Narrated by George Newbern

    3.69 ABR Score (143 ratings)
    ★ 3.53 Goodreads (118) ★ 4.4 Audible (25)
    2h 50m listening time • Released 2019
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    Las empresas que cambiaron al mundo cover

    Las empresas que cambiaron al mundo

    by GRUPO EXPANSIÓN

    Narrated by Grupo Expansión

    3.68 ABR Score (45 ratings)
    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (2) ★ 4.56 Audible (43)
    4h 15m listening time • Released 2023
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    Jobs to be Done: Theory to Practice cover

    Jobs to be Done: Theory to Practice

    by Anthony W. Ulwick

    Narrated by Tom Askin

    3.65 ABR Score (1.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.73 Goodreads (985) ★ 4.06 Audible (86)
    3h 17m listening time • Released 2020
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    Leading Through Change cover

    Leading Through Change

    by Kat Cole

    Narrated by Kat Cole

    3.62 ABR Score (18 ratings)
    ★ 3.44 Goodreads (9) ★ 4.44 Audible (9)
    1h 7m listening time • Released 2023
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    The McKinsey Way cover

    The McKinsey Way

    by Ethan M. Rasiel

    Narrated by Michael Butler Murray

    3.59 ABR Score (6.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.61 Goodreads (6.0K) ★ 4.16 Audible (109)
    4h 19m listening time • Released 2022
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    The Algorithm: The Hypergrowth Formula that Transformed Tesla, Lululemon, General Motors and SpaceX cover

    The Algorithm: The Hypergrowth Formula that Transformed Tesla, Lululemon, General Motors and SpaceX

    by Jon McNeill

    Narrated by Will Damron

    3.59 ABR Score (1 ratings)
    ★ 5 Audible (1)
    4h 23m listening time • Released 2026
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    Applying The Business Model Canvas: A Practical Guide For Small Business cover

    Applying The Business Model Canvas: A Practical Guide For Small Business

    by Steven Imke

    Narrated by Chuck Bader

    3.57 ABR Score (12 ratings)
    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (2) ★ 3.8 Audible (10)
    1h 30m listening time • Released 2019
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    The Alchemy of Finance (Wiley Investment Classics) cover

    The Alchemy of Finance (Wiley Investment Classics)

    by George Soros, Paul A. Volcker

    Narrated by Grover Gardner

    3.54 ABR Score (5.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.75 Goodreads (4.7K) ★ 4.02 Audible (901)
    2h 49m listening time • Released 2001
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    The Product Manager: Get Started, Learn the Lingo & Pass the Interview (How to be PM (Product Manager) Book 1) cover

    The Product Manager: Get Started, Learn the Lingo & Pass the Interview (How to be PM (Product Manager) Book 1)

    by Michael Taylor

    Narrated by Virtual Voice

    3.50 ABR Score (3 ratings)
    ★ 3 Goodreads (1) ★ 4 Audible (2)
    1h 36m listening time • Released 2024
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    The Trader’s Journey: Navigating the path to trading success cover

    The Trader’s Journey: Navigating the path to trading success

    by Peter Robbins

    Narrated by Davis Brooks

    3.49 ABR Score (2 ratings)
    ★ 3 Goodreads (1) ★ 5 Audible (1)
    4h 51m listening time • Released 2026

    Davis Brooks' measured delivery transforms Robbins' 40 years of hard-won trading wisdom into something you actually absorb—practical roadmap beats hype every time.

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    The Power of Positive Leadership, Revised & Updated: The 9 Essential Principles and Practices to Be a Great Leader (Jon Gordon) cover

    The Power of Positive Leadership, Revised & Updated: The 9 Essential Principles and Practices to Be a Great Leader (Jon Gordon)

    by Jon Gordon

    Narrated by Jon Gordon

    3.44 ABR Score (7 ratings)
    ★ 4.71 Goodreads (7)
    4h 29m listening time • Released 2026

How We Rank Audiobooks

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