Reinventing Work: The Work Matters [ABRIDGED] [AUDIOBOOK] (Audio CD)

~ Tom Peters (Author), Sam Tsoutsouvas (Reader)

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Product Description

Tom Peters is universally recognized as the foremost management guru of our time.  He is the co-author of the landmark In Search of Excellence, which changed the way that an entire generation thought about business.  Now, in a revolutionary new audio, Peters once again challenges us - this time to undertake nothing less than a complete reinvention of work: how we think about it, how we bring ourselves to it, how we do it.

Reinventing Work presents a different approach to work, based on three lists of 50 ideas designed to enable you to protect yourself and your work with maximum effectiveness to thrive in the dynamically competitive environment of the 21st century.

The Brand You50 explains how to transform yourself into a dynamic and daring employee, a brand name (Brand You) that stands for distinction, commitment, and passion

The Project50 explains how to transform every task into a memorable, high-impact project that demonstrates your work makes a difference.

The Professional Service Firm50 explains how to transform your department into a "professional service firm" whose trademarks are passion and innovation and whose sole, powerful asset is knowledge.

With this audio, listeners will be equipped to reinvent themselves to keep pace with the reinvention of work itself - which will be one of the principal hallmarks of life in the new century.

About the Author

Tom Peters is a graduate of Cornell (B.C.E., M.C.E.) and Stanford (M.B.A. and Ph.D.) and holds honorary doctorates from the University of San Francisco and Rhodes College.  He is a Fellow of the International Academy of Management, The World Productivity Association and the Society for Quality and Participation.  He is also the author of In Search of Excellence (with Robert H. Waterman), Liberation Management, Pursuit of Wow, and The Circle of Innovation.  He divides his time between Silicon Valley and Vermont.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: HarperAudio; Abridged edition (March 22, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0694523062
• ISBN-13: 978-0694523061
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 4.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #940,728 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Sam Tsoutsouvas (Narrator), July 3, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Reinventing Work: The Work Matters (Charming Classics) (Audio Cassette)

There is no imitation for Tom Peters. Having someone else read his book out loud is like someone reading Maya Angelo's peotry - flat, uninspired, and ineffective.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Refers to audio version, June 16, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Reinventing Work: The Work Matters (Charming Classics) (Audio Cassette)

Great books. On the audio, however, I miss"Chairman" Tom's almost manaical ranting (sometimes I listento his audiotapes wondering how close he came to cardiac arrest during recording because of passionate "overexhortion".) While I am sure the reader is an accomplished actor/narrator -- hearing the words "dude" "dudette" pronounced in a Shakespearian tone just loses something for me.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Where is Tom Peters?, August 16, 2002

By	P. Caetano "pcaetano" (Maineville, OH United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Reinventing Work: The Work Matters (Charming Classics) (Audio Cassette)

Let's unite and refuse to buy this audiobook until Tom Peters himself reads it. The content of the reinventing work series is excellent and very personal, by reading the book one can feel that the recommendations come straight from Peters' gut. Unfortunatelly, having some one else exclaiming, screaming, and crying for him sounds extremely fake. I bought this audiobook and returned it the very next day. Save yourself the hassle. Peters did an amazing job reading his older book "Wow - in the search of excellence." Where is he now???