Finance ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
Leadership BS
Jeffrey Pfeffer · 2015
🎙 Narrated by Mike Chamberlain
78/100
👍 Worth It
This one's a bracing splash of cold water on leadership myths — Pfeffer is a Stanford researcher who backs up his skepticism with real case studies instead of just opinions, which makes it worth the read even when it stings a little. It's stronger on diagnosis than on 'here's what to do next,' so pair it with something more prescriptive if you need action steps. The narration is competent, professional business-audiobook delivery — nothing flashy, but it gets the job done.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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🎙 Narration: fine Mike Chamberlain narrates the HarperAudio/Harper Business edition; no independent commentary on narration quality was found.
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Faith & family safety90
Substance / usefulness85
Craft & writing75
Originality80
Evidence & accuracy80
Hype vs delivers70
Age-fit85
Human-eye read75
Penny’s verdict78
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