Finance ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
Leadership Defense
Paul Falcone · 2022
🎙 Narrated by John Behrens
81/100
👍 Worth It
Falcone's decades of real CHRO experience come through clearly — this is practical, step-by-step guidance on discipline and termination that a lot of managers genuinely need and rarely get taught. It's narrow by design (HR and management roles will get the most from it), and John Behrens' consistent narration across the series makes it an easy, professional listen.
✦ 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: good John Behrens' consistent, professional voice across the Falcone series suits the practical tone well.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety90
Substance / usefulness85
Craft & writing78
Originality70
Evidence & accuracy85
Hype vs delivers55
Age-fit82
Human-eye read80
Penny’s verdict81
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