
Beyond the Hammer
A Fresh Approach to Leadership, Culture, and Building High Performance Teams
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Edoardo Ballerini
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Brian Gottlieb
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Brian Gottlieb
About this listen
“Brian’s book inspires both successful individuals and future entrepreneurs, urging them to embrace challenges and pursue growth.”–Wolfgang Puck
Employees that don't take ownership of their work
Friction between departments
Inconsistent results
These are the top challenges that face most businesses today.
These common issues create high turnover and force managers into crisis mode where they're consumed putting out daily fires. Over time, the very nature of the business changes and a new culture emerges; one shaped by the lowest level of acceptable behavior.
Beyond the Hammer approaches these concerns in two highly engaging sections: First, a fictional story of George, a business owner struggling with burnt out employees, high turnover, and frustrated customers. Listeners follow George as he discovers five foundational pillars of leadership that have the power to build teams that perform at a high level, consistently.
The second section shifts from storytelling to strategy, providing an actionable path to weaving these 5 pillars into any business, enabling leaders to integrate these principles into their daily operations seamlessly.
Written for managers and leaders alike, Beyond the Hammer offers a simple yet powerful approach to creating a team where everyone is aligned, and properly positioned to win.
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- The Ultimate Entrepreneur's Guide to Mitigating Risks When Starting or Growing a Business
- By: Paulo Andrez
- Narrated by: Shane Steward
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
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In the world of startups and business innovation, the promise of a revolutionary idea is often shadowed by the looming specter of risk. But what if entrepreneurs could systematically diminish that risk, paving a clearer path to success and securing the trust of investors? Zero Risk Startup is not just another business guide for startups. Paulo Andrez, a serial entrepreneur and angel investor, gives you a masterclass in understanding, navigating, and practically eliminating the inherent risks of your entrepreneurial journey.
By: Paulo Andrez
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Get Scalable
- The Operating System Your Business Needs to Run and Scale Without You
- By: Ryan Deiss
- Narrated by: Ryan Deiss
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
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You started your business because you wanted more. More wealth. More freedom. A greater impact. But these days, it feels like you're working harder than ever for less and less money, and you barely have time to take a coffee break, much less a vacation. Sound familiar? If your answer is a weary "yes," then Get Scalable is here to change the game...and your life.
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A few good ideas
- By Brian S on 01-28-25
By: Ryan Deiss
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Chief Inspiration Officer
- How to Lead the Team Everyone Wants to Be On
- By: Val Ries
- Narrated by: Val Ries
- Length: 3 hrs and 28 mins
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Your playbook for building a team that everyone wants to be on.We all want to lead a team with an inspiring culture - the team that every employee would love to join. When you lead this team, you attract the best talent, get top-producing results and grow individual contributors into future leaders.
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Good Advice - Kinda Repetitive
- By Natalie Merki on 01-12-25
By: Val Ries
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101 Tough Conversations to Have with Employees
- A Manager's Guide to Addressing Performance, Conduct, and Discipline Challenges
- By: Paul Falcone
- Narrated by: Adam Lofbomm
- Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
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Inappropriate workplace conduct, lateness, sexually offensive behavior, productivity and communication issues...these are just a few of the uncomfortable topics bosses must sometimes discuss with their employees. 101 Tough Conversations to Have with Employees offers realistic sample dialogues managers can use to facilitate clear, direct interactions with their employees, helping to sidestep potential awkwardness and meet issues head-on.
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Decent examples, but outdated male focused POV
- By GinaM on 01-09-22
By: Paul Falcone
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Landing at the Top
- How Embracing Adventure Can Lead to Extraordinary Success
- By: David Jackson
- Narrated by: Dylan Wheeler, David Jackson
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
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From a young paperboy in Southern California to a visionary leader in education and business, David R. Jackson’s story is a testament to adventure, ambition, and perseverance.
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Well Built
- How the Top 2% of Construction Contractors Create Superior Value, Profits, and Excellence
- By: Chad Prinkey
- Narrated by: Aaron Parnell
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
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After advising hundreds of contractors for fifteen years, author Chad Prinkey knows it comes down to having the right systems and culture in place across your business. In his book Well Built, Prinkey lays out the roadmap for contractors to make meaningful upgrades in how they operate, strategize, manage teams, win new business, and deliver for customers. You'll learn the step-by-step process contractors can use to join the top 2% and gain durable competitive advantages that increase profits for the long haul.
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Practical, understandable, and actionable info
- By Weaver Warehouse LLC on 03-06-25
By: Chad Prinkey
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The First-Time Manager
- By: Jim McCormick, Loren B. Belker, Gary S. Topchik
- Narrated by: Nathan Girard
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
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Learn to conquer every challenge like a pro with the clear, candid advice in The First-Time Manager. For nearly four decades, this trusted guide has brought newcomers up to speed on the nitty gritty realities of managing people. The updated seventh edition delivers new information that helps you manage across generations, use online performance appraisal tools, persuade with stories, oversee remote employees, build a team dynamic, match a boss’ style, and more.
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Too adversarial
- By May Rico on 09-22-21
By: Jim McCormick, and others
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The New Life Blueprint
- A 21st Century Guide for Success, Health, Wealth, and Happiness in a Complex World
- By: Natalia Peart, Christopher Burge
- Narrated by: Dana Green
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
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In an era of constant change, *The New Life Blueprint* by best-selling author Dr. Natalia Peart with Christopher Burge explores what it takes to succeed in our rapidly evolving world.
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Ignite Culture
- Empowering and Leading a Healthy, High-Performance Organization from the Inside Out
- By: Margaret Graziano
- Narrated by: Margaret Graziano
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
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What author Margaret Graziano proposes in Ignite Culture is a fundament shift in leadership’s approach to creating an intentional, healthy, high-performance organization. Offering a unique combination of experiential coaching, evidence-based leadership tools, and actionable strategies, Ignite Culture empowers business leaders with the wisdom and insights they need to reshape their company’s culture, increase employee engagement, and grow revenue in a supportive, high-performance environment.
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Not captivating yet, and no access to the Accompanying PDF that keeps being referenced to
- By Audible Listener on 12-04-24
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Change the Box
- A Guide to Dream, Incubate, and Scale Your Innovations
- By: John Spencer-Taylor
- Narrated by: Brian J Bremer
- Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins
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Change the Box: A Guide to Dream, Incubate, and Scale Your Innovations by John Spencer-Taylor reveals powerful strategies to transform bold ideas into thriving businesses. Drawing from his experience with BrainGu, Spencer-Taylor shares practical advice on balancing creativity with commercial viability. The book also introduces the "Change the Box" mantra, emphasizing small, impactful changes that drive significant results.
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- Mandy
- 09-14-24
The best book I have read in the home service space.
I love how this book was set up with a story that felt very real as a home service business owner. It was then constructed on an actionable plan the second half of the book. If you are in home services as an owner or an employee, you should get your hands on this book. This book will make your company better or it can improve a company that may be struggling. I plan to give this book to all of my employees and go through it together.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-20-24
Guidebook for a Small Business Owner
Brian creates an excellent narrative to both relate with the reader and convey amazing principles. He doesn't stop there though, he goes through each 'pillar' in detail and gives an incredible outline for implementation. Thanks, Brian!!
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- David Christian
- 10-17-24
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One of the most remarkable home service business books I’ve read. I highly recommend this book for any and all business owners, managers, and employees who are interested in growing — both, personally and professionally.
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- Gregory A Ritchie
- 03-14-25
Relatability
This is a solid book. It’s easily worth the cost and time to listen to. There’s several great nuggets of experience knowledge in here.
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- Jason Q
- 02-13-25
Transformational
The lessons in this book are exactly what I needed to take my business to the next level.
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- Leo Duplessis
- 09-13-24
Must read!
Brian did an amazing job here turning his beliefs and ideas into an easy to read parable and then some easy to implement steps. If you are looking to grow your people and your leadership skills pick this up right now!
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- Anonymous User
- 09-15-24
MUST READ BUSINESS BOOK!
I was fortunate enough to be part of a dealer network with Brian Gottlieb. Brian was a standout at our yearly convention, not only because his business grew by double digits every year, but because he very generously shared what he learned and was doing to help other companies in the group. Brian would take the time to talk with anyone whether they were a $1 million per year company or $100 million business. I loved this book because it is a well organized and well written version of all that I and many others have learned from him through the years, and MORE!
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- monday
- 02-13-25
What a relief!
Finally someone who breaks these seemingly fundamental steps into bite sized pieces. The double format (with fictional narrative first and self-help format second) was so useful, it really put the 5 pillars into true perspective and made everything SO relatable. I feel like most business books are helpful to hear/read, but it’s then hard to apply the principles/steps to your own business. This really hit home with me and I feel relieved to know that there is hope for me and my business! Highly recommended to the construction industry!
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-21-24
Great information at any journey of your business
I met Brian at a conference a couple years ago. When he was speaking, he did such a good job relaying the message that when I found out he had a book I could not wait to read the book. I highly recommend this book to any entrepreneur at any part of the journey you will not regret reading or listening to this Information from Brian.
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- Dale D
- 01-11-25
Must read for anyone in the contracting business
“Beyond the Hammer” stands out as a valuable resource for leaders and managers seeking to transform their organizational culture and build high-performing teams. Its unique blend of storytelling and practical guidance makes it an engaging and informative read. For those in leadership positions looking to drive consistent business success and improve team dynamics, this book offers a fresh and potentially transformative approach.
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