Buy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down Audiobook, by John P. Kotter Play Audiobook Sample

Buy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down Audiobook

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Read By: Tim Wheeler Publisher: Brilliance Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 2.83 hours at 1.5x Speed 2.13 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: October 2010 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781441872340

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

11

Longest Chapter Length:

28:58 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

19:05 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

23:50 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

7

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Publisher Description

You believe in a good idea. You know it could make a crucial difference for you, your organization, your community. You present it, hoping for enthusiastic support. Instead, you get confounding questions, inane comments, and verbal bullets. Before you know what’s hit you, your idea is dead, shot down.

It doesn’t have to be this way, say John Kotter and Lorne Whitehead. In Buy-In, they reveal how to protect good ideas and win the support needed to deliver valuable results. The key? Understand the unfair attack strategies that naysayers, nitpickers, and handwringers deploy with great success time and time again:

  • Death by delay: Endlessly putting off or diverting
  • discussion of your idea until all momentum is lost
  • Confusion: Presenting so much distracting information that confidence in your proposal dies
  • Fear mongering: Stirring up irrational anxieties about your idea
  • Character assassination: Undermining your reputation and credibility
Through the device of a fresh and amusing fictional narrative, the authors vividly show how avoiding or attempting to quash attackers doesn’t work. According to their counterintuitive approach, it’s far better to respectfully engage these adversaries and stand your ground with simple, convincing responses that save the day. By “inviting in the lions” to critique your idea, and preparing yourself for what they’ll throw at you, you’ll capture busy people’s attention. You’ll help them grasp your proposal’s value. And you’ll secure their commitment to implementing the solution—winning their minds and hearts.

Smart, practical, and brimming with useful advice, Buy-In equips you to anticipate attacks and turn them to your advantage—so your good idea survives to make a positive change.

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"I'm still reading this book..and goshh im totally into it..it just keeps you so engaged with the story and u are so involved in it..and your learning the tricks of the trade simultaneously ..i love this !!..wish i could find more books just like this one"

— Jason (5 out of 5 stars)

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  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Simple ideas, good reminders. I feel like I learned a good bit, hope I remember some of it; I may have some good ideas in the future! "

    — Zjjohnston, 2/14/2014
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " The fable isn't very engaging, but the template of objectives and responses offered in this book is fantastic! "

    — Trevor, 1/18/2014
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " It was my first Business book in English . . . and even though the book has written by 2 authors,it was very coherent . an exceptionally realistic and helpful . "

    — Mazen, 12/24/2013
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " This did not need to be a whole book. The simplification of the types of obstacles new ideas encounter is helpful for quick reference, and some of the stories are good examples, but it seemed too full of fluff for its less-than-200-page length. "

    — Ben, 12/21/2013
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Good book. Practical... but could have been even shorter than it is now as it tends to repeat the same message over and over again! "

    — Nahom, 10/16/2013
  • Overall Performance: 1 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 5

    " Never read a book that has not been reviewed and rated by other readers. This was 4 hours of pointless listening agony. "

    — Chris, 9/23/2013
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Simplistic but useful "

    — John, 8/27/2013
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " excellent tips and method in ensuring our ideas are well accepted without wasting the effort that we've put in together. clear and direct principle - 24 attacks 24 responses "

    — Hafiz, 4/14/2013
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " The book presents 24 ways that your ideas can be shot down and gives you useable solutions to overcome them. The emphasis is on useable information "

    — Frank, 4/9/2013
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " Definitely recommended. "

    — Jed, 3/10/2013
  • Overall Performance: 1 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 5

    " crap. Really did nothing for me stop reading it half way through. "

    — Vincent, 12/5/2012
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Like most of Kotter's work, clear concise and actionable. He reminds you the the key is deal with the objections in a non-threatening way, because the goal is to covert the hearts and minds of listeners, who are not talking but judging. "

    — Tony, 11/21/2012
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Little book with lots of great advice for achieving buy-in. Loved that he used a library board meeting as the example. 24 arguments you might get and how to combat them to get what you want. "

    — Janet, 7/1/2012
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Non-fiction business book on how to save good ideas from getting shot down. Highly applicable and easy to follow advice, with good insights into crowd mentality and why mob thinking can take over and defeat even the best, most logical idea. "

    — Melissa, 11/6/2011
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " It was my first Business book in English . . . and even though the book has written by 2 authors,it was very coherent . an exceptionally realistic and helpful . "

    — Mazen, 5/1/2011
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Like most of Kotter's work, clear concise and actionable. He reminds you the the key is deal with the objections in a non-threatening way, because the goal is to covert the hearts and minds of listeners, who are not talking but judging. "

    — Tony, 3/11/2011
  • Overall Performance: 1 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 5

    " crap. Really did nothing for me stop reading it half way through. "

    — Vincent, 1/21/2011
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " This did not need to be a whole book. The simplification of the types of obstacles new ideas encounter is helpful for quick reference, and some of the stories are good examples, but it seemed too full of fluff for its less-than-200-page length. "

    — Ben, 11/29/2010
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Non-fiction business book on how to save good ideas from getting shot down. Highly applicable and easy to follow advice, with good insights into crowd mentality and why mob thinking can take over and defeat even the best, most logical idea. "

    — Melissa, 11/16/2010
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Little book with lots of great advice for achieving buy-in. Loved that he used a library board meeting as the example. 24 arguments you might get and how to combat them to get what you want. "

    — Janet, 11/5/2010

About the Authors

Peter F. Drucker (1909–2005) is considered one of the top management thinkers of his time. A teacher, philosopher, reporter, and consultant, he authored over thirty-five books. His first book, The End of Economic Man, was published in 1939. His other works include Managing the Nonprofit Organization, The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask about Your Organization, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and many others. Drucker was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George W. Bush in 2002.

Tim Wheeler has received over 150 national and international awards for his work in radio. In addition to his voice work in both radio commercials and books, he writes, produces, and records Obstructed View, an award-winning humor column that appears both in print and on several radio stations.

About Tim Wheeler

Tim Wheeler has received over 150 national and international awards for his work in radio. In addition to his voice work in both radio commercials and books, he writes, produces, and records Obstructed View, an award-winning humor column that appears both in print and on several radio stations.