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The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership by Steven B. Sample

The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership: Audiobook

Book 14 of the J-B Warren Bennis series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership runs 7.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John H. Mayer (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.5listening hrs
Management & Leadershipstore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.5 hours of listening.

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1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.5 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 6,016 Management & Leadership audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Management & Leadership shelf

1,053 Management & Leadership audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership is book 14 of Steven B. Sample's J-B Warren Bennis series: a 7.5-hour unabridged recording, read by John H. Mayer, released July 20, 2020, on the Management & Leadership shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.5 hrs
Narrated by
John H. Mayer
Released
July 20, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Management & Leadership
Series
J-B Warren Bennis Series #14
ISBN
9781705261101

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership as an audiobook?

The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership runs 7.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.

Is The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership?

The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership is narrated by John H. Mayer.