Tough Things First: Leadership Lessons from Silicon Valley's Longest Serving CEO: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Tough Things First: Leadership Lessons from Silicon Valley's Longest Serving CEO audiobook runs 8.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Steven Roy Grimsley (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.4 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 6,016 Management & Leadership audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Steven Roy Grimsley
Steven Roy Grimsley narrates 17 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 133 hours in all.
- The Imperfect Disciple: Grace for People Who Can't Get Their Act Together
- Fatal Decree
- A Nose For Trouble: Sotheby’s, Lehman Brothers, and My Life of Redefining Adversity
- The Tech Entrepreneur's Survival Guide: How to Bootstrap Your Startup, Lead Through Tough Times, and Cash In for Success
- Going Public: My Adventures Inside the SEC and How to Prevent the Next Devastating Crisis
About as long, on the Management & Leadership shelf
928 Management & Leadership audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
- Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.
- Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals
- Start with Why 15th Anniversary Edition: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
- How to Win Friends and Influence People: Updated For the Next Generation of Leaders
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
Tough Things First: Leadership Lessons from Silicon Valley's Longest Serving CEO is an audiobook by Ray Zinn: a 8.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Steven Roy Grimsley, released October 27, 2015, on the Management & Leadership and Business & Career Development shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Steven Roy Grimsley
- Released
- October 27, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Management & Leadership, Business & Career Development
- ISBN
- 9781639296095
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How long is the Tough Things First: Leadership Lessons from Silicon Valley's Longest Serving CEO audiobook?
Tough Things First: Leadership Lessons from Silicon Valley's Longest Serving CEO runs 8.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.
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Who narrates Tough Things First: Leadership Lessons from Silicon Valley's Longest Serving CEO?
Tough Things First: Leadership Lessons from Silicon Valley's Longest Serving CEO is narrated by Steven Roy Grimsley.