Reading and learning is absolutely essential to business success; but excuses like, "I just don't have the time!” or “I’m a slow reader” or “Reading is boring” or “I don’t know what I should be reading” are holding you back. Barrera and Simmons have solved all of these problems for you in one simple easy listen.

Think about this; if your competitor is reading 4 books a month, in one year, you’re going to be 48 books behind. If they’re reading ten books a month, you’re 120 books behind by the end of the year. After 10 years, you are 1200 books behind. That’s a devastating deficit. The antidote is in this book. You can wallop your competitors with very little investment of your time if you know how. The secrets lie here.

Leaders are Readers helps business leaders incorporate reading and constant learning into their very busy schedules by mastering any business book in an under an hour.

Rick Barrera is a turnaround consultant, speaker, and author, known throughout the Fortune 500 for his extraordinary speaking ability and his unique approach to Leadership. He is the Head of Faculty for The Center for Heart Led Leadership in Denver, Colorado, where he works with world class faculty members to drive the Heart Led Leadership Movement.

Rick and his colleagues believe that love and results are not opposites but are two sides of the same coin. How can you love your company, team, job, project, and customers and deliver anything less than your best?

"Leading from the Heart is not soft," says Barrera "In fact, it is driven by hard-nosed pragmatism. People do their best work when they are part of a high-performance team, supported by a leader who has their back. We all know deep in our hearts that this is the right way to lead but sometimes we get distracted by the day-to-day, and forget who we are. We all need to be reminded from time to time."

Rick's most recent books include Leaders are Readers, Learners are Earners, and We Before Me.

Rick has helped hundreds of companies to maximize their revenue growth and achieve their highest potential by engaging employees to create happy, loyal customers. His client list includes Abbott Labs, Ameriprise, AutoCrib, AutoZone, Bayer, Caterpillar, IBM, Husqvarna, Intel, Merrill Lynch and Verizon.

Christina Simmons is a Master's student at San Diego State University, specializing in American Literature. Born in Japan, nationalized in the United States, Christina's passion is language and translation, understanding how we communicate with one another and how we can come to an understanding across cultural and linguistic boundaries.
Along with being a dedicated graduate student, Christina is a language teacher at the California School of English, privately tutors K-12 in language arts and math and works with Rick Barrera as his executive editor.

She plans on pursuing a career in publishing and editing, aiming to lend aid to voices, stories, and truths that may otherwise go unheard.