1. Business Theory
GOLD
Workforce Ecosystems: Reaching Strategic Goals with People, Partners, and Technologies
by Elizabeth J. Altman, David Kiron, Jeff Schwartz and Robin Jones
(The MIT Press)
SILVER
Make Your Brand Legendary: Create Raving Fans with the Customer Experience Engine
by Scott Wozniak
(Swoz Consulting)
BRONZE
Great Change - The Way to Get Big Strategy Done
by Adam Bennett
(Great Change Consulting)
2. Business Commentary
GOLD (tie)
Cage Kings: How an Unlikely Group of Moguls, Champions & Hustlers Transformed the UFC into a $10 Billion Industry
by Michael Thomsen
(Simon & Schuster)
A Whole New Game
by Neil Longley
(Douglas & McIntyre)
SILVER
The Nine: The Tectonic Forces Reshaping the Workplace
by Phil Simon
(Racket Publishing)
BRONZE
The Divine Economy: How Religions Compete for Wealth, Power, and People
by Paul Seabright
(Princeton University Press)
3. Economics
GOLD
These Are the Plunderers: How Private Equity Runs—and Wrecks—America
by Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner
(Simon & Schuster)
SILVER
The Myth That Made Us: How False Beliefs about Racism and Meritocracy Broke Our Economy (and How to Fix It)
by Jeff Fuhrer
(The MIT Press)
BRONZE
Seven Crashes
by Harold James
(Yale University Press)
4. Career (job search, career advancement)
GOLD
Black Faces in High Places: 10 Strategic Actions for Black Professionals to Reach the Top and Stay There
by Dr. Randal D. Pinkett and Jeffrey A. Robinson
(HarperCollins Leadership)
SILVER
Grow: The Essential Guide to Getting Promoted
by Randy & Hayley Ornstein
(River Grove Books)
BRONZE
Closing the Confidence Gap: Boost Your Peace, Your Potential, and Your Paycheck
by Kelli Thompson
(Amplify Publishing Group)
5. Sales (sales skills, negotiating, closing)
GOLD
Inside the Competitor’s Mindset: How to Predict Their Next Move and Position Yourself for Success
by John Horn
(The MIT Press)
SILVER
The Power of Value Selling: The Gold Standard to Drive Revenue and Create Customers for Life
by Julie Thomas
(Wiley)
BRONZE
The Truth About Pricing
by Melina Palmer
(The Brainy Business)
6. Leadership
GOLD
Work-Life Bloom: How to Nurture a Team That Flourishes
by Dan Pontefract
(Figure 1)
SILVER (tie)
Profit with Presence: The Twelve Pillars of Mindful Leadership
by Dr. Eric J. Holsapple
(Greenleaf Book Group)
Trust & Inspire
by Stephen M. R. Covey
(Simon & Schuster)
BRONZE (tie)
The Anxious Achiever: Turn Your Biggest Fears Into Your Leadership Superpower
By Morra Aarons-Mele
(Harvard Business Review Press)
When Everyone Leads: How The Toughest Challenges Are Seen And Solved
by Ed O’Malley and Julia Fabris McBride
(Bard Press)
7. Networking (social media, communication skills, etc.)
GOLD
how to listen - discover the hidden key to better communication
by Oscar Trimboli
(Oscar Trimboli Pty Limited)
SILVER
I'm Just Saying: A Guide to Maintaining Civil Discourse in an Increasingly Divided World
by Milan Kordestani
(Health Communications Inc)
BRONZE
The Power of Conscious Connection: 4 Habits to Transform How You Live and Lead
by Talia Fox
(Ideapress Publishing)
8. Business Ethics
GOLD
Plunder: Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America
by Brendan Ballou
(PublicAffairs)
SILVER
Complicit: How We Enable the Unethical and How to Stop
by Max H. Bazerman
(Princeton University Press)
BRONZE
The Origins of Ethical Failures: Lessons for Leaders
by Dennis Gentilin
(Routledge)
9. Business Intelligence / Innovation
GOLD
Think Bigger: How to Innovate
by Sheena Iyengar
(Columbia Business School Publishing)
SILVER
Data Is Everybody’s Business: The Fundamentals of Data Monetization
by Barbara H. Wixom, Cynthia M. Beath and Leslie Owens
(The MIT Press)
BRONZE
Cultures of Growth
by Mary C. Murphy
(Simon & Schuster)
10. Business Disruption / Reinvention
GOLD
REINVENT: Navigating Business Transformation In A Hyperdigital Era
by Faisal Hoque
(Fast Company Press)
SILVER
The Performance Paradox: Turning the Power of Mindset into Action
by Eduardo Briceño
(Ballantine Books)
BRONZE
Building Moonshots: 50+ Ways to Turn Radical Ideas into Reality
by Tamara Carleton and William Cockayne
(Wiley)
11a. Business / Human Resources / Employee Training
GOLD
Data-Driven DEI: The Tools and Metrics You Need to Measure, Analyze and Improve Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
by Dr. Randal Pinkett
(Wiley)
SILVER
Brain On!: Mental Fitness Strategies for Sharpening Focus, Boosting Energy, and Winning the Workday
by Deb Smolensky
(Amplify Publishing Group)
BRONZE
Hiring Veterans: How to Leverage Military Talent for Organizational Growth
by Matthew J. Louis
(Career Press)
11b. Company Culture
GOLD
The Culture Climb
by Jaime Taets with Chelsey Paulson
(Fast Company Press)
SILVER
Leaders People Love
by Yeo Chuen Chuen
(Penguin Business)
BRONZE
Inspiring Work Anniversaries
by Rick Joi
(Quintriple Publishing)
12. Entrepreneurship / Small Business
GOLD
The Structure of Success: A Framework to Help Better Build Your Business
by Patrick Esposito
(An Inc. Original)
SILVER
Grow: Take Your Business from Chaos to Calm
by Michael J. McFall
(An Inc. Original)
BRONZE
The Unstoppable Franchisee: 7 Drivers of Next-Level Growth
by Gary Prenevost
(Figure 1)
13. Philanthropy / Nonprofit / Sustainability
GOLD
Tech for Good: Imagine Solving the World’s Greatest Challenges
by Marga Hoek
(Routledge)
SILVER
Clean: Lessons from Ecolab’s Century of Positive Impact
by Paul C. Godfrey with Emilio R. Tenuta
(Wiley)
BRONZE
The Handbook of Carbon Management: A Step-by-Step Guide to High-Impact Climate Solutions for Every Manager in Every Function
by Petra Molthan-Hill, Fiona Winfield, Richard Howarth, and Muhammad Mazhar
(Routledge)
14. International Business / Globalization
GOLD
Goodbye Globalization
by Elisabeth Braw
(Yale University Press)
SILVER
The Great Remobilization: Strategies and Designs for a Smarter Global Future
by Olaf Groth, Mark Esposito and Terence Tse
(The MIT Press)
BRONZE
The Gilded Cage: Technology, Development, and State Capitalism in China
by Ya-Wen Lei
(Princeton University Press)
15. Personal Finance / Retirement Planning / Investing
GOLD
Your Best Financial Life: Save Smart Now for the Future You Want
by Anne Lester
(William Morrow)
SILVER
The Worth of Art: Financial Tools for the Art Markets
by Arturo Cifuentes and Ventura Charlin
(Columbia Business School Publishing)
BRONZE
Investing in U.S. Financial History: Understanding the Past to Forecast the Future
by Mark J. Higgins
(Greenleaf Book Group)
16. Business Technology
GOLD
The Nine: The Tectonic Forces Reshaping the Workplace
by Phil Simon
(Racket Publishing)
SILVER
Decision Sprint
by Atif Rafiq
(McGraw-Hill)
BRONZE
Digital Made Simple: Practical Insights for Successful Digital Programs
by David Galea
(Rethink Press)
17. Emerging Trends/AI
GOLD (tie)
Containing Big Tech
by Tom Kemp
(Fast Company Press)
The Digital Mindset: What It Really Takes to Thrive in the Age of Data, Algorithms, and AI
by Paul Leonardi & Tsedal Neeley
(Harvard Business Review Press)
SILVER
The Future Normal: How We Will Live, Work and Thrive in the Next Decade
by Rohit Bhargava and Henry Coutinho-Mason
(Ideapress Publishing)
BRONZE
Precisely
by Zachary Tumin and Madeleine Want
(Columbia Business School Publishing)
18. Women / BIPOC in Business
GOLD
When Women Lead
by Julia Boorstin
(Simon & Schuster)
SILVER (tie)
The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women's Dead-End Work
by Linda Babcock, Brenda Peyser, Lise Vesterlund, and Laurie Weingart
(Simon & Schuster)
Embrace the Power of You: Owning Your Identity at Work
by Tricia Montalvo Timm
(Page Two)
BRONZE
Building a New Leadership Ladder: Transforming Male-Dominated Organizations to Support Women on the Rise
by Carol J. Geffner
(The MIT Press)
19. Success/Motivation/Coaching
GOLD
The Right Call: What Sports Teach Us About Work and Life
by Sally Jenkins
(Gallery Books)
SILVER
Live Life in Crescendo
by Stephen R. Covey and Cynthia Covey Haller
(Simon & Schuster)
BRONZE
Be Human, Lead Human: How to Connect People and Performance
by Jennifer Nash, PhD
(Lioncrest Publishing)
20. Advertising / Marketing / PR
GOLD
Marketing Built by Love: A Human-Centered Foundation to Delight Your Customers, Increase Your Revenue, and Grow Your Business
by Daniel Bussius
(Greenleaf Book Group)
SILVER
Using Behavioral Science in Marketing: Drive Customer Action and Loyalty by Prompting Instructive Responses
by Nancy Harhut
(Kogan Page Inc.)
BRONZE
Honest SEO
by Jason Hennessey
(Greenleaf Book Group)
21. Corporate History / Milestone
GOLD
The Butcher, the Embezzler, and the Fall Guy—A Family Memoir of Scandal and Greed in the Meat Industry
by Gretchen Cherington
(She Writes Press)
SILVER
Know What Matters: Lessons from a Lifetime of Transformations
by Ron Shaich
(Harvard Business Review Press)
BRONZE
Clean: Lessons from Ecolab’s Century of Positive Impact
by Paul C. Godfrey with Emilio R. Tenuta
(Wiley)
22. Real Estate
GOLD
Creating A Life Of Abundance: A Couple's Journey Together In Business, Real Estate and Short-term Rentals
by Andrew Hanson, Meghan Douglas Hanson, Steve Duffley, Christine Duffley, Ryan Duffy, Shae Duffy, Dave Menapace, Kim Menapace
(Cash Street Advisors Press LLC)
SILVER
Maximum Revenue, Minimum Effort: House Hacking for the Busy Landlord
by B.W. Park
(Self-Published)
BRONZE
Investing in Retail Properties, 3rd Edition: A Guide to Structuring Partnerships for Sharing Capital Appreciation and Cash Flow
by Gary D. Rappaport
(Forbes Books)
23. Business Reference
GOLD
The Rules for Whistleblowers: A Handbook for Doing What’s Right
by Stephen Martin Kohn, Esq.
(Lyons Press)
SILVER
The Non-Obvious Guide to Better Presentations: How to Present Like a Pro (Virtually or in Person)
by Jacqueline Farrington
(Ideapress Publishing)
BRONZE
Leading Travel and Tourism Retail: How Businesses Can Sustainably Capture New Profits in Shopping Tourism
by Sacha Zackariya
(Kogan Page Inc.)
24. Memoir / Biography
GOLD
Happy At Any Cost: The Revolutionary Vision and Fatal Quest of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh
by Kristen Grind and Katherine Sayre
(Simon & Schuster)
SILVER (tie)
Bully Market: My Story of Money and Misogyny at Goldman Sachs
by Jamie Fiore Higgins
(Simon & Schuster)
Good Power: Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World
by Ginni Rometty
(Harvard Business Review Press)
BRONZE
Prisoner #1056: How I Survived War and Found Peace
by Roy Ratnavel
(Viking Canada)
25. Business Fable
GOLD
Fixing Work: A Tale about Designing Jobs Employees Love
by David G. Henkin & Thomas Bertels
(Greenleaf Book Group)
SILVER
Lead Together: Stop Squirreling Away Power and Build a Better Team
by Tania Luna
(Peakpoint Press)
BRONZE
The Vagrant
By Dan Rockwell and John David Mann
(BenBella Books)
26. Work-Life Balance / Time Prioritization
GOLD
Please Unsubscribe, Thanks!
by Julio Vincent Gambuto
(Avid Reader Press)
SILVER
Reworked: Putting Health and Happiness at the Centre of Your Career
by Dr. Stephanie Fitzgerald
(Nicholas Brealey Publishing)
BRONZE (tie)
Better Decisions Faster: Unshakable Confidence When You Need It Most
by Paul Epstein
(Amplify Publishing Group)
Swipe: The Science Behind Why We Don’t Finish What We Start
by Tracy Maylett and Tim Vandehey
(Amplify Publishing Group)
27. Independent Thought Leaders
GOLD
Unmanaged: Master the Magic of Creating Empowered and Happy Organizations
by Jack Skeels
(AgencyAgile, Inc.)
SILVER
From Tension to Transformation: A Leader’s Guide to Generative Change
by Janet M. Harvey
(Advantage Media Group)
BRONZE (tie)
Regenerative Business: How to Align Your Business with Nature for More Abundance, Fulfillment, and Impact
by Samantha Garcia
(Dirty Alchemy)
Design for Identity: How to Design Authentically for a Diverse World
by Jessica Bantom
(Publish Your Purpose)
28. Digital Media (ebook or audiobook)
GOLD
Me Power
by LaNysha T. Adams
(New Degree Press)
SILVER
The Doctor's Voice: Empowering Solutions to Physicians' Frustrations, Burnout and Healthcare Inefficiencies
by Dr Pietro Emanuele Garbelli
(Archway Publishing)
BRONZE
In Search of Humanity: Why We Fight, How to Stop, and the Role Business Must Play
by Jarik Conrad
(Houndstooth Press)