Congratulations to the winners of the 10th annual Axiom Business Book Awards! The 76 medals went to publishers and authors representing 17 U.S. states; 2 Canadian provinces; the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and Switzerland.
Thank you to all who participated!
GENERAL CATEGORIES:
1. Business Theory | 2. Business Commentary | 3. Economics | 4. Career (job search, career advancement) | 5. Sales (sales skills, negotiating, closing) | 6. Leadership | 7. Networking (social networking, communication skills) | 8. Business Ethics | 9. Operations Management / Lean / Continuous Improvement | 10. Human Resources / Employee Training | 11. Entrepreneurship | 12. Philanthropy / Nonprofit / Sustainability | 13. International Business / Globalization | 14. Personal Finance / Retirement Planning / Investing | 15. Business Technology | 16. Women / BIPOC in Business | 17. Success / Motivation / Coaching | 18. Advertising / Marketing / PR / Event Planning | 19. Corporate History / Milestone | 20. Business Reference (legal, how-to, industry specific) | 21. Memoir / Biography | 22. Business Fable
GENERAL CATEGORIES
1. BUSINESS THEORY
Gold (tie): Strategy that Works: How Winning Companies Close the Strategy-to-Execution Gap, by Paul Leinwand, Cesare Mainardi with Art Kleiner (Harvard Business Press)
Beyond Competitive Advantage: How to Solve the Puzzle of Sustaining Growth While Creating Value, by Todd Zenger (Harvard Business Press)
Silver: Non-Obvious 2017- How to Think Different, Curate Ideas and Predict the Future, by Rohit Bhargava (Ideapress Publishing)
Bronze: The Thrive Cycle: Unlock the Adaptive Organisation Within, by Kate Christiansen (The Adaptive Advantage)
2. BUSINESS COMMENTARY
Gold: Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley, by Antonio García Martínez (HarperOne)
Silver: D.A.N.G.E.R. Report: Definitive Analysis of Negative Game Changers Emerging in Real Estate, by Stefan Swanepoel/Swanepoel T3 Group (National Association of Realtors)
Bronze: Saving Investa: How and Ex-Factory Worker Helped Save One of Australia’s Iconic Companies, by Scott MacDonald (Next Century Publishing)
3. ECONOMICS
Gold: Matchmakers: The New Economics of Multisided Platforms, by David S. Evans & Richard Schmalensee (Harvard Business Review Press)
Silver: The Road to Ruin: The Global Elites’ Secret Plan for the Next Financial Crisis, by James Rickards (Portfolio/Penguin)
Bronze: The Sharing Economy: The End of Employment and the Rise of Crowd-Based Capitalism, by Arun Sundararajan (The MIT Press)
4. CAREER (job search, career advancement)
Gold (tie): Power Your Career: The Art of Tactful Self-Promotion at Work, by Richard Dodson and Nancy Burke (Beaver’s Pond Press)
Pivot: The Only Move that Matters is Your Next One, by Jenny Blake (Penguin Portfolio)
Silver: The 20-Minute Networking Meeting-Professional Edition, by Nathan A. Perez and Marcia Ballinger, PhD (CreateSpace)
Bronze: The Long View: Career Strategies to Start Strong, Reach High, and Go Far, by Brian Fetherstonhaugh (Diversion Books)
5. SALES (sales skills, negotiating, closing)
Gold: Dealstorming: The Secret Weapon that Can Solve Your Toughest Sales Challenges, by Tim Sanders (Penguin Random House)
Silver: The Rival: Play the Game, Own the Hustle, Power in Competition, Longevity in Collaboration, by Benjamin Von Seeger (iUniverse)
Bronze: HBR Guide to Negotiating, by Jeff Weiss (Harvard Business Review)
6. LEADERSHIP
Gold: The Moon Shot Effect: Disrupting Business as Usual, by Lisa Goldman & Kate Purmal (Greenleaf Book Group)
Silver: The Founder’s Mentality: How to Overcome the Predictable Crisis of Growth, by Chris Zook and James Allen (Harvard Business Review Press)
Bronze (tie): Leading Teams: 10 Challenges, 10 Solutions, by Mandy Flint and Elisabet Vinberg Hearn (Pearson)
The Leader’s Mindset: How to Win in the Age of Disruption, by Terence Mauri (Morgan James)
7. NETWORKING (social networking, communication skills)
Gold (tie): Putting Stories to Work: Mastering Business Storytelling, by Shawn Callahan (Anecdote International)
Illuminate: Ignite Change Through Speeches, Stories, Ceremonies, and Symbols, by Nancy Duarte and Patti Sanchez (duarte, Inc.)
Silver: Digital Vortex: How Today’s Market Leaders Can Beat Disruptive Competitors at Their Own Game, by Jeff Loucks, James Macaulay, Andy Noronha and Michael Wade (IMD Business School)
Bronze: There’s Not An APP for That! Communication Skills to Become an Irreplaceable Leader, by Cary Pfeffer (Wise Ink)
8. BUSINESS ETHICS
Gold: The Art of Authenticity: Tools to Become an Authentic Leader and Your Best Self, by Karissa Thacker (Wiley)
Silver: A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age, by Daniel J. Levitin (Dutton)
Bronze: Enlightened Negotiation: 8 Universal Laws to Connect, Create, and Prosper, by Mehrad Nazari, PhD, MBA (SelectBooks, Inc.)
9. OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT / LEAN / CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
Gold: Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days, by Jake Knapp with John Zeratsky & Braden Kowitz (Simon & Schuster)
Silver: Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman, by Yvon Chouinard (Penguin Books)
Bronze (tie): On the Brink: A Fresh Lens to Take Your Business to New Heights, by Andi Simon, PhD (Greenleaf Book Group Press)
5% More: Making Small Changes to Achieve Extraordinary Results, by Michael Alden (Wiley)
10. HUMAN RESOURCES / EMPLOYEE TRAINING
Gold: An Everyone Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization, by Robert Kegan, Lisa Laskow Lahey, Matthew L. Miller, Andy Fleming, and Deborah Helsing (Harvard Business Review Press)
Silver: The Future Workplace Experience: 10 Rules For Mastering Disruption in Recruiting and Engaging Employees, by Jeanne Meister and Kevin Mulcahy (McGraw-Hill Education)
Bronze: The Work-Life Equation: Six Key Values That Drive Happiness and Success, by William L. Maw (Preager)
11. ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Gold: The Language of Man. Learning to Speak Creativity, by Larry Robertson (Daymark Press)
Silver (tie): Simply Brilliant: How Great Organizations Do Ordinary Things In Extraordinary Ways, by William C. Taylor (Portfolio/Penguin)
The Purpose is Profit: The Truth About Starting and Building Your Own Business, by Ed “Skip” McLaughlin, Wyn Lydecker & Paul McLaughlin (Greenleaf Book Group Press)
Bronze (tie): The Farm on the Roof: What Brooklyn Grange Taught Us About Entrepreneurship, Community, and Growing a Sustainable Business, by Anastasia Cole Plakias (Avery Books)
The Start-Up J Curve: The Six Steps to Entrepreneurial Success, by Howard Love (Greenleaf Book Group Press)
12. PHILANTHROPY / NONPROFIT / SUSTAINABILITY
Gold: Somebody Else’s Problem: Consumerism, Sustainability & Design, by Robert Crocker (Greenleaf Publishing)
Silver: Sustainable Innovation- Global Compact International Yearbook 2016, by Dr. Elmer Lenzen (Macondo Publishing GmbH)
Bronze: Business on a Mission, by Andy Last (Greenleaf Publishing)
13. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS / GLOBALIZATION
Gold: The Euro and the Battle of Ideas, by Markus K. Brunnermeier, Harold James, and Jean-Pierre Landau (Princeton University Press)
Silver: Gaining Currency: The Rise of the Renminbi, by Eswar S. Prasad (Oxford University Press)
Bronze: Successful Global Leadership: Frameworks for Cross-Cultural Managers and Organizations, by Ramon Henson (Palgrave Macmillan)
14. PERSONAL FINANCE / RETIREMENT PLANNING / INVESTING (estate planning, stocks, bonds)
Gold: The Laws of Wealth: Psychology and the Secret to Investing Success, by Dr. Daniel Crosby (Harriman House)
Silver: The Tools of Money: Hands-On Financial Skills for Teens, Parents, and Adults, by Life Leadership (Obstacle Press)
Bronze: Family Inc: Using Business Principles to Maximize Your Family’s Wealth, by Douglas P. McCormick (Wiley)
15. BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY
Gold (tie): The Network Imperative: How to Survive and Grow in the Age of Digital Business Models, by Barry Libert, Megan Beck & Jerry Wind (Harvard Business Review Press)
The Signals are Talking: Why Today’s Fringe is Tomorrow’s Mainstream, by Amy Webb (PublicAffairs)
Silver: Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin is Changing Money, Business, and the World, by Don Tapscott and Alex Tapscott (Portfolio/Penguin)
Bronze (tie): Digital Vortex: How Today’s Market Leaders Can Beat Disruptive Competitors at Their Own Game, by Jeff Loucks, James Macaulay, Andy Noronha and Michael Wade (IMD)
Mastering Digital Business: How Powerful Combinations of Disruptive Technologies are Enabling the Next Wave of Digital Transformation, by Nicholas D. Evans (BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT)
16. WOMEN / MINORITIES IN BUSINESS
Gold: Accelerate Your Impact: Action-based Strategies to Pave Your Professional Path, by JJ DiGeronimo (Smart Business Books)
Silver: The Refractive Thinker, Vol XI: Women in Leadership, edited by Dr. Cheryl Lentz (The Refractive Thinker Press)
Bronze: Get Over Your Damn Self: The No-BS Blueprint to Building A Life-Changing Business, by Romi Neustadt (LiveFullOut Media)
17. SUCCESS / MOTIVATION / COACHING
Gold: Ego is the Enemy, by Ryan Holiday (Portfolio/Penguin)
Silver: Art Thinking: How to Carve Out Creative Space in a World of Schedules, Budgets, and Bosses, by Amy Whitaker (HarperOne)
Bronze: Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life, by Susan David, PhD (Avery Books)
18. ADVERTISING / MARKETING / PR / EVENT PLANNING
Gold: The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads, by Tim Wu (Borzoi Books/Alfred A. Knopf)
Silver (tie): Hug Your Haters: How to Embrace Complaints and Keep Your Customers, by Jay Baer (Portfolio/Penguin)
The Analytical Marketer: How to Transform Your Marketing Organization, by Adele Sweetwood (Harvard Business Review Press)
Bronze: Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade, by Robert Cialdini (Simon & Schuster)
19. CORPORATE HISTORY / MILESTONE
Gold: From the Rear View Mirror- The ASL Paving Story, by Suzanne Paschall (ASL Paving Ltd.)
Silver: With Gratitude, Johnny Carrabba: Celebrating 30 Years of Recipes, Stories, and Family, by Johnny Carrabba (Johnny Carrabba Family of Restaurants)
Bronze: Huntington at 150: A Banking Genealogy, by Adam Nemett (The History Factory)
20. BUSINESS REFERENCE (legal, how-to)
Gold: Small Business Taxes Made Easy, Third Edition, by Eva Rosenberg, EA (McGraw Hill Education)
Silver: TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking, by Chris Anderson (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Bronze: Good Charts: The HBR Guide to Making Smarter, More Persuasive Data Visualizations, by Scott Berinato (Harvard Business Review Press)
21. MEMOIR / BIOGRAPHY
Gold: The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future, by Steve Case (Simon & Schuster)
Silver: To Pixar And Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History, by Lawrence Levy (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing)
Bronze: Heretics to Heroes: A Memoir on Modern Leadership, by Cort Dial (Bee Cave Publishing)
22. BUSINESS FABLE
Gold: That’s Not How We Do It Here!: A Story About How Organizations Rise and Fall -- and Can Rise Again, by John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber (Penguin Random House)
Silver: A Tale of Two Owners: Achieving Exit Success Between Business Co-Owners, by Patrick A. Ungashick (Booklogix)
Bronze: Cape, Spandex, Briefcase: Leadership Lessons from Superheroes, by David Kahn (Starewell Publishing)
