Congratulations to the winners of the 14th annual Axiom Business Book Awards! Listed below are the gold, silver, and bronze medal winners in each category.
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. Business Intelligence / Innovation | 9a. Business Disruption / Reinvention | 10. Human Resources / Employee Training | 11. Entrepreneurship / Small Business | 12. Philanthropy / Nonprofit / Sustainability | 13. International Business / Globalization | 14. Personal Finance / Retirement Planning / Investing | 15. Business Technology | 15a. Artificial Intelligence / Robotics / Algorithms | 16. Women / Minorities in Business | 17. Success / Motivation / Coaching | 18. Advertising / Marketing / PR / Event Planning | 19. Corporate History / Milestone | 20. Real Estate | 21. Business Reference (legal, how-to) | 22. Memoir / Biography | 23. Business Fable
GENERAL CATEGORIES
1. BUSINESS THEORY
GOLD: Strategy = Execution: Improve, Renew and Innovate Faster in the Digital Age, by Jacques Pijl (Management Impact)
SILVER: Overload: How Good Jobs Went Bad and What We Can Do About It, by Erin L. Kelly and Phyllis Moen (Princeton University Press)
BRONZE: The Interaction Field: The Revolutionary New Way to Create Shared Value for Businesses, Customers, and Society, by Erich Joachimsthaler (PublicAffairs)
2. BUSINESS COMMENTARY
GOLD (tie): Undercurrents: Channeling Outrage To Spark Practical Activism, by Steve Davis (Wiley)
Lie Machines: How to Save Democracy from Troll Armies, Deceitful Robots, Junk News Operations, and Political Operatives, by Philip N. Howard (Yale University Press)
SILVER: Humanocracy: Creating Organizations as Amazing as the People Inside Them, by Gary Hamel & Michele Zanini (Harvard Business Review Press)
BRONZE: Nothing is Too Big To Fail: How the Last Financial Crisis Informs Today, by Kerry Killinger and Linda Killinger (RosettaBooks)
3. ECONOMICS
GOLD: Elevated Economics: How Conscious Consumers Will Fuel the Future of Business, by Richard Steel (Fast Company Press)
SILVER (tie): The Case for Climate Capitalism: Economic Solutions for a Planet in Crisis, by Tom Rand (ECW Press)
The Business Reinvention of Japan: How To Make Sense of the New Japan and Why it Matters, by Ulrike Schaede (Stanford Business Books)
BRONZE: The Political Economy of Collective Action Inequality, and Development, by William Ferguson (Stanford University Press)
4. CAREER (job search, career advancement)
GOLD (tie): Your Second Act: Inspiring Stories of Reinvention, by Patricia Heaton (Simon & Schuster)
Change Maker: Turn Your Passion for Health and Fitness into a Powerful Purpose and a Wildly Successful Career, by John Berardi, PhD (BenBella Books)
SILVER: The Art of Being Indispensable at Work: Win Influence, Beat Overcommitment, and Get the Right Things Done, by Bruce Tulgan (Harvard Business Review Press)
BRONZE: Mission Transition: Navigating the Opportunities and Obstacles to Your Post-Military Career, by Matthew J. Louis (Harper Collins Leadership)
5. SALES (sales skills, negotiating, closing)
GOLD: Bring Yourself: How to Harness the Power of Connection to Negotiate Fearlessly, by Mori Taheripour (Avery)
SILVER (tie): Wonder Leads: Remarkable Lead Generation for Positive Small Business, by Dave Holloway (Jolly Funnel Books)
Never Say Sell: How the World’s Best Consulting and Professional Services Firms Expand Client Relationships, by Tom McMakin and Jacob Parks (Wiley)
BRONZE: The Visual Sale: How to Use Video to Explode Sales, Drive Marketing, and Grow Your Business in a Virtual World, by Marcus Sheridan and Tyler Lessard (Ideapress Publishing)
6. LEADERSHIP
GOLD (tie): Lead from the Future: How to Turn Visionary Thinking Into Breakthrough Growth, by Mark W. Johnson and Josh Suskewicz (Harvard Business Review Press)
Everyone Deserves a Great Manager: the 6 Critical Practices for Leading a Team, by Scott Miller with Todd Davis and Victoria Roos Olsson (Simon & Schuster)
SILVER (tie): How To Lead: Wisdom from the World’s Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers, by David M. Rubenstein (Simon & Schuster)
Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader’s Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You, by Frances Frei & Anne Morriss (Harvard Business Review Press)
BRONZE (tie): Sooner Safer Happier: Antipatterns and Patterns for Business Agility, by Jonathan Smart with Zsolt Berend, Myles Ogilvie and Simon Rohrer (IT Revolution)
Lunch with Lucy: Maximize Profits by Investing in Your People, by Sherry Stuart Deutschmann (An Inc. Original)
7. NETWORKING (social media, communication skills, etc.)
GOLD: Building Brand Communities: How Organizations Succeed by Creating Belonging, by Carrie Melissa Jones and Charles H. Vogl (Berrett-Koehler Publishers)
SILVER: The Power of Being Divisive: Understanding Negative Social Evaluations, by Thomas J. Roulet (Stanford Business Books)
BRONZE: The First Minute: How to Start Conversations That Get Results, by Chris Fenning (Alignment Group)
8. BUSINESS ETHICS
GOLD: Better Business: How the B Corp Movement Is Remaking Capitalism, by Christopher Marquis (Yale University Press)
SILVER (tie):The Dignity Doctrine: Rational Relations in an Irrational World, by Mark C. Coleman (SelectBooks)
The New Corporation: How “Good” Corporations are Bad for Democracy, by Joel Bakan (Penguin Canada)
BRONZE: Grow the Pie: How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit, by Alex Edmans (Cambridge University Press)
9. BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE / INNOVATION
Gold: The Catalyst: How To Change Anyone's Mind, by Jonah Berger (Simon & Schuster)
Silver: Designing Experiences, by J. Robert Rossman and Mathew D. Duerden (Columbia Business School Publishing)
Bronze (tie): The Innovators's Spirit: Discover the Mindset to Pursue the Impossible, by Chuck Swoboda (Fast Company Press)
Inside Your Customer's Imagination: 5 Secrets for Creating Breakthrough Products, Services, and Solutions, by Chip R. Bell (Berrett-Koehler Publishers)
9A. BUSINESS DISRUPTION / REINVENTION
GOLD: Create the Future + the Innovation Handbook: Tactics for Disruptive Thinking, by Jeremy Gutsche (Fast Company Press)
SILVER: Fast Times: How Digital Winners Set Direction, Learn, and Adapt, by Arun Arora, Peter Dahlstrom, Klemens Hjartar, and Florian Wunderlich (Amazon Publishing)
BRONZE: How To Thrive in Chaos: The Chief Reinvention Officer Handbook, by Nadya Zhexembayeva (Ideapress Publishing)
10. HUMAN RESOURCES / EMPLOYEE TRAINING
GOLD: Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace, by David G. Smith and W. Brad Johnson (Harvard Business Review Press)
SILVER (tie): Hire Purpose: How Smart Companies Can Close the Skills Gap, by Deanna Mulligan with Greg Shaw (Columbia Business School Publishing)
High-Tech High-Touch Recruiting: How To Attract and Retain the Best Talent by Improving the Candidate Experience, by Barbara Bruno (Kogan Page)
BRONZE: Flip-Flops & Microwaved Fish: Navigating the Dos and Don’ts of Workplace Culture, by Peter Yawitz (Greenleaf Book Group Press)
11. ENTREPRENEURSHIP / SMALL BUSINESS
GOLD: The Money Hackers: How a Group of Misfits Took On Wall Street and Changed Finance Forever, by Daniel P. Simon (HarperCollins Leadership)
SILVER (tie): The Soul Sourced Entrepreneur: An Unconventional Success Plan for the Highly Creative, Secretly Sensitive and Wildly Ambitious, by Christine Kane (BenBella Books)
12 Months to $1 Million: How to Pick a Winning Product, Build a Real Business, and Become a Seven-Figure Entrepreneur, by Ryan Daniel Moran (BenBella Books)
BRONZE: Supermaker: Crafting Business on Your Own Terms, by Jamie Schmidt (Chronicle Prism)
12. PHILANTHROPY / NONPROFIT / SUSTAINABILITY
GOLD: Sunny Days: The Children’s Television Revolution That Changed America, by David Kamp (Simon & Schuster)
SILVER: Family Philanthropy Navigator: The Inspirational Guide for Philanthropic Families on Their Giving Journey, by Peter Vogel, Etienne Eichenberger, and Malgorzata Kurak (IMD)
BRONZE: Brands on a Mission: How to Achieve Social Impact and Business Growth Through Purpose, by Myriam Sidibe (Routledge)
13. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS / GLOBALIZATION
GOLD: Out-Innovate: How Global Entrepreneurs from Delhi to Detroit Are Rewriting the Rules of Silicon Valley, by Alexandre Lazarow (Harvard Business Review Press)
SILVER: Powering Prosperity: A Citizen’s Guide to Shaping the 21st Century, by Indranil Ghosh (Bombadier Books)
BRONZE: The Accidental Business Nomad: A Survival Guide for Working Across a Shrinking Planet, by Kyle D. Hegarty (Nicholas Brealey Publlshing)
14. PERSONAL FINANCE / RETIREMENT PLANNING / INVESTING
GOLD: The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness, by Morgan Housel (Harriman House)
SILVER: Intrinsic: Using LEAPS to Retire Early, by Mike Yuen (Pew Pew Press)
BRONZE: Value Trap: Theory of Universal Valuation, by Brian M Nelson (Valuentum Securities)
15. BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY
GOLD: The Future is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies Are Transforming Business, Industries, and Our Lives, by Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler (Simon & Schuster)
SILVER The Technologized Investor: Innovation through Reorientation, by Ashby H.B. Monk and Dane Rook (Stanford Business Books)
BRONZE (tie): The Amazon Management System: The Ultimate Digital Business Engine That Creates Extraordinary Value for Both Customers and Shareholders, by Ram Charan and Julia Yang (Ideapress Publishing)
No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram, by Sarah Frier (Simon & Schuster)
15A. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE / ROBOTICS / ALGORITHMS
GOLD (tie): Competing in the Age of AI: Strategy and Leadership When Algorithms and Networks Run the World, by Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani (Harvard Business Review Press)
T-Minus AI: Humanity’s Countdown to Artificial Intelligence and the New Pursuit of Global Power, by Michael Kanaan (BenBella Books)
SILVER: The AI-Powered Enterprise: Harness the Power of Ontologies to Make Your Business Smarter Faster, and More Profitable, by Seth Earley (LifeTree Media)
BRONZE: Driven: The Race to Create the Autonomous Car, by Alex Davies (Simon & Schuster)
16. WOMEN / MINORITIES IN BUSINESS
GOLD (tie): Launching While Female: Smashing the System that Holds Women Entrepreneurs Back, by Susanne Althoff (Beacon Press)
Staying in the Game: The Playbook for Beating Workplace Sexual Harassment, by Adrienne Lawrence (Tarcher Perigee)
SILVER: Crunch Time: How Married Couples Confront Unemployment, by Aliya Hamid Rao (University of California Press)
BRONZE: The Grit Factor: Courage, Resilience & Leadership in the Most Male-Dominant Organization in the World, by Shannon Huffman Polson (Harvard Business Review Press)
17. SUCCESS / MOTIVATION / COACHING
GOLD: Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage, by Laura Huang (Portfolio Penguin)
SILVER: The Serendipity Mindset: The Art and Science of Creating Good Luck, by Christian Busch, PhD (Riverhead Books)
BRONZE: Exceptional: Build Your Personal Highlight Reel and Unlock Your Potential, by Daniel M. Cable (Chronicle Prism)
18. ADVERTISING / MARKETING / PR / EVENT PLANNING
GOLD: The Context Marketing Revolution: How to Motivate Buyers in the Age of Infinite Media, by Matthew Sweezey (Harvard Business Review Press)
SILVER: Crisis Ahead: 101 Ways to Prepare for the Bounce Back from Disasters, Scandals, and Other Emergencies, by Edward Segal (Nicholas Brealey Publishing)
BRONZE: The Business of Choice: How Human Instinct Influences Everyone’s Decisions, by Matthew Willcox (Emerald Publishing)
19. CORPORATE HISTORY / MILESTONE
GOLD: Samsung Rising: The Inside Story of the South Korean Giant That Set Out to Beat Apple and Conquer Tech, by Geoffrey Cain (Currency)
SILVER: Dublin Gulch: A History of the Eagle Gold Mine, by Michael Gates (Lost Moose)
BRONZE: Strong Foundations: The Klohn Crippen Berger Story, by Katherine Palmer Gordon (Self-Published)
20. REAL ESTATE
GOLD: The Great American Housing Bubble: What Went Wrong and How We Can Protect Ourselves in the Future, by Adam J. Levitin and Susan M. Wachter (Harvard University Press)
SILVER: Fundamentals of New Jersey Real Estate: Essential Rules, Regulations and Practices to Help You Pass the NJ Real Estate Salesperson and Broker Licensing Exams, by David C. Forward (ReachForward Publishing)
BRONZE: Secrets of Top Selling Agents: Habits, Mindsets, and Tactics of Real Estate's Super Producers, by Joe Sesso (Self-Published)
21. BUSINESS REFERENCE (legal, how-to)
GOLD: Survive & Thrive: Entrepreneurship Frameworks That Work, by Paul Kewene-Hite (Mātanga Hāpai)
SILVER: The Non-Obvious Guide to Working Remotely, by Rohit Bhargava (Ideapress Publishing)
BRONZE: The Really Good Idea Test: Get Evidence. Make Decisions. Move Forward. by Julia Shalet (Pearson)
22. MEMOIR / BIOGRAPHY
GOLD: Co-Piloting: Luck, Leadership, and Learning That It’s All About Others, by Jim Haslam with John Driver (Forefront Books)
SILVER: Just Another Immigrant’s Son: A Memoir on the Otology Renaissance, by Michael M. Paprella, MD with Nicole Helget (Beaver’s Pond Press)
BRONZE: The Poster Boy: Small Towns, Big Ideas, and the Reality of Becoming an Entrepreneur, by Chad Scott (UTP)
23. BUSINESS FABLE
GOLD: TIP: A Simple Strategy to Inspire High Performance and Lasting Success, by Dave Gordon (Wiley)
SILVER: The Lean Builder: A Builder’s Guide to Applying Lean Tools in the Field, by Joe Donarumo & Keyan Zandy (Self-Published)
BRONZE: Becoming Tigers: Leading Your Team to Success, by Dianne Crampton (Three Creeks Publishing)
