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  • 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)
  • 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)
  • GOLD (TIE): 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)
  • 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)
  • 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: The Truth About Pricing by Melina Palmer (The Brainy Business)Closing the Confidence Gap: Boost Your Peace, Your Potential, and Your Paycheck by Kelli Thompson (Amplify Publishing Group)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • SILVER (tie): 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)
  • BRONZE (tie): When Everyone Leads: How The Toughest Challenges Are Seen And Solved by Ed O’Malley and Julia Fabris McBride (Bard Press)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • GOLD (tie): Containing Big Tech by Tom Kemp (Fast Company Press)
  • GOLD (tie): 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)
  • GOLD: When Women Lead by Julia Boorstin (Simon & Schuster)
  • SILVER: The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women’s Dead-End Work by Linda Babcock, Brenda Peyser, Lise Vesterlund, and Laurie Weingart (Simon & Schuster)
  • SILVER (tie): Embrace the Power of You: Owning Your Identity at Work by Tricia Montalvo Timm (Page Two)
  • BRONZE (tie): Building a New Leadership Ladder: Transforming Male-Dominated Organizations to Support Women on the Rise by Carol J. Geffner (The MIT Press)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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.)
  • 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)
  • SILVER (tie): 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)
  • GOLD: Lead Together: Stop Squirreling Away Power and Build a Better Team by Tania Luna (Peakpoint Press)
  • SILVER: Reworked: Putting Health and Happiness at the Centre of Your Career by Dr. Stephanie Fitzgerald (Nicholas Brealey Publishing)
  • BRONZE: The Vagrant by Dan Rockwell and John David Mann (BenBella Books)
  • 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)
  • BRONZE (tie): Swipe: The Science Behind Why We Don’t Finish What We Start by Tracy Maylett and Tim Vandehey (Amplify Publishing Group)
  • 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)
  • BRONZE (tie): Design for Identity: How to Design Authentically for a Diverse World by Jessica Bantom (Publish Your Purpose)
  • 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)

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