Business - Women in Business
Winner
Light It - How to Trust your Intuition and Build a Thriving Business
Laetitia Andrac
Light It: How to Trust Your Intuition and Build a Thriving Business is tailored for female entrepreneurs and business leaders who seek sustainable success without compromising their well-being. It helps them grow their business without burning out. Through the LIGHT framework—Lean in, Illuminate, Gather, Honour, and Transform—the book empowers women to blend intuition with strategy in business to foster a business that truly aligns with their values. This holistic approach has garnered widespread praise, with endorsements from industry leaders and a strong connection to women in business who desire both personal fulfilment and professional achievement.
Business - Women in Business
Winner
The Goddess Guide to Branding: Your Blueprint for Building an Abundant & Authentic Feminine Brand
Jane McCarthy
Kate McAndrew
The Goddess Guide to Branding introduces female founders and brand leaders to eight goddess archetypes that are alive in successful brands today. From there, readers are led on a journey to find the right archetype for their brand— one that is both authentic to their company and compelling to their customers. What's so powerful about the goddess archetypes is they transcend the stale feminine stereotypes that dominated marketing for so long. Instead, they share powerful truths and rich interpretations of women and the feminine that can make a real, emotional impact. A powerhouse collective of over 22 female founders and branding experts came together to offer their insights and wisdom in this book. It's an indispensable guide for anyone who needs to create or elevate their brand, so their business can flourish and endure.
Business - Women in Business
Winner
Become A Business Money Magnet - Simple habits to manage your money and supercharge your profits
Justine Nicolle McLean
The book was written to address a significant gap in financial literacy among small business owners, particularly women.
Having personally experienced the challenges of managing business finances without proper guidance, I wanted to create a resource that demystifies business finance and makes it accessible to everyone, regardless of their background. The main purpose of the book is to help business owners understand that financial management is not as daunting as it may seem and that by focusing on their numbers, even in the smallest way, they can create a profitable and sustainable business.
The book breaks down complex financial concepts into simple, actionable steps, helping readers to understand their profit and loss statements, improve cash flow, and ultimately take control of their financial destiny.
The overarching message is that everyone has the potential to run a successful business if they pay attention to the numbers.
Business - Women in Business
Finalist
Humbled on Purpose: Discovering Strength Through Vulnerability, Humor and Grace
Maggie Michaels DeCan
Maggie DeCan’s book is not just a memoir; it's a leadership guide for those seeking to make a difference in their organizations while staying true to themselves. DeCan leverages her decades of experience in both corporate and nonprofit leadership to provide invaluable insights for women navigating their careers. DeCan embraces authenticity, turning her struggles into powerful lessons in leadership that she shares with readers in a humor-filled, accessible style. Through her "scar-based leadership" approach, DeCan encourages leaders to embrace their imperfections and vulnerabilities. In a culture where authenticity is highly valued, she emphasizes that trying to be perfect is not only outdated but exhausting—especially for women. People desire realness in their leaders. When leaders share their “scars, warts, and imperfections,” it fosters an environment of openness and connection. “Scar-based leadership is the key to creating real relationships in work and life,” DeCan writes.
Business - Women in Business
Finalist
Six Figures in School Hours
Kate Toon
I wrote this book as an honest and practical handbook for business-owning parents.
I work with thousands of business parents through my online memberships and courses and so often they struggle with guilt, productivity, and realising their dream of family flexibility.
I wanted to help people:
1. Deal with mindset issues around their ‘why’ and parent guilt
2. Get really honest about their time and how to avoid setting themselves up for failure
3. Dig into money hangups and implement practical money growth and savings strategies
4. Work on communication with partners and kids – turning the business into a family friend rather than a time-stealing enemy
5. Look after themselves, avoid burnout and stop putting themselves last
This book tells the truth about what it really takes for parents just to run a successful business, make decent money and avoid burning yourself to a frazzle in the process