Winner
Down to Earth: Demystify Intuition to Upgrade Your Life
Nil Demircubuk
Down to Earth offers a rigorous, practical framework for harnessing intuition to make better decisions, improve relationships, and enhance self-care, setting it apart from typical books that simply advise readers to trust their inner wisdom. Author and intuition teacher Nil Demircubuk delivers actionable, research-informed methods for identifying and cultivating intuition, while encouraging readers to question and critically evaluate their insights, just as they would advice from a wise friend. The book features techniques tailored to diverse learning styles and demonstrates their application in real-world business and personal scenarios. By advancing intuition from a vague concept to a repeatable, teachable process, Down to Earth makes intuitive skill a strategic advantage for professionals navigating today’s fast-paced, complex world.
Winner
Braving the Workplace: Belonging at the Breaking Point
Beth Kaplan
Braving the Workplace: Belonging at the Breaking Point revolutionizes the conversation around belonging—a vital yet overlooked human need—within modern workplaces. Through groundbreaking research and compelling narratives, the book explores how the absence of belonging fosters workplace-induced trauma, identity disorders, and burnout, offering a new lens to understand and address these pervasive issues.
Dr. Kaplan reframes belonging as an active process, connecting identity, inclusion, and purpose. Her actionable insights bridge the gap between productivity and humanity. In a world reshaped by the pandemic, where employees are reevaluating work’s role in their lives, her work provides a timely blueprint for systemic change.
Accessible and universally relevant, this book speaks to leaders, professionals, and anyone seeking fulfillment at work, making a compelling case for belonging as the foundation of well-being and workplace transformation.
Finalist
Recovering from Emotional Trauma: Essential Tools to Help Calm Your Emotions, Heal Your Sense of Self, and Strengthen Relationships
Todd Berntson
Emotional trauma impacts the lives of just about everyone. This book helps those who have experienced emotional trauma heal from their wounds so they can live the life of success they were meant to live. This book is also a critical resource for managers, clinicians, or family members to help support those who struggle with the effects of emotional trauma.
Finalist
CHANGE: Six Science-Backed Strategies to Transform Your Brain, Body, and Behavior
Michael Joseph Lopez
This book is changing the game of change, for individuals, teams, and companies. After years watching traditional approaches fail to get results, the world of change needed a new approach. This book leans into the science of change and what happens to us on a macro and micro level when we try to achieve our goals. By leveraging the latest science, CHANGE gives people a practical framework for how to implement change at any level – in life or in business. Readers are celebrating the book's direct, conversational ability to translate complex scientific concepts into everyday strategies for change. Beyond personal change, many business leaders and companies are leveraging the book's strategies to transform their companies from within.