2024 Awards – Autobiography

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Winner

Regarding Victory: Adventures in Entrepreneurship Led Back to Love

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Author:

Joshua Wallack

How is your book helping others?

At its core, it is not only a hardcore business memoir, but rather a cautionary tale for entrepreneurs and professionals that are extremely focused on career ascension to not forget about those around them, as laser focused people often do.

Book available for purchase at:

amazon.com

Business - Autobiography

Winner

Crossing the Desert

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Author:

Payam Zamani

How is your book helping others?

Crossing the Desert inspires readers to understand the power of hope, faith, and optimism to steel oneself against life’s most devastating and unimaginable challenges. It also guides readers in understanding the outlook and operating practices of “spiritual capitalism," which champions humanity’s well-being above traditional corporate objectives.

Book available for purchase at:

benbellabooks.com

Business - Autobiography

Finalist

The Hidden Power of Rising Dividends; How to Produce Security, Income, and Growth

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Author:

Greg Donaldson

How is your book helping others?

On October 19, 1987, the world watched in disbelief as stock exchanges across the globe began to plummet. As he witnessed millions of dollars drain from the portfolios his small investment firm managed, Greg Donaldson was flooded with uncertainty. Within hours, everything he thought he knew about investing quickly faded into the darkness of “Black Monday.” But what he thought was the worst day of his professional life, unexpectedly became the greatest turning point of his career. During that fateful day, he received three phone calls that changed his life and ultimately the lives of his clients. The Hidden Power of Rising Dividends follows Greg on a dramatic quest guided by wisdom and faith, to find the true value of a stock, using a simple but powerful strategy that teaches others how invest for the future. Part memoir, part financial advice, this book is a treatise on values, ethics, leadership and investment expertise for regular folks who hope to secure their financial futures.

Book available for purchase at:

amazon.com

2024 Awards – Big Ideas

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2024 best book awarded to authors on the subject of guides for writing and publishing books.

Business - Big Ideas

Winner

The Neurodiversity Edge: The Essential Guide to Embracing Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Other Neurological Differences for Any Organization

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Author:

Maureen Dunne

How is your book helping others?

Attempts to implement neuroinclusion at scale have overwhelmingly failed at the hands of overgeneralized “check the box” strategies that dive no deeper than superficial accommodation. Dr. Dunne exposes this fundamental misunderstanding and explains why outcomes range from uninspiring to disastrous for organizations while still failing to serve the legions of underemployed neurodivergent jobseekers with dignity, economic opportunity, and authentic inclusion.

The Neurodiversity Edge challenges this flawed paradigm and unveils a revolutionary new framework and practical roadmap to building an organizational culture fundamentally aligned with authentic neuroinclusion in the context of accelerating technological change. The result is a bold vision for a new values-driven approach that fosters inclusion and economic opportunity for the disproportionately unemployed neurodivergent population that benefit all with cognitive and experiential diversity as an essential driver of innovation.

Book available for purchase at:

amazon.com

Business - Big Ideas

Winner

The Modern Management Mentor

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Author:

Christine Sandman Stone

How is your book helping others?

Companies modernized strategy – it's now agile, changes based on market conditions, measured often.
Companies modernized workforces – they're distributed, hybrid, global.

No one modernized managers, and managers are the key to pulling together strategy and teams to get results in this new modern workplace.
This book is 50+ tools created by a seasoned leader, and adapted and tested by a young millennial leader.
The tools are proven to be both lightweight and successful in helping managers deliver results and get the best from their people.

The hope is that this book specifically helps women and diverse managers – who are an under-tapped pool of leadership talent get into their roles, and build success immediately.

While the book will help all, diverse voices in leadership drive both profitability for companies, and improvements in policy in companies, countries, and the world.

Book available for purchase at:

amazon.com

Business - Big Ideas

Winner

Six Figures While You Sleep

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Author:

Kate Toon

How is your book helping others?

I wrote this to help people stop exchanging their time for money, and instead build a lucrative, high-profit digital business doing what they know and love.

Inspired by my own experience of making millions through automated digital passive income products such as courses, digital downloads, memberships and masterminds, I’ve written it as a step-by-step guide on turning skills and services into one-to-many profitable products.

In it, I walk readers through positioning, processes, pricing and profile building, explaining the tech, the marketing, the sales tactics and how to keep customers coming back for more.

Creating passive income through digital products is an amazing way to earn a living. It’s given me freedom, community, a creative outlet and a nice lifestyle. But it does take work and patience. I believe anyone can achieve the entrepreneurial dream of making money in their sleep, and this book spills the secrets on exactly how.

Book available for purchase at:

amazon.com.au

Business - Big Ideas

Finalist

From Tension to Transformation A Leader's Guide To Generative Change

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Author:

Janet M. Harvey

How is your book helping others?

Janet M. Harvey, the CEO of the innovative human development company inviteCHANGE, has trained global Fortune 500 leaders for nearly 30 years. She’s done so successfully using the innovative vehicle of Generative Change. As Harvey writes, she wants to “make your head hurt.” And indeed this book does just that as the Generative Change Journey to Generative Wholeness is now made available to a wider audience. It’s all about giving up your “expected identity” and harnessing the tension that results – so that “all of you” is brought to the fore. The book begins with “making it yours” (reflection as active process; fearless use of intuition); moves to Generative Wholeness (trust the unknown; “notice” to build resilience); pulling back for perspective; leadership dilemmas (be alert to autopilot mindset; be curious versus reactive).
And tension as a deliberate tool for solutions and judgment as one for inspiring wonder.
This important book is life- and business-changing.

Book available for purchase at:

amazon.com

Business - Big Ideas

Finalist

TUNE IN: How to Make Smarter Decisions In A Noisy World

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Author:

Nuala Geraldine Walsh

How is your book helping others?

The highly-acclaimed TUNE IN redefines how leaders think by transforming decision-making. Preventing predictable errors, it serves as an insurance policy against misjudgment and a tool for real-time reputation enhancement. Described as “the only book on decision-making you will ever need,” Tune In challenges prevailing narratives around decision risk by highlighting the self as a source of misinformation. Written for anyone holding power, it maximizes impact and minimizes regret. Essential for ambitious professionals, it fast-tracks performance and deepens understanding of human behavior while enhancing skillsets.

Rooted in research, its innovative PERIMETERS framework exposes the hidden judgment traps that undermine our choices. With 18 actionable strategies, Walsh equips decision-makers with the tools to make better decisions that improve lives. Tune In stands out as a must-read for anyone striving to elevate their leadership capabilities. It's time to stand out not lose out.

Book available for purchase at:

amazon.com

2024 Awards – Career Success

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2024 best book awarded to authors on the subject of guides for writing and publishing books.

Business - Career Success

Winner

The Resilience Plan: A Strategic Approach to Optimizing Your Work Performance and Mental Health

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Author:

Marie-Helene Pelletier PhD

How is your book helping others?

Leaders and business professionals handle grueling hours and exceed high expectations. They are undaunted by challenges and embrace opportunities for growth. They assume they are resilient.

But given enough demands, anyone can burn out. This makes logical sense, yet you likely still think it could never be you. You are fabulous and at risk of burning out.

Resilience is not an innate character trait. Whether you’re in a leadership role or working as part of a team, you need to implement strategies that build and nurture resilience. You need a resilience plan.

I draw on experience from my clinical practice and extensive knowledge in therapeutics and business practices to explore how resilience is the best defense against burnout and how everyone can build it in themselves―not with a one-size-fits-all plan but with strategies to help you create a custom plan.

Book available for purchase at:

amazon.com

Business - Career Success

Winner

The Middle Matters: A Toolkit for Middle Managers

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Author:

Jeff Sigel

How is your book helping others?

Middle management is perhaps the most underappreciated place in the corporate hierarchy. Yet, it’s where most people spend most of their careers. It’s also, arguably, where the most important work happens. No vision or strategy handed down from leaders at the top can come to life in the actions of thousands of employees without passing through the hands of underappreciated middle managers. There’s no way around it.

And yet, most middle managers are promoted into their roles with little guidance or training on how to manage up, lead teams, and influence organizations. Having never done these, managers are left feeling profoundly uncomfortable. This book seeks to close that gap and empower middle leaders with a toolkit of skills that will help them find greater success and satisfaction while driving results for the companies they support.

Book available for purchase at:

amazon.com

Business - Career Success

Winner

Own Your Career Own Your Life

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Author:

Andy Storch

How is your book helping others?

Too many people are drifting in their careers, operating in reaction mode and waiting for someone else to tell them what to do or where to go. This book teaches people how to take ownership of their careers so that they can achieve more and feel happier and more fulfilled.

The book has received tons of positive feedback with many people telling me how it has helped them improve their careers. I've been invited to speak in numerous organizations to teach people how to own their careers so that they can get more intentional and achieve more.

Book available for purchase at:

amzn.to

Business - Career Success

Finalist

Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat.: Serial Entrepreneurs' Secrets Revealed!

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Author:

Colin C. Campbell

How is your book helping others?

"Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat." offers invaluable insights for entrepreneurs. With wisdom from 30+ experts and seasoned entrepreneurs, it distills hard-earned lessons to help startups succeed. Readers can uncover winning business patterns, learn to scale, protect their ventures, and navigate exits successfully.
This book equips entrepreneurs to build a competitive edge, avoid common pitfalls, and hack their way to growth. It also provides guidance on securing funding and maximizing wealth through exits. It's a practical roadmap to entrepreneurial success, allowing dreamers to turn their ambitions into thriving businesses, making their entrepreneurial aspirations a reality.

Book available for purchase at:

amazon.com

Business - Career Success

Finalist

My Curious Life: If My Grandkids Ask About Me, Tell Them This

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Author:

Robert Danna

How is your book helping others?

"This memoir could be used as a textbook to write the stories of one’s life as a legacy for children and grandchildren. Every person needs to read the Secular Humanist 10 Commandments/Committments, this is the blueprint for a principled, happy life, with respect for another with differences embraced. Just what the world needs!" Five Star Review in Amazon
"As an early millennial, the ideas in this book forced me to think about my own life, what I want to be known for, and how I want to be remembered. It encourages living by a set of values, acknowledges that failure is inevitable, and places emphasis on learning and continuous growth and curiosity. I much appreciated the theme of doing good for others and expecting nothing in return. This is the true definition of integrity and should encourage us all to do more and do better, simply because it’s the right thing to do. I look forward to referencing the ideas in this book as I embark on my own journey." Five Star review in Amazon.

Book available for purchase at:

a.co

Business - Career Success

Finalist

The Feedback Blueprint: Unlocking the Power of Constructive Insights

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Author:

Tenia Davis, PhD

How is your book helping others?

"The Feedback Blueprint" is a transformative guide that empowers leaders, educators, and professionals to revolutionize their approach to feedback. This book goes beyond traditional feedback models, introducing the innovative concept of constructive insights. By delving into the psychological underpinnings of feedback, readers gain a deeper understanding of its impact on individual and organizational growth.

The book equips readers with practical tools and strategies to transform feedback from a dreaded process into a powerful catalyst for improvement and innovation. It helps leaders create a culture of open communication, where feedback is not just given, but actively sought and valued. Through real-world examples and actionable advice, readers learn to deliver feedback that motivates, inspires, and drives positive change.

Book available for purchase at:

amazon.com

Business - Career Success

Finalist

WINX for Employees: The Problem-Solving Model to Unlock Workplace Success (The WINX Descision Making Series)

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Author:

Irma Parone

How is your book helping others?

Inside this guide, written specifically for employees, you’ll join international best-selling and 4x award-winning author Irma Parone as she introduces WINX for Employees, a proven eight-step decision-making model you can apply to nearly any workplace situation, including:

● Making suggestions to management in a way that they’ll hear

● Collaborating effectively with your direct reports or colleagues

● Increasing your value to the organization as a whole

Whether you're an employee striving to navigate a successful career in an uncertain world or a supervisor seeking to enhance collaboration within your team, this WINX process will empower you to achieve your goals and go beyond.

Book available for purchase at:

amazon.com

Business - Career Success

Finalist

Briefly Speaking, the Deluxe Boxed Set

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Author:

Deborah Shames

Co-Authors:

David Booth

How is your book helping others?

Briefly Speaking is a compendium of hundreds of Eloqui speaker tips, arranged into three books: Prepare, Present and Communicate.

Readers can quickly access their desired topic and put these new skills into practice. Each tip is supported by fascinating research and case studies from the world of sports, arts, politics, and science.

These tips leverage performance techniques from the entertainment industry along with cognitive science and impression management.

Speakers will use these books:

* When organizing and structuring important presentations

* To find and communicate their authentic voice

* When “stuff” happens, and they must quickly readjust, especially when the outcome is critical

* To stimulate imagination and creativity

* When they need safety nets, especially when circumstances change

* To serve as anti-stress remedies, while giving them confidence and authority

* When they need motivation to reach beyond their imagined limitations

Book available for purchase at:

amazon.com

2024 Awards – Business Disruptors

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2024 best book awarded to authors on the subject of guides for writing and publishing books.

Business - Disruptor

Winner

From Tension to Transformation A Leader's Guide To Generative Change

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Author:

Janet M. Harvey

How is your book helping others?

Janet M. Harvey, the CEO of the innovative human development company inviteCHANGE, has trained global Fortune 500 leaders for nearly 30 years. She’s done so successfully using the innovative vehicle of Generative Change. As Harvey writes, she wants to “make your head hurt.” And indeed this book does just that as the Generative Change Journey to Generative Wholeness is now made available to a wider audience. It’s all about giving up your “expected identity” and harnessing the tension that results – so that “all of you” is brought to the fore. The book begins with “making it yours” (reflection as active process; fearless use of intuition); moves to Generative Wholeness (trust the unknown; “notice” to build resilience); pulling back for perspective; leadership dilemmas (be alert to autopilot mindset; be curious versus reactive).
And tension as a deliberate tool for solutions and judgment as one for inspiring wonder.
This important book is life- and business-changing.

Book available for purchase at:

amazon.com

Business - Disruptor

Finalist

Pivoting as a Way of Life: Stop Chasing Unicorns and Product-Market Fit

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Author:

Joseph Hanna

How is your book helping others?

"Pivoting as a Way of Life" empowers business leaders and innovators to navigate change with confidence and purpose through the Pivoting Life Operating Model (PLOM). In a world where the only constant is uncertainty, this book offers a practical framework using PLOM to embrace pivoting not as a reaction to failure but as a strategic move toward success. By learning to identify when, why, and how to pivot, readers can turn challenges into opportunities, innovate continuously, and create lasting value for their organizations. Drawing from real-world experiences and insights from successful leaders, PLOM makes complex ideas accessible and actionable. Whether you're at a startup looking for your next big opportunity or a product leader in an established company aiming for transformational growth, this book provides the tools to pivot and innovate effectively. Ultimately, PLOM helps readers build resilience, foster innovation, and cultivate disciplines that drive market shifts.

Book available for purchase at:

amazon.com

2024 Awards – Economics

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2024 best book awarded to authors on the subject of guides for writing and publishing books.

Business - Economics

Winner

Understandable Economics: Because Understanding Our Economy Is Easier Than You Think and More Important Than You Know

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Author:

Howard Yaruss

How is your book helping others?

Incomes are stagnating, middle-class jobs are disappearing, economic growth is slowing, and the meager gains are mostly going to those who are already wealthy. More Americans than ever are frustrated by the direction in which we are headed. Understandable Economics aims to replace this frustration with a practical understanding of our economy and empower readers to identify and advocate for a better approach to the problems we face.

In this entertaining and informative guide, author Howard Yaruss breaks down our economic system in a straightforward way, avoiding jargon, formulas, graphs, and other technical material so common in books on this subject. Instead, he creates a compelling and comprehensive picture of our economy using accessible analogies, real-world observations, and entertaining anecdotes.

Book available for purchase at:

amazon.com

Business - Economics

Finalist

The Practical M.B.A. on Economics: WHAT THEY DO & DON’T TEACH YOU AT BUSINESS SCHOOL

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Author:

Joseph Gulesserian

How is your book helping others?

The pages of this book bring to light the roots of our economic order of today, and help explain the world around us, how we arrived here, and what might lie ahead. The Practical MBA on Economics is comprehensive, fast-paced, making for magnificent theatre, full of spills and chills, from stock market crashes to sovereign debt default, to the 1944 Bretton Woods reset, the IMF, the WTO, U.S. Dollar reserve, and mercantilism. We come to meet the economic thinkers that shape our world today from Adam Smith, Richard Cantillon, John Maynard Keynes, David Ricardo, Murray Rothbard, and Milton Friedman.

Book available for purchase at:

amazon.com