Recognizing and Promoting the World's Best Business Titles

2018 MEDALIST BOOKSTORE

Congratulations to the medalists in the 2018 Axiom Business Book Awards!

Below you will find links to purchase the award-winning books. 


1. Business Theory

GOLD

Principles

By Ray Dalio (Simon & Schuster)

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SILVER (tie)

The Content Trap: A Strategist's Guide to Digital Change

By Bharat Anand (Random House)

PURCHASE HERE

 

Fast/Forward: Make Your Company Fit for the Future

By Julian Birkinshaw and Jonas Ridderstråle (Stanford Business Books)

PURCHASE HERE

 

BRONZE

The Inversion Factor: How to Thrive in the IoT Economy

By Linda Bernardi, Sanjay Sarma, and Kenneth R. Traub (The MIT Press)

PURCHASE HERE

2. Business Commentary

GOLD

What To Do When Machines Do Everything: How to Get Ahead in a World of AI Algorithms Bots and Big Data

By Malcolm Frank, Paul Roehrig, and Ben Pring (Wiley)

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SILVER (tie)

Becoming Facebook: The 10 Challenges That Defined The Company That's Disrupting The World

By Mike Hoefflinger (Amacom)

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$UPERHUBS: How the Financial Elite and their Networks Rule Our World

By Sandra Navidi (Nicholas Brealey Publishers)

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BRONZE

Mean Men: The Perversion of America’s Self-Made Man

By Mark Lipton (Voussoir Press)

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3. Economics

GOLD

Simply Electrifying: The Technology that Transformed the World, from Benjamin Franklin to Elon Musk

By Craig R. Roach (BenBella Books)

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SILVER 

The Financial Diaries: How American Families Cope in a World of Uncertainty

By Jonathan Morduch & Rachel Schneider (Princeton University Press)

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BRONZE (tie)

The Wisdom of Finance: Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return

By Mihir A. Desai (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

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TAP: Unlocking the Mobile Economy

By Anindya Ghose (The MIT Press)

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4. Career (job search, career advancement)

GOLD

Entering Startupland: An Essential Guide to Finding the Right Job

By Jeffrey Bussgang (Harvard Business Review Press)

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SILVER

The Right (And The Wrong) Stuff: How Brilliant Careers are Made (and Unmade)

By Carter Cast (Public Affairs)

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BRONZE

The Fuzzy and the Techie: Why the Liberal Arts will Rule the Digital World

By Scott Hartley (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

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5. Sales (sales skills, negotiating, closing)

GOLD

Ninja Selling: Subtle Skills. Big Results

By Larry Kendall (Greenleaf Book Group)

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SILVER

The Sales Manager's Guide to Greatness: 10 Essential Strategies for Leading Your Team to the Top

By Kevin F. Davis (Greenleaf Book Group)

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BRONZE

RIDE THE WAVE: How To Embrace Change And Create A Powerful New Relationship With Risk

By John Wessinger (Wise Ink Creative Publishing)

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6. Leadership

GOLD (tie)

Lincoln on Leadership for Today: Abraham Lincoln’s Approach to 21st-Century Issues

By Donald T. Phillips (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

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No Limits: Blow the Cap Off Your Capacity

By John C. Maxwell (Center Street)

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SILVER (tie)

SPARK: How to Lead Yourself and Others to Greater Success

By Angie Morgan Courtney Lynch & Sean Lynch (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

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Good Authority: How to Become the Leader Your Team is Waiting For

By Jonathan Raymond (IdeaPress Publishing)

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BRONZE

Mastering Civility: A Manifesto for the Workplace

By Christine Porath (Grand Central Publishing)

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7. Networking (social media, communication skills, etc.)

GOLD

Leadership in Focus: Bringing Out Your Best on Camera

By Vern Oakley (Greenleaf Book Group)

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SILVER

Communicate Like a Leader: Connecting Strategically to Coach, Inspire, and Get Things Done

By Dianna Booher (Berrett-Koehler Publishers)

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BRONZE

Life Would Be Easy if it Weren’t for Other People

By Connie Podesta (STANDOUT Press)

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8. Business Ethics

GOLD

The 3rd Ingredient: The Journey of Analog Ethics into the World of Digital Fear and Greed

By Jim Blasingame (SBN Books)

 

SILVER

Rogues of Wall Street: How to Manage Risk in the Cognitive Era

By Andrew Waxman (Wiley)

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BRONZE

The Miseducation of the Student Athlete: How to Fix College Sports

By Kenneth L. Shropshire and Collin D. Williams Jr. (Wharton Digital Press)

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9. Operations Management / Lean / Continuous Improvement

GOLD

Seeing Around Corners: How to Unlock the Potential of Big Data

By Graham Hogg (LID Publishing)

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SILVER

Whiplash: How to Survive Our Faster Future

By Joi Ito and Jeff Howe (Grand Central Publishing)

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BRONZE

Mind+Machine: A Decision Model for Optimizing and Implementing Analytics

By Marc Vollenweider (Wiley)

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10. Human Resources / Employee Training

GOLD

The Talent Brand: The Complete Guide to Creating Emotional Employee Buy-In for Your Organization

By Jody Ordioni (LID Publishing)

 

SILVER

Dedication: The Foundations of Huawei's HR Management

By Huang Weiwei (LID Publishing)

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BRONZE

Gen Z @ Work: How the Next Generation is Transforming the Workplace

By David Stillman and Jonah Stillman (Harper Business)

PURCHASE HERE

11. Entrepreneurship / Small Business

GOLD (tie)

Make Elephants Fly: The Process of Radical Innovation

By Steven Hoffman (Center Street)

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The Power of Little Ideas: A Low-Risk, High-Reward Approach to Innovation

By David Robertson with Kent Lineback (Harvard Business Review Press)

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SILVER

The Airbnb Story: How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions...and Created Plenty of Controversy

By Leigh Gallagher (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

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BRONZE

Entrepreneurial You: Monetize Your Expertise, Create Multiple Income Streams, and Thrive

By Dorie Clark (Harvard Business Review Press)

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12. Philanthropy / Nonprofit / Sustainability

GOLD

Capital and the Common Good: How Innovative Finance Is Tackling the World’s Most Urgent Problems

By Georgia Levenson Keohane (Columbia Business School)

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SILVER

Headwinds of Opportunity: A Compass for Sustainable Innovation

By Tim Lindsey (Routledge)

PURCHASE HERE

 

BRONZE

Beyond the Triple Bottom Line: Eight Steps Toward a Sustainable Business Model

By Francisco Szekely and Zahir Dossa (The MIT Press)

PURCHASE HERE

13. International Business / Globalization

GOLD

The Next Factory of the World: How Chinese Investment is Reshaping Africa

By Irene Yuan Sun (Harvard Business Review Press)

PURCHASE HERE

 

SILVER

Warnings: Finding Cassandras to Stop Catastrophes

By Richard A. Clarke and R.P. Eddy (Ecco)

PURCHASE HERE

 

BRONZE

The Language of Global Success: How a Common Tongue Transforms Multinational Organizations

By Tsedal Neeley (Princeton University Press)

PURCHASE HERE

14. Personal Finance / Retirement Planning / Investing

GOLD

Wealth by Virtue

By Chad Gordon (GreenStar Press)

PURCHASE HERE

 

SILVER

Book of Value: The Fine Art of Investing Wisely

By Anurag Sharma (Columbia University Press)

PURCHASE HERE

 

BRONZE

Investment Traps Exposed: Navigating Investor Mistakes and Behavioral Biases

By H. Kent Baker and Vesa Puttonen (Emerald Publishing)

PURCHASE HERE

15. Business Technology

GOLD

TAP: Unlocking the Mobile Economy

By Anindya Ghose (The MIT Press)

PURCHASE HERE

 

SILVER

Management in Singularity: From Linear to Exponential Management

By Prof. Tjeu Blommaert and Stephan van den Broek in cooperation with Erik Kolthof (Vakmedianet)

PURCHASE HERE

 

BRONZE (tie)

Data Strategy: How to Profit from a World of Big Data, Analytics and the Internet of Things

By Bernard Marr (Kogan Page)

PURCHASE HERE

 

Confident Coding: Master the Fundamentals of Code and Supercharge Your Career

By Rob Percival (Kogan Page)

PURCHASE HERE

16. Women / Minorities in Business

GOLD

The Diversity Bonus: How Great Teams Pay Off in the Knowledge Economy

By Scott E. Page (Princeton University Press)

PURCHASE HERE

 

SILVER

The Influence Effect: A New Path to Power for Women Leaders

By Kathryn Heath, Jill Flynn, Mary Davis Holt, and Diana Faison (Berrett-Koehler Publishers)

PURCHASE HERE

 

BRONZE

That’s What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) About Working Together

By Joanne Lipman (William Morrow)

PURCHASE HERE

17. Success / Motivation / Coaching

GOLD

The Launch Book: Motivational Stories to Launch Your Idea, Business or Next Career

By Sanyin Siang (LID Publishing)

PURCHASE HERE

 

SILVER (tie)

A Quarter Million Steps: Creativity, Imagination, & Leading Transformative Change

By Anthony Paustian, PH.D. (Bookpress Publishing)

PURCHASE HERE

 

The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact

By Chip Heath & Dan Heath (Simon & Schuster)

PURCHASE HERE

 

BRONZE

Find the Fire: Ignite Your Inspiration and Make Work Exciting Again

By Scott Mautz (Amacom)

PURCHASE HERE

18. Advertising / Marketing / PR / Event Planning

GOLD

Streampunks: YouTube and the Rebels Remaking Media

By Robert Kyncl with Maany Peyvan (Harper Business)

PURCHASE HERE

 

SILVER (tie)

The Native Advertising Advantage: Build Authentic Content that Revolutionizes Digital Marketing and Drives Revenue Growth

By Mike Smith (McGraw-Hill Education)

PURCHASE HERE

 

The CEO's Guide to Marketing: The Book Every Marketer Should Read Before Their Boss Does

By Lonny Kocina (Maple Island)

PURCHASE HERE

 

BRONZE

Killing Marketing: How Innovative Businesses Are Turning Marketing Cost Into Profit

By Joe Pulizzi & Robert Rose (McGraw-Hill Education)

PURCHASE HERE

19. Corporate History / Milestone

GOLD

Perfectly Aged: 40 Years of Recipes and Stories from the Taste of Texas

By Nina J. Hendee, Edd C. Hendee, Lisa Hendee Blackard, Kristin Ann Hendee Blackford, and Corbin Blackford (Taste of Texas)

PURCHASE HERE

 

SILVER

The JD.com Story: An E-Commerce Phenomenon

By Li Zhigang (LID Publishing)

PURCHASE HERE

 

BRONZE

Powerhouse: The Untold Story of Hollywood’s Creative Artists Agency

By James Andrew Miller (Custom House)

PURCHASE HERE

20. Business Reference (legal, how-to)

GOLD

Super Structured: How to Overcome Chaos and Win Back Time

By David Stiernholm (LID Publishing)

PURCHASE HERE

 

SILVER (tie)

50 Economics Classics: The Greatest Books Distilled

by Tom Butler-Bowdon (Nicholas Brealey Publishing)

PURCHASE HERE

 

Swanepoel Trends Report: 2018

By Stefan Swanepoel (T3 Sixty)

PURCHASE HERE

 

BRONZE

Basic Accounting: Concepts Principles and Procedures Vol 1 & 2 (Second Edition)

By Gregory R. Mostyn (Worthy & James Publishing)

PURCHASE HERE

21. Memoir / Biography

GOLD

Architect of Prosperity: Sir John Cowperthwaite and the Making of Hong Kong

By Neil Monnery (London Publishing Partnership)

PURCHASE HERE

 

SILVER

A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age

By Jimmy Soni & Rob Goodman (Simon & Schuster)

PURCHASE HERE

 

BRONZE

Against All Odds: Leading Nokia from Near Catastrophe to Global Success

By Jorma Ollila & Harri Saukkomaa; translated by Richard Powell (Maven House)

PURCHASE HERE

22. Business Fable

GOLD

The Respectful Leader: Seven Ways to Influence Without Intimidation

By Gregg Ward with Walter G. Meyer (Wiley)

PURCHASE HERE

 

SILVER

Cadence: A Tale of Fast Business Growth

By Pete Williams (Morgan James Publishing)

PURCHASE HERE

 

BRONZE

Be Like Amazon: Even a Lemonade Stand Can Do It

By Jeffrey and Bryan Eisenberg with Roy H. Williams (Buyer Legends)

PURCHASE HERE