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Posted Jan. 15, 2008 3:05 a.m. by katie
In Book Awards - 800 CEO Read Blog
The day has finally arrived. After careful consideration, the winners have been determined for our first annual Business Book Awards. Nearly 300 titles were submitted which were then critiqued and reviewed by our editorial staff. A list of 13 titles make up the winners for each category as well as the Best Business Book of 2007.
8cr would like to congratulate all the winners for their hard work and say thank you to all who participated in our first awards program!
Best Business Book of 2007
Made to Stick
Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Category Winners
Advertising/Marketing:
Made to Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath, Random House
Biographies/Memoirs:
Bill & Dave by Michael S. Malone, Portfolio
Entrepreneurship/Small Business:
No Man's Land by Doug Tatum, Portfolio
Fables:
The Dream Manager by Matthew Kelly, Hyperion
Finance/Economics:
A Demon of Our Own Design by Richard Bookstaber, Wiley
Globalization:
The Elephant and the Dragon by Robyn Meredith, W.W. Norton
HR/Organizational Development:
One Foot Out the Door by Judith M. Bardwick, PhD., AMACOM
Industry:
The Last Tycoons by William D. Cohan, Doubleday
Innovation/Creativity:
Group Genius by Keith Sawyer, Basic Books
Leadership:
The Secret Language of Leadership by Stephen Denning, Jossey-Bass
New Perspectives:
In Spite of the Gods by Edward Luce, Doubleday
Personal Development:
Responsibility at Work by Howard Gardner, Jossey-Bass
Sales:
The Ultimate Sales Machine by Chet Holmes, Portfolio
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Congratulations! You can find the full list here.
BusinessWeek's Best Business Books of 2007
Posted Dec. 12, 2007 10:17 a.m. by todd-sattersten
In Lists - 800 CEO Read Blog
I have always appreciated BusinessWeek's commitment to the category of business books. The magazine reviews books in each issue and publish its monthly business book bestseller list.
Continuing in their support, here are the slideshow of books BusinessWeek choose in 2007 as their Best Business Books of the Year:
- In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India by Edward Luce
- Asian Godfathers: Money and Power in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia by Joe Studwell
- The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World by Alan Greenspan
- The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- The Strategy Paradox: Why Committing to Success Leads to Failure (And What to Do About It) by Michael E. Raynor
- Boeing Versus Airbus: The Inside Story of the Greatest International Competition in Business by John Newhouse
- The Oil and the Glory: The Pursuit of Empire and Fortune on the Caspian Sea by Steve LeVine
- The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty by Julia Flynn Siler
- The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune by Conor O'Clery
- Innovation Nation: How America Is Losing Its Innovation Edge, Why It Matters, and What We Can Do to Get It Back by John Kao
Podcasts Start Back Up with Zook
Posted Aug. 10, 2007 8:13 a.m. by todd-sattersten
In History and Biographies - 800 CEO Read Blog
We took some time off this summer from our podcasts.
I am kicking off the fall season early with an interview I have been wanting to do for some time.
Chris Zook is the author of three books, his most recent being Unstoppable. I talked with him for almost an hour about how to achieve profitable growth through focusing on the core of your business.
I also asked him what books he would recommend to other books. He says there are three different kinds of books he is attracted to:
- The Classics - Chris says there are a handful of books that everyone should read. These are familiar titles: Comptetitive Strategy, Competing for The Future, and Good To Great.
- Business Histories - Chris says there is much to learn from how companies deal with challenges to their business models. He recommends Rising Tide: Lessons from 165 Years of Brand Building at Procter & Gamble.
- A Step or Two Away - sometimes you can learn alot by getting away from the business category. Chris is currently reading In Spite of The Gods, a wonderful history of India. Another title that Chris thinks fits this is James Gleick's Chaos, which took chaos theory research and showed how it applied to what folks deal with every day.
