BK Book and Author Awards

 

 

2013

• Leapfrogging, by Soren Kaplan, has won the Bronze Axiom award.  
• What the US Can Learn from China, by Ann Lee, has won the Gold IPPY award.
• So Far From Home, by Meg Wheatley has won the 2013 Nautilus Silver Award in Inner Prosperity/Right Livelihood.
• Owning Our Future, by Marjorie Kelly, has won the 2013 Nautilus Silver Award in Business/Leadership.

2012

• Wired and Dangerous, by Chip Bell and John R. Patterson - Independent Book Publisher Award (Ippy),Business/Career/Sales, Silver Winner
• Wired and Dangerous, by Chip Bell and John R. Patterson - Axiom Business Book Award, Sales, Bronze Winner
• Good Company, by Lauri Bassi, Ed Frauenheim, Dan McMurrer, Larry Costello - Nautilus Book Awards, Business/Leadership, Gold Winner
• Walk Out Walk On, by Margeret Wheatley and Deborah Frieze - Nautilus Book Awards, Social Change, Silver Winner
• Rebuilding Trust in the Workplace, by Dennis Reina and Michelle Reina - Nautilus Book Awards, Relationships, Silver Winner
• Full Voice, Enhanced Edition, by Barbara McAfee - Publishing Innovation Awards - Quality, Excellence, Design (QED) Seal
• Walk Out Walk On, by Margeret Wheatley and Deborah Frieze - finalist in 2012 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Book Awards Political/Current Events Category

2011

• Agenda for a New Economy, by David C. Korten - Independent Publishers Book Awards, Current Events, Silver Winner
• Engaging Emergence, by Peggy Holman - Nautilus Book Awards, Conscious Buiness and Leadership, Gold Winner
• Managing, by Henry Mintzberg - Chatered Management Institute, Management Book of the Year
• Rebuilding Trust in the Workplace, by Dennis Reina and Michelle Reina - AXIOM Business Book Awards, Business Ethics, Silver Medal Winner
• The ASTD Leadership Handbook, by Elaine Biech - Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title, Business, Management and Labor
• The Corporate Whistleblower's Survival Guide, by Tom Devine and Tarek F. Maassarani - getAbstract International Book Award
• Wander Woman, by Marcia Reynolds - AXIOM Business Book Awards, Women in Business, Gold Medal Winner

2010

• Be the Hero, by Noah Blumenthal - AXIOM Business Book Awards, Business Fable, Silver Winner
• Managing, by Henry Mintzberg - Benjamin Franklin Award, Business, Finalist and AXIOM Business Book Awards, Leadership, Gold Winner
• Putting Our Differences to Work, by Debbe Kennedy - AXIOM Business Book Awards, HR/Employee Training, Bronze Winner
• The Death of "Why?", by Andrea Batista Schlesinger - Independent Publisher Book Awards, Current Events, Gold Medal Winner
• The Power of Collective Wisdom, by Alan Briskin, Sheryl Erickson, John Ott, and Tom Callanan - Nautilus Book Awards, Conscious Business, Silver Award Winner
• Wayne Cascio (author of Responsible Restructuring)  - Michael R. Losey Human Resource Research Award

2009

• Agenda for a New Economy (2nd Ed), by David Korten - #36 ABA Indie Bestsellers List for week ending Feb 26 2009 and #48 ABA Indie Bestsellers List for week ending Feb 12 2009
• Be BIG, by Judith H. Katz and Frederick A. Miller - National Indie Excellence Awards, Best Regional Non-Fiction Book, 1st Place, National Indie Excellence Awards, Best Business Book, Finalist, National Indie Excellence Awards, Best Self-Help Book, Finalist, Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Best Motivational Book, 1st Place and Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Best Business Book, Finalist
• Crunch, by Jared Bernstein - Independent Publisher Book Awards, Finance/Investment/Economy, Gold Medal Winner
• Family Activism, by Roberto Vargas - International Latino Book Awards, Non-Fiction/Self-Help Book/English, 2nd Place
• Leadership from the Inside Out, by Kevin Cashman - Independent Book Publishers Association's Benjamin Franklin Award, Business, Finalist
• Managing, by Henry Mintzberg - Library Journal Best Books, Organizational Dynamics
• Out of Poverty, by Paul Polak - Independent Publisher Book Awards, Current Events, Bronze Medal Winner
• The Accidental American, by Rinku Sen and Fekkak Mamdouh - Independent Publisher Book Awards, Current Events, Bronze Medal Winner and Nautilus Book Awards, Social Change/Activism/Peaceful Solutions, Siver Medal Winner
• The Four Conversations, by Jeffrey Ford and Laurie Ford - 800 CEO Read Award, Management, Best in Category
• The Speculation Economy, by Lawrence E. Mitchell - Independent Publisher Book Awards, Finance/Investment/Economy, Silver Medal Winner
• Trauma Stewardship, by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky with Connie Burk - ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award, Self-Help, Finalist
• Women Lead the Way, by Linda Tarr-Whelan - ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award, Women's Issues, Gold Winner and Library Journal Best Books, Success/Personal Performance
• Juana Bordas, author of Salsa, Soul and Spirit - Unique Woman of Colorado, by The Denver Post

2008

• Community, by Peter Block - Strategy + Business Magazine, Best Business Book of the Year, Capitalism and Community
• Cracking the Code, by Thom Hartmann - Independent Publisher Book Award, Current Events, Bronze Medal Winner and Nautilus Book Awards, Conscious Media/Journalism, Silver Winner
• Crunch, by Jared Bernstein - ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award, Business&Economics, Gold Winner and Miami Herald's, Best Business Book of the Year
• Gifts from the Mountain, by Eileen McDargh - Independent Book Publishers Association's Benjamin Franklin Award, Gift Books/Small Format, Winner
• Loyal to the Sky, by Marisa Handler - Nautilus Book Awards, Social Change/Activism/Peaceful Solutions, Gold Winner
• Making Waves and Riding the Currents, by Charles Halpern - Nautilus Book Award, Memoir/Personal Journey, Silver Winner
• Out of Poverty, by Paul Polak - ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award, Political Science, Finalist and Denver Post Local Bestsellers, Non Fiction, Number 3
• Prescription for Survival, by Bernard Lown, M.D. - ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award, Autobiography/Memoir, Finalist
• Salsa, Soul and Spirit, by Juana Bordas - 10th Annual International Latino Book Award, Best Business Book-English
• Speechless, by Bruce Barry - Independent Book Publishers Association's Benjamin Franklin Award, Business, Finalist
• The Accidental American, by Rinku Sen with Fekkak Mamdouh - ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award, Political Science, Finalist
• The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die, by John Izzo,Ph.D. - Independent Publisher Book Award, Self-Help, Gold Medal Winner
• The Great Turning, by David C. Korten - Nautilus Book Award, Social Change/Activism/Peaceful Solutions, Silver Winner
• The Nonverbal Advantage, by Carol Kinsey Goman - American Authors Association Awards, Business, Golden Quill Award
• Trust and Betrayal in the Workplace, by Dennis S. Reina and Michelle L. Reina - AXIOM Business Book Awards, Communication Skills/Networking, Bronze Winner
• Peter Block, author of Community - Lifetime Achievement Award, by OD Network
• Henry Mintzberg, author of Managing - Wall Street Journal Top 21 Most Influential Business Thinkers, #9

 

2007

• Cracking the Code, by Thom Hartmann - ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year, Political Science, Finalist
• Loyal to the Sky, by Marisa Handler - ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year, Autobiography/Memoir, Finalist
• Screwed, by Thom Hartmann - Independent Publisher Book Awards, Current Events, Silver Medal Winner
• The Small-Mart Revolution, by Michael H. Shuman - Independent Publisher Book Awards, Business/Career/Sales, Bronze Medal Winner
• The Speculation Economy, by Lawrence E. Mitchell - ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year, Business&Economics, Gold Winner
• Untapped, by John Weiser, Michele Kahane, Steve Rochlin, and Jessica Landis - Independent Publisher Book Awards, Business/Career/Sales, Gold Medal Winner

 

2005

• Affluenza, by John de Graaf, David Wann, and Thomas H. Naylor - ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award, Popular Culture, Honorable Mention
• Claiming Your Place at the Fire, by Richard J. Leider and David A. Shapiro - Independent Publishers Book Awards, Aging/Death & Dying, Finalist
• Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, by John Perkins - Independent Publishers Book Awards, Current Events, Finalist
• Finding Our Way, by Margaret J. Wheatley - ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year, Business&Economics, Finalist
• One from Many, by Dee Hock - Foreword Magazine's Book of the Year, Business&Economics, Finalist

2004

• Managers Not MBAs, by Henry Mintzberg - ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award, Business & Economics, Bronze Winner
• Prisoners of Our Thoughts, by Alex Pattakos - ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award, Self-Help, Finalist
• Magnetic Service, by Chip R. Bell and Bilijack R. Bell - Independent Book Publishers Association, Business Winner

 

2003

• Emotional Discipline, by Charles C. Manz - Foreword Magainze's Book of the Year, for Business and Economics, Silver Winner

2002

• The Courageous Follower, by Ira Chaleff - Foreword Magazine's Book of the Year, for Business and Economics, Silver Winner
• The Quest for Authentic Power, by G. Ross Lawford - Forward Magazine's Book of the Year, for Self-Help/Pyschology, Gold Winner

 

2001

• Affluenza, by John de Graaf, David Wann, and Thomas H. Naylor - ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year, Popular Culture, Finalist
• What We Learned in the Rainforest, by Tachi Kiuchi and Bill Shireman - ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award, Business, Finalist
• Whistle While You Work, by Richard J. Leider and David A. Shapiro - ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year, Career, Gold Winner

1992-2000

• Corporate Creativity, by Alan G. Robinson and Sam Stern - finalist for 1997 Booz-Allen Hamilton/Finalcial Times Global Business Book Awards
• Corporate Creativity, by Alan G. Robinson and Sam Stern -  Academy of HRD 1997 Book of the Year
• Managers as Mentors, by Chip R. Bell -  1997 Athena Award for Excellence in Mentoring
• A Simpler Way, by Margaret J. Wheatley and Myron Kellner-Rogers - 1997 Bookbuilders West Award
• Leadership and the New Science, by Margaret J. Wheatley - named by Xerox Business Services as oe of the top ten business books of all time
• Selling with Integrity, by Sharon Drew Morgen - appeared on New York Times Business Book Bestsellers List in 1997
• Empowerment Takes More than a Minute, by Ken Banchard, John Carols, and Alan Randolf - appeared on Business Week bestseller list in 1996
• Performance Consulting, by Dana Gaines Robinson and James C. Robinson - 1996 Book Award by Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
• Confessions of An Accidental Businessman, by James Autry - finalist in the 1996 Booz-Allen Hamilton Global Business Book Awards
• Analysis for Improving Performance, by Richard A. Swanson - 1995 Outstanding Instructional Communication Award, presented by National Society for Performance and Instruction (NSPI)
• Analysis for Improving Performance, by Richard A. Swanson - 1995 Book Award by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
• A Higher Standard of Leadership, Keshavan Nair - 1995 Benjamin Franklin Award for best business book, presented by Publishers Marketing Association
• Berrett-Koehler Publishers named one of the CIO 100 companies, noted for excellence in innovation, by CIO Manazine in 1994 issue
• The End of Bureaucracy and the Rise of the Intelligent Organization, by Gifford Pinchot and Elizabeth Pinchot - named one of top ten books of 1994 by Industry Week
• We Are All Self-Employed, by Cliff Hakim - named one of top ten books of 1994 by Industry Week
• Cultural Diversity in Organizations, by Taylor Cox, Jr. - 1994 George R. Terry Book Award, presented by the Academy of Management
• Stewardship, by Peter Block - named one of top ten books of 1993 by Industry Week
• When the Canary Stops Singing, edited by Pat Barrentine - named one of top ten books of 1993 by Industry Week
• Leadership and the New Science, by Margaret J. Wheatley - named no. 1 management book of 1992 by Industry Week
• New Traditions in Business, edited by John Renesch -1992 Pathfinder Award, presented by the World Business Academy