The awards season is upon us, and not only the Oscars, but the CMI Management Book Awards and the Business Book Awards 2020. After submitting some of our 2019 titles, the Shortlists have been announced and from the hundreds of entries LID’s titles have risen to success.

 

CMI Management Book Awards 2020 – Longlist Announcement

You can view the full Longlist here, and the shortlist will be announced early March 2020.

 

The Human Moment by Amy Bradley
The Positive Power of Compassion in the Workplace

About the book
Organizations are becoming increasingly dehumanized. The move toward an AI-driven world of work means intense competition for a finite number of ‘human’ resources where the pressure to perform can incite an “I’m fine” response when a colleague enquires into our wellbeing. Opportunities to connect authentically with or care for one other at a basic human level are diminishing, and we only know our colleagues superficially.
This book argues that human connections are formed by showing vulnerability and sharing stories of suffering. Creating a culture of workplace compassion is an organizational imperative in the 21stcentury where suffering is hidden, stress-related absence is growing and career burnout is a recognized phenomenon. The Human Moment suggests that, by encouraging cultures of compassion, organizations can help to build healthier workplace environments.

About the author
Amy Bradley is a researcher, writer, TEDx Speaker, facilitator, corporate trainer and academic. In her work, she helps individuals, teams and organisations to improve their performance by fostering kinder, happier, healthier and more engaged workplace environments. She is particularly interested in the concept of post-traumatic growth, that is to say, how difficult experiences in our personal lives, such as critical illness or bereavement, can profoundly shape who we are and how we lead.

 

Teal Dots in an Orange World by Erik Korsvik Ostergaard
How to organise the workplace of the future

About the book
In the last century, changes in technology have driven massive developments in the social economy. The Fourth Industrial Revolution demands new approaches to organizational structures and teams. A paradigm shift is emerging, putting engagement, relations, inclusion and freedom at the centre. We need small self-managed teams, in a team-of-teams structure to be relevant to employees and customers, and in order to adapt to a changing world.
In his second book, Erik Korsvik Østergaard draws on the workings of Frederic Laloux, and his 2014 title Reinventing Organisations. Laloux discusses the five organizational stages to the modern workforce; the Red, Amber, Orange, Green and Teal stages. And with these writings, Østergaard presents arguments towards how the classical corporate structure at the Orange stage, has experienced a rise in teal dots, or rather, neo-modernist forms of team-oriented organisms, which express a reorganisation for the future workforce.

About the author
Erik is Partner and Founder of Bloch&Østergaard, a Danish leadership advisory company that provides inspiration, guidance, and implementation support to top and middle management. He is also a mentor, keynote speaker, and trusted advisor. Over the past few years, Erik has focused on codifying the mechanisms for the future of work to establish a leadership framework for modern organisations.

 

Business Book Awards 2020 – Shortlist Announcement

You can view the full Shortlist here and the winner of the award will be announced on 23 March 2020.

 

The Leader’s Secret Code by Ian Mills, Mark Ridley, Ben Laker and Adam Pacifico
The belief systems that distinguish winners

About the book
What makes a great leader? What beliefs, attitudes and behaviours are linked to being a top performing and influential leader, especially in these uncertain times? What impact does culture, industry and business context have? And do formal training and education make a difference?
This book is for any business manager or executive, or indeed anyone involved in leading a team in their company, who wants to learn the secrets of successful leadership. Based on interviews and analysis (qualitative and quantitative) with some of the world’s best performing leaders, across a mix of industries, cultures and context, the authors present a rigorous evaluation of how leaders behave and how they are driven. In doing so, they reveal the secret code behind consistent and high-level success in leadership and management

About the author(s)
Ian Mills and Mark Ridley are the founders of Transform Performance International. Ben Laker is an academic adviser to Transform Performance International and a Professor at Henley Business School. Adam Pacifico teaches at Duke Corporate Education. Collectively, the authors have worked with leaders in more than 60 countries globally.

 

High Frequency Change by Tom Cheesewright
Why we feel like change happens faster now, and what to do about it

About the book
We are dizzy trying to keep up with the constant flood of newness across every aspect of our lives. And it’s clear that some of our biggest companies are facing similar challenges. Each week another big brand name fails. Why is this?
Change is like a wave: it has both amplitude and frequency. The last century was about change of great amplitude, big waves washing over the whole society. But this century is about high frequency change: rapid, smaller waves, each powerful enough to disrupt an industry. This book explains how we can understand high frequency change, what drives it, and how we must respond by changing the way we run our organisations – and our lives.

About the author
The world’s first ‘applied futurist’, Tom Cheesewright enables companies to see the future, and respond with agility. A prominent voice in tech, consulting and brand-building spaces, he also appears weekly on BBC TV and radio (BBC Breakfast, 5live and Radio 4) as well as working with Channel 4 (Sunday Brunch, In the Future, Home Hero), Channel 5 (Saturday Show) and Sky News, the Guardian and Entrepreneur Magazine. Tom lives in the United Kingdom.

 

Listen to Tom Cheesewright’s interview on LID Radio podcast where he talks about the book and how to predict the future – click here to listen.

 

The Innovator’s Book by Dr Max Mckeown
Rules for Rebels Mavericks and Innovators

About the book
Both enlightening and entertaining, Dr Max Mckeown delivers concise advice on how to move from original insights to new ideas, and from new ideas to valuable real-world innovation.You’ll learn how to increase creativity, understand the psychology of thinking differently, encourage collaboration, co-create with customers, overcome indifference, create an idea-hungry culture, rid yourself of creativity zombies and get to innovation paradise.
Drawing on over 30 years of the author’s research and experience, this honest, straight-to-the-point playbook can be dipped into or read cover to cover, giving you important reminders and guidance in how to make new ideas useful. Are you ready to change the world?

About the author
Dr Max Mckeown is a globally recognised innovation expert and the award-winning author of The Strategy Book, The Innovation Book and Adaptability. He is a strategic advisor to some of the world’s most admired companies with an enlightening, edgy, entertaining style that transforms cutting edge research into practical ideas with real world power.

 

 

The Ethical Business Book by Sarah Duncan
50 Ways you can help protect people, the planet and profits

About the book
The burgeoning array of literature on ethical behaviour tends to focus on what’s happening at the extremes – either owner managers of start-ups built around a strong moral crusade, or large corporations undergoing change due to the personal epiphany of a forward-thinking CEO.
This book, however, is directed at the middle ground – individuals who want their companies to adopt more ethical and sustainable practices, but don’t know where to start. The 50 ideas and techniques in this book provide direction to help society and the planet, while preserving the bottom line.

About the author
Sarah Duncan is a business development consultant and trainer. She has been in business for over 30 years and set up her own consultancy, Sleeping Lion, in 2005. She has watched with interest as integrity has forced its way onto the agenda, driven by more ethically conscious employees and customers. She now provides advice and workshops on ethical and responsible behaviour.

Listen to Sarah Duncan’s LID Radio podcast interview where she talks about the book and how companies can protect people, the planet and profits – click here to listen.

 

 

Positive Thinking by Neil Francis
How to create a world full of possibilities

About the book
Traditionally, the positive thinking philosophy that has permeated Western society advocates that you will achieve whatever you want purely by thinking positive thoughts. On the contrary, at its best, this practice results in success for some individuals, but overall, for the majority it does not!
This book will re-define the true meaning of positive thinking for the 21st century and show that there is more to it then we know. The author, Neil Francis, will explain that it is actually our motivating ability that enables us to create new possibilities. It is then up to each individual to decide which opportunities are achievable and realistic and – therefore – worth seizing. Positive Thinking explores the ways of creating new possibilities so that you make the right decisions to live a more balanced, meaningful and contented life

About the author
Neil Francis is an author and entrepreneur. He has extensive experience as a Chairman, CEO, and director of many companies. Currently he is the Chairman of a digital agency, director of an internet company, as well as a consultancy and a social enterprise. He is the author of The Entrepreneur’s Book and Changing Course.

 

Listen to the LID Radio podcast with Neil where he talks about his book and the power of positive thinking – click here to listen.