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Five Pearson books shortlisted for The Business Book Awards 2018

   

LONDON: 30 January 2018: Pearson Business & FT Publishing, the UK publishing arm of Pearson, has had five books shortlist​ed for the inaugural Business Book Awards in the following categories:

  1. Leading the team: The Listening Leader by Emilio Galli Zugaro and Clementina Galli Zugaro (FT Publishing) – Discover the art of communicative leadership: How to really listen so you can win and hold the trust of your stakeholders.
  2. Thought leader: The Power of Purpose by John O’Brien and Andrew Cave (Pearson Business) – How can purpose provide clarity? How can it accelerate success? How can it build a long term sustainable business? The Power of Purpose is your secret ingredient.
  3. Self development: The Rules of People by Richard Templar (Pearson Business) – A personal code for getting the best from everyone.
  4. Self development: The Leader’s Guide to Presenting by Jeremy Cassell and Tom Bird (FT Publishing) - A highly practical guide to delivering engaging and influential presentations.
  5. Embracing change: Futureproof by Caleb Storkey and Minter Dial (FT Publishing) – Paints a complete picture of the major disruptive forces currently facing us - defining them, mapping them out and putting them into context.
Book covers of the 5 nominated books

The Business Book Awards celebrates the best in business book publishing and offers an effective means of inspiring excellence while providing industry-wide recognition to new and established authors writing on a multiplicity of subjects for a diverse readership.

Business Book Awards founder, Lucy McCarraher said, “All of our nominees should be incredibly proud. There was fierce competition this year and the shortlist we’ve ended up with is of an incredibly high standard.”

Eloise Cook, Publisher for Pearson Business & FT Publishing, also commented: “I’m absolutely delighted that we’ve had five books shortlisted, which shows the quality of our content and the pedigree of our authors. Good luck to everyone at the awards in March.”

The Business Book Awards ceremony will take place on March 16 2018 at The Grange City Hotel, London. Tickets for this event can be purchased through the website: https://www.businessbookawards.co.uk/product/book-your-ticket/.

ENDS

Lucy McCarraher and the event organisers are available for interview.

For further information please contact Mary-Jane Rose, email mary-Jane@famouspublicity.com or Adam Betteridge, email adam@famouspublicity.com or Tina Fotherby, email tina@famouspublicity.com or call 0333 344 2341.

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For the full list of shortlisted books and content for this award, please visit: https://www.businessbookawards.co.uk/