Top 5 Award Winning Business and Management Books

1. The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century (Updated)

Winner of the inaugural Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award, three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, Thomas Friedman, believes that the beginning of this century will be remembered as the dawn of a new age of globalization – a "flattening" of the world. Globalization is both an opportunity and a threat to the United States. Also chosen as a New York Times Notable Book.

2. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

Steven D. Levitt explores the world of economics and more. He believes that if he digs deep enough into the “whys” of happenings that an explanation eventually emerges. As an example, Roe vs. Wade allowed people, who would have born to poverty and hardship, not to be born. When he studied data about drug gangs in Chicago, he found them structured much like McDonalds. Winner of the Quill Award, a New York Times Notable Book, and a finalist for the Financial Times award (above).

3. The Search: How Google and its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business

A finalist for the inaugural Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award, by John Battelle, the book explores how Google changed the world of information gathering and trounced its competitors. Drawing on over 350 interviews, read the book to discover why Google really was successful.

4. The Leadership Integrity Challenge: Assess and Facilitate Emotional Maturity

Named the 2005 Business Book of the Year by USA Book News, the book provides guidance for leaders who want to follow a comprehensive approach to creating a culture of integrity. Edward E. Morler offers the tools for how to develop a core competency of assessing and facilitating emotional maturity.

5. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

Professional speakers and trainers have long asserted that people make up their minds about people they meet for the first time within two minutes. Others assert that these first impressions about people take only thirty seconds. As it turns out, both may be underestimates. According to Malcolm Gladwell, the decisions may occur much faster. My personal favorite and Amazon.com Editors' choice as one of the "Best 50 Books of the Year."