The highly anticipated Shortlist for the Business Book Awards 2022 in partnership with Pathway Group was announced at a packed live event at Birmingham’s Millennium Point on Tuesday 1st March. Authors, publishers, and business figures gathered for the buzzing shortlist reveal party to discover which titles had been selected to go through to the finals.
Now in its fifth year, the awards received double the number of entries compared to its inaugural year, with over 300 books submitted from business leaders across the globe. In response to the changing experiences of most businesses, the introduction of new categories ‘Wellness & Wellbeing’, ‘Work & Life’ & ‘Smart Thinking’ all attracted a high number of entries.
For 2022, 104 books across 14 categories have been selected by the judging panel to make it through to the shortlist, including titles from My Protein founder Oliver Cookson & former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi.
The Business Book Awards in partnership with Pathway Group aims to celebrate the breadth, diversity, and quality of business book publishing and has campaigned for diversity and inclusion in the sector since it was founded in 2017. As well as welcoming books published in every form, from traditional to self-published, the awards have consistently encouraged more women, ethnic minorities, and differently-abled authors to make their contribution in print.
Business Book Awards founder Lucy McCarraher
Following the announcement of the shortlist, awards founder Lucy McCarraher was especially thrilled to find that this year’s 116 finalist authors were made up of a 50/50 split of exactly 58 women and 58 men. “In our first year, only one third of entries were from women authors and all our winners were white men. After writing and publishing a book about this (A Book of One’s Own – a manifesto for women to share their experience and make a difference) and four years of campaigning for more women to write, publish and enter their books, we have – at least in the shortlist – achieved perfect gender equality! This must be a first for any literary award.”, she remarked.
The event served as a triple celebration, with 2020 & 2021 winners also being presented with their awards in-person, before the 2022 shortlist was announced by head judge & previous commissioning editor at Random House Jacq Burns. Opening the ceremony, event director Kasim Choudhry said, “It is truly amazing to finally be back in-person to celebrate this evening, after the past two years of disruption and being forced to operate the awards online.”
Business Book of the Year 2021 Authors Hasan Kubba (L) & Ash Ali (R)
On receiving his award, Business Book of the Year 2020 (The Human Edge) author Greg Orme spoke about the incredible impact the award has had on him both personally and professionally. 2021 winners, Ash Ali and Hasan Kubba, (The Unfair Advantage) said how amazing it felt for two Asian men from unexceptional backgrounds to be not only published authors, but winners of such a prestigious award. Birmingham-born Ash added, “as I was growing up, I used to ride my BMX all over the streets of Birmingham dreaming of all the startups, businesses, and things I was going to do!” Serial tech entrepreneur Ash became the first marketing director of food-ordering giant Just Eat in 2007, ‘growth-hacking’ it to a FTSE 100 startup that IPO’d for £1.5 billion.
Closing the event, Pathway Group CEO Safaraz Ali highlighted the impact business books & the promotion of lifelong learning is having on the region. “I’m absolutely proud that we’ve held this event in Birmingham, a warm welcome to all of you who have travelled from outside the West Midlands to be with us this evening.”
Winners of The Business Book Awards 2022 will be announced at 8 Northumberland Avenue, London, on Monday 16th May. Tickets are available now.
Below is a full list of the shortlisted books:
Start Up/Scale Up Book 2022
- Bootstrap Your Life by Oliver Cookson
- Built On Rock by Michael Buckworth
- Eat the Pudding First by Gary Ashworth
- Making a Living by Sophie Rochester
- Project Future by Rob Kerr
- The Finance Playbook for Entrepreneurs by Asif Ahmed
- The Money Train by David Pattison
- Unprepared to Entrepreneur by Sonya Barlow
Sales & Marketing Book 2022
- Build your Sales Tribe by Steve Schrier
- Asking For Trouble by Jon Cohen
- Brand Yourself by Lucy Werner & Hadrien Chatelet
- Grow Your People, Grow Your Sales by Leigh Ashton
- How To Start A Cult by Jody Raynsford
- Influencer Marketing Strategy by Gordon Glenister
- Marketing Strategy by Jenna Tiffany
- Strong Language by Chris West
People, Culture & Management Book 2022
- Connecting with Clients by Paul Cowan
- Dark Social by Ian MacRae
- How Boards Work by Dambisa Moyo
- How to Fix Meetings by Graham Allcott & Hayley Watts
- Teams for our Time by Judith Cantrell
- The Ministry of Common Sense by Martin Lindstrom
- The Performance Management Playbook by Hedda Bird
- Transformational Culture by David Liddle
Change & Sustainability Book 2022
- Business Trends in Practice by Bernard Marr
- Corporate Social Responsibility is not Public Relations by Sangeeta Waldron
- Data Means Business by Jason Foster & Barry Green
- From Physical Place to Virtual Space by Gwen Stirling-Wilkie
- Solar Boom by John Davies
- Sustainable Marketing by Michelle Carvill, Gemma Butler & Geraint Evans
- The Unsustainable Truth by Dr David Ko & Richard Busellato
- Resetting Management by Stéphane J. G. Girod & Martin Králik
Leadership Book 2022
- Laid Bare by Paulina Tenner
- Leading from the Jumpseat by Peter Docker
- Making it Happen by Rebecca Stephens
- The Nine Types of Leader by James Ashton
- The Promises of Giants by John Amaechi
- Vantage Points by Paula Leach
- You Lead by Minter Dial
- The Leader’s Guide to Resilience by Audrey Tang
Work & Life Book 2022
- Ignite by Jo Richardson
- It’s not about the money by Catherine Morgan
- Struggle by Grace Marshall
- Stuck! Now What? by Jeff Weigh
- The Crazy Busy Cure by Zena Everett
- Totally Real by Elizabeth Carney
Business Self-Development Book 2022
- Better Internal Communication by Lesley Allman
- Catalyst by Louisa Clarke & David Kean
- The Ambition Accelerator by Sophie Milliken
- The Female Edge by Mary McGuire
- The Geeks Guide To Work by Julia Sullivan
- The Hidden Edge by Jodie Rogers
- The Listening Shift by Janie van Hool
- The Performance Curve by Laura Watkins & Vanessa Dietzel
Wellness & Wellbeing Book 2022
- 16 Seconds by Pam Lidford & Sandra Stocks
- Better Than Confidence by Helen Frewin
- Do One Thing by Dr Geraint Evans
- Falling Off The Ladder by Helen Hill
- Reach Your Peak by Alex Pedley
- STOP by Sarah Sparks
- The Thriving Giver by Sarah Kuipers
- The Wellness Asset by Sonal Uberoi
Short Business Book 2022
- Email Attraction by Kim Arnold
- Forget the First Million by Lucy Cohen
- Stand Out As A Speaker & Be More Giraffe by Elliot Kay
- The Disruption Game Plan by Ruth Murray-Webster & Eleanor Winton
- The Right Clients by Chet Morjaria
- The UnNoticed Entrepreneur by Jim James
Specialist Business Book 2022
- You Do Have Authority Here! by Jackie Weaver
- Crypto Wars by Erica Stanford
- Extended Reality in Practice by Bernard Marr
- Making Waves by Ben Pinnington
- Retail Recovery by Mark Pilkington
- Scientifically Speaking by Jo Filshie Browning
- The Blockchain Innovator’s Handbook by Conor Svensson
- The Complete Guide to Property Finance by Richard W J Brown
Diversity, Inclusion & Equality Book 2022
- Be The First by Caroline Flanagan
- Real Wins by Michelle Moore
- The Authority Gap by Mary Ann Seighart
- The FT Guide to Inclusion and Diversity by Vikki Leach
- The Power of Difference by Simon Fanshawe
- Neurodiversity at Work by Amanda Kirby & Theo Smith
Business Journey Book 2022
- Ahead of Her Time by Judy Piatkus
- Build Sell Retire by Chris Averill
- From Storeroom To Boardroom by Babs Omotowa
- My Life in Full by Indra Nooyi
- Raw Business by Christian Nellemann
- Small Actions by Eric Sim & Simon Mortlock
Smart Thinking Book 2022
- GaYme Changer by Jens Schadendorf
- The Rare Metals War by Guillaume Pitron
- ALIEN Thinking by Cyril Bouquet, Jean-Louis Barsoux & Michael Wade
- Answer Intelligence by Brian Glibkowski
- Break The Internet by Olivia Yallop
- Out Of Office by Anne Helen Petersen & Charlie Warzel
- Power of Play by Paul Pethick
- The Scout Mindset by Julia Galef
International Business Book 2022
- Activate Brand Purpose by Scott Goodson & Chip Walker
- Create Amazing by Greg Graves
- Ethics in Finance by Kara Tan Bhala
- The Minimalist Entrepreneur by Sahil Lavingia
- The New Climate War by Michael E Mann
- The Next CEO by Thomas Keil & Marianna Zangrillo
- Trajectory: Startup by Dave Parker
- Woke Capitalism by Carl Rhodes
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For further information, marketing and sponsorship opportunities, a guest article, interview or expert comment from the Founder of the Business Book Awards Lucy McCarraher, the judges or this year’s shortlisted authors please contact one of The ThinkFest team: Kasim Choudhry – Kasim@thinkfest.co.uk – 0121 308 0731
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