800-CEO-READ 2009 Business Book Awards

Today 800-CEO-READ announced the winners of their 2009 Business Book Awards, which highlights its top business book of the year along with winners and nominees in a number of categories including Leadership, Current Interest and Finance & Economics. TOO BIG TO FAIL by Andrew Ross Sorkin (Viking) won Business Book of the Year and we're thrilled that six of our clients are also on the list!

Personal Development WINNER! – Power of 2 by Rodd Wagner & Gale Muller (Gallup Press)

Leadership nominee – Strengths Based Leadership by Barrie Conchie & Tom Rath (Gallup Press)

Marketing & Advertising nominee – "I Love You More Than My Dog" by Jeanne Bliss (Portfolio)

Entrepreneurship & Small Business nominee - Duck and (Re)Cover by Steven S. Little (Wiley)

Biographies & Narratives nominee - How to Castrate a Bull by Dave Hitz with Pat Walsh (Jossey-Bass)

Innovation & Creativity nominee - In Pursuit of Elegance by Matthew B. May (Broadway Business)

Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees!

CHC authors on the morning shows

Two of our authors were on network morning TV in the past week, both talking about different aspects of our work and business lives.

Greg Cootsona, former pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York, penned his book, Say Yes to No, after a personal wake up call that managing his ministry and growing family was taxing his health. He talked with The Today Show's Kathie Lee and Hoda on Tuesday about ways to thoughtfully say "no" - to your children, your friends, your boss.

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Last Friday, executive coach and strategist Erika Andersen talked with Maggie Rodriguez of CBS's The Early Show about her book, Being Strategic, a primer on truly being effective in creating the career, the business or the life you envision for yourself.


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We find it interesting that both subjects dovetail together – because the truth is, you must slow down and choose wisely as Cootsona advises before you can apply the strategic thinking that is the basis of Andersen’s book. We’d love to have you read them both!