The Quill Book Awards are sponsored by Publisher's Weekly and NBC Universal Television Stations. The nominees for books published between July 1, 2006 and June 30th, 2007 were announced last week at BookExpo America (the national trade show for the book industry). The winners in 18 different categories will be announced on September 10th and the awards will be presented on October 22nd at a "gala ceremony" in New York City. Winners will be determined by "a Voting Board consisting of more than 6,000 booksellers and librarians." I am pleased that The No Asshole Rule is one of the five finalists in the business book category. The other four are:
Small Is the New Big: and 183 Other Riffs, Rants, and Remarkable Business Ideas
Seth Godin; Portfolio
Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny
Suze Orman; Random House/Spiegel & Grau
Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home
David Shipley and Will Schwalbe; Alfred A. Knopf
Chocolates on the Pillow Aren't Enough: Reinventing the Customer Experience
Jonathan M. Tisch, Karl Weber; John Wiley & Son
I am honored to be on this list of great books. I would also add that, in my biased opinion, the best business book published during this period isn't on the list: Chip and Dan Heath's Made to Stick.
Dear Bob,
Heartiest congratulations on these continuing recognitions of your wonderful book. In addition to catalysing a healthy discussion of important workplace issues, the most encouraging sign, to me, is how it causes people to stop and reconsider their own conduct--which is the true source of all real change. One of the most important lessons for people having problems with others is to recognize that you cannot ever change the other guy--but you always control your own conduct, and can change it (though not necessarily easily: it takes real work). In turn, that can have powerful ripple effects throughout a workplace. So bravo!
All best,
Tina
Posted by: CKG | June 11, 2007 at 07:41 AM
Hello,
I heard your talk at Stanford technology ventures and I should say it was very inspirational and thought-provoking.
cheers
Posted by: bhaskar mahendrakar | June 10, 2007 at 10:18 AM