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Harriet Rubin, The 2020 Jack Covert Award for Contribution to the Business Book Industry Winner

By Dylan Schleicher

The recipient of the 2020 Jack Covert Award for Contribution to the Business Book Industry is Harriet Rubin.

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The Double X Economy is the 2020 Porchlight Business Book of the Year

By Sally Haldorson

A book rich in feeling and insight, research and solutions, this year’s Porchlight Business Book of the Year is The Double X Economy by Linda Scott, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

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The 2020 Porchlight Big Ideas & New Perspectives Book of the Year

By Dylan Schleicher

As we make plans to rebuild our economy when we get this pandemic under control, we can think of no better way to start than to focus on and invest in all of our people and communities. Focusing on women, and The Double X Economy, might just be the best way to do that.

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Will You Emerge Stronger Through Adversity?

By Joseph Michelli

You will be remembered more for what you do in a crisis than what you do in calm. Effective leaders identify how they want to be remembered after the crisis ends. They take action to achieve their desired impact. We will all leave a legacy as a leader. The question is whether that legacy will be by design

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The 2020 Porchlight Narrative & Biography Book of the Year

By Dylan Schleicher

We will be announcing the overall winner of the 2020 Porchlight Business Book Awards on January 14. Until then, we are taking a look back at the books in contention for the award. Today, we have the books in the Narrative & Biography category.

Book Giveaways

Undaunted: Overcoming Doubts and Doubters

Don’t let anyone crush your dreams! Whatever you want to achieve, no matter how hard it might seem, you owe it to yourself to read this book.

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The 2020 Porchlight Current Events & Public Affairs Book of the Year

By Dylan Schleicher

We will be announcing the overall winner of the 2020 Porchlight Business Book Awards on January 14. Until then, we are taking a look back at the books in contention for the award. Today, we have the books in the Current Events & Public Affairs category, and a look inside the one we chose as the best

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Overcoming Bias Traps

By Pamela Fuller, Mark Murphy, Anne Chow

We can’t see our own biases when we’re surrounded by them. When we demonstrate empathy toward others, we’re suspending our own beliefs, agendas, and interests in an effort to understand those of others. We make space for real breakthroughs to occur.

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The 2020 Porchlight Innovation & Creativity Book of the Year

By Gabbi Cisneros

We will be announcing the overall winner of the 2020 Porchlight Business Book Awards on January 14. Until then, we are taking a look back at the books in contention for the award. Today, we have the books in the Innovation & Creativity category, and a look inside the one we chose as the best among them.

Book Giveaways

Rethink: Smashing the Myths of Women in Business

Andi Simon tells the stories of 11 women from different industries who opened up the possibilities for their professional careers and personal lives by being authentic, taking risks, and pushing past the obstacles others placed before them.