News & Opinion

The 2020 Porchlight Personal Development & Human Behavior Book of the Year

By Blyth Meier

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 Personal Development & Human Behavior category, and a look inside the one we chose as the

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The 2020 Porchlight Marketing & Sales Book of the Year

By Emily Porter

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 Marketing & Sales category, and a look inside the one we chose as the best among them.

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The 2020 Porchlight Management & Workplace Culture 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 thought we'd take a look back at the rest of the books on the list. Today, we have the runners up in the Management & Workplace Culture category, and a look inside the book we chose as the

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The 2020 Porchlight Leadership & Strategy 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 thought we'd take a look back at the rest of the books on the list. Today, we have the runners up in the Leadership & Strategy category, and a look inside the book we chose as the best among

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The 2020 Porchlight Business Book Awards Shortlist

By Dylan Schleicher

Ranging from the nature of work and creativity to the foundations that our communities, business models, and economics are built upon, each of these books resonates strongly with 2020, a year like none other.

ChangeThis

The Resurgence of Explicit Gender Bias and How to Combat It

By Andrea S. Kramer, Alton B. Harris

The traditional tools and techniques that are effective in preventing implicit gender bias from having a discriminatory impact on women’s career advancement are of little use in combatting explicit gender bias. There must be far more active, vigorous, and open condemnation of each and every public misogynistic

Book Giveaways

A Porchlight Business Book Awards Longlist Giveaway

By Dylan Schleicher

We don't have physical copies of all the books on our awards longlist to giveaway this year, but that won't stop us from giving away what we do have to one lucky winner.

ChangeThis

Saving Face: The New Social Currency of Our Time

By Maya Hu-Chan

True leaders know that managing a company requires far more than just issuing instructions or setting targets. Leaders must move in many circles, think in many styles, and run their businesses through a global lens.

At the heart of human connection that makes all this possible is a concept that is

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The 2020 Porchlight Business Book Awards Longlist

By Dylan Schleicher

These are the 40 books we found represent the year best in one way or another. They help us make sense of the challenges 2020 has presented us with, understand the depths of the existing cracks it has exposed in our society, and offer solutions to solve the many truly monumental challenges we face—together.

ChangeThis

Ten Elements of Outstanding Customer Service Cultures

By Micah Solomon

"Don’t fall into the trap of thinking there’s an infinite supply of new customers out there for the taking if only your marketing and sales departments would do their jobs, seeking out and converting more leads. Tell yourself instead that not only are customers a limited commodity, there’s no such thing