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.

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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

News & Opinion

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.

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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

Book Giveaways

Making Conversation: Seven Essential Elements of Meaningful Communication

A former Senior Partner and Global Managing Director at the legendary design firm IDEO shows how to design conversations and meetings that are creative and impactful.

Staff Picks

Upright Women Wanted

By Lauren Kohlenberg

This near-future novella highlights an American Southwest that is riddled with bandits, fascists, and queer librarian spies.

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Forming Labor-Management Partnerships for Systemic Change in Healthcare

By Peter Lazes, Marie Rudden

In order to create systems that provide cost-effective, timely, professional, and better-coordinated care, it is essential that healthcare organizations make use of the input of staff at every level.

Book Giveaways

The Leader's Guide to Unconscious Bias: How to Reframe Bias, Cultivate Connection, and Create High-Performing Teams

A timely, must-have guide to understanding and overcoming bias in the workplace, from the experts at FranklinCovey.

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White Fright: The Sexual Panic at the Heart of America's Racist History

By Gabbi Cisneros

The importance of learning the real, often racist history of America is clear these days, and Jane Dailey’s book examines the many layers of post-Civil War society to clearly reveal the political grip of whites in America, holding racism in place through the policing of bodies.

Excerpts

Once a Warrior: An Excerpt

"Our communities face no shortage of problems, ranging from social division to income inequality to an increasing onslaught of natural disasters. If, as a nation, we issued a challenge to the three million men and women who have returned from tiresome wars in the Middle East to address these things,