Business Book Awards 2022 Shortlist Reveal Party
The Business Book Awards, in partnership with Pathway Group, celebrates the work of authors who have shared their industry or market knowledge, experience and expertise in published book form.
With nearly half a million new business start-ups in the UK annually, alongside the additional need and demand for business knowledge from individuals and organisations going through change and scaling up, the need is greater than ever.
This year has been another record-breaking year, with more than 300 books submitted. The team at Thinkfest Ltd, a division of Pathway Group that organised the awards, made some category changes from previous years to reflect on the feedback received and the extra demand and changes. For example, the last HR & Management category has been changed to People, Culture & Management to differentiate between this and the Leadership category.
In addition, the Personal Self-Development category has been split into Work & Life and Wellness & Wellbeing. On top of this, there is an introduction of a new category, Smart Thinking, which is aimed to target books that deal with more comprehensive subjects.
The complete range of categories for the Business Book Awards 2021 are:
- Start Up/Scale Up - Books that support, encourage, or inspire entrepreneurs how to get their business up and running or onto the next stage.
- Sales & Marketing - Books that offer guidance and information around sales and/or marketing in today’s business environment.
- People, Culture & Management - Books focused on improving people skills, management and working environments.
- Diversity, Inclusion & Equality - Books that promote the importance of diversity, inclusion and equality in business and beyond.
- Change & Sustainability - Books that explore how technology, innovation or best practice can improve business or the environment.
- Leadership - Books that develop or inspire leadership skills and styles for positive impact.
- Business Self-Development - Self-development books that give individuals the practical business skills to become better at what they do.
- Work & Life – Self-help books that offer insights and knowledge to help individuals balance their work and home lives.
- Wellness & Wellbeing – Books that aim to improve the physical, emotional and mental health of people in business.
- Short Business Book - Small format or short-form business books that perfectly present their subjects with brevity and clarity.
- Specialist Business Book - Books aimed at a niche readership or specific type or area of business.
- Business Journey Book - Books that are biographies, autobiographies and other personal stories that inspire and inform business people (UK and international authors are eligible to enter).
- Smart Thinking – Books that introduce new ideas or cast new light on old subjects, challenging and improving the way we think, work and live (UK and international authors are eligible to enter).
- International Business Book - Influential business books from around the world (for non-UK authors).
The CEO of Pathway Group, Safaraz Ali, stated in his speech that Pathway Group’s journey in the world of the adult education sector started around 22 years ago how they strive to make a meaningful difference to people by upskilling and reskilling. Safaraz stated that: in earlier days, he regarded education and learning for a purpose – exams or course-based activity. Only recently has he embraced learning for the joy of learning and making a more significant impact on developing and growing.
He states that “Learning now for me is about learning from peers, webinars, seminars, conferences, LinkedIn, YouTube, podcasts, audiobooks and of course books, My advice to anyone never stops learning and subscribe to the path of continuous self-development and lifelong learning and remember the words of Alvin Toffler who said that the illiterate of the 21st century are not the ones who cannot read or write but those who can’t learn, unlearn and relearn.”
Business Book Awards winners will be announced on the 16th May 2022 in London, and We welcome all of you to join us to discover and celebrate which books will be recognised as winners. The event is also an excellent opportunity to network with business leaders and meet the team behind the awards, along with previous winners & all the finalists.