The Best Business Minds Award Winners

Congratulations on being named one of the first Top 20: The Best Business Minds Book Awards for 2025. The selection process, which took four months, involved college business majors, both undergraduate and graduate, reading and listening to books. The criteria we decided upon are as follows:

• Business educational value.
• Inspiring the reader to positively change the world.
• Stimulating intellectual curiosity.
• Improving their skill set, including innovating new products and services, leadership, marketing, sales, and raising capital.

First Name	Last Name	Book
Anastasia Kārkliņa	Gabriel	Cultural Intelligence for Marketers: Building an Inclusive Marketing Strategy
Antonio	Garrido	My Daily Leadership: A Powerful Roadmap for Leadership Success
Cynthia	Kay	Small Business, Big Success: Proven Strategies to Beat the Odds and Grow a Great Business
Dana Cassandra	Schmidt Bailey	Pay Attention!: How to Get, Keep, and Use Attention to Grow Your Business
Dennis	Powell	Leading From the Top: Presidential Lessons in Issues Management
Eduardo	Briceno	The Performance Paradox: Turning the Power of Mindset into Action
Elaine	Clark	There's Money Where Your Mouth Is: A Complete Insider's Guide to Earning Income and Building a Career in Voice-Overs
Ernesto	Gómez	Regrowth: How Organizations Can Overcome Stalling By Unlocking Their People´s Potential
Dr. Grant Van	Ulbrich	Transforming Sales Management: Lead Sales Teams Through Change
Liz	Wiseman	Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact
Lisa	Danels	The Human Edge Advantage: Mastering the Art of Being All In
Lori	Mazan	Leadership Revolution: The Future of Developing Dynamic Leaders
Maisie	Ganzler	You Can't Market Manure at Lunchtime: And Other Lessons from the Food Industry for Creating a More Sustainable Company
Marcia	Dawood	Do Good While Doing Well: Invest for Change, Reap Financial Rewards, and Increase Your Happiness
Mark	Peters	The Retention Trap: Stop Measuring Turnover, Start Measuring Talent Investment
Martin	Groover	Speed of Advance: How the U.S. Navy’s Convergence of People, Process, and Technology Can Help Your Business Win in the 4th Industrial Revolution
Nova	Lorraine	Unleash Your Supernova: 101 Action Steps to Boost Creativity and Beat Burnout!
Steve	VanValin	The Search for Meaning at Work: Unleashing the Hidden Power of Purpose to Engage and Fulfill Your Workforce
Dr. Susan	Kahn	Bounce Back: How to Fail Fast and be Resilient at Work
Dr. Yaniv	Zaid	The 21st Century Sales Bible; Public Speaking: Persuade and Influence Any Audience