Business Book of the year award 2020 – Startup inspiration Books #CMI

That time of the year and super pleased that as a former Fellow of CMI and former very active CMI member years later to be nominated for Business Book of the Year. Shortlists and the actual winners will be presented later.

I can both recommend and not recommend the exercise of sharing your knowledge in the shape of a book. Reasons to write a book can be many but as one of my mentors in this matter Dan Priestley: "Everyone has a book within us" - And I agree.

Why you should not write a book, it is quite a commitment and especially a professional book is not free either.

Extract from the nomination:

We are part of an emerging economy in which entrepreneurs are creating new ways to fund ventures, gain support, find money and access resources. At the core of this economy are relationships founded on trust.

Trust is the New Currency shows entrepreneurs who are starting a business or scaling their business, how to build trust, attract the right business partners and team and ultimately achieve the results they desire.

Today’s business start-ups and entrepreneurs with a growth mindset always have a purpose, which is greater than themselves or their business. Having a purpose inspires and energises people within the business and everyone connected to it. Using business as a force for good empowers entrepreneurs to solve world problems including environmental, educational, hunger and health.

Sheila Holt was the coauthor and we have literally written the book 4 times for you :)

Why is TRUST more important than ever? Level of trust allows business and you to travel faster towards your and your partners' goals when the trust is high.

Extract from the Foreword of the book, written by Daniel Hill, Chairman of PPN UK, Entrepreneur of the year 2018.

‘I have been an entrepreneur all my life and having met, trained, partnered and worked with thousands of professionals from around the world, I can say that the authors of this book are two I highly recommend and trust to write authoritatively on this topic, and whom I hold in high personal regard. ‘

Here is one praise quotes from the book which reinforces the need for a book of this kind to inspire entrepreneurs at all stages of business.  

‘Trust is the New Currency is a much-needed book in this fast-moving world. If every business learned to create a profound sense of trust through everything they do, not only would their bottom line improve but it would create a culture that attracts great talent and opportunities. Consciously creating trust is good for business, good for people and good for the world. ‘

— Masami Sato, Founder, B1G1 

So in a tough competition, we look forward to hearing how we fair. Henley Business School and British Library are partners with Chartered Management Institute to select the shortlist and finally the winner. We can only cross our fingers as we want the trust message to reach as many as possible.

Daniel Priestley and Sheila Holt with the book :)

You can find the book easily for example via Amazon by searching for Sandvall + Trust

or click on Amazon.

Here is the Trust is the New Currency

More info about the awards to follow :)