PHILADELPHIA, PA — The Annual Goody Business Book Awards has announced its Top Impact Authors for 2024, recognizing nine standout writers whose books have made a significant impact across multiple categories. These authors are among 193 winners and finalists across 50 categories, showcasing their influence in areas like leadership, health, business innovation, and personal transformation.
“The new 2024 Goody Business Book Awards Top Impact Author Winners were selected by a panel of marketing and communications judges based on their book quality, cover image, and social impact,” said Liz H. Kelly, Founder of the Goody Business Book Awards.
The Top Impact Author winners include a diverse group of writers, each celebrated for their unique contributions to their respective fields. Here is the full list of winners and their achievements:
- Andrea Hollingsworth, PhD (Minneapolis, MN)
Book: The Compassion Advantage: How Top Leaders Build More Humanizing Workplaces- Winner: Health – Psychology
- Winner: Leadership – HR and Employee Development
- Winner: Self-Help – Success
- Finalist: Business – Problem Solving
- Finalist: Leadership – Motivation
- Colin C. Campbell (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
Book: Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat.- Winner: Entrepreneur – Entrepreneurism
- Winner: Entrepreneur – Start Ups
- Finalist: Business – Career Success
- Finalist: Entrepreneur – Small Business
- Janet M. Harvey (Seattle, WA)
Book: From Tension to Transformation A Leader’s Guide To Generative Change- Winner: Business – Disruptor
- Winner: Personal Transformation
- Finalist: Business – Big Ideas
- Finalist: Business – Innovation
- Ericka Sóuter (New York, NY)
Book: How to Have a Kid and a Life: A Survival Guide- Winner: Health – Parenting and Family
- Winner: Self-Help – General
- Finalist: Self-Help – Happiness
- Finalist: Self-Help – Work-Life Balance
- Kate Toon (Sydney, Australia)
Books:- Six Figures In School Hours
- Winner: Health – Parenting and Family
- Finalist: Business – Women in Business
- Six Figures While You Sleep
- Winner: Business – Big Ideas
- Finalist: Entrepreneur – Small Business
- Six Figures In School Hours
- Tenia Davis, PhD (Chicago, IL)
Book: The Feedback Blueprint: Unlocking the Power of Constructive Insights- Winner: Leadership – HR and Employee Development
- Finalist: Business – Career Success
- Finalist: Business – Management
- Joseph Hanna (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
Book: Pivoting as a Way of Life: Stop Chasing Unicorns and Product-Market Fit- Winner: Business – Innovation
- Winner: Technology – Gamechanger
- Finalist: Business – Disruptor
- Hanna Hasl-Kelchner, MBA, JD (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC)
Book: Seeking Fairness at Work: Cracking the New Code of Greater Employee Engagement, Retention & Satisfaction- Winner: Business – Management
- Winner: Leadership – Think Differently
- Finalist: Business – Thought Leader
- Natalie Shand-Spellman, MSOTR/L (U.S.)
Book: Drop Stress Like A Hot Potato – Transformative Stress Workbook with Life Coaching for Busy Women- Winner: Health – Wellness
- Finalist: Health – Mind, Body, Spirit
- Finalist: Self-Help – Inspiration
Many of these authors focus on addressing critical issues such as leadership development, mental health, entrepreneurship, and workplace fairness. Their books aim to inspire readers to improve both personally and professionally.
Alongside the Top Impact Authors, the Goody Business Book Awards celebrate books across a wide range of categories, helping readers tackle challenges like starting a business, improving mental health, and fostering innovation. According to organizers, these awards highlight books published over the last five years, including titles from traditional publishers, independent publishers, hybrid publishers, and self-published authors.
The Top Impact Authors will receive additional digital marketing promotions and a special awards seal to highlight their achievements. This recognition underlines the awards’ mission to spotlight books that make a difference in readers’ lives.
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