Employees First is an 800-CEO-Read Bestseller!

We are pleased to announce that Employees First, Customers Second by Vineet Nayar ranked number 16 on the 800-CEO-Read's Business Book Bestseller List for the month of July. Every month, 800-CEO-Read and Inc. Magazine work together to publish a list of the best-selling business books among corporate customers. The list appears syndicated in McClatchy newspapers across the country. Congratulations, Vineet!

AOGR is a getAbstract Business Book of the Year

The Boston Consulting Group’s book Accelerating Out of the Great Recession has just been named one of the top five English-language finalists in the getAbstract International Business Book of the Year award. Out of more than 10,000 entrants, Accelerating Out of the Great Recession beat out the competition by offering a comprehensive guide to growing a robust business in a stagnant economy. In previous years, the getAbstract International Business Book of the Year prize has been awarded to visionaries such as Malcolm Gladwell, Joseph Stiglitz, and Robert J. Schiller.  We are thrilled to see David Rhodes and Daniel Stelter of BCG in such good company.

An article by the authors was also recently featured in the Summer 2010 issue of MWorld, a subsidiary publication of the American Management Association. In the piece “How to Win in the Post-Recession,” Rhodes and Stelter offer practical management advice and outline ways in which the recession significantly impacts business leaders and executives. The four-page article is highlighted on the magazine’s cover.  

Introducing Julia Pressman

We are pleased to announce that Julia Pressman has joined us at Idea Platforms, Inc. this summer as an intern. She will be assisting with supplementary research for the company and working on the development of new media-enriched projects.

A recent graduate of The Cambridge School of Weston, Julia will attend Oberlin College in the fall. Welcome, Julia!

Employees First in the WSJ

Vineet Nayar’s new book, Employees First, Customers Second, has just been named one of the summer’s top business beach reads by the Wall Street Journal’s career site. The book, which details how Nayar, CEO of HCL Technologies, turned the company’s management structure upside by putting employees first, advocates employee empowerment and management transparency. It was also praised by management guru and WSJ blogger, Gary Hamel, who called it an "illuminating" playbook for a new business philosophy and concluded that “it really is possible to change the management DNA in a large, established company — and this is where Vineet’s book really shines.” IPI worked with Nayar to develop Employees First, Customers Second.