Business Execs Round Out Their Year by Naming "The 360 Degree Leader" Best Biz Book of 2006

Business Wire, Jan 16, 2007

Soundview Executive Book Summaries' Subscribers Select John C. Maxwell's Leadership Book as Their Top Pick of the Year, Earning the Bestselling Author the Fourth Annual Harold Longman Award

CONCORDVILLE, Pa. -- The nation's foremost expert on leadership now has another title under his belt. Today Soundview Executive Book Summaries, the global leader in business book summaries, announced that its subscribers have chosen John C. Maxwell's bestseller "The 360 Degree Leader" to receive the fourth annual Harold Longman Award for Best Business Book of 2006. The readers' choice award honors the memory of Harold Longman, Soundview's inaugural editor-in-chief, who loved and excelled in the world of books and words.

"For four years, our readers have chosen the one book that best represents the current business mindset, and this year they did not disappoint," says Rebecca Clement, Publisher of Soundview Executive Book Summaries. "Our subscribers always gravitate toward leadership books, so it was no surprise when they chose 'The 360 Degree Leader' as their overwhelming favorite. John Maxwell's unique take in leadership has inspired so many top executives over the years, and we're thrilled to honor him with this prestigious award."

"The 360 Degree Leader" discusses how employees can lead from any position within their organization. Maxwell believes that any employee can be successful by leading up, leading across, and leading down. "The 360 Degree Leader" was chosen from a list of eight books nominated by Soundview's editorial staff. The nominated titles were selected from the 30 best business books summarized by Soundview's editors in 2006.

The Harold Longman Award was established in 2003. Longman shaped many of Soundview's current practices, and created the company's unique structure for summarizing the year's 30 best business books.

Longman retired in the mid 1980s, after several stints in advertising and marketing. He returned to book writing, and was not quite finished a manuscript on remarkable old people when he succumbed to lung cancer in 1989 at age 75.

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