"Growing Great Employees" Wins Axiom Award

Organizational management book garners Axiom Award.

New York, NY (PRWEB) March 26, 2008 -- Acclaimed organizational management book, "Growing Great Employees", by author Erika Andersen garnered a prestigious nod as a Silver Medal winner in the first annual Axiom Business Book Awards.

"I'm thrilled that readers and critics continue to find the book valuable, and to recommend it to managers at all levels who want practical help in finding and developing great employees," said author Erika Andersen.

The Axiom Business Book Awards, established by the Jenkins Group Inc., were designed to honor the best business books of the year, along with their authors and publishers.

The full list of winners can be found here - http://tinyurl.com/36yes3 .

The Axiom Business Book Awards are intended to bring increased recognition to exemplary business books and their creators, with the understanding that business people are a very well-read and informed segment of the population, eager to learn about great new books that will inspire and inform them, and help them improve their careers and businesses.

Nearly 400 entries were received in this inaugural year of the contest and Andersen's book garnered a Silver Medal award in the Human Resources/Employee Training category.

"Growing Great Employees" - http://www.growinggreatemployees.com was also named, one of the best organizational management books of 2007 by PersonalMBA and 800CEORead.com. Newly released in paperback, the book continues to garner accolades and followers for its truly down-to-earth approach to the "what, how and why" of good people management.

Andersen's blog "The Simplest Thing", can be found at http://thesimplestthing.typepad.com/ .

The book is available for purchase at Amazon, B&N and other major book outlets.

Erika Andersen is the founder of Proteus International - http://www.proteus-international.com, a consulting firm established in 1990 that works with CEOs and top executives of many major corporations, including Molson Coors Miller Brewing, MTV Networks, Union Square Hospitality Group, PepsiCo, ESPN, Comcast, Lifetime Television, Madison Square Garden, and Bank of America. Erika and her family live in Kingston, New York. The firm has offices in New York and Minneapolis.

Andersen has been featured in leading business publications including Forbes, New York Times, National Post and Investor's Business Daily.

Andersen is available for interview, contact Nettie Hartsock - nettie AT nettiehartsock.com , Hartsock Communications.

For interviews or to receive a review copy of the book please contact Nettie Hartsock, Hartsock Communications - 512-396-1067, nettie @ nettiehartsock.com .

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