Awards and Honors

Award-winning column

2007 ASBPE Silver Award for Regular Contributed Column in a Nationally Distributed Publication

The American Society of Business Publication Editors awarded Paul Glen their 2007 Silver Award for his regularly contributed column to Computerworld.

The editors of Computerworld nominated two of Paul Glen's columns for the National competition. Specifically, the award was given for his October 2, 2006 column "How Indispensable Should You Be" and November 2, 2006 column "One Sure Way to Fail."

Founded in 1964, the 750-member ASBPE (www.asbpe.org) is the only professional association in the United States exclusively for full-time and freelance editors and writers employed by business, professional, association, and trade magazines, newsletters, and digital publications.

COMPUTERWORLD Best Management Advice - 2006

The Editors of Computerworld USA recently named seven opinion columns to their list of Best Management Advice. Out of the literally hundreds of articles and columns published each year in the weekly magazine, Paul Glen's "One Sure Way to Fail." was named one of the top articles.

Honors for Leading Geeks

2003 FINANCIAL TIMES GERMANY BOOK AWARD FOR BEST LEADERSHIP BOOK

In a ceremony at the Frankfurt Book Festival, the 2003 Financial Times Germany / getAbstract Business and Finance Book Prize was awarded to LEADING GEEKS: How to Manage and Lead People Who Deliver Technology, by Paul Glen, a Los Angeles-based management consultant and columnist for Computerworld.

The prizes are awarded annually for innovative national and international books on business and finance. The Financial Times Germany calls the winners "brave forward thinkers in the areas of business and finance" who are helping drive the economic-political agenda. The third annual prizes were awarded to books in three categories: globalization, reform, and leadership. LEADING GEEKS won the award for best leadership book. "The New Financial Order" by Yale professor Robert Shiller won the award for globalization. "Ist Deutschland noch zu retten?" ("Is Germany to be Saved?") by German political economist Hans Werner won the award for reform. And the jury awarded a special prize for "Der schwarze Grat" ("The Black Burr") by Burkhard Spinnen. The criteria for selecting winners included: the innovative approach, the practical contents of the works, the ease of reading and strength of the writing style.

In announcing the award the Financial Times Germany said that "Paul Glen tried something impossible: to find ways to lead Geeks. Geeks are the computer and technical people who are outstanding in knowing their way around their special universe, but hardly know how to communicate with the rest of the world. That makes dealing with them difficult. Nevertheless, the author names ways to work things out. His book is the winner in the Leadership category."

2003 Referenceware Excellence Award For Best Book on Business and Culture

Paul Glen's book "Leading Geeks" was honored with it's second book prize, the Referenceware Excellence Award. The awards recognize the most widely used computer technology and business books available through Books24x7, which offers subscription clients detailed online searches to more than 5,000 unabridged IT and business books.

"These awards give us the opportunity to formally recognize those authors and publishers whose books have proven to be indispensable in the day-to-day work of thousands of IT and business professionals," said John Ambrose, general manager of Books24x7.

For each of 14 major categories, five book titles were selected based on actual usage by Books24x7 subscribers from January 1 through December 31, 2003. Judges, selected from the Books24x7 editorial advisory board, chose each category winner after considering a variety of qualitative data, including content organization, depth and quality of subject matter coverage, and graphics.

"Leading Geeks" was named best book in the category of Business and Culture.

COMPUTERWORLD Top Tech Book - 2003

Paul Glen's book "Leading Geeks" was named to Computerworld's prestigious annual list of"Best Tech Books of 2003."

getAbstract Global Top 20 Business Book - 2003

Paul Glen's book "Leading Geeks" was named to getAbstract's Global Top 20 Business Book list for 2003 naming it one of the 20 best business books published worldwide that year.

getAbstract is a European company that summarizes thousands of business books every year enabling their customers to absorb the best new thinking in business without reading entire libraries of books.

Other Recognitions

Institute of Management Consultants Certified Management Consultant Designation

In addition to being Past President of the Institute of Management Consultants Southern California Chapter, Paul Glen has been honored with the Institute's CMC designation.

Professional Member National Speakers Association

Paul Glen has been accepted as a professional member of the National Speakers Association, the largest association of professional speakers in North America. The entrance requirements for professional members are quite stringent to ensure that only truly professional speakers are admitted.

Paul Glen subscribes to the code of ethics of the NSA.Glen's insight is to treat high technology as a creative product produced by temperamental people who are a cross between artists and professionals.

Overview of Awards and Honors

American Society of Business Publication Editors National Silver Award for Regularly Contributed Column

Computerworld Best Management Advice 2006

Financial Times Germany Book Award

Books 24x7 ReferenceWare Award

Computerworld Top Tech Book List

getAbstract Global Top 20 Business Book

Certified Management Consultant Designation

Professional Member of National Speakers Association