The OM Factor Wins 'The Best Business Books' Award

MCLEAN, Va., June 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/ On the 99 th floor of the Willis Tower in the heart of the Windy City: Chicago, Illinois, The OM Factor was awarded the Bronze Medal as one of the best business books of 2016 in North America at the Axiom Business Book Awards.

The Axiom Awards recognizes Alka Dhillon, author of The OM Factor, as being a pivotal voice in the world of business and leadership. The award celebrates and honors the book's influential message of learning how to foster one's personal and professional success through mindfulness and meditation. The reader harnesses the 7 plug-and-play tools and 7 key traits in cultivating one's success and well-being. The OM Factor exemplifies the Axiom motto of "Success through Knowledge" as it guides both men and women towards a clearer understanding of him or herself in the ever changing business world.

"This art of balancing harmoniously all these roles and relationships, being holistic in our approach to our well-being, as well as being successful at whatever we do in the workplace and at home during most of our waking hours, is The OM Factor," Dhillon writes. Individuals who have The OM Factor are able to deal with challenging situations as they arise. "They have learned to not react involuntarily to difficult situations but to intentionally respond to them," she writes. "These people flow."

Fellow awardees include: Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!, by Nicholas Carlson (Hachette Book Group); The Silo Effect: The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers, by Gillian Tett (Simon & Schuster); No Ordinary Disruption: The Four Global Forces Breaking All the Trends, by Richard Dobbs, James Manyika, and Jonathan Woetzel (PublicAffairs) Return on Character: The Real Reason Leaders and Their Companies Win, by Fred Kiel (Harvard Business Review Press); The Process Matters: Engaging and Equipping People for Success, by Joel Brockner (Princeton University Press); Message Not Received: Why Business Communication Is Broken and How to Fix It, by Phil Simon (Wiley); and many more.

For the full Axiom Award Winners list, click here.

About the Axiom Awards

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. The Axiom Awards are presented by Jenkins Group, a Michigan-based book publishing and marketing services company that has operated the popular Independent Publisher Book Awards contest since 1996.

About the Author

Often referred to as The Spiritual CEO, sheis an award-winning author, conscious leadership expert and an international speaker. She emboldens those around her, fostering her passion for technologyas a platform to give back. Recognized as one of The 100 CEO leaders in STEM among Fortune 50 CEO's globally, Ms. Dhillon is passionate about empowering youth to explore entrepreneurship and careers in STEM. Ms. Dhillon is actively involved in the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), serving as a board member. She is the author of the award winning book,The OM Factorwhich won the bronze medal as one of the best business books of 2016 in North America. She contributesto The Huffington Post and Today.com & NBC Universal, among other publications, and blogs at www.alkadhillon.com.

Connect with her on: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.

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SOURCE Alka Dhillon

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