3 Mini-Books for Unsatisfied Comms Pros
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So you want more, but you don’t know where to turn.
You’re a team of one with no mentor…
Innovation is a four-letter word to your direct reports…
You feel like Sisyphus doing the same thing over and over and over…
You’re overworked and underpaid…
I gotchu.
There's a path forward for those willing to elevate their work beyond the ordinary.
I've captured these insights and more in three mini-books that tackle the most pressing challenges facing communications professionals today:
💰📈 How to Earn More Money in Communications: Four Specific Ways to Increase Your Income in Corporate Communications cuts through the typical career advice fluff to deliver four specific, actionable strategies for boosting your income. No vague platitudes about following your passion—just proven methods that have helped professionals double their income.
From the book: “For all the talking and blogging and webinaring about how to grow our communications careers or how to make that all-important impact or how to achieve work-life balance, how to make more money in comms is ignored... Generic career advice like volunteering for stretch projects; learning new skills; signing up for LinkedIn learning courses; and expanding your network usually don't translate to big bonuses or salary bumps.”
🎨⚒️ In Communications As Craftsmanship: How Communications Professionals Can Rise Above Banality I make the case for elevating our profession beyond mere templates and automation. Drawing from master craftsman David Pye's philosophy, this book shows how we can achieve a level of quality that distinguishes us from the banal and ordinary—quality that will become increasingly rare and valuable in the age of AI.
From the book: “The communications profession can be more than a job well done. If we want and try, the comms professional can achieve a level more often associated with handicrafts. Communications can be craftsmanship... What is at stake is diversity, agility, ingenuity, innovation, depth, nuance, creativity, cleverness, wit, charm, and all those things that engage the employee in ways that can't be achieved by algorithms, hacks, and amateurs.”
🚀💡 Innovation in Internal Communications: How Internal Comms Professionals Can Overcome the Innovator’s Dilemma shows how to drive meaningful change even when the easy path is to maintain the status quo. Learn to recognize and seize opportunities that others miss while they're busy copying and pasting.
From the book: “Just like telephonic and music consumers did not demand the yet-to-be-invented iPhone from Apple, we cannot expect employees to lead us toward innovations they don't need right now. Communications efforts that do not appear to be useful to employees today may squarely address their needs tomorrow.”
Each mini-book is intentionally brief but packed with actionable insights drawn from a decade and a half of experience in writing, publishing, and global corporate communications. Together, they form a practical toolkit for advancing your career, increasing your income, and preserving the art of our profession.
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