Feel like an order-taker? Fulfilling communication requests, never delivering strategic counsel to your organization? Start thinking like a consultant and you can influence business success, build your credibility and become an organizational asset.

Consulting Skills for Communicators is a how-to manual with exercises, real-world stories from communicators around the world and a toolkit that includes 14 customizable templates. Get the manual and toolkit for your own self-study. New edition due out in 2010.