Henna Pryor, CSP | Workplace Performance Expert

I wrote a book about how hard it is to be believed right now... and then handed it to some of the most skeptical readers in publishing. 🙈

And then last week, we found out The Signal Gap earned herself a rare Kirkus starred review. 🥳🙏🏽

If you don't live in book-world, a quick decoder on why that's a big deal:

⭐ Since 1933, Kirkus’s reviews can be glowing, brutal, or ANYWHERE in between. They don’t play!
⭐ The reviews aren’t signed, which is great for integrity and terrible for my urge to send someone a box of chocolates as a thank you. 🤣
⭐ The star is Kirkus's top honor for a standout title, and it only goes to ~ 10% of books they review.

A few kind things they said:

- “An incisive primer on workplace communications that mixes sharp insights with hands-on advice.”
- “Pryor’s shrewd analysis of workplace messaging and its discontents deftly combines sharp observations of office culture, tech-centered communications theory, and illuminating dashes of psychology.”
- “Written in elegant prose studded with pithy aphorisms, the book serves as a revealing study of how everyday rhetoric functions and malfunctions.”

I share this for 2 reasons:

1) Most books in this genre aren't written by women, let alone women of color. And I think women need to share wins way more than they do, so hey! CHECK IT, FRIENDS! 🎉

2) The whole book is about how we decide who to believe when polish is cheap and every claim can be fact checked mid-burger bite. A review from a stranger who doesn’t owe me a lick is exactly the kind of signal I can't manufacture myself, so I'm letting it do the talking. :)

It's the 2nd time (Good Awkward too!) - and if you're still reading, thanks for celebrating with me instead of forcing me to do one of those faux "I'm so honored and humbled and blah blah blah" - yes, I'm absolutely all of that AND we worked our butt off on this, so I'm ALSO excited as hell!

Thank you to my amazing coaches, editors, and @ideapresspublishing team… couldn’t have done it without you.

The Signal Gap is out Nov 10th! If you haven't pre-ordered yet, what are you waiting for? :)

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