Strategic Publishing Advisory
Publishing a business book starts with clarifying what you want it to achieve, what you want to be known for, and how your ideas can be shaped into something that strengthens your professional positioning.
Authority Authorship works with senior leaders and founders who are considering a book as part of their broader business or professional strategy. Every engagement begins by establishing that direction and determining how publishing can best support it.
Engagement Philosophy
A successful publishing project starts with a clear understanding of what the book is intended to achieve. We look at the strength of the idea, its relevance to your professional goals, the audience it needs to reach, and how the book can support your broader positioning and business objectives.
The advisory brings structure and perspective to those decisions. Together, we examine the concept, timing, positioning, commercial relevance, and how the book can be used once it is published. That process may confirm the direction, identify areas that need refining, or suggest that the timing should change. The aim is to make sure there is a sound strategy behind the book before significant time and resources are committed.
Engagement Pathways
Publishing Services Engagement
A structured, end to end advisory engagement for leaders who are ready to integrate publication into a broader authority strategy.
This pathway spans positioning, intellectual capital architecture, manuscript structure, publication oversight, and long-term integration into your professional ecosystem.
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Strengthen strategic positioning
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Clarify intellectual contribution
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Support board level trajectory
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Extend long term professional leverage
Publishing Partnership engagements are structured and tailored to complexity. They represent a considered professional investment and are designed for senior executives and founders operating at meaningful scale.
Publishing Strategy Intensive
A focused advisory designed to resolve a clearly defined strategic question or tactical publishing issue.
Each engagement is built around a specific mandate. This may include:
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Determining whether publishing is strategically aligned
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Aligning a book concept with commercial goals
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Repositioning an existing manuscript
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Clarifying narrative architecture
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Evaluating publication pathways
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Working out a publishing logistical issue
The scope is defined in advance. The outcome is clarity and decisiveness.
Strategy Intensive engagements are structured as fixed fee sessions with pricing based on complexity and length. They are designed to deliver direction, not open-ended consulting.
Executive Publishing Cohort
A curated peer level advisory environment for senior professionals developing a strategically positioned business book.
The cohort combines disciplined structure with cross sector perspective. Participants benefit from both individual guidance and the intellectual rigor of peer dialogue.
Participation is selective and capacity is limited to four authors.
Investment
Authority Authorship engagements vary depending on the level of support required and the scope of the publishing project.
We discuss fees once we understand what you are looking to accomplish and which approach is the best fit. This allows us to recommend the right level of support before you make a commitment.
About Stephen
Stephen Landis works with senior leaders to develop, position, and embed business books as strategically aligned authority assets.
With more than four decades of leadership experience across multiple industries, he brings a decision maker’s perspective to authorship. His background spans consulting work with brands such as Time Warner, Citibank, and Barclays, as well as entrepreneurial ventures across real estate, travel, corporate training, and publishing.
He has contributed to the launch of new ventures within established global organizations, including a children’s publishing initiative inside The Walt Disney Company, and played a key role in scaling a membership services firm that rose to number two on the Inc. 5000 list before a successful NASDAQ listing.
Today, through Mindshift Learning and Mindshift Publishing, Stephen works internationally with executives and founders on leadership communication, strategic positioning, and the disciplined development of business books. His work spans both advisory engagement and publication, ensuring that ideas are not only well written, but commercially sound and designed to support real world decision making.
The work is grounded in practical commercial experience and delivered through a thoughtful, analytical, and disciplined process. Engagements are focused, structured, and supported by direct, candid dialogue.
Originally from the United States, Stephen spent several professional years working in London before relocating to New Zealand, where he is now based with his wife and partner, Sue.