by Margaret Anderson | Mar 14, 2018 | Blog
When I train a group or coach an individual in my complete consensus building system, we cover my Three Magic Questions to optimize the results for one or both parties. I’ve written a lot about the First Magic Question, “Why?” in my books Bridges to Consensus and Love...
by Margaret Anderson | Feb 22, 2018 | Blog
If you’ve read my books or taken one of my classes, you know that the foundation of the entire persuasion/consensus-building/negotiation system I teach is discovering and addressing the interests of both parties. You also know that “making people wrong,” as by...
by Margaret Anderson | Feb 15, 2018 | Blog
I received the nicest feedback on my most recent post from a gentleman thanking me for answering questions he had about Me Too, but had been afraid to ask. In that post, I explained that it’s natural for such questions to arise and suggested answers, referring to...
by Margaret Anderson | Feb 7, 2018 | Blog
The Me Too movement raises emotions, questions and speculative answers. How could so many famous men have sexually harassed or abused women? Some of those men have made large, positive contributions to our society. Others, if not angels, at least seemed normal,...
by Margaret Anderson | Jan 24, 2018 | Blog
In a Facebook group I administer, I raised a discussion question, “What does love mean to you?” Among many great, thought-provoking comments, one member quoted something she’d heard, “Love is giving what someone else needs, not what they want.” Another member followed...
by Margaret Anderson | Jan 11, 2018 | Blog
Many thanks for your patience during my extra-long holiday break. I hope you enjoyed your holidays, and wish you all the best in 2018. It may seem that most news is bad news lately. But bad news gets more airtime than good news. I see many reasons for hope in the long...
