by Margaret Anderson | Aug 28, 2022 | News
Both print and Kindle edition’s of Women Can Renew the World IF…and So Can You and Love on the Rocks with a Twist–Delightful Fiction with Lessons on Dealing with Others are on sale from August 29 through September 6. Please click on the book titles...
by Margaret Anderson | Mar 13, 2022 | Blog, Communication
Many of the principles of persuasion and consensus building are counterintuitive, perhaps none more so than the value of listening. When we disagree with someone, our knee-jerk reaction is to go into defense mode, don our mental boxing gloves and prepare our...
by Margaret Anderson | Oct 27, 2021 | Blog, Communication
Last time I posted a little story I wrote for a contest and asked you all if you could see any communication skills lessons in it. “Jody” wrote that she would have liked me to have Mom and Iris to look into why Dad was so negative and grumpy. That was a...
by Margaret Anderson | Jun 11, 2021 | Blog
Last week, I delivered my presentation on “Communication Tips for Project Managers” for the San Diego chapter of PMI. It was the most fun I’ve ever had giving any such presentation. The people who organized the event and handled all the technical...
by Margaret Anderson | Nov 10, 2019 | Blog, Book Excerpts
You might imagine that, when I teach a 1.5 hour mini-workshop on persuasion, I would cover the most basic element of my persuasion/consensus building system–uncovering and talking about what’s behind the things people say they want, their ultimate...