I’m continuing to answer a question I recently received at askdianna@booher.com: “How can we open closed minds—people who do not want to listen to any arguments or logic?” There are many different ways to tackle this problem, so I’ll spend a few weeks doling out some tips on how to get through to people who [...]
Forget the lazy, hazy days of summer! With the release of The Voice of Authority: 10 Communication Strategies Every Leader Needs to Know, I’ve been hustling and bustling through airports and interviews galore! Just talked to a delightful host on the Alvin Augustus Jones Show in Oxford, North Carolina (aired in the Raleigh, NC, metroplolitan [...]
Recently, I received an email at askdianna@booher.com asking this question: “How can we open closed minds—people who do not want to listen to any arguments or logic?” There are many different ways to tackle this problem, so I’ll spend a few weeks doling out some tips on how to get through to people who can’t [...]
Companies lose employees and customers every week because they can’t teach people to communicate clearly and candidly with each other. Period. It’s that simple. And that complex. This is where you come in. People just about everywhere routinely complain, “There’s just no communication around here.” If you can do something about that situation—that is, change [...]
Thanks to you, The Voice of Authority made a splash on Amazon during its initial launch on Tuesday, June 26. You, as faithful readers, helped push it to the top of several sales categories! Overall, among ALL Amazon books, old and new, we achieved these rankings:# 73 Amazon Bestsellers list # 3 “Movers & Shakers" [...]
Just after the holiday, I’m on the road again! This time I’m headed out to San Diego to speak at the 2007 annual convention for the National Speakers Association (NSA), "the leading educational and networking organization for professional speakers." I’ll be doing a mega concurrent session Wednesday, July 11, from 10:00-11:30 a.m. on “Developing Persuasive [...]
