Over at HBR, Roger Schwarz shares with us a telling exercise. Glance over the following three questions and see which is genuine–that is, actually opening up the option for the person you’re talking ...

Public speaking has long been regarded as one of the most essential skills for leadership, influence, and impact. From politicians and executives to coaches and educators, the power to speak and be ...

Mr. Gradgrind is the alter ego of Paul Brians, professor of English at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, who sets out to provide specific, concrete answers to life's rhetorical ...

Rhetorical questions expressing premises are situated at the intersection of two disciplines whose object of study is argumentation: dialectic and rhetoric. This paper examines arguments in biblical ...

So I have no clue how, the other night at supper, my two kidlets, my visiting father and I got to talking about rhetorical questions (how should I know?), but there it was: By 5:30, we had our soup ...