All effective communication is tailored to a specific audience. A boss is no different. Advocacy is the principal skill involved in ?managing? your supervisor. This exercise demonstrates how following some simple advocacy guidelines will help to effectively persuade supervisors. The activity is helpful for teaching negotiation skills and persuasive communication techniques or for general employee training. Contributed by Merry C. Buchanan.

Objective:

• To prepare employees to present and advocacy message to a supervisor

Group Size: Any size

Time Required: 30 minutes for preparation and discussion and 5 to 6 minutes per presentation

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ARTHUR VANGUNDY is professor of communication at the University of Oklahoma and president of VanGundy Associates, a creativity and innovation consulting firm. He is the author of eleven books including 101 Great Games & Activities (Pfeiffer, 1998) and has been interviewed for numerous publications including Business Week, Fortune Small Business, New York Times, Science Digest, Inc., Success, and US News and World Report, and has facilitated training sessions for such organizations as Hershey Foods, S.C. Johnson, Xerox, McNeil Consumer Products, Motorola, Wyeth-Ayerst Pharmaceuticals, and the Singapore government.