Grey Behaviors After Logical Fallacies in Public and Professional Communication

This practical guide enables readers to recognize, assess, and defend against gray behaviors-attempts to persuade listeners using fallacious arguments. It provides valuable tools for communicating successfully in a wide variety of public and professional contexts.

Homayoon Kord is the Chief of Competency Assessment and Development in Mobarakeh Steel Company (MSC), Iran. He has established several assessment centers to assess and develop leadership skills, and to attract and screen talented people for expert positions. He has also developed an assessment center to identify and develop auditor talents in quality management systems (ISO and EFQM).

George C. Thornton III is Professor Emeritus at Colorado State University, USA. He received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Purdue University, the Legacy Lifetime Award from the South African Assessment Center Study Group, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the United Kingdom Assessment Centre User Group. His most recent books include Assessment Center Perspective for Talent Management Strategies (2015, with Deborah E. Rupp, & Brian J. Hoffman) and Developing Organizational Simulations: A Guide for Practitioners, Students, and Researchers (2nd ed, 2017, with Rose A. Mueller-Hanson & Deborah E. Rupp).