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Great Answers to Tough Questions at Work
Michael Dodd (Author)
9780857086396, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 24 June 2016
320 pages
21.8 x 14.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.399 kg
"... a great page turner." (Project, September 2016) "This really should be your summer holiday reading." (PQ Magazine, August 2016) "Great Answers To Tough Questions is a great book for leaders and anyone ambitious in the workplace and 'task -orientated introverts' such as accountants or IT specialists who need to improve their conversation skills. Every briefcase and bookshelf should have a copy." (Daily Express, July 2016)
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CMI MANAGEMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD Difficult questions can be thrown at you from your first job interview through to challenges you get when you’ve made it to the top. If you find yourself on the firing line on a regular or occasional basis this is the perfect go-to guide to help you turn tough questions into positive opportunities. Great Answers to Tough Questions at Work promotes a confident 'win-win-win' mindset for questioner, answerer and wider audiences beyond. Author Michael Dodd provides golden formulae and proven strategies for constructing inspirational answers—however challenging, vicious, tricky or stupid the question. He outlines simple but successful techniques for dealing with the kind of nightmare questions which all ambitious people in the workplace have to face along their journey, whatever stage of their career.
The essential guide to turning tough questions into positive opportunities
Introduction: Helping You Thrive On “Blowtorch-On-The-Belly” Questioning 1 Part One: The Tools You Need 13 1. Winning Answers Every Time 15 2. Crafting the Right Message to Underpin Every Answer 33 3. Harnessing the Power of Stories 55 4. Finding Out in Advance – Then Planning for It 75 5. The First Golden Formula – Simple as ABCDE 85 6. The Second Golden Formula – What to Say When Something Goes Seriously Wrong 107 7. Maximizing the Impact of Your Examples and Stories 123 8. Getting Your Performance Right 137 9. Conveying Your Answers to Different Personality Types 157 Part Two: Using Your New Tools 171 10. Great Answers for Prospects 173 11. Great Answers During Price Negotiations 191 12. Great Answers for Clients 209 13. Great Answers in Those Nerve-Wracking Job Interviews 223 14. Great Answers for Your Boss 239 15. Great Answers in Presentations, at Events and in Meetings 253 16. Shining Out Through the Media and at Public Grillings 269 Ongoing Enhancement: Great Answers for Your Inspirational Future 287 About the Author 291 Acknowledgements 293 Index 297
Subject Areas: Business & management [KJ]
