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637: What to Say When You’re Challenged in an Executive Meeting (DAY 3)
- Business & money
Access your Executive Meeting Visibility Guide. What to Say When You’re Challenged in an Executive Meeting You prepare for weeks, present your recommendation, and then an executive asks the one question you did not anticipate. Within seconds, you are speaking faster, adding disclaimers, and retreating from the very recommendation you came to defend. An unexpected question is not proof that you were unprepared. Senior leaders ask questions to test risk, evaluate thinking, and participate in decisions. The real test is whether you can remain useful when th...
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So you spend two weeks preparing your recommendation, then an executive asks you this one question you were not anticipating. In three seconds, you start talking faster and adding disclaimers and mitigators and retreating from the very recommendation you came to defend.
Welcome back to Speak Up! Develop Your Executive Presence. I'm Laura Camacho, your Magical Executive Presence Strategist and Occasional Godmother. This is day three of the Speak Up in Executive Meetings Q4 Visibility Challenge.
On day one, you put your voice in the room early. On day two, you led with the answer. And today we're preparing for that moment when someone challenges your answer. First, an unexpected question is not proof that you were unprepared.
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