How to Have the Final Say E-Book

50MINUTES

• Herausgeber: 50Minutes.com
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Serie: Coaching
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 23

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

Ready to take your career to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about dealing with debates and verbal confrontations with this practical guide.

Being able to put your point of view across effectively and persuade other people to accept your ideas is a major asset in the workplace, but many people still struggle with it. However, thanks to the simple tips and tricks outlined in this guide, you can respond effectively to arguments in the workplace and emerge victorious from debates on any subject.

In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Identify the different situations of verbal confrontation that may arise at work 
• Analyse the professional applications of debating skills and when and where you can use them yourself
• Understand the importance of other factors when giving a response, including tone, gestures and body language

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Leseprobe

How to always have the final say

Problem: How can I emerge victorious from a verbal confrontation using appropriate dialogue and the correct tone?Uses: Enable yourself to defend your opinions, demonstrate your worth and maintain your professional credibility.Professional context: Human resources, personal development, professional relationships.FAQs:Are we born quick-witted?Does everyone have the ability to give quick comebacks?What is the difference between good and bad debating?What attitude should be adopted to ensure maximum chances for success?What advantages can I obtain from developing my debating skills?How can I improve my debating abilities?A colleague often teases me about my appearance, how can I respond?How can I respond to my boss without the risk of getting on the wrong side of them?

Whether after a heated debate among colleagues, after a scathing remark from your employer or on leaving a job interview, perhaps you have already asked yourself the following question: “Why on earth didn’t I say that at the time?”. But whether it was an appropriate response to quiet someone, a rhetorical dodge to avoid an embarrassing question or a touch of humour to defuse a tense situation, the right reply always come to us once the battle is over, and often lost. Frustrated at not being able to defend yourself as well as you would have liked, humiliated at being bettered in public without knowing how to react, you are then reduced to beating yourself up about your lack of comebacks. “If only it could be taught!” you say. But who ever said it couldn’t be?

Contrary to what some perhaps some still imagine, debating skills are not innate. It is not a blessing bestowed upon a select few, inherited at birth, and there is no debating gene that may or may not appear in our DNA. So why can some people always manage to come out with great responses without even looking like they are trying, while others inevitably end up tripping up whenever they try to be witty? Often, they simply have not lived the same life course. Therefore, the reasons for which they react differently to similar situations can be very varied: the environment in which they grew up and developed, their experiences, the encounters they have had or even, potentially, training to develop and gradually improve their debating skills.