Book description
Jerry Weissman has made a career of coaching nearly 500 execs on their IPO roadshows, the most critical presentations of their lives. Now, he's written an indispensable guide to answering the toughest questions you'll ever face. Using compelling examples from Presidential debates to stock analyst meetings, Weissman teaches how to respond with perfect assurance. Discover how to avoid the defensive, evasive, or contentious answers that have destroyed political careers and ruin credibility. Learn to control your entire exchange with a hostile questioner: the question, answer, interactions with questioner and audience, timing, and above all, yourself. Whether an executive, politician, fundraiser, interviewee, teacher, student -- or even a family member at Thanksgiving dinner -- you're judged on how you handle these moments. Get this book: handle them brilliantly.
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Early Praise for In the Line of Fire
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- About the Author
- Introduction: Agility Versus Force
- Chapter 1. The Critical Dynamics of Q&A
- Chapter 2. Effective Management Implemented
- Chapter 3. You’re Not Listening!
- Chapter 4. Active Listening (Martial Art: Concentration)
- Chapter 5. Retake the Floor (Martial Art: Self-Defense)
- Chapter 6. Provide the Answer (Martial Art: Balance)
- Chapter 7. Topspin in Action (Martial Art: Agility)
- Chapter 8. Preparation (Martial Art: Discipline)
- Chapter 9. The Art of War (Martial Art: Self-Control)
- Chapter 10. The Role Model
- Endnotes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
Product information
- Title: In the Line of Fire: How to Handle Tough Questions...When It Counts
- Author(s):
- Release date: June 2005
- Publisher(s): Pearson
- ISBN: 9780131855175
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