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In the Line of Fire: How to Handle Tough Questions...When It Counts
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In the Line of Fire: How to Handle Tough Questions...When It Counts

by Jerry Weissman
June 2005
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
216 pages
3h 37m
English
Pearson
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Chapter 2. Effective Management Implemented

Worst Case Scenario

Soldiers prepare for battle by conducting realistic maneuvers. Athletes prepare for competition by practicing with extra resistance or weights. Politicians prepare for debates by staging mock rehearsals with skilled stand-ins for their opponents.

In preparing you to step into the line of fire when you open the floor to questions, let’s assume the worst case scenario: that all the questions you will be asked will be the most hostile possible…like those Ruth Corley flung at Bob Newhart or like those Mike Wallace fired at thousands of interviewees. If you can learn to handle that caliber of ammunition, you can learn to handle any question.

To raise the bar even further, let’s assume ...

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