Stop Asking Questions: How to Lead High-Impact Interviews and Learn Anything from Anyone (For Podcasters, Entrepreneurs, Sales, HR, and Journalists)
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Stop Asking Questions: How to Lead High-Impact Interviews and Learn Anything from Anyone (For Podcasters, Entrepreneurs, Sales, HR, and Journalists)
Open with: What’s on your mind? The perfect way to start; the question is open but focused. Check in: Is there anything else on your mind? Give the person an option to share additional concerns. Then begin to focus: So what’s the real challenge here for you? Already the conversation will deepen. Your job now is to find what’s most useful to look at
... See moreThis experience and others like it have taught me that when an interviewee clams up, it’s sometimes out of fear that the journalist he’s speaking with won’t fully comprehend what he’s saying or simply won’t care. This was an important lesson: It’s one of the reasons I try to be well prepared for each interview, on the assumption that a guest is mor
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