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Speaking - Taking your chance to speak
After all the emphasis on listening are you wondering if some one has to do the talking? Obviously
if no one talks there is no discussion. If you are very confident about the subject under discussion
you should not hesitate to initiate the discussion. Yet if someone else has seized the initiative it
does not reflect positively on you if you interrupt.
Initiating a discussion when you are confident about the subject is all right but it is not the end of
the world if you can’t. If some one else has initiated the discussion you listen actively and maintain
eye contact with the speaker and be genuinely interested in what is being said. This would not only
demonstrate your listening skills but also keep you ‘in’ on the conversation and give you the
indication when you can speak. You will be able to judge from the speaker’s tone that he is about
to close. You can quickly take it up from there and link your inputs with what has been said before
either by supporting or opposing his arguments.
This would show that you are actively participating in the discussion rather than just being
interested in what you have to say.
It is recommended that you do not initiate discussion when you know little about the subject in the
mistaken belief that you are demonstrating your leadership skills. That will be counterproductive.
Employers are looking for people with integrity and the panelists will penalize you for lack of
integrity if you try to bluff your way through GD. Honesty is not only the best policy; it is the only
policy.
Initiate the discussion only if you know the subject well otherwise listen ‘actively’. It is as
important. It shows you are willing to listen to some one who knows better.
KISS
When it is your turn to talk it is always good to remember to ‘KISS’ – Keep It Simple Stupid -
formula and be crisp and to the point. Though you may express your individual opinion it is better to
back your opinion with facts and figures. Do not speak to just one person in the group or to the
panelists. Instead during the time you are talking make eye contact with all the members in the
group. Think that you have just 30 –40 seconds to finish each one of your three or four inputs.
Short and sweet is a good policy
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