How Can You Be in the Workplace if You Can't Speak?

Not only in life, but also in the workplace, you may encounter similar unexpected situations.

One of the more common scenarios is that in an important meeting, the leader suddenly calls your name and asks you to share your views. When the eyes of dozens of people in the conference room look at you, perhaps your mind will become blank, do not know how to answer. Or when you do, you are incoherent and illogical.

Such a result, to the leadership and participants to bring the impression and feelings can be imagined.

The reason why we will be nervous, in fact, mainly because of the speech occasion and the content of the speech without prior anticipation and preparation.

Next, I will share with you a set of methods to deal with different improvisation scenarios, to help you quickly organize the language of thought, to solve the problem of expression in the workplace.

This core method is summarized in six words: think fast, speak slowly!
Many people are arranged to speak impromptu, his attention is immediately all on how to answer the question. I understand that you want to say something concrete and substantial right away. But you need to know that a very big no-no in impromptu expression is cold feet. How to solve it?

The first trick is to think fast.
That is to say, think of ways to put the words quickly next. This actually has only one purpose, which is to prove that you react quickly.

That is to say, you do not need to open your mouth to directly answer the other party's question. You can talk about something related to the topic, something a little simpler. For example, you recently saw the industry news, or you associate, happened to you, friends, in short, you use a relevant content, the other party thrown over the words to catch, so that the field did not go cold.

Then you may ask, if nothing comes to mind for a while, what should I do? Then you remember three words: say their "sense of acquisition", that is, what you have learned from the information you just heard.

The second trick is to speak slowly.
By "slow", I don't mean speak slowly, but rather to make your core points in an organized manner. As we all know, the second taboo in the workplace is to speak without focus and go off on tangents. So if you want your speech to be well organized, remember two key words, one is the time frame method, and the other is the structure method.

First of all, the time frame method. In fact, its purpose is to speak time planning, design, to help you in the limited time to say words with a certain gold content. We usually see a lot of national leaders, TED, as well as some famous entrepreneurs' speeches, the vast majority will need to use time to divide the content. It can be said that any impromptu speech without time division, it is difficult to achieve clarity.

So how do you build this framework? The most practical way is the general division structure.

For example, if you want to do a one-minute impromptu speech, it is necessary to consciously make the 60 seconds a three-part division, the beginning of 10 seconds, the end of 5 seconds, and the middle of the core body part of 45 seconds.

The beginning and the end are relatively easy, and the core body part in the middle is actually the hardest. You may want to ask, "Teacher, is there any set of rules that can help me output the core ideas in a short period of time?

Slow talking the second keyword: structural method.
Anything and everything, you can take its basic attributes and break them down according to a certain structure. The table has the structure of the table, the building has the structure of the building, for example, each building has its foundation, frame, architectural style, age and so on. Each marketing program has its products, prices, channels, publicity and so on.

For example, the leader suddenly named for you to express their views on the marketing program of the new product, then you can first quickly split in your mind about the marketing of several basic points, product, price, channel, and publicity, and then so that the development of the core point:

First: price-wise, I think the program is still very attractive. Compared with other products, it is indeed very competitive.

Second: from the quality point of view, a little suggestion, our product itself is very good quality, there need to be more ways for consumers to understand, so I suggest that you can send some trial packs in the promotion.

Third: advertising slogan, I think the current copywriting is very good, from the consumer's point of view, I was impressed.

Fourth: from the channel, I think ......
After these four points, it is basically a clear expression of the core point in an organized manner. Together with the beginning and the summary of a sentence or two, it can be said to have completed a relatively qualified impromptu speech.

There is a saying, "Speak slowly, but think quickly," which tells people that the mouth must not move faster than the brain, and that speaking should always be followed by thinking. Words spoken without thinking are like water thrown out, and the consequences may be irreversible. Therefore, before you speak, learn to think and make yourself the master of your words, not a slave to them.