Leadership Improvisation and Preparation

Think of being in one of the following situations. How will you respond to it? Or if you’ve already been there, how did you respond?

  1. You’re leading the Q&A portion of an all-employee meeting, and someone asks a surprise question, one that seems to come out of left field.
  2. A speaker is running late to an important event, and someone asks you to stand in for them until they arrive.
  3. A colleague challenges a statement you just made in a meeting in front of your peers.
  4. A meeting presentation doesn’t flow as planned due to technical difficulties.
  5. You’re presenting your company’s quarterly financial statements, and an analyst asks a challenging question.

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