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SPEAKING-UP-IN-MEETINGS5 MIN READ

Lines to keep handy

Recall reusable lines for clarifying, challenging, inviting, and pausing in meetings.

You need to challenge an assumption. PREP challenge The room is about to approve a plan based on an assumption you can question with evidence. Your line Before we decide, I want to test one assumption. The plan depends on [reason], and [example] suggests risk. Can we check [specific thing] first? This assumption is wrong. It challenges the assumption, not the person, and ends with a bounded ask. Invite vs. volunteer Airtime choice Airtime awareness favors the person with the evidence. What is the safest way to say "we are moving too fast"? I want to slow down for one…

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