What is a ‘blowtorch on the belly’ question? What is a soft question? Former Foreign Correspondent for Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Michael Dodd, explains the differences in these lines of questioning sharing stories of when he interviewed business leaders, politicians and officials. Nowadays, Michael focuses on helping people provide great answers to the tough ‘blowtorch on the belly’ questions which is much needed in their preparation for tough conversations, media interviews or vital pitches.

 

KEY TAKEAWAY

“A great answer goes beyond the question in that it gets across a message very much on the topic of the question! A great answer often involves a certain amount of show not tell.”

 

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Great Answers To Tough Questions At Work by Michael Dodd

 

ABOUT MICHAEL DODD

Michael Dodd is an international speaker and one-time broadcast journalist who helps audiences and individual professionals to get their message across – face-to-face, through the news media and across the web. Michael’s been awarded the “New Speaker of the Year" title from the Academy for Chief Executives. His work includes helping business leaders, sales teams, academics, international officials, diplomats and civil servants to give great answers to tough questions in professional conversations and media interviews.

 

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