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These are fantastic.

>3. Encourage everyone to “take a step back”

This one is the best cause it is so damn effective at getting everyone to pay attention to you without you having to say anything of substance.

>8. Ask the presenter to go back a slide

Because clearly the presenter doesn't know enough to give you the most pertinent information on their own slides.



“take a step back” is also the right thing to say in a lot of situations; it's very easy for people to get lost in the details of one proposed solution instead of deciding which solution is best or even what the exact goal is.


> Because clearly the presenter doesn't know enough to give you the most pertinent information on their own slides.

Actually this is often the case. Most people who have never worked in management consulting are terrible at building presentations.




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