How to chat with leaders? Understanding is the premise, attitude is the key, but also pay attention to some taboos
Some people in the workplace can be brilliant at work and can handle all kinds of things in an orderly manner, but when they are alone with their leaders, they can't chat happily, and there is always an embarrassing situation in the cold field. In fact, there are certain skills in refusing to be cold.
If you want to have a pleasant chat with the leader, you must fully understand the prerequisites, be a little casual in your attitude, neither humble nor arrogant, and don’t talk about privacy, relationships, right and wrong in content, and talk about what the leader likes and don’t show off what you are good at. Only then can the chat continue. Go down and let the leaders point the country in high spirits.
- Learn more about the leader's spare time activities and hobbies
Whether it is a leader or a friend in life, understanding each other is the premise of being able to chat happily. If you want to be calm and natural when chatting with leaders, to have common topics and not to be cold, you need to pay more attention to the leader's spare time activities and hobbies, and know what the leader likes and what he usually does.
Only by understanding the leader's hobbies and daily life can you find topics that you can share with yourself, and you can do it well when chatting. From the leader's hobbies, find a few points that are more suitable for you, and naturally develop in this direction when chatting, and you will have a good conversation.
- Be respectful, slightly casual and neither humble nor arrogant in attitude
Occasionally on business trips with the leader, it is unavoidable to get along alone on the journey, and it is inevitable to chat at home; the leader is approachable, often attends the gatherings of colleagues, and has three dishes and five flavors, and chatting is also a common thing. If you still maintain the respectful attitude of the unit, the leaders will gradually lose their enthusiasm, and the embarrassment of being in the cold is inevitable.
When chatting with leaders, while maintaining respect, don’t be too restrained, be a little more casual than usual, but don’t let yourself go too far. If silence is golden in normal times, but eloquent eloquence at this time will arouse suspicion and disgust among the leaders, making them feel that you are a person who is different in appearance and has a deep sense of government, and will "look at you with admiration" from now on.
- Important things to note when chatting with leaders
Having the opportunity to chat and chat with leaders can enhance mutual understanding and bring closer feelings between each other, which is a rare opportunity for professionals in the workplace. But if you don't know how to avoid those taboo topics, the effect will be counterproductive.
Don't talk about privacy and right and wrong.
Chat with the leader at any time, do not involve the leader's privacy and the disputes between colleagues. The most important thing in the workplace is the safety boundary. Even if you know the leader's privacy, even if the topic of the leader's discussion is closely related to this aspect, you must pretend not to know.
There is also a saying among the common people, "Don't talk about other people's faults", and you should pay special attention to this when chatting with leaders. When there are so few opportunities to chat with leaders, focus all your energy on making small reports, talking about the right and wrong of colleagues, and revealing all the shortcomings of colleagues' parents, which will not only make leaders look down on it, but also may Spread it to your colleagues and have a bad influence on you.
Don't talk about credit and fault.
If you are in a non-working environment with your leader, if you have such an opportunity for small talk, don't bring the topic to work unless the leader deliberately proposes it. Leaders may not like to be at work every time of the day, and they also need to be infected and nurtured by life emotions in order to maintain a bad love for life.
If there is no way to get into the topic of work, you must be careful not to turn the chat into a scene of asking for credit. Don’t be elated, bombastic, and boastful when it comes to work performance; When chatting as a child, try to sincerely ask for some specific questions to satisfy the habits of some leaders such as "being a good teacher".
Talk about the topics the leader likes but don't overwhelm them.
At any time, don't forget that the leader is the protagonist, you are only the role of the chat, and you must not take the lead when chatting with the leader. Try to follow the premise of fully understanding the leader's interests and hobbies, try to introduce the topic into the content that the leader is interested in and familiar with, so that the conversation will not cause a cold scene.
When chatting, even if you are an expert in this field, don’t make rhetoric, express some professional and avant-garde views, and use your own mature thinking to guide the leaders to talk about trivial and interesting things, and gradually make the chat more pleasant , rather than becoming an opportunity for one’s own bragging to backfire.
- Epilogue
To have the opportunity to chat with leaders, you must grasp the scale, be a little casual rather than respectful, know how to avoid taboos and be able to chat happily. These are superb skills that mature workplace people need to have. You need to summarize and think more in peacetime. Of course, It must be different from person to person, and one experience cannot dictate all occasions. The workplace is like rivers and lakes, and it is prudent and cautious.