Handling The Interruption: Listen And Respond
- Understand why your peer has interrupted you, and it has a different agenda, like changing the topic or to get you to stop, you can make direct eye contact with the interrupter and speak up.
- You can say you need to finish your point on this important topic so that everyone is informed.
- If the objective of the interruption was to criticize you, you can say that any feedback is welcome after you have shared your perspective.
- If a senior has interrupted you during the meeting, wait for it to end and go for a one-on-one to clear the matter.
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