You're listening to Women at Work from Harvard Business Review.
I'm Amy Bernstein.
And I'm Amy Gallo.
This is our Essentials series where we explore key career skills and make management advice practical and relatable.
We do that by bringing together experts on those skills and audience members who want to get better at them.
Okay.
Amy B. I have been in many meetings with you over the years,
and you are particularly good at asking purposeful questions.
What do you mean by that, Amy?
Purposeful questions have a clear purpose.
They're intentional, and they also are clear in that we know exactly what you're getting at.
They have impact.
They should elucidate a point or they should move the conversation forward in some way.
And they invite openness rather than defensiveness.
I just want to note here that these are the same traits that you see in executive presence.
They come from confidence and draw on your emotional intelligence, your ability to read the room.
Yeah.
That actually ties really well into why our audience member,
slash guest volunteered for this episode.
Her name is Megan.