High-Leverage Moves

Four ways to command attention from any chair:

• Strategic silence: speak less than everyone else, so each thing you do say carries weight
• Build on others: "Adding to what Alex said..." shows you were listening and lifts the other person
• Ask the hard question: the one everyone is thinking but nobody wants to say first
• Summarize and synthesize: pull the loose threads together to show you see the whole picture

The thread connecting all four is the same: quality over quantity. One sharp contribution beats ten forgettable ones.