How to answer an unanswerable question at work?
Don’t interpret questions as critique. Anxious questions will often arrive with an angry edge or an insistent or judgmental tone. Though unintended, this intonation can be interpreted as frustration, as if your employee is actually saying, “Why do I have to draw attention to something you should have already addressed?”
How to answer an unanswerable question during a crisis?
Listen for the need underneath the question. During crisis, science tells us that our composure frays. When this happens, two things take place. We feel less safe, and sometimes, less able to clearly articulate our needs.
What’s the best way to answer a question?
In these cases, the most empathetic response is to calmly acknowledge what you don’t know. Telling the truth in the face of stern questions signals you trust whoever is asking. Practice your tone and physical delivery ahead of time. In the face of extreme emotions, people in authority don’t just deliver a message.
What does it mean to say no to a question?
Saying no. A straightforward refusal is simply to say that you are not going to answer the question. I’m not going to answer that. Note that saying you do not want to answer the question may well be seen as a delay, not a refusal, and so result in them persisting.
What does it mean to refuse to answer a question?
If they ask the question again or make a stronger demand that the question is answered, you can continue the silence or use another method. A straightforward refusal is simply to say that you are not going to answer the question. I’m not going to answer that.
How to answer the question that you wish had been asked?
Answer the question that you wish had been asked.’ The simplest approach is to act as if a question you want to be asked has been asked. Well actually I think there’s a problem with the water system, which has to be addressed now.
What’s the best way to not answer a question?
Another way of not answering the question is by simple lying or otherwise being less than wholly untruthful in some way. The most straightforward way of lying is complete fabrication, where you make up an answer that is entirely untrue. I have no idea what you are talking about. I have never met this person.
