Having just got a new job there is lots of information you need, isn’t there. And it is really important to show how keen, challenging and curious you are by asking lots of questions, isn’t it.
Even better if you can leap in with some information when someone has got it wrong. Gives you a reason for being there.
But how and when do you give information without stopping the other person thinking for themselves? Or is that something you want to actively discourage anyway. Do you always really need to understand what someone is talking about……enough to interrupt them? What will your interruption do to their thinking? It is highly possible that things will become clear to you as they continue to speak, and if not, could you restrain yourself until they have finished before you ask for or give information?
What are your motives for giving information immediately – to deflect attention towards yourself, to show off, to be one up, to prove you need to be there?
On the other hand, how often have you not asked for fear of being thought stupid or just in case you had not been listening properly.
Ever withheld information from someone because ‘they never tell me what I need to know’ or because they are annoying. Just me, eh.
Accurate, complete and timely information is crucial to us all, but only at the right time.
Ask yourself, does this person need to know this right now?
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