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As a non-BA, I watch these meetings with all the golden gems you have and see the best BA's as almost a corporate therapist who has to help such a living organism function better again.

Love the way you explain the stuff ❤️ Thank you so much.

Saying “What questions do you have?” instead of “Are there any questions?” gets people to share the questions they might not otherwise ask. Try it!

You explained this so simply! Thank you! Still so relevant in 2022!

You definitely know how to engage your 'viewers/listeners'. Thank you for this, it's been 10 useful minutes!

Thanks very practical advice - I like the bonus point. What you've described we do do, but we under estimate our impact. This has been a valuable 10mins

Great and informative video, and very practical as well. Thank you Laura!

Loved the video. Thank you for putting together such content. :)

Well done! thanks!

Hi Laura. Thank you for sharing the 10 tips to engage with stakeholders...Much appreciated❤

You are amazing Laura! I hv been struggling b so much on difficult stakeholder engagement and this is like a secret recipe ...thanks so much

Start meeting on time Truly working meeting Ask questions -powerful -ask why 30 ways Quiet and listen Analyse Clarify what you didn't understand Reflect Action items

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Nice tips Laura, thank you!

thank you for the tips :) life saver :)

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:26 🕒 Start meetings on time to encourage punctuality and engagement. 01:18 📈 Ensure meetings are productive and tied to important project outcomes. 02:42 ❓ Ask powerful questions, including gap-filling questions, to gain valuable insights. 03:10 💡 Use bold statements to stimulate thinking and alternative answers. 03:34 🤐 Be a good listener, allowing stakeholders to work through answers in their heads. 04:28 📊 Utilize analysis tools to discover gaps and ask more insightful questions. 07:11 🗂 Assign clear action items to engage stakeholders and drive progress. 08:06 🚀 Address lack of engagement by showing how it impacts the project. 08:59 📣 Communicate the impact of stakeholders' actions on the project. 09:28 🌟 Believe in yourself to instill confidence and engagement in others. Made with HARPA AI

We could definitely change the title of BA to BT for Business Therapist 😂, because you explain the soft touch to asking questions and gaining trust soo well. Thank you 😊

Thanks for this useful tips every PhD student should know to communicate with their professors!!!!

My favorite is not understanding the system because the business process isn’t clear. The last try I tried the big bold statement I was let go. Clients can be crazy

Very nice tips...

very helpful tips thank you so much

Great stuff!

Hi Laura! Would you please make a video on roles and responsibilities of BA in product side?

Hi Laura! First want to share my feedback that it’s a great video. I also want to discuss one of my problem here which I am facing a lot these days. Let me introduce myself pls. I am an experienced business analyst and have handled multiple projects in my career so far, but I am struggling with one of my client at the moment. I am just engaged with this client couple of weeks ago and to mention, this client has a huge business running for the last 5 decades almost. Suddenly I have been given this client’s 3 projects to handle at a time and I don’t have any idea of their business. The projects are in pre-project phase which means I have to meet multiple stakeholders from different areas of business and to understand their current processes, gaps and improvement to define for to-be. This is one of the aspect of my role I had just said. I have actually replaced one of their BA who is a SME of business and have everything on her tips and was engaged with this client for the last 5 years. The way she used to handle the stakeholder meetings is not what I can do initially as I don’t have any knowledge about their business. And expectation from me is to handle and run all the meetings with same frequency and speed as earlier BA was doing. Could you please give me some tips here to handle this situation pls? It would be very helpful to me.

Hi Laura! Thanks for the advice! Question for you : what are the "analysis models" that you mention? Can you point me to videos, books, resources? Thanks!

thank you

Hi Laura, you keep saying that we must used our business analysis tools to formulate powerful questions. Which tools are these?