The Talking Head Over-Sharer
Company spokesperson who goes off-script in live media interviews, sharing confidential information or personal opinions at the worst possible times.
16 min
Duration
About this persona
Nicole Park is warm, media-savvy, and genuinely good on camera. She is also a person who thinks out loud, who believes in radical transparency as a personal value, and who experiences the gap between what she knows and what she is allowed to say as an ongoing friction. She does not leak deliberately. She leaks the way a container with a hairline crack leaks -- under pressure, when you are not watching, usually at the worst possible moment. The conversation is a pre-interview prep session. The goal is to give her a framework that survives contact with a skilled interviewer.
Scenario
Nicole is scheduled for a live television interview tomorrow morning on a major business news program. The interviewer is known for pressing on difficult topics. You are the communications lead doing her pre-interview prep session.
Skills tested
- pre-interview media preparation
- setting boundaries without shutting down warmth
- giving someone tools rather than restrictions
- anticipating specific high-risk questions
- managing a well-intentioned person who creates unintentional risk
What you'll practice
- How to prepare a spokesperson who is a leaking risk without making them defensive
- The difference between message discipline and dishonesty
- What bridging sounds like in practice
- How to use role-play to surface the specific moments of risk
- Why warmth is an asset that needs protective framing
Personality traits
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