 At the Engineering Management Institute we help engineers become effective managers and leaders and in this video I want to help you to deal with people that talk and talk and talk and don't let you into the conversation. In our Engineering Management Accelerator people skills course we teach active listening methods to help engineers be more engaged with their team members or with their clients or supervisors and I often get the question what happens if someone doesn't stop talking and they don't let you into the conversation. How do you deal with that? This is the best way that you can deal with that. You'll have to interrupt them which normally is rude but you do it in this way. Hold on before you go any further what you said that was really important I want to take note of it and I also have a comment on it that I want to give to you now so I don't forget about it later. By doing that you're interrupting them in a positive way and you're actually complimenting them letting them know that you really like the information and you want to relate to it now to give them some value. I know it's not easy but if you do this over time with someone you can develop a cadence with them back and forth and eventually they may pause or give you the brakes that you're looking for. So again just politely ask them to stop so you can take note of it and comment on it and then you can move the conversation along. Hope you found that helpful please subscribe to our YouTube channel here we put up weekly videos focused on helping engineers develop in their careers and go from engineer to manager a powerful leader. Until next time please continue to engineer your own success.