大家都知道会议有交流信息、交换意见、达成一致等多种作用,可并非人人都知道会议还有发现人才的作用。从领导者的角度来说,在众多参会者中,发言积极且观点鲜明、有理有据、条理清晰者往往令人刮目相看。在笔者亲历的一场会议中,一位年轻的副处长因为现场发言被单位一把手看好,很快被提拔为正处,并委以重任。一把手会后评价说:“他的发言准备充分、观点明确、数据详实、表达干净利 We all know that the meeting has many functions such as exchanging information, exchanging opinions and reaching consensus. But not everyone knows that there is the role of the conference in discovering talents. From a leader’s point of view, it is often impressive to have a positive, clear-cut, well-founded and well-articulated argument among many participants. During a conference personally witnessed by the author, a young deputy director was optimistic about the top ten unit because of the on-site speeches and was quickly promoted to being in charge and entrusted with the task. After the first leader said: ”His speech was well-prepared, his point of view was clear, the data was accurate,