And then afterwards, you and a few colleagues discuss how no one else got a chance to say anything?
The key question here is this: What stopped YOU from voicing your thoughts?
Sometimes, we feel that in discussions, someone should ASK US for our opinion. The reality is that in meetings, we need to back ourselves and speak up.
If it’s a virtual meeting, use the Hand emoji to indicate that:
💛 either you would like to say something, or
💚 you would like to invite someone else to provide their perspective.
If it’s a real world meeting, use signals to indicate the same. Lean forward. Raise your hand. Open your mouth as if to speak. Interrupt.
Do what you have to – but if you leave a meeting and feel resentful that you did not get a chance to speak, I would ask what you did to enable that to happen.
Sometimes, you have to be bolshie about these things. 😍
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