Women's Leadership - Women, Find Your Voice

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Jill flynn is a founding partner of the consulting firm flynn heath holt. She and her team of consultants work with women to be more effective as business leaders. They've also done research about women's performance in meetings. One piece of that advice was to master the premeting. If you, like me, often feel too busy to have a pre meeting, or are just wondering what the hecket even is,. Hereis still to explain the meeting. The meeting is not where everything happens. Decisions may be discussed, potential options. Depending on the focus of the meeting, we have got to prepare. And so many of us don't do that. We say

Have you ever been in a meeting and shared an idea, only to have it ignored? Then, 10 minutes later, a guy shares the same idea, and your boss says “Great idea!” (Grrr.) Or maybe you’ve been told you apologize too much, don’t speak up enough, or that you need more “confidence” or “leadership presence.” (Ugh.) In this episode, we tackle three aspects of communication: first, how and why women’s speech patterns differ from men’s; second, how women can be more assertive in meetings; and third, how women can deal with interrupters (since the science shows women get interrupted more often than men do). Guests: Deborah Tannen is a professor of linguistics at Georgetown University. She is best known as the author of the bestseller “You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation.” Jill Flynn is a founding partner at Flynn Heath Holt Leadership. Amy Gallo is an HBR contributing editor and author of the “HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict.” Our theme music is Matt Hill’s “City In Motion,” provided by Audio Network. For links to the articles mentioned in this episode, as well as other information about the show, visit hbr.org/podcasts/women-at-work.