Creating Space to Speak

Be intentional about inviting everyone to speak in your group meetings and reap the reward. Yep, that’s the gist of this episode. It’s that simple.

To help you start and keep doing this, we talk about how and why this works – and how to make it a habit.

Work results are better when people get to introduce themselves: research shows that when medical team members introduce themselves by name in an operating room, this can reduce complications. It is not necessarily because people share their name, but because when they’ve spoken, it becomes more likely that they’ll speak again.

It gets you into a space of more ease, remembering that your voice has just as much power and volume as everybody else’s. And when all get to speak, that makes it easier for everyone present to be the one to bring up that brilliant idea, whoever that happens to come from that day. By using your voice and encouraging other voices at the table you’re moving the dynamic of the group forward.

It sounds so simple. It’s amazing how it can change the dynamic in a room. And yet it gets overlooked all the time.

So, this is something you’ll want to remind yourself of. Either simply by inviting everyone to introduce themselves, or by always having a check-in that suits the situation (in person or online, small or large group).

Make it an intentional ingredient in the design of every meeting: inviting everybody’s presence into the space, inviting everybody’s voice to the table. Simply set the scene, every time.

More about us:

Lisa Dempsey – https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisakdempsey/ - https://www.leadershiplabs.eu

Marjolijn Vlug – https://www.linkedin.com/in/marjolijnvlug/ - https://www.marjolijnvlug.nl/

Reach us both at PeopleImpactPodcast@gmail.com