Building Confidence Through Speaking Your Mind
Suggested Strategy: Have employees practice speaking their minds in a constructive, controlled manner in situations that are safe, and you’ll notice their confidence boost.
Suggested Questions:
Î Rating Question: On a scale of one to six, with six being you feel confident in meetings to voice your opinions on a consistent basis, and one being that you feel like you hold back and hardly ever voice your opinions, where would you rate yourself and why? Î Self-Actualized Question: What can I do to support you to help you be more successful at voicing your opinions when they are warranted in meetings? Î Risk Question: What risk do you assume by not practicing the skills necessary to participate more in meetings?
Suggested Activities:
Î Define & Coach: Come up with a shared understanding of how and when to participate in meetings. Also come up with techniques they can use in order to develop their confidence in meetings. Come up with some easy phrases they can use when they feel like they need to voice their opinions. Î Whiteboard Coaching: On the left-hand side of the board, write down how the employee/team currently participates in meetings. Then, on the righthand side of the board, have them describe how and when they would ideally participate in meetings. Then erase the left side then ask them what actions need to be taken so the right side of the board becomes a reality.
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