Finding Your Voice as a Woman in Business

Archery ClubFinding Your Voice, Led By: Christina

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When a woman speaks in a professional setting, she walks a tightrope. Either she’s barely heard or she’s judged as too aggressive.T H E N E W YO R K T I M E S

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Female executives, vastly outnumbered in boardrooms and C-suites and with few role models and sponsors, report feeling alone, unsupported, outside their comfort zones, and unable to advocate forcefully for their perspectives in many high-level meetings.H A RVA R D B U S I N E SS R E V I E W

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THE DIVERSITY

ANTI-CYCLE

Key Strategies

Practice

Have a list of points that you could say

prepared and practices so that you are

confident and ready. Be succinct,

don’t go off on tangents and be

relevant.

Don’t Apologize

When you apologize you undermine

yourself.

Balance Passion

Being too passionate makes you look

emotional. Being too deadpan makes

your message go unheard.

Discussion & Sharing

Articles and conferences for

future learning.

Deep Dive

• https://hbr.org/2014/06/women-find-your-voice

• http://www.diversitywoman.com/speak-up-

and-dont-apologize/

• Conference: http://speakupwomen.com/about/

• https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/opinion/

sunday/speaking-while-female.html?_r=0

• http://jezebel.com/study-shows-women-and-

minorities-are-punished-for-speak-1766927323

• http://time.com/3666135/sheryl-sandberg-

talking-while-female-manterruptions/

• Google “Women Speaking Up”

Thank You.