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Yes. I feel like my personality disappears when talking about work related things.
Knowing the topic to perfection was what helped me the most. I was ready for any possible question. English isn’t my first language, so on top of delivering the message I was terrified about not understanding my audience when asking questions.
This is a great point. Being an expert on something helps be more comfortable speaking up
All day everyday couldn’t relate to this post any more.
Was always a heavily introverted person and rarely spoke in any zoom meetings my first year at my firm. Albeit, some things that heavily helped me get more involved and comfortable speaking in meetings with my VP, ED, and CFO are:
1. As someone mentioned - Being an expert in your field makes you more confident in your responses and others will see you as a valuable resource.
2) If in a small enough meeting and when appropriate it helps to take a few minutes to get to know the people you meet with regularly. (Having a common interest really helps break the ice and helps to start building relationships)
3) Acknowledging each person is different. Extra work for yourself but recognizing others habits, ticks, or workplace behavior can help make building relationships easier. (Look up “emotional intelligence” to give you more info)
4) Being organized and prepared for meetings when possible: If you know the material being covered in a meeting its best practice to have a structured outline. That way you can check off topics you need to cover or return to in case you got off tracked during the meeting