Silence at work does not always look like sitting quietly in a meeting.
It can look like automatically agreeing, never expressing a preference, allowing someone else to take credit, saying yes before checking your own capacity or becoming known as the woman who is always “easy to work with.”
In this Quick Lift, Betsy breaks down the biggest takeaways from her conversation with Elaine Lin Hering, author of Unlearning Silence, and shares practical ways to start using your voice without becoming the loudest person in the room.
You’ll learn:
• The subtle ways women silence themselves
• Why your perspective becomes more valuable as you advance
• Two questions that can help you reconnect with what you think and need
• A simple phrase for disagreeing without creating unnecessary conflict
• How small, low-risk experiments can help you build confidence
• Why telling people how to support you is not selfish
Being loud is not about dominating every conversation. It is about knowing who you are, understanding what you think and need, and no longer withholding yourself to make everyone else more comfortable.
