Shortlisted for CMI management Book of the Year 2020
"A powerful book on an important topic. Speak Up helps us understand
the subtle elements that contribute to our holding back valuable ideas
and observations. Their TRUTH framework - which is as practical as it is
rigorous - identifies essential elements to help individuals find their
voice. " Amy Edmondson, Professor, Harvard Business School, Author, The
Fearless Organization (Wiley, 2019)
What you say or don't say in a conversation can have life-defining
consequences on ourselves and those around us. Speak Up helps you to
navigate power differences so you can speak up with confidence and
enable others to find their voice in a way that will be heard.
Our day-to-day conversations define how we see ourselves and how we're
seen. The choices we make about what to say and who to say it to are
decisive factors in whether we get promoted, or side-lined. Whether we
steer clear of trouble, or find ourselves in it up to our necks. With
daily scandals hitting the headlines and the continuous need to innovate
to survive, creating a more honest, open, fulfilling and productive
workplace has never been more pressing.
Our conversational choices harness the ideas and intelligence of the
people we work with, or result in that revolutionary concept never
seeing the light of day. They make us feel proud or ashamed of ourselves
for what we have or have not said. They cause us to flourish and feel
motivated, or result in us feeling dissatisfied and resentful.
Speak Up helps you to navigate power differences and speak up with
confidence in a way that you will be heard. But it's no good speaking up
if there isn't anyone listening so we also help you to understand how
your power enables others to speak up and how it might silence them.
