This 19-page kit gives you prepared sentences, one-page tools and small workarounds for meetings with fast talkers and unwritten rules, so you can contribute without having to improvise under pressure.
Meetings run on rules nobody wrote down: when to come in, how finished a thought has to be before you say it, what silence means, and who gets credit for the idea. Some people absorb all of this automatically. Others work it out slowly, usually after the meeting. This kit is for the second group. It won't make you louder, and it isn't trying to. Instead, it gives you:
Words ready in advance (lines for getting in, being put on the spot, asking for time, interruptions, credit, opting out and online meetings)
Two registers (most lines come in a gentle and a direct version, and neither is the right one)
Tools that fit on a page (a two-minute prep sheet and follow-up templates)
Workarounds for the meeting after the meeting (the check that catches what the room decided without you)
What's inside:
A two-minute page to fill in before any meeting
A worked example of one meeting, start to finish, including the bits that don't go to plan
A ten-line pocket card you can print or screenshot
A script bank with room for your own versions
What to do when it doesn't land (the room says no, talks over you, or you lose the thread)
Follow-up templates, and a note and email for asking your manager for what helps
A decoder for what common meeting phrases often mean
No confidence hacks, no "fake it", no instruction to perform extroversion.
Fillable PDF | 19 pages | Instant digital download
This 19-page kit gives you prepared sentences, one-page tools and small workarounds for meetings with fast talkers and unwritten rules, so you can contribute without having to improvise under pressure.
Meetings run on rules nobody wrote down: when to come in, how finished a thought has to be before you say it, what silence means, and who gets credit for the idea. Some people absorb all of this automatically. Others work it out slowly, usually after the meeting. This kit is for the second group. It won't make you louder, and it isn't trying to. Instead, it gives you:
Words ready in advance (lines for getting in, being put on the spot, asking for time, interruptions, credit, opting out and online meetings)
Two registers (most lines come in a gentle and a direct version, and neither is the right one)
Tools that fit on a page (a two-minute prep sheet and follow-up templates)
Workarounds for the meeting after the meeting (the check that catches what the room decided without you)
What's inside:
A two-minute page to fill in before any meeting
A worked example of one meeting, start to finish, including the bits that don't go to plan
A ten-line pocket card you can print or screenshot
A script bank with room for your own versions
What to do when it doesn't land (the room says no, talks over you, or you lose the thread)
Follow-up templates, and a note and email for asking your manager for what helps
A decoder for what common meeting phrases often mean
No confidence hacks, no "fake it", no instruction to perform extroversion.
Fillable PDF | 19 pages | Instant digital download