{"id":2221,"date":"2021-01-22T21:10:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T21:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/167.172.54.60\/?p=2221"},"modified":"2026-04-14T14:34:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T13:34:34","slug":"women-and-virtual-meetings-is-your-voice-being-heard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.talking-talent.com\/us\/women-and-virtual-meetings-is-your-voice-being-heard\/","title":{"rendered":"Women and virtual meetings: is your voice being heard?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"hero-article-6a0389fa0a379\" class=\"hero-article page-block page-block--pdtop-reg page-block--pdbot-reg\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hero-article__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pill-tag pill-tag--blue-20\">Accelerating Leaders<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hero-article__date\">22 Jan 2021<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero-article__title\">Women and virtual meetings: is your voice being heard?<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-article__author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-article__author-avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.talking-talent.com\/us\/wp-content\/themes\/talking-talent\/library\/images\/branding\/logo-icon.svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hero-article__author-name\">Dru Patel<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-article__image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.talking-talent.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/vitaly-gariev-KXb8OE0Dya0-unsplash-scaled.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.talking-talent.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/vitaly-gariev-KXb8OE0Dya0-unsplash-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/staging.talking-talent.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/vitaly-gariev-KXb8OE0Dya0-unsplash-300x169.jpg 300w, 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sticky-content-sidebar__back\"><span>Back to articles<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n\t\t<div class=\"sticky-content-sidebar__content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"body-content\"><p>Great insight in this article by Andrea Grossman, Talking Talent Coach Director.<\/p>\n<p>A coachee recently told me that she had tried to share an opinion during an online meeting, but her voice was drowned out.\u00a0 She tried a few more times but found it intimidating to observe a sea of inexpressive faces. Eventually, she tells me, she stopped trying and just sat back.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time I have heard this.\u00a0 Today\u2019s remote work culture is having both a positive and negative impact on women in the workplace. A high percentage of women feel the changes brought on by the coronavirus pandemic will give them more flexibility to control their work schedule in the future. However, research is now starting to show that this same flexibility can potentially harm women\u2019s chances of being seen and heard at work.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-Covid, the annual McKinsey and LeanIn.org Women in the Workplace report in 2019 surveyed more than 68,000 employees, finding that half of the surveyed women had experienced being interrupted or spoken over and 38 per cent had others take credit for their ideas.\u00a0 And this was in a face to face environment. With remote working becoming the norm, our method of communication has shifted to video conferencing platforms such as Zoom, Skype and Microsoft Teams.\u00a0 In a survey last year of US working adults, Catalyst, a nonprofit organisation that works to accelerate women into leadership, found that 45% of women business leaders say it\u2019s difficult for women to speak up in virtual meetings and one in five women say they\u2019ve felt ignored or overlooked by colleagues during video calls.\u00a0 So it seems that for many women, virtual meetings replicate \u2013 rather than resolve \u2013 the frequent inequities they experience in organisational life.<\/p>\n<p>The main challenge concerns how to get heard. In a typical video meeting, there is a gallery of small, passport-size faces (including your own). It can be hard to secure a valued speaking turn when all the usual visual and behavioural cues that support conversational flow are stripped away. Without these, many women report that it\u2019s the loudest and most\u00a0determined whose voices dominate and become the most influential. Those who say little or nothing risk becoming invisible.<\/p>\n<p>Virtual meetings look likely to remain central to our work culture, so what can be done to help those who are finding it a challenge to be heard? Here are a few tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Think about what you can do before the meeting.\u00a0 If there is an agenda, getting yourself on it will guarantee you visibility. Alternatively posting questions and ideas ahead of the meeting will demonstrate that you want to be an active participant, as well as allowing you to formulate your thoughts in advance.\u00a0 Planning ahead for meetings can also be helpful for those who are more introverted personality types, allowing time to research and reflect on the topic under discussion and plan what you want to say.<\/li>\n<li>Speak up early! Taking the initiative early on will allow you to feel more relaxed afterwards, which will in turn make it more likely that you will contribute more over the course of the meeting.\u00a0 Holding back may increase your anxiety and may also lead to someone else making the same point that you were going to make.<\/li>\n<li>Be succinct.\u00a0 Nervousness can make us ramble which can lead to our message being lost and impact being reduced.\u00a0 Once you\u2019ve said what you want to say, simply finish speaking. People will appreciate your efficient delivery and use of time.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid \u201cqualifiers\u201d.\u00a0 Women in particular can inadvertently use these \u2013 words that can undermine your message and weaken the impact of your statements. Examples include, \u201cis that ok?\u201d, \u201cdoes that make sense?\u201d, \u201cSorry that..\u201d, \u201cI hope to..\u201d, \u201cPerhaps we could\u2026\u201d Try to speak with authority and confidence (even if you are paddling furiously under the surface!).<\/li>\n<li>Ask questions.\u00a0 If you are stuck for things to say or feeling too intimidated to offer a point of view, try asking questions about what others are saying.\u00a0 This can demonstrate that you\u2019re engaged and\u00a0interested.\u00a0Preparing some questions in advance of the meeting can help with this.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Company leaders also need to do their part to ensure that a culture of talking over women, or not giving them sufficient opportunity to have their say, doesn\u2019t persist. Online communication can strip away many of the subtle, nonverbal cues that managers and team leaders are trained to pick up on to keep meetings moving forward. Video conferences make it harder to know how long to pause before letting someone else speak or when someone else wants to jump in unless they wave their arms around wildly.\u00a0 Here are some things that can make a difference if you are a manager arranging a virtual meeting:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Limit the group size where possible \u2013 not everyone has to be invited to everything. The larger the group the harder it is for some to give their input.\u00a0 If the meeting has to be large, use smaller breakout sessions to encourage informal dialogue.<\/li>\n<li>Think about how the meeting will be structured.\u00a0 Using online tools such as Slido encourage participation without people needing to speak out loud.\u00a0 Or just making good use of the chat function can be extremely helpful for some.<\/li>\n<li>If possible, send round an agenda before the meeting. This will give people time to prepare and will maximise the time available.<\/li>\n<li>Ask everyone in the meeting specific questions so that every single person has an opportunity to speak.<\/li>\n<li>Make a point of turning on your camera for every meeting, which will encourage others to do the same<\/li>\n<li>Be actively encouraging. Pick up on other people\u2019s ideas and develop them \u2013 but don\u2019t take the credit! Sticky notes and virtual whiteboards can help attendees to brainstorm in person and online.<\/li>\n<li>Be a role model \u2013 set the tone for non-judgmental, inclusive and respectful behaviour.\u00a0 In the same way that you would prioritise an inclusive culture in the office, it is important to prioritise it in a remote work environment to get the best out of your people.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Meetings, whether face to face or virtual, are a vital way to increase visibility, boost confidence and ensure career progression.\u00a0 It has now moved from \u201cdesirable\u201d to \u201cnecessary\u201d to learn how to navigate your way through the virtual workplace or to give your colleagues the maximum support in doing so.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"sticky-content-sidebar__related-insight\" aria-labelledby=\"related-insight-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sticky-content-sidebar__related-insight-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 id=\"related-insight-heading\" 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