Chapter 2

Trust: in your voice and the voices of others

A person stands at a desk opposite another person. The person thinks, the value of my opinion? The value of their opinion?

This chapter will help you understand when and why you speak up, confident and trusting in your own opinion – and when you silence yourself because you’re not sure. We will help you reflect on why you sometimes listen and why, at other times, you silence others because of judgements you make, consciously or unconsciously, about the value of what they have to say.

You will learn:

  • why trust is at the heart of speaking up and listening up
  • how to hear your different inner voices and which ones can sabotage you
  • to see how power affects who you speak up to and whose opinion you do and ...

Get Speak Up ePub eBook now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.