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. Shortlisted for CMI management Book
of the Year 2020
