Taking a Seat at the Table How to

Taking a Seat at the Table How to Convey Your Unique Talent at Meetings Learning Circles for Women Leaders Department of Energy TEAM D ANN AUGUSTYN LOIS BUITANO ARDEN DOUGAN KRISTEN ELLIS PATRICIA POOLE -SHIRRIEL January 15 th, 2015

Challenges to women’s effectiveness at meetings 2

Situational Awareness and Pre-Planning 3 � Understand your organization’s culture � Know the real power hierarchy � Master the “pre-meeting” � What (more) am I trying to accomplish?

Creating and Executing Your Plan 4 �Know your audience �Prepare your Elevator Speech �Do your homework

At the Meeting 5 � Where to sit � Listen actively � Body language � Communicate

Mistakes to Avoid 6 � Meandering � Not answering the question you are asked � Being the last to speak

Mistakes to Avoid 7 � Doing the “office housework”

Effecting Change 8 � Create access opportunities and build connections � Discourage pointless perfection and stop negative self-talk � Exercise good judgment � Get out of your comfort zone

Happy New Year! Set Goals and Effect Change 9 � Identify two or three specific, realistic areas for achievement � Build upon our strengths, work on a weakness � Write your goals down � Share with others � Create an actionable plan � Regularly assess progress � Celebrate achievements!

Sources 10 � “Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman”, by Gail Evans � “Women, Find Your Voice”, Harvard Business Review June 2014 � “Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office” by Lois Frankel � “The Loudest Duck” by Laura Liswood � “The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance --- What Women Should Know” by Katty Kay & Claire Shipman � “A Portable Mentor” by Kendall Steward, MD � “Finding, and Owning, Their Voice”, New York Times Business Section, Sunday Nov 16, 2014 � “Taking Notes Isn’t ‘Women’s Work’: What To Do When You’re the Default Admin”, FORBES 10/18/2013 � “Sticking women with the office housework”, Washington Post, April 16, 2014