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[quote=Anonymous]I think in almost all cases it's the employee. I had staff who would never speak up. During a review, I told one of them that they ought to contribute to meetings. They said they felt that people who talked in meetings were showing off. I tried to change this point of view to little success.

Another person who never spoke in two years of meetings was a Japanese-American woman. I mention this because I later read the book Quiet about introverts. It mentioned the cultural differences that can make people not want to speak up and I thought of her. My friend who is a professor at a school in SoCal with a lot of Asian students found this helpful and she decided to change her approach in class.

I think learning to speak effectively in meetings is a skill that people need to learn. By that I mean that they contribute something useful, don't waste others time but do contribute when appropriate. Unless you're in the room with an abusive and belittling manager, people should contribute when asked to.

A manager also needs to use an agenda and stick to it, listen, ask questions, move the topic along when needed, act respectfully towards the speaker and table some discussions.[/quote]

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