I'm a manager, and I'm struggling with this problem. I feel scared to talk anything official/seriously to a group of people. But I can add contribute to already ongoing conversation initiated by someone. I feel comfortable with that.(But only until the entire group starts focussing on me)<p>I feel very difficult to start a conversation when everybody is expecting me to start. My voice will tremble, and I try to finish conversation quickly without saying much
(But, trust me, I want to talk lot of ideas to my team)<p>And I want to overcome this. Please help. I pledge every day to overcome this, but I can't. (I somehow escape such meetings). I'm struggling for many years.
Several possibilities, not necessarily exclusive from each other.<p>A) Do you feel you can, and you do, in face to face, or smaller groups?<p>B) Do you feel empowered by your own managers to talk openly with your team? Do you ask advice/talk to them about that?<p>C) Do you also struggle the same way outside of work?<p>You may find some advice here, but I believe you could see 3/4 professional psychotherapists (? that's the role/specialty as we name it in France), and pick one that you feel best with, and work with him/her.<p>(no judgement/shame in that - I've lost several years convinced that I would not see a psy before I did, out of necessity)<p>D) Do you think/feel you could/would benefit from learning/practicing theater/acting or public speaking training? There's a whole spectrum of things to know/practice/be aware of that can help boost one's confidence when speaking/giving one's point of view here.<p>Edit: added D.