Why Smart Women's Ideas Get Ignored in Meetings — Free Masterclass
Free live masterclass · 15 April 2025

Why smart women's ideas get ignored in meetings

A 90-minute working session that shows you how to design communication so your ideas actually move something — not just get noted.

Tuesday, 15 April
18:00 CET
Live · Replay included
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Free to attend. Replay sent to all registrants.

Hosted by TEDx Speaker DiSC Certified Crucial Conversations Facilitator 200+ leaders trained 40+ countries
Why this exists

You present the idea clearly. Nothing moves.

You explain the reasoning. You walk through the evidence. You answer every question. People nod. Someone says "interesting." The meeting moves on.

Later — sometimes five minutes later — someone else says something similar and the room pays attention.

"The idea wasn't wrong. The moment was never designed."

This is one of the most common experiences for capable women in leadership — and it almost never has anything to do with confidence, preparation, or the quality of the idea.

Most of us were taught to explain our thinking. We were never taught to design communication around what we want to move. That is what this session is about.

What you leave with

One framework. One idea, ready to land.

This is a working session — you apply the framework to a real conversation before you leave.

01
Why ideas fail in meetings

What's actually going wrong — and why it's rarely about delivery or confidence.

02
The Strategic Speaking lens

How to design communication around outcomes, not content — a shift that changes everything.

03
One practical framework

A tool you can use in your next meeting, pitch, or leadership conversation — immediately.

04
A prepared real conversation

You leave with a prepared version of one actual communication moment you're facing now.

The Strategic Speaking approach

A different way to prepare

Strategic Speaking is built on one principle: design the outcome before you design the message.

Most people prepare

  • What they're going to say
  • The explanation and the evidence
  • How to answer objections
  • How to sound prepared

Strategic speakers prepare

  • What they want to move
  • The decision, shift, or outcome
  • Who needs to move, and why
  • What the other person needs to understand
What happens inside

90 minutes. One idea. Real practice.

No slides full of theory. No passive listening. Here's how the session runs.

0:00–0:10
Opening
Welcome, context, and one question that frames everything.
0:10–0:25
The problem
Why good ideas get ignored — and what's actually going wrong.
0:25–0:45
The Strategic Speaking lens
Three questions strategic communicators ask before they speak — with a live example.
0:45–1:10
Live working session
You apply the framework to a real conversation you need to have. Live coaching included.
1:10–1:20
Close + Q&A
Open questions and what's next if you want to go deeper.
What participants say

Real results from real leaders

From leaders who've worked with Shivangi and Tanya on strategic communication.

★★★★★

"With the advice, I managed to double the orders I had for an upcoming event."

JB
Jennifer Beckford
Cuisine Supreme
★★★★★

"It gave me the tools, structure, and most importantly, the confidence to speak freely and authentically."

SA
Simone Ariane Ahrens-Mende
Executive Leader, Clinical Research & Operations
★★★★★

"Helped me go from a corporate presenter hiding behind slides to a true storyteller owning the stage."

ER
Emily Rappitt
Founder, Emily Julia Coaching · Ex-Deloitte, EFG Bank
★★★★★

"Every time I interacted, I always walked away with solid, actionable advice and with more confidence and certainty."

SM
Shuang Min
★★★★★

"I moved from just presenting information to truly inspiring my audience."

TG
Thiago Gomes de Lima
Global Capex Procurement Director · Lonza
★★★★★

"It immediately clarified where we were, what we need to improve, and how to move forward."

SY
Shi Yan Bo
Shaolin Temple Yunnan
Who this is for

This session is for you if any of these feel familiar

You don't need to tick every box. One is enough.

Your ideas often go quiet in meetings — even when you know they're right
You prepare well, but the conversation doesn't land the way you expected
You want your voice to carry more weight in important rooms
You're navigating a career transition, pitch, or leadership change where communication stakes are higher
You're tired of relying on confidence as the strategy — and want a method instead
You have a conversation coming up that actually matters and you want to be ready for it

This is not a presentation skills workshop. It is not about becoming more polished. It is about understanding how to design communication moments so they produce something.

Your hosts

Tanya & Shivangi

A shared methodology developed by two practitioners at the intersection of strategy, craft, and performance.

Tanya MFK

Tanya MFK

Founder, Modern Business Mastery

Tanya's Success Design System has been the backbone of profitability for Fortune 500 companies since 2005. She works with senior leaders on high-stakes communication moments — investor pitches, board presentations, negotiation conversations — so results actually stick.

Shivangi Walke

Shivangi Walke

TEDx Speaker · Executive Coach · Founder, Thrive with Mentoring

A globally recognised leadership coach with two decades of experience across 40+ countries. DiSC certified and Crucial Conversations facilitator — she helps leaders translate clarity into presence, and presence into the kind of influence that actually moves rooms.

Free · Live · 15 April · Replay included

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