Difficulty speaking up during virtual meetings

We all struggle to speak up at times for many reasons:

• It's harder to read physical and social cues onscreen and even impossible on a big team.
• If you're a junior employee or still new to the company, you may feel reserved around your teammates.
• You may feel your ideas are still half-baked and won't be seen as valuable.
• You may feel someone more experienced may take your suggestions as personal critiques.

However, if you stay silent, the quality of collective decisions may suffer.