Boosting Your Confidence at Work - A Toolbox for Success

Introduction

Professional confidence is the feeling of self-assurance that you are able to handle your role. But managing your emotions and their impact on your behaviour can be tricky.

In this virtual classroom seminar we will explore what it feels and looks like to be confident at work. It provides a toolbox of activities to improve your self-confidence (what you feel) and confidence (how you behave) at work - whether in person or virtually.

Don’t let a lack of confidence hold back your career.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive session will cover the following:

What is Confidence?

• Imposter syndrome and common confidence challenges

What Stops us Feeling Confident?

• Most people
• Competence - inadequate knowledge and experience
• Cognitive bias and labelling
• Adverse feedback
• Mistakes, conflict and losses
• Some people
• Anxiety and fear response
• Cognitive distortions
• Low self-esteem, perfectionism and inner critics
• Depression and mental illness

How to Feel Confident (Internal Change)

• Take charge of your physical health (and trick your system)
• Relax and be yourself
• Ingroups - have empathy and seek similarities
• Analyse your strengths and achievements
• Perspectives - seek and evaluation feedback
• Learn to self-calm and build your resilience
• Assess their expectations and your confidence
• Associate with radiators

How to Appear Confident (External Change)

• Attire and appearance
• Research and preparation
• Manage perceptions and visibility
• Importance of non-verbal communication (NVC)
• Eyes and facial expression
• Body posture
• Voice
• Social skills - conversation and curiosity
• Set boundaries - be assertive
• Leverage influence and power
• In virtual environments

Summary

• The role of networks, coaches and mentors
• Guarding against arrogance and over-confidence
• Action planning

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.