It is rare to struggle with confidence in an area where you consider yourself an expert. Taking time to close the gaps in your knowledge or ability to perform a specific task usually improves how sure you are of your ability to produce the desired outcome. Confidence is also impactedhighly by fear, fear of failure and subsequent fear of judgement should one fail. Workplaces that apply agile principles allow for a safe for leaders and those that they lead to experiment and innovate without fearing failure. Failure is inherent to all human activity regardless of competence levels, it does not have to define us and if we invest in building our competence we will know this even when we fail. At the end of this episode the audience will understand the importance of continuously developing competence as a leader and how this offsets some of the big factors that affect confidence negatively.

The Role of Optimism and Confidence

Mastery Sessions with ZiphoBy Zipho SikhakhaneAug 31, 2022