Leadership Building confidence as a skill While you can’t control or change how others see you, you can change how you perceive and present yourself. We unpack the very precise art of building your career confidence. By FW Leadership While you can’t control or change how others see you, you can change how you perceive and present yourself. We unpack the very precise art of building your career confidence. By FW Previous article Overcoming perfectionism and fear of failure Next article Breaking stereotypes, inspiring change Whether you are returning to work or study after a career break, looking to change careers or progress in your current role, rebuilding confidence may be your best first step. A loss or lack of confidence can impact anyone, and it’s far more common, amongst women in particular, than you may realise.If you think you’re alone in suffering a loss of confidence, be assured you are not. When starting work on their book, Womenomics, journalists Katty Kay and Claire Shipman talked to dozens of extremely successful women. As they wrote in an article for The Atlantic, they discovered they “kept bumping up against a dark spot that [they] couldn’t quite identify, a force clearly holding them back.” They identified that dark spot as the confidence gap. More From Future Women Diamond Meet the leaders: Erin Vincent By Odessa Blain Diamond Meet the leaders: Malini Raj By Odessa Blain Diamond Meet the leaders: Azmeena Hussain By Odessa Blain Diamond Meet the leaders: Shannan Dodson By Odessa Blain Diamond Meet the leaders: Elly Desmarchelier By Odessa Blain Equity A sneak peek inside the sold-out budget event By Odessa Blain Equity Inside the shared joke between Gallagher and Wong By Odessa Blain Leadership “Let’s lower the bar”: Why this CEO wants women to do a whole lot less By FW Your inbox just got smarter If you’re not a member, sign up to our newsletter to get the best of Future Women in your inbox.
