Leadership Essentials: Confidence

EPISODE THIRTY SIX Leadership Essentials: Confidence SUMMARY When faced with making difficult decisions, and dealing with challenging situations maintaining self confidence is essential. A leader must retain the belief in his or her ability to make the right call and find the solutions the situation requires. James Rule explores this topic and shares his number one tool for enhancing confidence. KEY TAKEAWAYS A confident leader can inspire. A team will look to their leader for inspiration and guidance especially while enduring periods of adversity. Panic is infectious and it frequently leads to procrastination and inaction. Conversely so is confidence. When staff witness a calm confidence in their leader it emboldens them to be proactive and take action. That action creates momentum which is essential to drive the organisation forward and through challenge and adversity. Two leaders I admire and who epitomise this were Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill. As chaos and panic raged around them they presented a confidence which inspired people to heroic action. How different history may have been if their confidence had failed them at those critical junctures. Using the Pride List Tool enables you to draw on your inner confidence and is particularly useful when you sense doubt in people around you. ABOUT THE HOST James Rule is an experienced mentor, coach and thought leader who works with a range of clients from FTSE 100 companies, SME´s the NHS and wider public and not for profit sectors. His twenty year career in elite sport initially as a professional rugby player but predominantly as a chief executive has given him an invaluable insight in managing the success, failures and pressures associated with leadership at the highest level. As a high performance coach James specialises in enhancing resilience and leadership development. He is a passionate advocate of the notion that to find lasting fulfilment we need to take a holistic view of high performance and create it in both our professional roles and personal lives. EPISODES TO CHECK OUT NEXT Episode 20 - Tackling Imposter Syndrome Episode 19 - Leadership Essentials: Courage Episode 14 - Leadership Essentials: Humility CONNECT & CONTACT www.thelonelyleader.co.uk The Lonely Leader's LinkedIn James' LinkedIn Instagram [email protected] THIS SHOW WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY LONELY LEADER MEDIA NEWSLETTER Sign Up to The Leadership Accelerator Newsletter for advice, inspiration and ideas, you'll also receive James' Top 10 Tips for Combating Your Fear of Public Speaking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.