Confidence is a slippery slope. There is a difference between confidence and arrogance. Confidence is not having the answers and being an insufferable know it all…it’s about pulling all the talent you have around you to create the best possible strategy.
From there, it’s all about being confident and making the call…followed by helping and supporting your team/peers/leaders through the process of implementing that strategy. Understand that you will get calls wrong, potentially fairly often. It’s important to remember that you aren’t looking for perfection, you are looking to make the best decision possible with the information that you have in front of you in that moment.
If you were wrong, own it. Don’t mistake arroagance for confidence. Arrogant leaders, don’t do the due diligence and put more things at risk than necessary…then also don’t take the blame, it’s someone elses fault. Own it. Everytime.
I hope this is helpful, thanks for being here! Reach out for questions or comments!
