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Closing theConfidence Gap

Presented byDr. Hope Zoeller www.hopeforleaders.com 52nd Annual HR Conference

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Confidence:The stuff that turns thoughts

into action.

• Self-esteem

• Optimism

• Self-Compassion

• Self-Efficacy

Confidence Cousins

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Confidence and Mirrors

1. Using minimizing language.2. Apologizing.3. Asking permission.4. Waiting until we’re experts before taking on a new role.5. Focusing on cooperation rather than competition.6. Questioning ourselves.7. Not setting clear goals.8. Only setting goals we know how to reach.9. Not setting clear boundaries.10. Worrying too much about relationships.11. Getting too hung up on details.12. Failing to build a personal brand.

12 Ways Women Unknowingly Sabotage Their Success

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What are men actually thinking?

To be successful, a woman does not have to be more like a man, but

has to be more of a woman. -Dr. Sally E. Shaywitz

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Act Greatly!

Reality: Your boss clearly thinks you are enormously valuable. You can easily ask for a promotion.

In your head: You shouldn’t ask, or you might be fired, and you’re not sure you’re ready.

Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favorable are the kind

who do nothing. -William Feather

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Fail Fast:8 Big Habits for Improving

Your Confidence

1. Leave your comfort zone.

2. Don’t ruminate-rewire.

3. Kill NATs.

4. Move from me to we.

5. Realize it’s not about you.

6. Star in your own production.

7. Speak up without upspeak.

8. Repeat, repeat, repeat!

6 Quick Tips to Jump-start Your Confidence

1. Meditate

2. Be grateful

3. Think Small

4. Sleep, move, share

5. Practice power positions

6. Make it don’t fake it

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What is Your Level of Confidence?

http://theconfidencecode.com/confidence‐quiz/

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it is gone through to

achieve that beauty.-Maya Angelou

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Closing the Confidence Gap

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Flying Out of Your Comfort Zone Into Your Confidence Zone

What 3 changes do you need to make and are you willing to make to become more confident?

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Closing the Confidence Gap

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Self Directed Learning

• The Confidence Code by Katty Kay & Claire Shipman

• The Power of Resilience: Achieving Balance, Confidence, and Personal Strength

in Your Life by Robert Brooks

• Daring Greatly by Brene Brown

• The Upside of Down: Why Failing Well is the Key to Success by Megan McArdle

• Change Anything-The New Science of Personal Success by Kerry Patterson

• Creating Women’s Networks by Catalyst & Foreword by Sheila W. Wellington

• What Got You Here-Won’t Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith with Mark

Reiter

• Cracking The Corporate Code by Price M. Cobbs and Judith L. Turnock

• The Woman’s Advantage by Mary Cantando

• Leadership Essentials for Women by Linda Clark

• Seven Secrets of Successful Women by Donna Brooks and Lynn Brooks

• The Art of War for Women by Chin-ning Chu

• The Secrets of Savvy Networking by Susan Roane

• Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman: What Men Know About Success that

Women Need to by Gail Evans

• Who Says It's a Man's World by Emily Bennington

• Triggers by Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter

• HOPE for Leaders Unabridged by Hope Zoeller and Joe DeSensi