How To Lead With Confidence

As a leader it is your responsibility to guide your team to reach their goals and thrive as individuals and as a whole. 

Leading with confidence allows your team to focus on their task at hand knowing that they have guidance and direction at all times. 

Now, we all have those moments where confidence seems like the last characteristic and value we possess, but it’s essential that we find it within ourselves in order to lead our teams. 

Have you ever heard of Ernest Shackleton? On his expedition to the South Pole with his team of almost 30 men, his ship, the Endurance, sank in the middle of Antarctica with no chance of contacting the rest of the world. With a change in his plan from an expedition to survival he successfully guided his team to safe rescue and NONE of them perished. That’s right; the entire team survived. It was through his leadership and the trust his team placed in him to get them through the toughest challenges that got them to safety. 

Pro Tip: Read our latest article on 3 Reasons Why Contingency Planning At Work Is Crucial to learn more about how to shift courses in the face of adversity and crisis. 

That is the best example showcasing the embodiment of leading with confidence.

Now, we aren’t saying that you will need to lead your team through the freezing tundra, but if it happened, would you be able to confidently lead them? 

If you want to learn to lead with confidence you’ve come across the right blog; we’ve got you covered with a few helpful tips below on how to lead with confidence and embody the persona of a resilient, trustworthy leader! 

Know Your Strengths And Weaknesses

No one is perfect and we all have different strengths and weaknesses that shape our personalities, character, and values. 

Self-awareness is the first step in identifying our strengths and weaknesses. Are you great at organization, but lack communication skills? Are you able to inspire your team with words of encouragement but have a poor follow-through? 

We all have things we can improve on and learning to build on our strengths and take active steps to improve on our weaknesses means we have enough self-awareness to become a confident leader.. 

Stand Strong In Your Decisions

If you are faced with a difficult situation and must make tough decisions, make them and stick to your decision. Sometimes you take the harder path, but as a confident leader, you can guide your team through to success. 

Wishy-washy managers who have problems making decisions don’t provide a strong foundation of support for their team because they don’t really know which way they want to go; which means they don’t have a plan. 

Think carefully about each decision and make sure you have a plan to help your team through the transition! 

Don’t Sit Idly By

Has a conflict arisen that has the entire team shook up? Don’t just sit by and hope for it to pass. Stand strong and communicate that this is not what your company stands for and not what you, as a leader, wants for your team. 

Build team culture by acknowledging what is happening, analyzing the situation and discussing the solution to the problem at hand. Boost team synergy and encourage them to always seek guidance and assistance in the face of any obstacle. By spinal, you will also build their trust and appreciation. 

Sitting by and letting issues, conflicts and obstacles pass through shows your team that you lack care for what is happening and are just there as a figurehead going through the motions. 

Lead by example and show them you are actively involved in everything that comes your way. 

Want To Know More About How To Lead With Confidence? See MVision Consulting! 

Here at MVision Consulting, we don’t sit idly by either! We help managers, executives and leadership teams all over the world become better, more confident leaders every day. 

For over two decades, owner and founder of MVision Consulting Dr. Marc Camras has been leading teams with confidence and helping them thrive. 
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