{"id":69386,"date":"2022-09-02T07:18:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T11:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/?p=69386"},"modified":"2022-09-02T08:47:50","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T12:47:50","slug":"how-to-boost-your-confidence-at-work-to-get-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/how-to-boost-your-confidence-at-work-to-get-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Boost Your Confidence at Work to Get Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s all too easy to let your confidence get dented but it\u2019s not good when it happens. Why? Confidence has a huge part to play in the way that your career develops. When you feel confident and have a strong sense of self-belief, it\u2019s been demonstrated that you more likely to set and attain goals. When self-doubt sets in it gets in the way of achieving what you want to achieve and can set your career back.<\/span><\/p>\n

Women, in particular, need to feel confident more often in the workplace. There\u2019s a body of evidence which suggests that women need to feel a complete sense of confidence before putting themselves forward for promotion or asking for a raise. This can lead to women lagging behind their male peers when they\u2019re suffering from a lack of confidence. Evidence from Google\u2019s internal promotion plan showed that when people could put themselves forward for a promotion \u2013 men did so far more often than their female peers despite there being no underlying difference in performance between the two sexes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Things That Can Hurt Your Self-Confidence<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

People often sabotage their own confidence; they set standards that are too high and then fall beneath them. It\u2019s also true that others in the workplace can harm your confidence too if you let them. Here are some of the things that have been shown to damage people\u2019s self-esteem in the workplace and what do when you face them:<\/span><\/p>\n

Perfectionism<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Having pride in a job well done is a good thing. We should strive to produce our best work and deliver the results that the businesses we work for demand. However, it\u2019s also possible to take this too far. When people perform well, there\u2019s a risk that they will become overly demanding of themselves. They begin to set unattainable standards in the quest for the perfect piece of work and then become discouraged and doubting when they fail to hit those standards.<\/span><\/p>\n

To avoid this you might want to look at the fact that in the majority of cases; getting work done is better than getting work done to a ridiculously high standard. You should focus on the fact that your best has been good enough to get you where you are today and it\u2019s good enough to get you where you want to be too. There\u2019s no need to sweat every single tiny detail; the chances are that even if you do hit that perfectionist target \u2013 no-one else will notice except for you.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Fear of Failure<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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The fear of failure is very, very common. Everybody wants to succeed. Everybody wants to \u201cget it right\u201d when it comes to career decisions and behavior at work. The trouble is that the fear of failure often stops us from even trying to get ahead.<\/span><\/p>\n

The truth is that failure offers us learning experiences. If you go for a promotion and don\u2019t get it; you\u2019ll learn what it is the interviewer and selection panel wanted to see. You\u2019ll then know what you need to do in order to get that promotion next time. If you don\u2019t go for the promotion; you\u2019re no wiser than you were before the process began.<\/span><\/p>\n

The trick is to try new things, to set loftier ambitions and then to learn from both your successes and failures. Yes, successes too. The fear of failure doesn\u2019t mean that we will fail; it just means that we\u2019re afraid to fail.<\/span><\/p>\n

A Lack of Engagement<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Doing something that isn\u2019t challenging or interesting is a great way to find yourself disengaged from your work. Do that for long enough and you\u2019ll start to lose your self-confidence and begin to do the job less and less well.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you feel that you\u2019re under-utilized or that you\u2019ve stopped learning in the role you currently do; it\u2019s time to look for something new and put yourself back into a position where you\u2019re revitalized by the work you do every day.<\/span><\/p>\n

If that\u2019s not possible at this moment in time \u2013 it can help to focus on the positive outcomes you create every day. Make a note of when you delivered something of great value or hit a target and celebrate it. The more you see the value in what you do, the more you will see the value in yourself and your confidence will return.<\/span><\/p>\n

Being Over Managed<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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There\u2019s nothing worse than the micro-manager. They\u2019re there every time you turn around. They always have something to say on even the most tiny aspect of your work. They make you feel like you\u2019re doing something wrong and they do it constantly.<\/span><\/p>\n

The truth is that this kind of boss isn\u2019t trying to dent your confidence. They\u2019re suffering from a lack of confidence in themselves. Good bosses are content to let people perform, bad ones get it into their head that they\u2019re responsible for everything that goes on around them and then they try and get involved in everything.<\/span><\/p>\n

It might be hard at first but you need to understand that this is their problem and not yours. Don\u2019t let your micro-managing boss get under your skin; they do it to everyone not just you.<\/span><\/p>\n

Poisonous Peers<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Just like the micro-managing boss can drain your energy and self-confidence; so can your peers. Working alongside people who are demotivated, rude, spiteful, arrogant or unhelpful people can have a real impact on your personal confidence if you let it.<\/span><\/p>\n

The trick is not to let it happen. To keep focusing on the positives of your work and the things that you do. There\u2019s another benefit to this \u2013 if your peers are truly poisonous it won\u2019t have gone unnoticed by management; if you can keep your head up and project confidence and calm, it\u2019s going to be much easier to rise to the top of the pile when it comes time for promotions.<\/span><\/p>\n

In short over-coming self-confidence issues at work is simply a matter of being self-aware and taking small steps to tackle the problem. \u201cFake it until you make it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s all too easy to let your confidence get dented but it\u2019s not good when it happens. Why? Confidence has a huge part to play in the way that your career develops. When you feel confident and have a strong sense of self-belief, it\u2019s been demonstrated that you more likely to set and attain goals. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":69398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-69386","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business"},"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69386"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79862,"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69386\/revisions\/79862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}