Leaders define the culture in their organisations and if, as Leaders, we don’t show confidence in our people, then this is the culture that we will create.
A culture where there is little confidence or trust: either between the teams; in the teams; and ultimately there will be little to no confidence in the Leader.
If we show confidence in our teams its beneficial in so many ways:
Firstly, if we have confidence in our teams then it will give them confidence in themselves.
This will then help create a positive spirit and a belief in the teams that they are capable of reaching their goals.
If they have belief and confidence, then the probability of success will be higher.
Confident people who believe in their abilities to be successful create a self-fulfilling prophecy that leads to success.
Secondly, if we show confidence in our teams, then this will increase their confidence in us as Leaders.
The more confident they are in us the more likely they are to follow our strategy and direction, and the more successful we will be.
Confidence breeds success.
So let’s help start that process by breeding confidence.
You Nailed it.. very well said.
” Confidence breeds success ” .. this sums up everything
I think there is a lack of understanding in where success comes from.
If people had a better understanding of that then would look to boost confidence in their teams.
Also, i think people should think about how they would like to be led and ask whether they are leading people in the same way. I would bet that in many cases its not the case.
At the same time our working environment should not shatter that confidence by doing micro management.
Fully agree micro management is not a confidence builder is a confidence destroyer.
We need to have confidence in our teams, give them confidence and leave them to be successful, then reward that success
Another confidence destroyer is arrogance of leaders (in this case I should simply call them ‘bosses’). It generates silent organisations, where ideas do not flow freely. These bosses mistake ‘power’ for ‘authority’.
Fully agree. Many mistake arrogance for confidence, but they are not the same.
Arrogance is not a culture that we should be creating its not constructive, as you say its more destructive.
thanks for the comment
Very well explained Gordon. Sometime leaders fail to understand that giving higher salary, a nice job title etc still does not bring excellent results if you do not trust your people and do not develope a positive trustworthy working culture.
Trust is one of the most important things for us to build. Without trust how can we empower.
PEople say that trust has to be earned, i disagree with this, i always look to give trust and then ask people to keep my trust.
If i make them try to earn it they may choose not to.
By giving them my trust first, it shows trust and helps build the relationship.
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