Confident At Work

Does your brain go blank at work sometimes? Mine does. It's actually pretty common. Listen into this week's episode for what you can do to support yourself when your brain goes blank and how to reduce the chances of it happening in the first place. ⁠Take The Quiz: Are You Stuck In A Low Confidence Cycle?⁠ Book a call to talk with Anna about private confidence coaching here.

Beating yourself up in order to 'improve yourself' and ensure that you do your best at work? It is a very common tactic, but does it work? In this episode we look into whether beating yourself up is an effective form of self-management including finding out what the research says! Check out Confident at Work, the on demand digital course for professionals who want to build their confidence...

Do you want to feel more confident at work? Are you  technically  good at your job but find you privately lack the self-belief and confidence which should come with it? You've found the right place. Every client I worked with was good at their job, but they still didn't feel as confident as they wanted. And they didn't really understand why. After analysing data gathered over 100's...

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I want everything to be easy and neat...not messy and difficult. And yet, I choose to do things again and again which are hard. Which test my capability and develop me.   When I reflected on this idea later and I realised I am the same. I want a life that's easy and neat. I want to win all the time but without being exposed to failure and I want to make waves in the world without the potential for...

Anna was interviewed Zoë Haydn Jones for the Jobs for Women Podcast and we are sharing that interview here! Join us to dive into all things confidence in professional spaces. Anna shares her career pathway and choices, my moments of self-doubt, victories, and passion for helping others improve their own confidence and we delve into many issues faced by many professionals today. From women grapplin...

Lots of people feel uncomfortable talking about themselves, the work that they have done and the success they have had. But there’s times when it’s necessary and times when it’s helpful to you and your career. This episode will help you discover why you find it difficult and what you can do to make it a little bit easier. ⁠Take The Quiz: Are You Stuck In A Low Confidence Cycle?⁠

All leaders and managers have to give feedback at work, and sometimes it feels difficult. In this episode we dig into why it can be difficult to give feedback, I share examples from coaching leaders on giving difficult feedback and share some ideas for you can develop your ability to give difficult feedback. ⁠Take The Quiz: Are You Stuck In A Low Confidence Cycle?⁠ Book a call with Anna to explore...

I hear this a lot I know logically I am good at my job or I know deep down that I am good at my job, but.... What do you do when, even when you know logically you are good at your job, some part of you doesn't believe it, doubts it, or questions it? It can erode your confidence and exhaust you. But it can change. If you know logically or deep down that you are good at your job, but you dont fe...

Meet Daniela, a Senior Healthcare Scientist in the NHS and graduate of the Confident at Work Programme. This week we hear what has changed for Daniela in the two years since she joined the Confident at Work programme. She shares her fear of making presentations, over-preparing, struggles with speaking up in meetings, saying no and how things have changed at work and at home, now her confidence has...

Self-criticism is factor needs to be addressed if you want to grow your confidence but clients often worry that if they are not self-critical, they wont learn from their mistakes. This week I found out through experience that I didn't have to be self-critical in order to learn from my mistake, and you dont either. If you want to grow your professional confidence, places are available for priva...

Resilience, our capacity to withstand or recover from difficulties. I am sharing my struggles with resilience so you can learn from my mistakes! Listen in to find out how I grew my resilience and pick up some ideas on how you can be more resilient too. Take The Quiz: Are You Stuck In A Low Confidence Cycle? ⁠⁠Book a call to speak with Anna about private confidence coaching⁠.

Ever heard someone say just speak up or use your voice? Me too. But it't not that easy is it? In this episode I am sharing the invisible things which might be making it a challenging for you to speak up, and what you can do to make it a little easier. Take The Quiz: Are You Stuck In A Low Confidence Cycle? https://www.yesyoucoaching.com/quiz

Every year I coach people who are excited to have got a promotion, but somewhere along the line the excitement turns to worry, doubt and fear. Will I be able to do the job? What happens if I get something wrong! I need to know everything (and I dont) are common thinking errors which I see creating a lot of worry and fear before, or, when taking on a new role. Join me to find out what is going on b...

Whether you lead people or not, you are always supervising, managing and leading someone; you. In this episode I explain how we can, inadvertently be leading ourselves badly the impact that can have on you and your people, and how that can change. I share my own story of how I used to supervise, manage and lead myself, and how that has changed. ⁠Take The Quiz; Are You Stuck In A Low Confidence Cyc...

I get nervous. Always have done. Probably always will do. But I have learned how to handle myself when I get nervous - a vital skill for anyone who puts themselves out of their comfort zone! In this episode I share a recent example of an event where I felt nervous, and I share how I handled myself before, during and after the event for maximum confidence. Join our next Grow Your Professional Confi...

Meet Kate, a Cardiac Clinical Scientist in the NHS and a recently graduated coaching client. Kate shares her confidence struggles, the inner critic which got quiet, the self-doubt which grew into self-trust, re-framing her whole mindset around failing and creating her own rules to work by. She's grown her confidence in 12 weeks and she wants you to know that you can too. Join our next Grow You...

Lara is a former client and coaching and mentoring advocate. In this episode Lara talks candidly about her career, navigating leadership, diversity and we chat about being on a charity Board and looking to move into Non-Executive roles.  Lara is the Joint Chair of Age UK Wandsworth and a former NHS professional who has been a, Programme Director, Chief of Staff and a Head of Operations, and has a...

If you are struggling with confidence stuff at work hear this; there is nothing wrong with you. It's a normal, but usually hidden, thing that lots of people experience and just dont talk about. Join our next Grow Your Professional Confidence Masterclass in June 2023 here. ⁠ ⁠Join our community of confidence growers here⁠

You've got double standards, and it's hurting your confidence! Listen on to find out what double standards you might have lurking inside and how they might be impacting your confidence and what you can do to change it. ⁠Join our next Grow Your Professional Confidence Masterclass here. ⁠ Book a call to speak to me about private confidence coaching  ⁠here.

This week I interview Victoria about her confidence challenges and how she overcame them with the help of confidence coaching. We talk about stopping caring so much about what other people think, feeling confident managing your own time, actually switching off when you go on holiday, feeling like you have to control everything, tooting your own horn, how Victoria built her confidence around public...

A lot of you think that confidence and arrogance go hand in hand, but I dont think confidence and arrogance belong on the same continuum. Period. They are two separate qualities. So if you were worried that getting more confident could mean becoming arrogant, you're safe! Listen on to find out why. ⁠⁠⁠Join our next Grow Your Professional Confidence Masterclass here - June 2023.⁠⁠  ⁠Book a cal...

I have an ulterior motive in helping you grow your confidence which you should probably know about before we go any futher! When I'm doing confidence work with you I'm not just thinking about how to help you feel better doing what you are doing right now, I am thinking about what helping you to build a solid foundation of confidence could do over the course of a lifetime . Because I know w...

Thinking of joining Confident at Work? It's my 3 month coaching and training programme where you will learn all you need to support yourself through times of lower confidence and learn how to create more of it! We close the doors on Monday 3 April, so get in there now. Either email me on hello@yesyoucoaching.com or book a free call to talk about joining here. When we struggle to feel as confid...

Are you sensitive at work? Does that mean that sometimes you struggle? Me too. Listen on to find out how I have learned to admit and manage my own sensitivity at work, and how I help my clients to do the same. ⁠⁠⁠Join our next Grow Your Professional Confidence Masterclass here - June 2023.⁠⁠  ⁠Book a call to speak to me about private confidence coaching ⁠here.⁠⁠