A Spotlight On... Confidence Building “You need to be more confident”. For many of us, the need to build confidence may be a subject that is discussed frequently in the workplace. You might feel that you are constantly being told to ‘be more confident’ at each supervision session or appraisal that you attend with your manager, team leader or supervisor.
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s a result, some of us can be left feeling helpless or despondent as we assume that we are simply not confident people and we can’t do anything to change the situation. But what exactly is self-confidence? What are the signs that self-confidence is low? And is it possible to increase, improve and, importantly, maintain this much sought-after quality? To help answer these important questions and explore the benefits of confidence building at work, Blue Stream Academy has recently released two new eLearning modules: Confidence Building Awareness and Supporting Confidence Building in a Team. Confidence Building Awareness Our Confidence Building Awareness module has been created for all trainees. As you will learn, confidence is a flexible trait and even the most self-confident person can experience periods when their confidence levels decrease or they are faced with a task or situation that affects or knocks their confidence.
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Issues with confidence can impact the individual, their work performance, and the organisation itself, so an awareness of confidence building is vital for all members of an organisation. As a good starting point if you are developing an understanding of confidence building, this module helps the user to think about what self-confidence actually is before looking at possible signs or characteristics that someone might benefit from building their confidence. Other key considerations that are covered in this module include looking at the various factors which might be causing – or maintaining – low confidence levels. This is another essential element which can help you to establish a better understanding of how issues with confidence can affect someone’s work performance and personal wellbeing.
