In fact, highly confident leaders seek it out. And if they decide incorrectly, so be it. Highly confident people don’t worry about who’s right–they worry about what’s right. Indecision is often born from insecurity, a fear of making the wrong decision and looking bad. They don’t hide behind indecision.Ĭhoosing not to decide is still a choice, a corrosive one. They even look forward to it, viewing it as a mechanism to quickly get past differences and disagreements to move toward resolution. They don’t avoid conflict.Ĭonflict brings, well, conflict, and the self-assured are sure-handed in dealing with tension. Confident people are open-minded about their mistakes and what they could have done better, thus avoiding the need to redirect anything to anyone. They aren’t defensive.ĭefensiveness is just another form of blame-dodging–even worse than the above because it often involves not just avoiding blame but redirecting and projecting it onto someone else. They don’t hide behind circumstances or lack of resources to justify not accomplishing something.
They own their mistakes and command respect accordingly. Confident people embrace accountability and don’t worry about being blamed. They refuse to make excuses.Įxcuses are an attempt to dodge accountability and blame.
And I’ve learned the more praise you give away, the more comes back to you. In fact, super confident people seek opportunities to celebrate the success of others. Here are the 14 behaviors the self-assured self-select out of. Having seen a multitude of leaders over a 30-plus-year career, from über-confident to the point of arrogance down to timid and unsure, I’ve developed an eye for what constitutes highly (but not unjustifiably) confident leaders and the behavioral traps they avoid. It also involves knowing not only what traits to project but what behaviors to avoid. Leading with confidence involves important nuances like avoiding the opposite ( leading from a place of fear) and learning how to handle criticism. An organization is never more confident than its leader, which accentuates the importance for leaders to display unswerving confidence in themselves, their vision, their strategy, and their people.
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