Unlock Unshakable Self-Confidence
Adriana Girdler, CET, PMP
Helping project managers and accidental PMs successfully achieve project goals with an efficient, practical, non-chaotic system | Award-winning Project Manager | Workout & Guitar Enthusiast
Manage Projects With Certainty and Success
Self-confidence is essential for effectively leading teams and navigating complex projects, but it’s something many project managers struggle with – especially when first starting out or leading highly experienced teams.
Fortunately, there’s a lot you can do to boost your self-confidence as a project manager.
Tip One: Solicit feedback and learn from mistakes
Low self-confidence shows up when we lack experience or knowledge. One of the best things you can do to change that is to get feedback and learn as you go.
I always recommend doing an After Action Review at the end of a project, but you can also learn by getting feedback as your project unfolds:
1. Pick someone you trust who is part of your projects
2. Tell them you’re looking to improve
3. Solicit their feedback regularly – after meetings or presentations for instance
4. Use their feedback to continually course correct
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More tips to unlock unshakeable confidence
There are so many more things you can do to build your self-confidence as a PM. I explain them in detail and share about my personal project experience in my latest video. It does a deep dive into building your project management confidence, and in it I talk about:
· Where to focus your continuous learning efforts
· How and why to step beyond your professional comfort zone
· A powerful personal visualization technique
· How to set goals when you’re awash in self-doubt
· Why the way you look influences the way you feel
· How acknowledging wins will ultimately drive confidence
Follow me over to YouTube and we’ll keep chatting about this!
If you’re determined to succeed as a project manager role, make sure you check out my SLAY Project Management course where I give you all the templates, tips, and techniques you need lead every project with confidence.
Adriana Girdler, PMP | Creator of Slay Project Management™
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3moFor the 1st tip, recommend finding someone who's allergic to blowing smoke and echo chambers. I'd rather hear an ugly truth than an attractive lie! Simultaneously, I most prefer constructive truth well-packaged with my (and the project et al's) best interests in mind, as well as genuine, obvious care for me as a human. So, if/when I find feedback partners who meet these criteria, I don't take them for granted. 🖤 Regardless, it's also vital to give feedback providers a safe space to express themselves; it's not cool to ask for feedback from someone you trust, then take umbrage when they provide it, and become defensive/over-sensitive etc. ^This is not healthy, efficient, or fair, so I try to avoid these behaviors at all cost, whether giving or receiving feedback. Adriana