Decision making can be one of the most challenging aspects in our career. From the ‘simple’ decisions of what to do next, which sometime result in no focus, to making swift decisions for your team and business that keep your company on track, decision making is part of our jobs every day. But it can be exhausting, time consuming and draining. And if we are leader, failing to make decisions can damage progress, impact change, and negatively impact confidence in you, your team, your product and your company. So how can we make decision making easier?

When we lack confidence, it can manifest in many ways. We may not be taking the leaps forward that we know we should, asking for, or taking an opportunity. A lack of confidence can hinder when we speak up, or we might listen to our inner critic more than we should. But one that is not talked about enough is having the confidence to say no. This applies not just to you, but helping your team learn how to say no to you.

Confidence is something that many (if not all) of us lack at some point in our lives. Some people have a gift of always appearing confident, others are genuinely confident 90-95% of the time. But every one of us has a lack of confidence in something, or a confidence gap, from time to time. The key difference between those who work through this best and those that are held back by a lack of confidence is having a toolkit that works for us as individuals to help push through those confidence-testing moments.