HR Coffee Time 082 | 3 tips to tackle a challenge at work when you aren’t feeling confident
A lack of confidence can stop us from tackling all sorts of challenges at work. Maybe it's holding you back from putting your ideas forward for a new initiative, or preventing you from creating and presenting an HR or People strategy for the first time, or stopping you from challenging someone at work when you disagree with them, or you can't bring yourself to speak up in meetings.
Whatever your challenge is - this episode of HR Coffee Time is here to help. In it, career & executive coach Fay Wallis shares 3 tips to tackle a challenge at work when you aren't feeling confident:
- Creating a vision board
- Adopting a test-and-learn approach
- Using affirmations
Key Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- The Essential HR Planner
- "Big Feelings: How to be okay when things are not okay" by Liz Fosslein & Mollie West Duffy
- "I Can Do It: How to use affirmations to change your life" by Louise Hay (Disclosure: the book links are affiliate links, which means Fay will receive a small commission from Amazon if you make a purchase through either of them.)
Connect With Fay
- Connect with Fay on LinkedIn
- Fay’s website: Bright Sky Career Coaching
Other Relevant HR Coffee Time Episodes
- Episode 1: How to feel more confident at work
- Episode 36: Four simple but powerful techniques to banish imposter syndrome, with Joanna Lott
- Episode 73: 5 ways to feel more confident in your next interview, meeting, or presentation
Rate and Review the Podcast
If you found this episode of HR Coffee Time helpful, please can you rate and review it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify? If you're kind enough to leave a review, please do let Fay know so she can say thank you. You can always reach her at: fay@brightskycareercoaching.co.uk.
Enjoyed This Episode? Don't Miss the Next One!
Be notified each time a new episode of HR Coffee Time is released and get access to other free career tips, tools and resources by signing up to receive the free weekly HR Coffee Time email.
How Fay & Bright Sky Career Coaching Can Help You
If you’ve been enjoying the podcast & would like some support from Fay or her colleagues at Bright Sky, they can help you through:
- 1:1 coaching to overcome your career challenges
- Group coaching – build your confidence, credibility & influence in 6 weeks through Fay’s signature programme, Inspiring HR
- Interview coaching to succeed in your next interview
- Career change coaching to find a new, more fulfilling career
- The ‘Power Up Your LinkedIn Profile’ online course, to create a powerful LinkedIn profile and build your confidence at using LinkedIn to get your next role.
- The Essential HR Planner
Mentioned in this episode:
The HR Planning Day
Learn more about The HR Planning Day and book your ticket: https://essentialhrplanner.co.uk/hr-planning-day/
Check out HR Coffee Time's sponsor!
Ready to unlock the power of your people? Join over 15,000 businesses at personio.com today.