[Alicia Davis] Hello, I’m Alicia Davis.

[Stacie Watson] And I’m Stacie Watson.

[Alicia Davis] And we are the founders and co-owners of Transformative Leadership Strategies, a coaching, training, and team-building company. And we want to thank you so much for downloading our guide, Skyrocketing Your Confidence as a Leader. And we really wanted to create this guide and these videos, because we know how important confidence is in leadership, don’t we, Stacie?

[Stacie Watson] It’s so true. You know, I think confidence is one of those themes that comes up in so many different parts of the work we do with leaders with teams. And I think it’s because confidence is kind of hard to always put our hands around or understand, it’s such a big word. And it can look and feel different depending on the situation, but then, depending on the people involved. And so one of the approaches that we thought would be helpful is to take this really big idea and break it into smaller pieces or factors that might help us understand it in a little bit more of a granular way. And that’s the kind of the backbone of the guide that we created.

[Alicia Davis] That’s exactly right. And so the confidence wheel, if you have looked at your guide, the confidence wheel is there. And today, we’re talking about the intellectual knowledge factor of confidence. And so, you know, this factor is very much about learning. Right. Right, Stacie, it’s about learning and gathering information. And once we have information, then how do we apply it? But let’s talk about like, really specifically how that happens in leadership. Want to share with us a way that that might show up?

[Stacie Watson] Yes, for sure. You know, often we’ll be working with leaders who have been recently promoted or moved into a new role. And of course, like anything that we do, when we’re starting out new, there’s often a feeling, I don’t know, everything that I need to know, which can contribute to a lack of confidence. And so this is something that is very common, and I think most of us can really relate to that feeling of just not knowing what I feel like I need to know. And so often, it’s as simple as just becoming a bit more clear on what are the basic things that I do need to know. And what is an action plan I can put into place to begin to learn that, you know, no one will generally expect that you know, everything from day one. How can I just move from where I am right now to the next level of knowledge? And so I think this can be a real opportunity to create an action and I think we have an opportunity to do that on the sheet right on the guide.

[Alicia Davis] Yeah, we totally do. And, you know, you might just consider for yourself how that might look. You know, it might be asking questions, it might be doing some research, it might be cultivating a mentor. Right? There are so many different ways that you can learn what you need to know. And I think the other thing that just popped into my mind Stacie, as you were talking, was also to have a little patience with ourselves. I know you’re not in our definition there. And I think it’s just really worth mentioning. Because as leaders, we’re often so wanting to just keep pushing forward and you know, doing all the things and so a little patience for yourself. And so at the end of your guide, there is a table where, you know, once you can rate yourself or self-assess on that zero to 10 scale – one to 10 – one being, you know, I don’t really feel like I know what I need to know and 10 is yeah, I know it really well. And so wherever you land in that scale, if you feel that you want to take a little step. You can put it in that guide or in that in that table at the end and of course, we would love to hear about it. So email us at info@tlstransforms.com. And thank you so much for listening.

[Stacie Watson] Thank you.