A continuación, te explicamos cómo puedes aprovechar la confianza para mejorar tu toma de decisiones como directivo.

- Regularly reflect on your strengths and areas for improvement. - Acknowledge your biases and how they may impact your decisions. - Seek feedback from peers and mentors to gain perspective. - Use self-awareness to build confidence in your choices. - Make informed decisions that align with both your values and the needs of your team.

People are smart and can see when someone doesn’t have confidence. As a leader, you HAVE TO BE confident in yourself because followers want to follow someone they trust. New managers should listen to their team, ask questions (not question), show support and empathy, and be present. Build confidence in yourself by making small wins so it also builds credibility too. When someone wants to talk to you and asks if you have time, your response is ‘I always have time for you!’ Make them feel important (because they are!), give them your full attention (do NOT answer texts/phone calls!) and then listen. Be their safety net. You work for them; they don’t work for you.

Admitir quando algo não saiu como planejado não é um sinal de fraqueza, mas de maturidade profissional. Esse reconhecimento permite uma análise profunda das causas do insucesso, identificando onde as decisões podem ter sido equivocadas. Ao aprender com os erros, você não só evita repeti-los, mas também desenvolve uma visão mais crítica e estratégica para futuros desafios. A verdadeira liderança está na capacidade de se adaptar e crescer com as experiências, mesmo as negativas.

- Engage with team members from various backgrounds for fresh insights. - Encourage open discussions to gather different viewpoints on decisions. - Use diverse perspectives to challenge assumptions and refine strategies. - Balance your confidence with input from others to make well-rounded decisions. - Recognise that considering multiple angles strengthens your decision-making process.

The nice thing about decisions is that you can always make new ones as you learn or things change. Decision-making is not a one time thing and it certainly won't be perfect. Also, it's very easy to second-guess a decision after the fact (Monday morning quarterbacking) - remember it's not the critic who counts here. Also, part of decision making is trusting your intuition (your "gut") as much as the insights and data you see. You may be aware of things that you cannot put into words that will guide to you success. You've got this!

One thing to remember about decisions, is that you can always make new ones. It's okay to make a decision, realize it needs fine tuning, and then change the decision based on the situation. All too often, leaders get prideful and think changing is a sign of weakness. It's not. It's a sign of leadership.