Personal impact is not all about others
People sometimes resent thinking about their personal impact, as it immediately stirs up thoughts of what others think and the dreaded word ‘judgement’. The thought that comes to mind is 'Why should I care what others think of me?'.
Of course, a lot of personal impact is about the effect we have on others. From basic human instinct, when they meet us they are deciding whether they trust us, do we look friendly and ultimately, whether we are credible for what we do, if in a professional context.
However, what often gets neglected is the benefit reflecting and working on our personal impact can have on our personal confidence. Sometimes, people have been unable to articulate exactly why they feel (and therefore probably come across) less confident in certain situations or with certain people. However, very often they have a less than positive reaction to a certain situation or person which affects how they act.
There are several ways to tackle this, one is to look deeply at whether there is a root cause and if there is to work on that, the other way is to focus on specific tools and techniques for the scenarios where this is the greatest challenge to improve personal confidence and how someone comes across. It is amazing the difference small changes can make.
Read this Forbes article with other top tips on gaining confidence.
When someone has become aware of this situation has had support to work on the elements to overcome it, not only does it show externally but the internal feeling greatly improves (confidence), which also adds to the positive external impact.
Read more about personal brand and impact for confidence and career success.
This can be career and indeed life changing. When we feel more confident, we perform better at our job and come across more positively to others which helps to build relationships and also add to improved performance. As after all, strong professional relationships with clients, prospects and colleagues are the bedrock to professional success and organisational performance.
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