Manage Projects With Certainty and Success
Self-confidence is essential for effectively leading teams and navigating complex projects, but it’s something many project managers struggle with – especially when first starting out or leading highly experienced teams.
Fortunately, there’s a lot you can do to boost your self-confidence as a project manager.
Tip One: Solicit feedback and learn from mistakes
Low self-confidence shows up when we lack experience or knowledge. One of the best things you can do to change that is to get feedback and learn as you go.
I always recommend doing an After Action Review at the end of a project, but you can also learn by getting feedback as your project unfolds:
- Pick someone you trust who is part of your projects
- Tell them you’re looking to improve
- Solicit their feedback regularly – after meetings or presentations for instance
- Use their feedback to continually course correct
More tips to unlock unshakeable confidence
There are so many more things you can do to build your self-confidence as a PM. I explain them in detail and share about my personal project experience in my latest video. It does a deep dive into building your project management confidence, and in it I talk about:
- Where to focus your continuous learning efforts
- How and why to step beyond your professional comfort zone
- A powerful personal visualization technique
- How to set goals when you’re awash in self-doubt
- Why the way you look influences the way you feel
- How acknowledging wins will ultimately drive confidence
Follow me over to YouTube and we’ll keep chatting about this!
If you’re determined to succeed as a project manager role, make sure you check out my SLAY Project Management course where I give you all the templates, tips, and techniques you need lead every project with confidence.
Adriana Girdler, PMP | Creator of Slay Project Management™
