Synopses & Reviews
With five unemployed people for every open job and more than 40 applicants for every open position, job seekers and those looking for a promotion need to differentiate themselves from the competition.
Confidence at Work teaches readers how to challenge their fears, build their confidence, set themselves apart from their competitors and achieve their career and workplace goals.
Ros Taylor examines how confidence on the job manifests itself in body language, thinking style, emotional capability, and influencing ability. She explains how to build these qualities, as well as how to brand yourself as an attractive employee. She also describes what employers tend to look for and provides direct feedback from head hunters and CEOs on what makes a successful job candidate. With case studies and a confidence quotient assessment to help readers determine areas where they need improvement, Confidence at Work prepares job seekers for the rough job market and teaches them how to come out on top.
Review
Job candidates, anyone who wants to build confidence for career success
“At a time when many people remain in unsatisfying or low-paying jobs because they fear unemployment, this book persuasively makes the case for feeling fulfilled by ones work… The books core message - 'Dont settle. Seek Success' - will inspire even those who are jaded by long-term unemployment or multiple job changes.” --Elizabeth Breau, ForeWord Reviews
Synopsis
Confidence is the foundation of success. It empowers you to do more and do it better. While many of us have learnt to fake it to limited affect, how many of us can say that we have cultivated self-belief from within? By navigating the fascinating psychological theories and latest thinking, Confidence at Work takes you on a journey of self discovery to help you become bold, charismatic and influential at work. Beginning with an in-depth questionnaire to understand your 'confidence quotient, ' it encompasses leading theories and insights including those of Daniel Goleman and Tony Buzan.
Including twenty case studies of successful people from all walks of life, Confidence at Work will help you understand the reasons behind lack of confidence and overcome any hindrances, ensuring that you can handle difficult people with elegance, create your own personal brand and excel in your career.
Synopsis
Foreword
Before we start
Introduction
Confidence starts here
PART I Who are you anyway...?
01 Bring yourself to work
Working strengths
Nature versus nurture
Reflections of childhood
Steps to confidence at work
02 Eric Bernes transactional analysis
The parent ego
The child ego
The adult ego
Transactional analysis at work
Steps to confidence at work
03 Albert Banduras theory of self-efficacy
The inspiration of the red rubber ball
Getting control of your life
Steps to confidence at work
04 Martin Seligmans learned optimism
Humour
Learned optimism
Steps to confidence at work
05 HJ Eysencks theory of extraversion-introversion
Extraversion
Introversion
Steps to confidence at work
06 Friedman and Rosenmans theory of Type A and Type B behaviours
Anger
Steps to confidence at work
07 Lifes rich tapestry
Barlinnie Prison
Entrepreneurship
Finding your voice
My confidence role models
Your confidence role models
Steps to confidence at work
PART II Branding for confidence
08 Birds eye view of branding
Business branding
First impressions
Steps to confidence at work
09 Great expectations
What are you looking for?
The career confidence formula
Steps to confidence at work
10 Knowing the words to the song
Your leadership style
Telling your story
Steps to confidence at work
11 The user-friendly confident you
Impact
Thought
Emotion
Action
Branding you
The one-minute branding workout
Steps to confidence at work
PART III Influencing for confidence at work
12 Likeability and similarity
Influencing body language and its meaning
Similarity
Mirroring
Equality
Steps to confidence at work
13 Knee-jerk thinking, reward and reciprocity
Knee-jerk thinking
Reward
Reciprocity
Steps to confidence at work
14 Handling challenging people with elegance
The DESC script
Steps to confidence at work
15 Perseverance and enthusiasm
Perseverance
Enthusiasm
Steps to confidence at work
16 Confident networking
What networking is not
What networking is
Steps to confidence at work
PART IV Be a confident leader
17 Be aspirational
Steps to confidence at work
18 Be conscientious
Bimbo
Boeing
Steps to confidence at work
19 Be cool
Relaxation
The power minute
Advantages of relaxation
A work-life audit
Understanding your power
Steps to confidence at work
20 Be bold, have ideas
Confidence, creativity and you
Steps to confidence at work
21 Be charismatic - the ultimate in confidence at work
Steps to confidence at work
Some final thoughts
About the Author
Ros Taylor is a psychologist and coach. She runs a leadership program that has prepared hundreds of leaders for career advancement. Her books include Develop Confidence, Confidence in Just Seven Days, The Complete Mind Makeover, The Ultimate Book of Confidence Tricks, and 7 Days to Confidence. She is also well known as a TV and radio presenter. She is active in the conference circuit and has recently presented in the US, China, and Japan. Newspapers have described her as “the guru of personal development” and “the best motivational speaker heard this year.”
Table of Contents
1. The Confidence Quotient
2. An Unfair Advantage
3. Who Are You Really?
4. Brand You
5. It's Who You Know...
6. Head Above the Parapet
7. Leading from the Front
8. Mentor Me
9. Charisma
10. Your Vision of Success