This year, as we look towards our next Aspire to Lead global video webcast, we’re going
to touch upon the topic of confidence.
You know, there are consistent research findings that show that men tend to overestimate their
competence and women underestimate their competence.
Research has also shown that women are actually more competent leaders and that start-ups
with women at the helm, that boards with more women on them, and that organizations with
greater gender diversity outperform their competitors.
Understand that if you aspire to a career, a profession, a leadership role, in many respects
you're going to be judged and evaluated on your ability to bring out the best in others,
to create a work environment that's truly inclusive, that allows the best ideas to percolate
and to come from all members of your team, your organization.
And to do these things, to bring out the best in others we've got to start by bringing out
the best in ourselves by building self awareness, understanding our own implicit beliefs, the
stereotypes we carry around that can hold us back and hold others as well.