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Confidence vs. Ignorance

CaseInterview.com

Many of my students have been told that they need to have “confidence” and “fake it until you make it.”. I think it is important to be confident. Instead of faking competence, I encourage you to confidently own your ignorance in a particular area and to ask questions. I only half agree with this sentiment.

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Nurturing Psychological Safety in the Workplace Through an Age-Diverse Lens

Harmonious Workplaces

While we should guard against generalizing behavior and ignoring individual differences, each generational cohort tends to represent distinctive worldviews, ideals, and conflict management styles, making the workplace the “central theater” for the manifestation of generational identity (Lyons et al, 2019). “A Lester et al.

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The Gender Gap in Feedback and Self-Perception

Harvard Business

For example, the average self-rating for self-confidence in January was 3.95 For example, for self-confidence the pattern was quite different for men than it was for women. For men, it was 3.99 (self-rating) vs. 3.70 (peer rating) in January; 3.92 Over time, the average self-ratings declined in response to feedback from others.

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Retail Sales Soft Again (Unless You Exclude Everything Weak); How to Uncover the Hidden Consumer Strength!

MishTalk

vs. a Bloomberg Consensus Estimate of a 0.3% Exclusionary Process It amusing how much analysts go out of their way to ignore everything bad in a report. Earlier this year, analysts were cheerleading autos, today they say ignore autos. If we ignore gas, retail sales are up 3.6%, but only up 1.4% Hidden Strength?

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Internal Hires Need Just as Much Support as External Ones

Harvard Business

The people Adrian was leading now knew much more about their functions than he did, and he didn’t feel confident in his ability to discern their strengths and weaknesses. The study also looked at relative levels of support for executives vs. more junior managers. The results are summarized below. Why does it happen?

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Getting Buyer’s Journey Mapping Back On Track

Prudent Pedal

What bogs down most B2B sales is not ignorance of any one firm’s solution; it’s navigating the internal complexities of the prospect’s own organization. Explore build-versus-buy, technology-vs-people solutions, and the implications of integrating various solutions with existing systems).

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Seth's Blog: Worst one ever

Seth Godin Blog

Mumbo vs. Jumbo. Mumbo vs. Jumbo. I ignored the part about not repeating it, but I definitely learned some valuable lessons about confidence and engagement. Recent Posts. "Oh, Oh, thats just a hack someone put together.". The sophisticates. Q&A: Purple Cows and commodities. Colors or numbers? Death and Taxes, 2014.