What do you develop when you start with a foundation of readiness, add a healthy dose of competence, blend in the right amount of preparation, wrap it with effective body language, sift in congruent vocal delivery, add a dash of quality eye contact, layer in accumulated experience, and finish with plenty of practice? You develop confidence!

Hi, I’m Byron Darden with another edition of Leading with Purpose on Purpose. In this installment, we are unveiling what it means to build effective confidence. You’ve seen it at the Olympic games whether winter or summer. You experience it with actors, dancers, and singers on stage in the theater. You recognize it in film acting and on television, and you know it’s unmistakable when a consultant delivers their findings with poise, even when thrown a curveball by a client’s unexpected question. And you’ve certainly noticed the confidence exuding from an attorney asserting that a defendant may be incompetent to stand trial.

Confidence is a silent currency in world-class consulting, executive leadership, and high-stakes legal firms. While consultants of this caliber often operate at MBB (McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, and Bain & Company), the Big 4 (Deloitte, EY, KPMG, and PwC), or equivalent boutique level firms, similarly, prominent leaders and high-stakes attorneys’ need for confidence is essential—because leaders must project certainty amid complexity.

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