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To not know how to take being told I need to have more confidence by senior leader at work

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metrying · 01/10/2022 13:59

A member of the senior leadership (my manager's manager) arranged a meeting with me this week. It was a casual kind of catch-up meeting, but towards the end they said quite positive things about me (that they had heard really good things about my work, I'm an excellent [job title], etc. They then followed this by saying I need to have more confidence in myself. I'm very junior (it's a graduate-level job), and quite quiet/reserved.

I'm not sure how to interpret it, whether to take it as a thinly veiled 'warning' as such to start being more loud/speaking up more and to integrate more with the team (I'm hybrid sometimes I do feel like I don't belong/fit in when I go to the office), or whether it was just someone wanting to offer some advice/mentorship?

AIBU to be confused and ask your thoughts on how you would interpret this kind of meeting?

OP posts:
OLP2019 · 02/10/2022 06:32

But @LikeAStar1994 they didn't say anything about being quiet and reserved that came from the OP

OLP2019 · 02/10/2022 06:33

The feedback was to have more confidence in herself because she's clearly doing a good job

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