Hi all, just looking for some advice/confidence tricks, if you have suffered the same and how you overcame it.
I have recently been promoted to a more senior manager position. Great! I'm a relatively new manager with 18 months experience and have really grown in that time. Naturally, I am more introverted and technically minded rather than anextroverted/people person..I'm a listener, reflector, thinker
Anyway. My issue is confidence. I will be soon entering a steep learning curve.. very much in the deep end. But I will be expected to lead meetings, speak up, question, influence.. I find this difficult to do in a group situation and am better 121, asking questions after meetings etc I have a local accent and sometimes feel quite inferior... this is a me issue, I hope!
I'm looking for some tips of how you have overcome this. How did you start small?. I don't always have time to prepare for meetings and have learnt to wing it. But I want to make a good impression in the new role, but without it taking over my life. I have scheduled in 121 meetings to ask questions, but it's the group meetings I struggle with. This isn't with my team, but more so higher management. Any tips?