Over the past twenty-five years, I have watched hundreds of capable people miss out on promotions because they do not speak with conviction when the situation is uncertain. I have seen just as many overconfident people speak with absolute certainty about things they do not fully understand.

My experience inside corporate environments, and building and selling my own business, has given me a clear view of the advantage confidence creates.

The pattern I observed is that often the people who speak with the most conviction are often not the ones who know the most. And those who know the most are often the most cautious.

The Confidence Advantage draws on decades of experience inside organisations of every size, examining how decisions are really made, who gets heard and who gets promoted.

I live in Wilmslow in the UK. I write and speak about confidence, self-doubt, expertise, and the professional cultures that reward the wrong signals.