Confidence, Harvard Business Review
Confidence, Harvard Business Review
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Confidence

Author: Harvard Business Review

Narrator: Ann Sprinkle, Joshua Saxon

Unabridged: 1 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 12/27/2022


Synopsis

Become more confident at work.

You need confidence to inspire trust, communicate effectively, and succeed in your organization. But self-doubt and nerves can undermine your ability to act decisively and persuade others. What can you do to push past these insecurities?

This book explains how you can use emotional intelligence to become more confident at work. You'll learn how to correct what is holding you back, how to overcome imposter syndrome, and when feeling too self-assured can actually backfire.

This volume includes the work of: Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Amy Jen Su, and Peter Bregman.

How to be human at work. The HBR Emotional Intelligence series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.

About Harvard Business Review

Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, twelve international licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review provides professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bam cooks the books on February 23, 2023

There's a sucker born every minute, they say. You have to wonder why con artists don't put their intelligence and talents to more legitimate pursuits, don't you? This is the darkly comic tale of two such men, Ezra Green and Orson Ortman, who meet at a camp for troubled teens, recognize each other's......more

Goodreads review by Bandit on September 24, 2022

Ah, finally. I’ve been waiting to read this book for a while, ever since Netgalley offered a deficient ARC. The first chapter engaged me absolutely and then I had to wait until the publisher reached out and ever so kindly furnished a proper ARC. So naturally the question is…as it worth the wait? The......more

Goodreads review by Cher 'N Books on March 29, 2025

3 stars = Good and worthwhile. “I used to think the presidency wasn’t a grift.” I have always loved the quote by George Carlin, “The reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it.” This book is essentially that quote in satirical novel format. The story is a li......more

Goodreads review by talia ♡ on March 23, 2023

more books about gays committing actual crimes without people complaining about "bad rep" please and thank you......more

Goodreads review by Lance on November 18, 2024

4 stars. Combining an indictment of corporate greed and wellness/hustle culture with the kind of lifelong homoerotic situationship that would send even the most stable gay man crashing out, the thesis of Confidence might very well be “forever is the sweetest con.”......more