In my ten years of confidence coaching female leaders and business owners—and as one myself—I’ve seen firsthand how crucial confidence coaching is for women who want to create a fulfilling career or business.
By the time many clients come to me, they’re juggling demanding careers, family responsibilities, and often personal health challenges, from peri-menopause to postpartum recovery. They’re stretched too thin, feeling they’re failing at everything, doubting their own abilities and feeling exhausted.
Many of these women have worked hard to reach their current level and are ambitious to progress further, yet they feel ambushed by life. Competing responsibilities and the feeling of constant pressure leave them unable to focus on what matters to them most, which only amplifies their stress, self-doubt, and sense of failure.
For many women, they’ve tried everything to keep this impossible juggle, so it’s not a simple lack of confidence—it’s that life’s competing demands have slowly eroded the confidence they have in themselves, just when they’re ready to move forward. Having been through this myself, and witnessed it through my clients, I know that confidence coaching can be transformative, helping women rediscover their resilience and self-assurance.
Why Confidence Matters for Women in Leadership
We all know the difference a confident, grounded leader makes in a team or in our business – because we’ve often experienced one who isn’t! As a leader we want to be inspiring, nurturing, compassionate, be able to bring the best out of our team without feeling threatened or inadequate. We want to be able to reach our own potential, and value our skills and contribution.
In 2019 research by Zenger and Folkman (Confidence & Leadership Effectiveness; Harvard Business Review) examining 7280 leaders found that confidence was key in leadership success, and a study from KMPG’s Women’s Leadership Study (2015, The Confidence Gap) found that 63% of women in leadership reported a lack of confidence in their abilities, this was despite their skill level, and was a key factor in them not progressing in their career.
What impact can confidence have on female leaders?
Many clients will work with me to overcome self-doubt and avoid feeling like a failure, overwhelmed and stressed. However, exploring how you can enjoy higher levels of confidence can greatly impact you on a more practical level.
Confidence Coaching can save you time
One of the exercises I do with my clients is exploring how they spend their time. How much time are you distracted by your negative thoughts and feelings? Clients will often share that it can be 2-3 minutes in every 10! When we add that up that’s 18 minutes in every hour or 2.4 hours in every 8-hour working day!
Become more focused and clear-minded as a confident leader
Imagine if you had a clearer mind, that was quieter and kinder to you. It would allow you to focus on what you need to do instead of being distracted by worries and fears.
Confidence Coaching can help you reach your goals quicker and with more ease!
So this is a natural consequence of having more time and being more focused, you naturally will get more done enabling you to reach those goals quicker.
Make more effective, confident, decisions
Instead of talking yourself out of what you need to do, second-guessing or needing to ask for others’ opinions, you will instinctively know what you need to do and have clarity of mind on the action you need to take.
Build healthier boundaries and relationships
When we lack confidence we tend to not have clear boundaries and people please, we tend not to like to say no and this leads to us taking on too much. As a result, we can become resentful and stressed in our relationships. With more confidence, our relationships become easier and more compassionate, we have clearer boundaries and can communicate our own needs easily.
Enjoy life more with a confident mindset!
When we start to be able to let go of the negative thinking patterns that we have, and the fears and stress melt away we naturally start to enjoy life more! It becomes easier and more enjoyable.
‘I have had the coaching with Andrea for the last year or so now and it has transformed my business as well as my life! My work life balance is a million times better and I’m now happy to be working in my business. I’d highly recommend Andrea to everyone’ Sarah Hough Sashay Dance
How Confidence Coaching Can Help
My confidence coaching is tailored to you as the client and meets you where you are, there are no strategies or techniques, or a set model that we follow, it is not one size fits you.
Based on a cutting-edge psychological understanding you will be guided on how you can cut through the noise and move from a negative state of mind to a more positive, healthy one. We will explore how this practically impacts your work and personal life so that you can transform your current experience.
Sessions can take place either in person or online, whichever suits you best, they can be undertaken regularly or we can work intensively depending on your schedule.
As a result of the coaching, you can expect to enjoy higher levels of confidence, resilience, and well-being. You will be more confident in your decision-making, more effective in your work and be able to take the action you need to take with ease.
Explore Confidence Coaching for Female Leaders
Confidence Coaching has the potential of being your superpower transforming not only your work life but also your personal life too. You will move from being stressed, overwhelmed, and filled with self-doubt and criticism to a place where you will enjoy higher levels of ease, confidence and well-being. This will enable you to be able to make better quality decisions, be more effective and efficient and take the action you need to take.
If you would like to explore confidence coaching for female leaders you can click here to book a free discovery call and start unlocking your potential today.
