Ready. Set. Pose!

In 2010, American social psychologists Dana Carney, Amy Cuddy, and Andy Yapp conducted a research study that found adopting specific postures associated with high status can help generate a sense of 'power.' This led to the emergence of what we now know as the 'power pose'!

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How the heck does leaving someone out equal belonging?!

You’ve doubtless heard of – and hopefully practise! – DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion). But have you heard of DEIB?

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Confidence Isn’t Clear-Cut

Confidence is the art of being comfortable with uncertainty. Sounds oxymoronic, right? Confidence is acting strong and making a choice, surely.

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How to Build Confidence And Be Less Nervous

So I’m asking myself, what’s brought about this change? And as I got into it, I realised that I wanted to formulate a path towards confidence for you, too, and make a list of tips and hints. Cue an appropriate challenge: to post a Confidence Trick per day on LinkedIn (Follow at www.linkedin.com/company/the-offer-bank/ . Search #TheOfferBankConfidenceTricks for all 30 posts.

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Scared of Public Speaking? “We’ve Got To Go Through It!”

When I'm coaching people to greater confidence when speaking in public or in groups, they always ask me how they can be 'fast-tracked'. "What's the secret?" they say. What they really mean is: "How do I get to achieve this immediately without any feeling of discomfort?" This scary, brain-frying headspace – known in psychological terms as 'conscious incompetence' – is there for a reason: so that you can be creative, learn your craft, practice a heap of strategies... and become satisfyingly resilient along the way.

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