Confident Leaders By Design

An Essential Guide to Confidence Creation

Chris Baker

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English

Routledge
01 July 2025

Counselling & advice services; Management: leadership & motivation; Personnel & human resources management; Psychotherapy

Do you feel confident at work? Are there times when you lack confidence but can’t show it? The role of confidence in successful leadership is both significant and undisputed and yet organisations are full of leaders and teams who don’t have as much as they want and, even worse, are not doing anything about it.

Attempts to develop confidence are usually confined to empty affirmations and vanilla-flavoured self-help books. In contrast, this book provides an evidence-based code that outlines the steps we can all take to positively shift our confidence and that of our teams. Confident Leaders by Design is for leaders at all levels looking for a rigorous yet accessible approach to confidence development. Through research and fascinating anecdotes it reveals the surprising secrets to supercharging leadership potential through confidence creation.

Alongside the theory, readers will practically locate their confidence sweet spot and explore activities like sludge audits, confidence curves and self-efficacy circles which will help them to immediately start growing confidence in themselves and their teams.

By: Chris Baker
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 480g
ISBN: 9781032897172
ISBN 10: 1032897171
Pages: 254
Publication Date: 01 July 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chris Baker is a former teacher who now designs, delivers and assesses leadership development programmes at various scales across various domains. He has a doctorate in leadership self-efficacy, and fuelled by his own personal battles with low confidence is fascinated by its complex role in the way we think, feel and act.

Reviews for Confident Leaders By Design: An Essential Guide to Confidence Creation

""For those interested in applied psychology, particularly in leadership contexts, this book offers a valuable blend of theory, personal narrative, and actionable strategies."" Dr Paul Redford, Associate Professor, University of the West of England. ""This book is an honest and informed exploration of the significant role that confidence, and specifically self-efficacy, plays in flourishing as a successful leader."" Alison Fletcher FCCT, Director of Professional Development, Cabot Learning Federation. ""Rooted in a truly impressive synthesis of available research, this is a timely reminder of the importance of self-efficacy and confidence for leaders at all levels. Highly recommend."" Andy Buck, Founder of Leadership Matters. ""This is the book I wish I had read twenty years ago and is a must for anyone wishing to develop their own confidence and that of their team members."" Neil Thomas, Director of Strata Leadership Development. ""Confidence is an essential part of successful leadership no matter what sector you work in, and this book provides a clear, evidence-based roadmap to get you there."" A Jones, Sargent (SGT), Australian Special Forces.