Confidence That Carries: Making Leadership Decisions You Trust

Program Summary

In this interactive, instructor led 60-minute webinar, we address one of the most common barriers to leadership growth: the hesitation that creeps in when the spotlight turns your way.

Imposter syndrome often surfaces during promotions, presentations, and pivotal decisions. The result can be overthinking, softened language, delayed action, or the need for repeated reassurance. Over time, those patterns chip away at authority.

This session will help you interrupt that cycle. You will learn how to recognize self-doubt early, replace external validation with internal standards, and make clear decisions even when outcomes are not guaranteed.

Join us, and you will learn how to:

• Identify patterns of self-doubt that undermine confidence
• Build internal validation instead of relying on outside approval
• Show up decisive and grounded, even when certainty is impossible

Program Highlights

Rewiring the Self-Doubt Pattern: Interrupt Hesitation Before It Shows

• Recognize the subtle behaviors that signal shrinking confidence in meetings and decision moments
• Identify the internal cues that trigger overthinking, second guessing, or softened language
• Replace approval seeking with clear personal standards that support forward momentum

Decisive Leadership Under Pressure: Act Without Perfect Certainty

• Use a simple, repeatable framework to make sound decisions with incomplete information
• Communicate choices clearly without over explaining or backing away from your position
• Recover from missteps quickly without letting them undermine your credibility

Building Internal Authority: Lead Without Needing Permission

• Shift from external validation to trusting your experience and preparation
• Advocate for your ideas with clarity and composure, even in high stakes conversations
• Develop mental habits to stop overthinking from delaying your next move

Question and Answer Session

Bring your current leadership challenges, and you will receive practical insight you can put into action right away.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Michelle Coussens, CEO & Business Strategist | Plan B Consulting Services LLC

Michelle Coussens is a frequently sought-after speaker and business strategist for numerous types of organizations on a wide range of topics related to the workplace, including but not limited to talent management, business strategy, and operational effectiveness. With consistently high participant ratings, her webinars, seminars, and speaking engagements bring practical value to businesses of every size and type. She is a resourceful, resilient, and relentless business professional with demonstrated success in building new programs, driving short-term efficiencies, and improving long-term effectiveness all through innovation, rigor, and courageous leadership. She has direct experience with a variety of industries, as well as in consulting, education, and not-for-profit organizations.