Recognise Your Strengths & Thrive at Work for Greater Career Confidence
- Emma Redman
- Jul 15
- 2 min read
Understanding your unique strengths and thinking styles is the first step toward building real career confidence. Leveraging what sets you apart creates opportunities for growth, fulfilment, and lasting impact - especially in welcoming and inclusive workplaces.
Why Focus on Your Strengths for Career Confidence?
Greater Career Confidence: Knowing where you excel gives you clarity when tackling new challenges.
Improved Collaboration: Recognising your thinking style helps you communicate and work more effectively with others.
Enhanced Career Growth: UK studies show just 50% of employees feel their strengths are truly used at work - yet neurodiverse teams are up to 30% more productive when people play to their unique strengths.
Practical Insights to Build Career Confidence
Reflect on your successes: Write down three recent achievements and note the strengths that helped you.
Strengths spotting: Ask a trusted colleague or friend to describe your greatest strengths. Compare this feedback with your own view.
Thinking styles audit: Are you more creative, strategic, analytical, or detail-oriented? Notice how your thinking style contributes to your work and your growing career confidence.
Action Steps for Career Confidence
Schedule a weekly reflection to identify moments when you felt energised and accomplished.
Keep a simple journal of your strengths as they emerge.
Talk openly with your team about your preferred working style - building understanding paves the way for better collaboration.
Take the Next Step on Your Growth Journey
Ready to delve deeper into your strengths and unlock greater potential?
Discover practical coaching tools, self-reflection exercises, and actionable growth strategies in my book:
START. GROW. LEAD.: Coaching Tools to Get Unstuck and Grow On Your Terms
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• Email: contact@empowered-coaching.today
If you’d like personalised support or want to discuss your journey, please get in touch - I’m here to help you start, grow, and lead on your terms.
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