5️⃣ Keep a Confidence Catalog – Track your wins, big or small, so you can remind yourself of all the fears you’ve already conquered. (I can barely remember what I had for breakfast, so yes, this helps!)

4️⃣ Find Your Confidence Champion – Mentors, allies, or even aspirational idols help you see strengths you might overlook. Who’s yours?

3️⃣ Celebrate Small Wins – Tiny achievements matter. Momentum builds confidence over time. (This Forbes article shows why!)

1️⃣ Reframe Your Inner Voice – Trade self-doubt for curiosity. Shift from “I can’t” to “I’m learning”.
2️⃣ Establish a Pre-Performance Ritual – A simple, consistent sequence (breathing, writing, gestures) before presentations or negotiations can calm nerves and boost performance.

I’ll also lead a panel with thought leaders sharing how AI is driving efficiency and impact in their organizations. If you’re ready to leave with tangible tools, a fresh perspective, and connections with other ambitious leaders, this is the day for you.

We’ll tackle practical ways to:
🔨 Work smarter, not harder
🧭 Communicate with clarity
🔧 Turn momentum into results

I’m leading a hands-on masterclass on AI for leaders at the Leading With Impact Summit, hosted by Cate Luzio and Luminary. Reserve your spot here → https://www.tickettailor.com/events/luminary/1972659

You’ll walk away with practical tools to turn introductions into relationships, and small talk into opportunity. Make networking a skill you'll *actually* enjoy!

Sign up here: https://thecma.ca/events/detail/2026/02/25/default-calendar/Women-in-Business-Win-Win-Networkings

We’ll explore how curiosity, preparation, and confidence can make networking:
✨ Strategic
✨ Comfortable
✨ And yes… fun!

🎯 Let's talk! Which of these will you intentionally build this year?

4️⃣ Coaching Mindset: Great leaders don’t just give answers. They ask better questions and help others think their way forward.
5️⃣ Resilience: Change is constant. The ability to reset, adapt, and keep going is what sustains long-term success.

1️⃣ Emotional Intelligence: The ability to read the room and respond with intention.
2️⃣ Conflict Management: Learn to navigate tension without avoiding or escalating it.
3️⃣ Communication Clarity: Whether it’s expectations, feedback, or decisions; ambiguity slows everything down.

With the new year, I hope this year brings clarity, opportunity, and growth worthy of your effort!

🎯 As you set goals for the year ahead, consider this one:

Who could benefit from your perspective and what might you learn by mentoring them?

When you mentor others, you sharpen your own leadership muscles in the process. Nothing clarifies your thinking like explaining it to someone else. Also, great mentors ask better questions than they answer. And learning flows both ways (always).

To every client, colleague, and friend who’s ever been counted out, told no, or quietly underestimated: I'm cheering for you. And I’m so proud of the leaders you’ve become. Happy National Underdogs Day. Keep proving them wrong in the most graceful, powerful way possible.🔥

And guess what? They outworked expectations and outgrew every box someone tried to put them in. They outshined even the loudest voices in the room.