Confidence

College Guy 1987

Hey, I was just wondering - how confident do you need to be on a management degree (undergraduate level)? :confused:

I'm not the most confident person in the world, and am starting to worry about how many presentations, speeches etc you have do in 1st year management courses?

I am pretty good at essays, coursework, exams and all that sort of stuff, but I just can't make a presentation to save my life! :rolleyes:

I'm starting to think I've chosen the wrong course :eek:

Is it just me, or do other people worry about making presentations?

Reply 1

nicko_88

Yea im probably a bit like you, but i think as u go to uni u become more confident anyway? where have u applied to do management?

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Reply 2

Alchemy

10

Leadership is imperative within management and to be able to lead, some theories would argue you have to be confident and do so by example.

A good degree programme will assist you with whatever problem you have regarding confidence, if you have a problem, see a tutor and they will help you rectify the situation. I wouldn't worry about it at all :smile:

Reply 3

College Guy 1987

OP

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Alchemy

Leadership is imperative within management and to be able to lead, some theories would argue you have to be confident and do so by example.

A good degree programme will assist you with whatever problem you have regarding confidence, if you have a problem, see a tutor and they will help you rectify the situation. I wouldn't worry about it at all :smile:

Yeah, I see your point about good leadership. The thing is, I have loads of friends, and when I go out to parties and stuff, I come out of my shell and speak to everyone. Also, I play the piano, and have performed to over a 1000 people at college in shows etc without a problem. But in the classroom, I hate reading my work out to the class (people I don't know very well), and start stuttering, even though I know it's good work. :rolleyes:

It's so frustrating!

Reply 4

Alchemy

10

My sisters has a problem whereby her voice waivers a lot when shes on the phone or doing group speaking. Her issue was related to nerves, which can effect people in different ways. Not being an expert, but it does sound as though you are not confident when perhaps in other scenarios you would be.

One issue you could have is that you don't have a problem playing to a large amount of people whom you may know and dont know equally. However when you are forced to speak to a smaller group of people who you don't know, your confidence leaves you.

Think you need to try and force yourself to think that nobody is in any position to judge anything you say, and that if you just get up and do it you might be better off than worrying about it.

For futher assistance I guess you could try calming tablets and suchlike, they do work apparently. Its all about your will to succeed I guess, even if you work wasn't good, if you don't act confidently, you wont come accross as confident and unfortunately confidence is one thing potential managers could benefit from.

Reply 5

Jan_NL

No worries if you are afraid of speaking in front of bigger audiences - you will definitely lose the stage fright the more presentations you do, and you will do a lot during your degree. Being a natural leader is a big plus (and mandatory if you want to get far in business), but being a natural leader does not equal being the class clown every time you can. Identifying a personal weakness and making an effort to overcome this does however!

So if you are a smart thinker with a certain minimum of communciation skills (which you will improve a lot during your business degree), go for it.

Reply 6

College Guy 1987

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2

Thanks for the advice guys :tsr2:

I think I might join a public speaking group in the summer holidays to get more practice at presentations etc. before I start uni.

Reply 7

Jazzza

1

Most of the presentations are as part of a group. If you're on a course with loads of students then these are usually group presentations, so it's not so bad. You share it, and then when you see what other people do, it helps. There's still loads of assignments and exams as well, like with any course.

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