One more confidence article

Citing the 5 Levels of Leadership by Jim Collins:

https://open.buffer.com/confidence-humility/

Confidence Gap: Women and Men (references)

Evidence shows that women are less self-assured than men—and that to succeed, confidence matters as much as competence. Here's why, and what to do about it.

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/05/the-confidence-gap/359815/

You’ve probably heard the following statistic: Men apply for a job when they meet only 60% of the qualifications, but women apply only if they meet 100% of them.  The finding comes from a Hewlett Packard internal report, and has been quoted in Lean In, The Confidence Code and dozens of articles. 

https://hbr.org/2014/08/why-women-dont-apply-for-jobs-unless-theyre-100-qualified


For women, not wanting to face failure was a big reason they didn’t apply. Almost one in four surveyed said their top reason for not going after the job was: “I didn’t think they would hire me since I didn’t meet the qualifications and I didn’t want to put myself out there if I was likely to fail.” Only 13% of men said this.

The other big gender difference Mohr found: In a job hunt, women are more likely than men to play by the rules. While 15% of women said the main reason they didn’t apply was because “I was following the guidelines,” only 8% of men said so.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2014/09/11/are-women-too-timid-when-they-job-search/#35777cd52f83