The Confidence Effect: Every Woman’s Guide to the Attitude That Attracts Success

Killelea, a leadership coach and former SVP of Comcast, indulges in a lot of shiny inspiration talk without a fresh perspective or new information to back it up. Citing a dispiriting disconnect between the competence of the high-performing women around her and the low levels of confidence they display, she asks what would happen if she could draw a connecting line between the two and help women achieve both success and happiness. It’s a truism, verging on cliché, that women often feel like they can never measure up to expectations. To correct this tendency, Killelea presents stories from successful women and tips for developing levels of confidence that more accurately reflect one’s level of talent and aptitude for hard work. She covers the high points of networking, delegation, coaching and mentoring, reputation building, and accountability; these are all worthwhile subjects, but ones that have been discussed ad nauseam in a host of previous books. Readers will find little of substance here. Agent: Leticia Gomez, Savvy Literary Services. (Jan.)