HR Unfiltered - brought to you by SOPEOPLE E12 - Confidence in HR - a raw and unfiltered discussion with Kirsty Baggs-Morgan
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Feb 16, 2026 
Kirsty Baggs-Morgan, HR leader, coach and author of The HR Confidence Playbook, rebuilt her professional confidence after an abrupt redundancy. She discusses identity loss, her six R framework for rebuilding confidence, why HR struggles with visibility and credibility, and practical steps for setting boundaries, communicating value and practicing resilience.
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Rock Bottom Led To A Three Day Book
- Kirsty hit rock bottom after being abruptly let go from a senior HR role and used training and coaching to rebuild herself.
- She scribbled a confidence framework in 2021, coached others with it, then wrote the HR Confidence Playbook in three days.
Make Fears Real To Shrink Them
- Recognise where your confidence shows up and say your fears out loud to make them real and manageable.
- Use coaching or journaling to answer 'How likely is that?' and reduce imagined worst-case scenarios.
Use The Six R Framework Step By Step
- Follow the six R's: Recognize, Realize, Rationalize, Reconnect, Resilience, Rebuild to restore confidence.
- Rebuild by practising the things you fear, gather evidence nothing catastrophic happens, then try again.
