New constructs have the potential to bring a breath of fresh air to the realm of personnel selection and development, and Cognitive Confidence holds a great deal of promise in this regard. It may add to the prediction of optimal decision-making in work contexts, and reveal more extensive and organizationally relevant relationships between ability and personality.

Cognitive Confidence is what turns ability into action, and the latest thinking is that Cognitive Confidence is a psychological trait in its own right - structurally independent of ability and personality traits.

ebilities' new White Paper "Ability + Confidence: Where the rubber meets the road in decision-making" provides an overview of the Cognitive Confidence phenomenon and how it provides insight into decision-making biases that can affect how we put our abilities into practice.