The article spells out how to build confidence and credibility. One way to build confidence as a performance consultant is to focus preparation on learning enough about the business to have a stake in the current and future success of the organization, and to develop performance consulting competencies. For a human performance improvement (HPI) professional, it may be the single most important success criteria to find the right client to partner with on performance improvement. Once the right client has been identified, it's critical to align the right client with the right potential HPI project.