07/23/2026
That's a 36-point drop between faith and real confidence, and it traces back to something specific and checkable: what a board hears in a strategy session doesn't always match what a leader says in a client meeting, or a press interview, or an all-hands, five minutes later. Faith is the default a board gives a leader when nothing has contradicted them yet. Once the story shifts depending on the room, faith is all that's left, because real confidence needs a consistent version of events to build on.
Ask your board privately how confident they are, not how much faith they have. The gap in their answer tells you exactly where you stand.