The Imposter Syndrome

Even though you’re successful, do you sometimes feel like an imposter? The Imposter Syndrome is now recognised as a common experience amongst talented people in business. They attribute their success to luck, discount their capabilities and fear being exposed as a fraud. They constantly strive for better results and are generally the high achievers as a result. However, this striving can lead to burn-out from an overly driven need to succeed, or fear of failure and being revealed as a fraud can stop them from leaning in to more senior positions.

Sheryl Sandberg (COO of Facebook and author of Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead) says that, to lean in fully, women need to get comfortable with their success. When we really own and appreciate who we are, then we can denounce the demands and accusations of our internal imposter and realise all of our leadership potential.

Workshop structure
During this interactive session, you will investigate The Imposter Syndrome - what it is, how it can impact on performance and how to shift the attitudes that underpin it.

Through a questionnaire, individual reflection and plenary sharing of observations you will explore the impact of The Imposter Syndrome, personally, and more widely.

Facilitator, Caroline Holt, will demonstrate a simple-to-use and very effective technique for recognising and appreciating your own capabilities and helping others to do the same. You will have the opportunity to practise the technique individually and with others during the workshop.

Caroline Holt www.attitudecoach.co.uk

Caroline is passionate about helping people, especially professional women, achieve their career and personal aspirations. Through her company, Attitude Coach, they learn how to balance their personal and professional priorities, develop their resilience and personal authority and get support for their choices both at home and at work.

After a successful corporate career and co-founding a global innovation agency, Caroline now works with organisations to identify the attitudinal and behavioural blocks limiting people’s progress through the leadership pipeline. This then informs the design, shape and delivery of strategy and initiatives that enable organisations to realise the full potential of their talent and leverage diversity effectively.

Caroline has an Honours degree in Business and Management and is a Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP).