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Here's an article I wrote about why Imposter Syndrome was NOT invented by the patriarchy to keep women small, and what created this myth. 

Imposter Syndrome: would a rose by any other name smell as stinky?
Should we be renaming Imposter Syndrome? Or should we be loud and proud about it? What are the risks and benefits of the name? And if we don't call it Imposter Syndrome, what should it be instead? 

The Imposter Syndrome Iceberg is a model we created in 2018 from the data that fed into our 2019 Research Study. It explains the difference between self-doubt (our skills and capabilities) and Imposter Syndrome (an identity-level issue).

How can you tell if your company is a secret breeding ground for Imposter Syndrome? This episode is for you if you work for an organisation where you secretly think that maybe it's making Imposter Syndrome worse and you want to be able to find out how and why, and maybe have that conversation...

... or if you're a line manager, business leader, or HR professional, coach or therapist, and you want to understand more about the 3 Pillars Of Imposter Syndrome, and how these work in organisations, to either help people be immune to Imposter Syndrome, or make it much more likely that it's going to play a daily part of their working lives.

On page 27 we touch on hypervigilance and what happens if you 'push on through the fear' of Imposter Syndrome. Episode 19 of the Ditching Imposter Syndrome podcast explores this in more detail:

Did you know that perimenopause is one of the biggest trigger points for imposter syndrome, according to our research study, causing talented women to leave not just their job, but even the career that they loved?

This special episode of the Ditching Imposter Syndrome podcast is both for women who are going through the perimenopause to explain why it's triggering imposter syndrome that may previously have been dormant for you...

... And it's also for those who love them, who work with them, for their employers, to find out how to spot the warning signs that someone might need some additional support to stop the cycle and to create lasting change.

You are losing from your organisation, many of your best women leaders just at the point where they're about to do their best work to make the biggest contribution of their career due to a combination of perimenopause and impostor syndrome.

In this special episode, we're going to talk about how to spot the warning signs that imposter syndrome and perimenopause might be creating a secret storm for yourself or for people you care about. Seven reasons why this happens. This is science based. This is about biology and the research we've done into imposter syndrome.

And we're going to wrap up with what you can do as an employer or a colleague or a loved one. So there is this perfect storm effect that happens between perimenopause and imposter syndrome.

Have you ever had your mind go totally blank when you're asked a question in a meeting, only to have the answer you wanted to give miraculously pop up, the moment the spotlight moves on? Want to know how to fix that?

In this episode, the Ditching Imposter Syndrome takes a bold step into the gender pay gap, looking at 8 ways that men's Imposter Syndrome is preventing pay equality.

What if men’s imposter syndrome is silently shaping workplace culture—and widening the gender pay gap? We reveal findings from the 2024 Imposter Syndrome Research Study, showing how men’s suppressed imposter emotions and maladaptive coping strategies can create toxic dynamics, from micromanagement to exclusionary alpha-male cultures. 

Discover eight surprising ways this impacts women’s ability to fulfil their potential and explore how organisations can break these patterns to foster true equity.

Radical candour has been around for a while, and done right it can be brilliant. But... I and my certified coaches are seeing a shift in the way it's being implemented in many organisations - which is likely to be causing harm.

In fact, some of my coaches, who work in organisations who are doing this, are seeing it create enormous harm - the opposite of what the creator of the concept intended. And that's why my coaches have asked me to create this podcast episode for you.

And there's a missing link - tackling Imposter Syndrome, before candid feedback will work.

What can you do when you want to talk to a colleague or loved-one about Imposter Syndrome, but you're scared that simply using those two words will make them run for the hills?

What's really going on when this happens? How can you start the conversation and remove the taboo? And how can you support the other person in feeling safe talking to you about it, even if you're secretly running it yourself, without it turning into a pity-party?

Do you ever find yourself worrying? What-iffing? Catastrophising? Have you noticed how this cranks up stress and tension?

But worrying is costing you so much more than just lost sleep! Here's why you need to kick the worry-habit - and how to do it.

This podcast episode will be published in the next couple of weeks and we'll add it here for you, once it's live. In the meantime, subscribe to the Ditching Imposter Syndrome podcast - free - wherever you love to get your podcasts.