To thrive in the new world of work, every organization, every leader, and every professional needs to play bigger to unlock meaningful innovation and stay relevant.
Indeed, as Dr. Valerie Young, the number #1 expert on Impostor Syndrome says, “Everybody losses when bright people play small.”
For this reason, in this edition of Your Smart Future, we are bringing you insights to help you overcome impostor syndrome moments that could hold you back.
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How Leaders Can Defeat Impostor Syndrome
Surveys show, up to 70% of the population experiences feelings of fraud at some point in their lives, including musician Chris Martin, actress Natalie Portman, comedian Tina Fey, executive Sheryl Sandberg, and even poet Maya Angelou.
For most people, that feeling goes away after a few months on the job.
For others, Impostor Syndrome is a core part of their identity and affects the way they see themselves every day. High achievers and perfectionists are particularly prone to the impostor experience.
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Why Impostor Syndrome Hits Underrepresented Identities Harder, And How Employers Can Help
Many discussions about impostor syndrome focus on how an individual can recover from the feeling. However, perhaps an equally important focus is on how to ease or minimize the occurrence of this experience.
There are structural and societal reasons for this increased impostor syndrome amongst underrepresented populations and as such, the ones should not be solely on them to “get over it”—employers can and should help ease the burden.
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Self-Coaching Space: Take The Impostor Syndrome Quiz Developed by Dr. Valerie Young
- Do you chalk your success up to luck, timing, or computer error?
- Do you believe “If I can do it, anybody can”?
- Do you agonize over even the smallest flaws in your work?
- Are you crushed by even constructive criticism, seeing it as evidence of your “ineptness?”
- When you do succeed, do you secretly feel like you fooled them again?
- Do you worry that it’s just a matter of time before you’re “found out?”
If you’ve answered yes to one or more of those questions, you’ve joined the club of millions of people around the world from CEOs to PhDs to Academy Award Winning actors who secretly believe they’re not as bright or capable as everyone “thinks” they are.
Fortunately, there is a cure! Feel free to email me or call me if you want to find out more about the cure 😊
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What's New!?
I am a founding licensed associate of the Impostor Syndrome Institute, the world’s #1 source of impostor syndrome solutions.
I’ve been trained directly by Dr. Valerie Young, the creator of Rethinking Impostor Syndrome™ and I am ready to bring this program to your organization.
Through my programs, I was seeing firsthand the cost of impostor syndrome for both individuals and organizations. For this reason, I could not let pass the opportunity of strengthening my portfolio of solutions by being one of the first-ever 13 licensed associates of the Impostor Syndrome Institute.
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PODCAST: Glass Breakers Café with Cindy Montgenie
Since our last newsletter, we had the privilege of interviewing:
Glass Breakers Café con Cindy:
- Nubia Maldonado, Integrated Planning Business Director, Medtronic
- Raul Gil, Managing Director, HCL Technologies Mexico
Glass Breakers Café with Cindy:
- Maria Fico, Sr. HR Business Partner, Del Monte Fresh Produce
Glass Breakers Café is a space where impactful leaders are sharing their insights into the future, inclusive leadership, and career development to inspire you and empower you to go after your unlimited and smart future by breaking free from firefighting, limiting beliefs, and society’s invisible walls.
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Smart Fact of The Day
Heineken is now spending half of its US ad budget on nonalcoholic beer.
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Thanks for spending your coffee break with me 😊
Feel free to share with me your thoughts, concerns, questions about the future of work, your leadership journey, and your career acceleration.
You will get a real reply (I am not a bot!).
‘See you soon, till then – remember to shape your future today!.
Keep winning & Stay connected!
Cindy
P.S. Want to share more bite-size insights with others?
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