Surprising Early Result From The 2019 Imposter Syndrome Study

Think that Imposter Syndrome isn’t bothering your business? This early finding from the 2019 Imposter Syndrome Study might change your mind on that. All business leaders need to know this.

Last week I ran a training session for the leaders of a multinational company on ditching Imposter Syndrome. There was plenty of nodding in recognition of the symptoms and business-damaging effects of Imposter Syndrome as I took them through how to spot it in their teams, in themselves, and two practical ‘quick fix’ techniques to help people when Imposter Syndrome strikes.

And, as always, there was a sprinkling of ‘head-shakers’.

I love to get to chat with these people afterwards, because they tend to be the ones who don’t really believe that Imposter Syndrome is a ‘thing’ or that it deserves airtime. And that’s fine, as long as it isn’t affecting them at a subconscious level or anyone in their team. Which is never the case.

The survey has been completed by business leaders, whether or not they believe they have Imposter Syndrome. And today’s unofficial early data popped up two fascinating facts:

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