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 – Get Past the Impostor Syndrome and Get Comfortable with Success

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Hosted by HerBusiness

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10 November 2015

 

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The impostor syndrome is a phenomenon where highly successful people secretly fear they’re a fraud among their peers, not really qualified to be doing what they do. It’s especially common for businesswomen, in corporations and entrepreneurships alike. Compensation strategies – like projecting an invulnerable façade of power and togetherness – only bandage the underlying problem, and hinder one’s ability to connect and relate to others.

In this episode of herBusiness, Harold Hillman, the Managing Director of the Sigmoid Curve Consulting Group and author of The Impostor Syndrome: Becoming an Authentic Leader, talks about the thought patterns behind impostor syndrome, and advice on how to work through it to become more open, real, and connected to others.

Listen to this episode to hear more about:

  • Frames of thinking
  • Openness in leadership
  • Authenticity in the workplace
  • Accepting uncertainty and ambiguity
  • Vulnerability and connecting to others

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About the host

Suzi Dafnis

Hi there. I’m Suzi Dafnis, CEO at HerBusiness. My BIG passion is helping women business owners to grow and scale their business, so that they can create their ideal lifestyle and make a difference in the world. Every day I am inspired by the more than 30,000 amazing women (and men!) in our community and I love finding the best education, mentors, and resources from around the globe, to help them get the skills, knowledge, and support they need to succeed. It’s been my privilege to lead HerBusiness (formerly The Australian Businesswomen’s Network) for the past 23 years (two+ decades – WOW!) because, whilst I’ve enjoyed success in business, I’ve also experienced the highs and the lows – sometimes you can feel on top of the world and in control and other times you can feel isolated, exhausted and stuck. What has made the biggest difference for me has always been having great people around me and having a lifelong commitment to learning. That’s why I am so passionate about the work we do here at HerBusiness – providing a Connection Network for women in business to get the mentors, contacts, referrals, knowledge, and skills they need to grow their confidence, make more money, build their businesses, expand their network and create the lives they love. My entrepreneurial journey started in the spare room of my Sydney apartment in 1994 when my business partner and I started a boutique events company that represented speakers and authors from the USA, here in Australia. Over the years I’ve grown multiple multi-million dollar businesses in the events, publishing and education niches – with teams in Australia, New Zealand, and the USA. Not everything has worked and there has been a degree of trial and error, and a lot of bumps in the road. But I have always had a strong commitment to always surrounding myself with great mentors and like-minded peers – a Connection Network that I can depend on and who can depend on me to be there for them too. I truly do what I love, every day.  

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Harold Hillman

Harold Hillman

Harold Hillman is the author of The Impostor Syndrome and Fitting In Standing Out. He is the Managing Director for Sigmoid Curve Consulting Group, which specialises in helping leaders and leadership teams take people through transformational change.
 It believes that leaders and teams who don’t know how to lead a company through change are doomed to failure. Harold works primarily with chief executives and their leadership teams to face into the challenges that come with transformation.

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