I watched my client flinch, as yet another email pinged its arrival with an audible bell. Then a Teams message arrived – a different sound. Her shoulders slumped. Her eyes flashed fear. “I’m so sorry, I do need to reply to this one.” She was in the middle of a mentoring call – one she […]
Who In Your Team Is Worried They’re The Weakest Link?
“Every team has someone who is the weakest link.” Back in my Six Sigma engineering days, the work I was doing to fix emergency quality problems in the factory regularly meant stopping the production line – which cost $2,000 per minute. [You read that right.] So when we were fixing problems, we always looked for the weakest […]
Burnout Research: Pandemic Coping Strategies, Toxic Resilience & Imposter Syndrome
Click to download infographic PDF The 2022 Burnout & Imposter Syndrome Research Study shows findings that are essential reading for line managers and HR professionals.After two years of the Covid pandemic, the stress, anxiety, life disruption and the worry this has caused is having a measurable impact on individuals, teams and organisations.This article brings you […]
Break The Bias? The Secret Role Of Imposter Syndrome
Break the bias is the theme for the 2022 International Women’s Day. But how do you do it? And what about Imposter Syndrome’s secret role? This is something I’ve been researching for the past few years. And the 2022 Imposter Syndrome Research Study builds on what we learned with the 2019 study, adding in analysis of […]
Closing The Gender Pay Gap: Whose Job Is It Anyway?
When it comes to closing the gender pay gap, are organisations focussing on the wrong things? And why aren’t we making the progress we’d hoped for? Discover the hidden drivers and what we could be doing to create breakthroughs, fast.I was giving a keynote talk on Imposter Syndrome recently and in the Q&A one of […]
How To Bring Up The Subject Of Imposter Syndrome When You Think A Colleague Might Be Struggling With It [Episode 27]
One of the things I’m asked most often by leaders, at the end of a keynote, is how to bring up the subject of Imposter Syndrome with a colleague or team member – and then what to do to help them.It’s so easy to freeze, or talk ourselves out of broaching it, or worry that […]
