Source: 2024 Imposter Syndrome Research Study, n=5,000
Original Research
Research study reports & white papers.
Chances are, if you've seen stats about Imposter Syndrome in the past eight years, Clare Josa was the source.
Clare Josa started researching Imposter Syndrome and burnout back in 2003, when she realised her already extensive cognitive-based, NLP Trainer toolkit could only address symptoms, not prevention, for her coaching clients. But Clare's research studies aren't just online polls or AI-generated questions.
They're grounded in university-level academic principles and Market Research Society best practice, with qualitative work feeding into the design of the quantitative studies, and sample sizes of up to 10,000.
Clare is currently completing an MSc in the Neuroscience and Psychology of Mental Health with the University of Warwick, UK, in which she is researching the role of neurodivergence in encoding everyday lived experience of Imposter Syndrome, stress and burnout as trauma-memories, both in workplaces and schools.
Clare's 2025/ 2026 research directly led to the development of her Safe to THRIVE™ framework, which will be published in her next book, in early 2027.
Welcome! What's Waiting For You Here:
The original Imposter Phenomenon research from Clance and Imes in 1978 is nearly fifty years old. Here's what the current understanding of psychology, neuroscience, and trauma now shows us.
2024 research study
Imposter Syndrome & The Gender Pay Gap
Discover what the data says about Imposter Syndrome's role in gender equality - including men's Imposter Syndrome - with practical solutions. The research shows why so many firms are struggling to close the gender gap and create meaningful equality in their leadership teams.
2022 research study
The Link Between Imposter Syndrome & Burnout
Discover the causal link and the three core drivers hidden in your organisation, plus practical actions you can take, starting today.
2019 research study
How Imposter Syndrome Harms Teams
This was Clare Josa's first formal international research study, carried out in 2018. It led to the development of the Imposter Syndrome Iceberg and the 4 Ps of Imposter Syndrome coaching models. The research findings and these models have changed the way people talk about and approach Imposter Syndrome.
But it's not all theory. Discover the 'so what?' and practical solutions in Clare's books, including:
changing lives and organisations
Clare Josa's proprietary frameworks & evidence-based coaching models.
Safe to THRIVE™
The HOPE Matrix®
The essential first step when you need to make deep-acting change, ensuring voices are heard, the best ideas are captured, and you strengthen your teams, instead of driving them out of the door.
The pattern interrupt compass™
For diagnosing hidden barriers and implementing pilot projects, in ways that can easily extend best practice company-wide.
The natural resilience method®
Creating genuine wellbeing and peak performance, without burning out or pushing on through the fear.
rise like a rebel®
For organisations who know that 'business-as-usual' no longer works, Rise Like A Rebel® supports employees in sharing the brilliant ideas they've been holding back, with clarity, courage and confidence.
Clare's Consulting Frameworks
When working with organisations on cultural and performance change, in addition to Safe to THRIVE™, Clare also uses these four proprietary frameworks to help you identify the root cause shifts that will create the most impact, for the least effort, bringing your teams with you.
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Who are you here for?
For Yourself
Have the impact your ideas and dreams deserve, putting an end to secretly lying awake at 3am worrying that they'll 'find you out'.
For Your Teams
Grow teams that are Safe to THRIVE™, without Imposter Syndrome, burnout, or toxic resilience, increasing wellbeing, performance & retention.
For Your Clients
Become the go-to expert in your field, learning Clare's science-backed strategies to create breakthroughs where nothing else has worked. For coaches & trainers.