Notes on Leadership, Imposter Syndrome and Influence

In this episode Sinéad and Melissa chat about how to be a leader when you don’t feel like you have any influence (spoiler alert: you do), figuring out how your skills can help you navigate your imposter experience, and kicking comparison so that you can stop competing and start leading.We’d love to hear your stories of feeling like an imposter, so email us at  [email protected] and each episode we’ll be sharing some on the podcast. IG: @theimpostersclubT: @impostersclubShow Notes:Susan Cain, ‘Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Won’t Stop Talking’: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Quiet-Power-Introverts-World-Talking/dp/0141029196Valerie Young, The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Thoughts-Successful-Women-Impostor-ebook/dp/B004KPM1N0 Amanda Parker, ‘Leadership skills come in black too – even if most 'inclusive' boards can't see it’, Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/feb/25/leadership-skills-come-in-black-too-even-if-most-inclusive-boards-cant-see-itMichelle Obama, ‘I still have imposter syndrome’, BBC, 2018: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46434147Lucy Sheridan, ‘The Comparison Cure’, 2019: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Comparison-Cure-Lucy-Sheridan/dp/1409191214