Mid-Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar “The Imposter Phenomenon or Do I Really Belong Here?” Understanding and Coping with the Inability to Internalize Success Maureen Gannon, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine
Mid-Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar
Mid-Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar 6 Strategies to Kick Imposter Syndrome to the Curb By REBECCA THORMAN (On Careers blogger)REBECCA THORMAN 1.Write it out 2.Make a list of good things/ accomplishments 3.Take action 4.Become a mentor 5.Find supporters 6.Understand the why
Mid-Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar research on women’s self-limiting feelings and beliefs about themselves and their success reasons why so many accomplished women feel as though they are “faking it” – impostors in their own lives and career practical ways to banish the thought patterns that undermine women’s ability to feel — and act — as bright and capable as they truly are
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