Lean Into Yourself, Lean Away from Imposter Syndrome

Morning breakout session II 11:10-12:00 PM

Lean Into Yourself, Lean Away from Imposter Syndrome

Often, many of us find ourselves in roles or initiatives that we fear we are not qualified for. We may feel unskilled, like frauds, or like we have no business being where we are, doing what we do. The difficult part of impostor syndrome is not that we do not belong, but that we care so much about where we are and what we're doing, that we fear we will do damage or harm, or not live up to potential.
   
When we lean into ourselves and embrace our strengths, we see how they balance our areas for opportunity and growth; this allows us to make positive changes all around, and banish our impostor syndrome. It is a process, so by using basic process improvement principles, we can identify not just where and why we may feel like we don't belong, but banish that and accept our power to get where we want to be.

Learning Objectives: Please include at least THREE takeaways or objectives for participants.

• Identify what impostor syndrome is, how it presents, and what its effects can look like.

• Identify personal strengths and areas for opportunity/growth.

• Identify how to apply basic Lean principles to start the process of banishing impostor syndrome and owning our ability, power, and belonging