Feel like an imposter? You are not alone

Lifting the lid on imposter syndrome

In the run-up to Incisive Media's Women in Investment Festival on 3 March and its 'Lifting the Lid on Imposter Syndrome' session – which will address the harm that a lack of self-confidence can cause and how to address it – Laura Miller gets under the bonnet of how common the problem is, and the tangible impacts it can have on financial services firms.

You beat off tough competition and got promoted in your first-choice career. Your boss thinks you are great, and you work within your specialist subject. So why do you feel like a fraud? Imposter syndrome - a pervasive belief of intellectual and professional fraudulence, that we're not good enough - affects millions of us, and can trigger anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. Incisive Media launches its first Women in Investment Festival Anyone can experience feeling they do not deserve their success. But the first studies to discover the phenomenon looked at high achieving wome...