Overcoming Impostor Syndrome: How Engineers Defeat Self-Doubt (Video On Demand)
Credit: 1 PDH
Subject Matter Expert: Maureen E. Zappala, BS
In Overcoming Impostor Syndrome: How Engineers Defeat Self-Doubt, you'll learn ...
- The common but secret self-doubt that plagues a huge proportion (like, almost 100%) of professional engineers from brand new college graduates, to industry experts, and even top level executives
- How this experience is limiting your personal growth, impeding your professional advancement, and impacting your health
- Strategies to overcome the Impostor Syndrome once and for all
- What you can expect once you are released from these limiting self-doubts
Overview
Everyone believes you are smart and talented. Except you. Secretly, you feel inadequate. You think your success is accidental or undeserved, and you’re afraid of being uncovered as a fraud. You are experiencing “Impostor Syndrome,” a nagging self-doubt that keeps you constantly questioning your value while you compare yourself to other experts in your field or at your firm. It’s nerve-wracking and exhausting, let alone career-limiting. It’s especially prevalent in STEM industries.
Imagine feeling as capable and confident as everyone else thinks you are. Imagine truly enjoying the career for which you worked hard, confidently accepting any new challenge without fear of failure. You can face and embrace failure as a monumental positive pivot point in your career, changing the trajectory toward even greater opportunities. Move from self-doubt to self-assurance, being not just a High-Achiever but a High Believer.
This is not a wishy-washy rah-rah session. This science-based, research-supported approach will give you tools to change your thinking so you can stop feeling like a fraud, and start believing you’re as good as your accomplishments say you are. Align your confidence to your competence, and unleash your influence. Bust through the barriers that bind your mindset, so you can think differently and live with bold enthusiasm. With the five strategies in the “Fraud-Free Framework, you can retrain your thinking so you can stop feeling like an impostor.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- The symptoms, impact, causes and likely “victims” of Impostor Syndrome
- A three step-process to challenge your thinking, so you can choose a different behavior to create a better outcome
- How (and why) to engage with others to further diminish the volume of your own impostor voice
- Strategies for objectively reviewing your performance to instantly boost your confidence and calm your fear
- How to know your “why” and why you should: The surprising connection between professional success and spiritual awareness, and how it helps in overcoming impostor syndrome
Video on Demand
This course is a recorded version of a live lecture and will be streamed directly to your computer's media player. Our format is generally compatible with media players included with all computers and mobile devices. After watching the video presentation, you will return to your account to take the online quiz. While this is a recording of a live presentation, please note that this recording will not qualify as a "live" or "interactive" continuing education activity in those jurisdictions where it is required.
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 10 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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