Hier erfahren Sie, wie Sie das Hochstapler-Syndrom überwinden und Ihr Selbstvertrauen als Programmmanager stärken können.

Impostor syndrome often stems from allowing others' opinions and inputs to supersede our own. This is not to say we should not listen to others but we need to weigh/filter input through our own window of skills, knowledge, and experience. The best way to overcome impostor syndrome is focus on your program objectives and communicate with/to a wider breadth of stakeholders. If you see gaps in knowledge or understanding work on filling them through research, collaboration, and effort. It is a strength to acknowledge when you don't know something. When you don't know: ask. If others see this as a weakness that is on them not you. Acknowledge you are where you are, you know what you know, and you can always grow into the role.

Data, measurement, and feedback tells the story. Your feelings simply reveal your relationship you have with yourself, authority, and emotions. You need to balance the former with the latter and acknowledge how well or poorly you acted in the program manager role. When you see you've done poorly: acknowledge it, learn from it, assess, and adjust... and then move on. When you see you've done well: acknowledge it, celebrate it, reinforce best practices, and then move on. Moving on is the best way lingering in the morass that is the impostor syndrome. You are where you are because you developed skills, knowledge, and experience which someone recognized and enlisted you to act in your current role. Let it in. Let it ALL in.

Self-assessment is a critical skill for improving your skills, for learning. Feedback from peers, mentors, and stakeholders can amplify and inform your self-assessment. When there is disparity between the two it provides an opportunity for you to learn even more. The old adage "don't throw the baby out with the bath water" provides a lesson for feedback. Many people have no idea to provide feedback. As such it is up to you to glean any beneficial information from the messenger no matter how poorly it might be delivered. Feedback is everywhere if you look, listen, and let it in. When you need more (or better) ask the people you trust and take it with a grain of salt. Use feedback to improve and you will always be ahead in the game.