I'm Dr. Liz Bywater, Strategic Advisor to the C-Suite and Team Performance Accelerator. I'm also the author of “Slow Down to Speed Up: Lead, Succeed and Thrive in a 24/7 World”.

I'd like to talk to you today about something that I have worked closely with many of my clients on, which is this sense upon being promoted or given a big new business challenge, that somehow you have gotten that role or that challenge without really deserving it. Somehow you have pulled the wool over somebody's eyes, or maybe they just misjudged you and thought you could do more, be more effective, be more successful than you really think you can be. You've probably heard of this called ‘imposter syndrome’ is one of the ways that people think about it. It's awfully common. Men experience it, and women experience it, and it can be at any level of promotion.