I hear from women all the time about the feedback they have received around their communication style. Too often women get feedback such as, “I was told to use please and thank you more,” or “my boss says my tone was too aggressive when I asked a direct question during a meeting.” As a woman, I have received my fair share of questionable feedback. For example, when I was working in Corporate America, following a meeting about potential layoffs, my boss pulled me aside to tell me I did not...

What do Maya Angelou, Serena Williams, Tina Fey and Tom Hanks have in common? All have struggled with Imposter Syndrome at one time or another. What is Imposter Syndrome? In general, it is feeling that you don’t deserve the success that you have earned. Often people struggling with it will worry that it is only a matter of time before others find out they are a fraud. Imposter Syndrome Origins: The term first gained popularity in a 1978 paper by psychologists Pauline Rose Clance and...