Unmasking Impostor Syndrome Workshop
Female’s Favour{IT}e Conference at NEXT MANNHEIM
Empowerment Workshop – 1 hour 40 minutes
Mannheim
November 2024
About the event – Female’s Favour{IT}e Conference
I led an Impostor Syndrome Workshop as part of the conference. The Female’s Favour{IT}e Conference is an one-day event for women of all ages and professional backgrounds to join forces and pioneer new pathways in tech and entrepreneurship.
To be honest: Speaking English has long been my personal „imposter syndrome“ topic. During my studies, I spent nine months as a working student in the International Sales and Marketing department of the Infrastructure and City sector at Siemens. Moreover, my resume says that I was the local representative for the Erasmus Student Network at TU Braunschweig.
I always had the feeling (and still do?) that my English looks better on paper than it actually is. What do you do when you’re worried that others might notice your English isn’t as good as it appears on your CV? Exactly. Avoid speaking English.
When I received the request to give a workshop at fem{IT}, with English as the conference language, thoughts popped up immediately: Anna, you’ve (again) managed to fool others about your English skills. You should take another English course first. Or at least go on vacation in the UK? Or simply don’t do the workshop at all?
In the end, I accepted. And it was the best decision ever.
Your Impostor Syndrome Workshop today was really great, and the presentation as well. I’m sure I can learn a lot from it.
At first, I wasn’t sure whether I should attend the workshop at all, as I have often been disappointed by similar events in the past. But the short two-hour workshop flew by, and the exchange was truly enjoyable and fun!
I hope you keep it up and continue empowering people to believe that what they do is valuable and good enough.
About the Impostor Syndrome Workshop
Do you ever feel like you’re just „faking it“?
That you’re in way over your head?
Soon others will discover you’re not as competent as they think? You’re not alone.
This empowering workshop is designed to help you understand this phenomenon and its psychological roots. In this Impostor Syndrome Workshop, we’ll:
- dive into the science behind impostor syndrome, helping you identify and challenge the unhelpful thought patterns that fuel it.
- reflect on your own perceptions of competence and
- experiment with cognitive strategies to transform those impostor feelings into confidence.
Whether you’re leading a startup, navigating a tech career, or pursuing a passion project, this workshop will provide you with actionable tools to manage feeling out of place and step into your full potential.
