Top tips for overcoming imposter syndrome

Tamara Gillan, founder of The WealthiHer Network, offers advice

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It is "good to own" imposter syndrome, Tamara Gillan, founder of The WealthiHer Network, told delegates at the Women in Investment Festival on 3 March in London.

Speaking at the inaugural festival in a session titled Lifting the lid on imposter syndrome, Gillan said imposter syndrome was the "fear of believing that we're frauds". "It's good to own it. It's good to talk about. But I also think it's good to have… humility," she added. During her talk, Gillan referred to a study by Kantar which found that 70% of women lack confidence and that confidence levels fall among younger women. Feel like an imposter? You are not alone She added that women's confidence drops by 30% in the first three years of working in an organisation, adding that t...

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