Quietly Visible
Why You Still Feel Like an Imposter After Being Promoted
You've got the promotion or landed the new role. You've worked hard to get there and other people clearly believe you're capable. So why are you now wondering whether you're actually good enough? That feeling of “What if they've made a mistake?” is something I experienced myself when I was promoted into a senior leadership role. I found myself waiting for the phone call or email telling me they'd got it wrong. But when I stopped and looked more closely at what was behind my self-doubt, I realised it wasn't that I couldn't do the job. There were two specific areas of my new responsibilities where I didn't yet feel confident about what was expected of me. Once I'd identified them, I could do something about them. In this short episode of the Quietly Visible podcast, I explore why stepping into a bigger role can trigger feelings of being an imposter, and how identifying what's really behind those feelings can help you move forward. Because sometimes the problem isn't that you're not good enough. You're simply dealing with new responsibilities, unfamiliar territory and the uncertainty that comes with them. They believed you were good enough to give you the role. It's time to believe it yourself. Music ©️Julie Anne Smith
