Abstract:
Have you ever felt like an impostor? How will your colleagues discover that you are a fraud and that you don’t deserve your job? In this talk, I will describe the reasons behind this syndrome with personal experiences, together with a survey conducted with over 100 people around the globe.

Description:
Have you ever felt like an impostor? Have you feared that your colleagues will discover that you are a fraud and that you don’t deserve your job? Impostor syndrome is a psychological phenomenon that hinders people from internalizing their accomplishments that most often affects women and non-binary people.
This feeling of being an impostor plagued me for years, and it wasn't until I started talking to others that I realized I wasn't alone. In fact, I conducted a survey with over 100 people around the world which revealed a lot from others perspectives.
I have seen evidence daily supporting this theory as women are receiving, on average, 59% of men’s average lifetime earnings according to Office for National Statistics’ Human Capital Estimates report. Also, few women are working in management or technical roles. They attribute their own success to luck or timing opportunity, and not to their skills. As you have already seen, in conferences, congress or just looking around to your coworkers, what is the majority of them?
Many authors have identified five types of “impostors”: “perfectionists” are the ones that set high expectations for themselves, “experts” have the feeling that they need to understand every subject, “natural geniuses” have the idea that skills came easily, and if they need to work at it, it's a sign that they are not good enough. “Soloists” are those who find it isn’t acceptable to ask for help and, finally, “supermen” or “superwomen” work harder in all aspects of life, and stress comes when they are not able to deal with it.
In this talk, I’ll go over the impostor syndrome and its five patterns, why women can be more susceptible and retained by impostor feelings and practical strategies for disrupting the impostor syndrome that they can start using immediately to help themselves.

Takeaways:
Comprehend the current scenario based on personal experiences from more than 100 people
Understand how to identify different types of “impostors” in you and other people
Get advice how to overcome the syndrome in real life

Schedule:
0:05 - Understanding audience (Ask to audience what is the role of each one and if they had already felt or seen it)
0:10 - Present speaker
0:15 - Share personal experiences ("have you ever been in a situation where…")
0:20 - Introduction of subject
0:30 - Metrics proving that it's scientifically supported more in women than men (but anyone could have it)
0:40 - Explain different types of “imposters” and its patterns
0:45 - Online quizz to audience understand which type of impostor syndrome they have - https://www.grammarly.com/blog/imposter-syndrome-quiz/
0:50 - Share ways to overcome these feelings by book “Feminist Fight Club”
0:55 - Closing
1:00 - Q&A