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Imposter syndrome was never your problem. If you feel like a fraud at work no matter how much you achieve, there's a reason fixing yourself hasn't worked.

Jodi-Ann Burey co-wrote the Harvard Business Review article "Stop Telling Women They Have Impostor Syndrome" and wrote Authentic: The Myth of Bringing Your Full Self to Work. She joins Lisa Sun to separate the self-doubt that makes you sharper from the doubt that makes you smaller, and to talk about taking back your agency at work.

In this conversation:
• How this label lets workplaces off the hook
• The difference between healthy self-doubt and a lifetime of being told you're not enough
• How to figure out whose voice your self-doubt really belongs to
• Pay inequity, stolen credit, and being judged on behavior instead of results
• Yale research showing women rated highest on performance but lowest on "promotion potential"
• Why "bring your full self to work" can be a trap
• What it means to be a person at work, not just a worker

Next time that fraud voice shows up, ask yourself: am I doubting myself because I'm not ready, or because this room keeps making me prove that I am?

0:00 - Imposter syndrome was never your problem
0:38 - Meet Jodi-Ann Burey
5:25 - Why imposter syndrome is holding you back
7:05 - Healthy self-doubt vs. being told you're not enough
10:29 - "You don't know what I can do"
13:36 - How workplace bias creates imposter feelings
17:44 - Is "bring your full self to work" a trap?
22:39 - You are a person at work

About Jodi-Ann Burey: Jodi-Ann is an author, speaker, and podcast host whose work spans public health, startups, and corporate. She is the author of Authentic: The Myth of Bringing Your Full Self to Work and co-author, with Ruchika Tulshyan, of the Harvard Business Review article "Stop Telling Women They Have Impostor Syndrome."