Leadership often comes with the self-imposed expectation of certainty and confidence. Behind the composed exterior of many successful leaders often lies an unspoken challenge: imposter syndrome.

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There are four common actions that may signal imposter syndrome. Imposter syndrome can happen multiple times.

Shakespeare once wrote, “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” He wasn’t just being poetic; he was capturing a truth about human behavior: Life requires us to play roles.

I’ll never forget the moment a newly minted senior executive, a man I’d watched steer his company through a turbulent transition, confessed his secret to me over a coffee. “Every quarter, when we ...