People & CultureConference50min
Just Got Lucky: Understanding and Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome Trap
This presentation explores impostor syndrome—its signs, causes, and links to perfectionism and procrastination. Drawing on personal experience and work with affected people, it aims to explain the syndrome and offer practical ways to cope with feelings of inadequacy and fear of being exposed.
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Anita PrzybyłBOTTEGA IT Minds
Do you consider most of your successes at work and in learning to be a coincidence? Have you apparently achieved your position only thanks to a stroke of luck? Do your coworkers clearly have better qualifications than you? Are you afraid that one day someone will discover that you are actually incompetent? Impostor Syndrome: does it also affect you? What exactly is this syndrome? What are its symptoms and how can you deal with it? What does it have to do with perfectionism and procrastination? I will be happy to answer these questions during the presentation, based on my knowledge and experience working with people who have this syndrome.
Anita Przybył
A business trainer with experience in delivering training sessions since 2006. She has participated in numerous professional development programs focused on methods of working with people and supporting their growth, including Coaching School, Business Trainer School, Rational Behavior Therapy, and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy.
For several years, she was responsible for employee training and development at an international corporation. She currently works as a freelance trainer, specializing in social and interpersonal skills in business. Among other areas, she supports IT leaders and software developers in developing their soft skills.
Her training approach is based on experiential learning, with a strong emphasis on interactive, workshop-based methods and intensive skills practice.
She is a co-organizer and trainer of the Soft Skills for Developers workshops. She has spoken at numerous conferences in Poland, including Devoxx PL, JDD, 4Developers, BoilingFrogs, TestWarez, and many others. She is also a member of the program committees of several conferences, including Devoxx PL, where she is responsible for the soft skills track.