Many professionals struggle with Impostor Syndrome (IS), doubting their success despite clear evidence of competence. First studied in the 1970s and originally coined the Impostor Phenomenon, it is now commonly known as Impostor Syndrome — the difference in terminology will be addressed in this session.

For coaches, recognizing IS's impact on clients' confidence, leadership, and career progression is essential. This session, led by seasoned executive coach Susan Hahn, provides research-backed tools for clients to identify and overcome IS. Attendees will experience an IS assessment, gain strategies to foster resilience and self-assurance, and learn to guide clients toward lasting confidence. Susan will also share personal insights from how Impostor Syndrome and emotional intelligence showed up during her own recovery following a serious accident.

Learning Outcomes & Participant Benefits

Participants will leave this session with:

• A clear understanding of Impostor Syndrome and how it differs from the original Impostor Phenomenon terminology
• Hands-on experience with a research-backed Impostor Syndrome assessment
• Strategies to help clients foster resilience, self-assurance, and lasting confidence
• Tools to recognize IS's impact on clients' confidence, leadership, and career progression
• Personal insights and coaching techniques to lead clients with authenticity and impact
• Perspective on the connection between Impostor Syndrome and emotional intelligence, drawn from real lived experience 

About the Presenter

Susan Hahn

As a business owner, executive coach, workplace mediator, and trainer, Susan works with diverse organizations throughout the United States, Europe, and Canada. She is CEO of Swan Consulting Group and adjunct faculty at Johns Hopkins University, a Certified Physician Leadership Coach through the Physician Coaching Institute, and formerly credentialed as an executive coach through ICF (PCC). She holds mediation certifications from MICPEL and The Baltimore School for Mediation, and is the founding president of ICF-MD.