Tired of feeling like a fraud, a leader searches for help down different paths. She and her coach talk about how coaching is, and is not, like therapy.
The leader in this episode wrestles with feelings of being a fraud. Tom talks about three resources to help manage that feeling:
“The Executive Impostor” Episode #176 of “The Look & Sound of Leadership”
Self-Esteem at Work by Nathaniel Branden & Warren Bennis
The Confidence Code by Katty Kay and Claire Shipman
Additional tools to support your professional development are these free PDFs from our Essential Tools bin:
You can listen to Tom’s conversations on these two shows:
“I Need at Coach” with Adam Packard
“Take Five” with Paul Butler
This episode is tagged in four categories in our podcast archive:
Personal Growth & Self-Development
Four episodes, in addition to “The Executive Impostor” listed above, that will help you dive deeper into the ideas in this episode are:
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