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Bravado and Breadcrumbs for the “impostor”

Bravado and Breadcrumbs I travel a lot, which means I park in a lot of airport garages. But I never remember where I parked. Not

The Empty Seats that Mattered

✈️ The Empty Seats That Mattered By Maureen ZappalaSpeaker, Author, and Former NASA Engineer When “small” moments become your biggest impact On October 27, 2025,

The Day I Shut Down NASA

The Day I Shut Down NASA This is not a newsflash: Success and failure are touchy subjects for people with self-doubt. This IS a newsflash:

Impostor Syndrome and the Iceberg Effect

What’s really going on with your top performers? Your best people might look like they are doing their best work.And they probably are. But here

Mindset Misfires of Impostor Syndrome

How your team’s brilliance and their self-doubt are two sides of the same coin. Do you favor the process or the product? I love

Be Like Mel

Be Like Mel: The Leader Mind-Reader Because what you see isn’t always what your team is thinking In the movie What Women Want, Mel Gibson’s

Confidence, Courage and Impostor Syndrome

What I Learned From Not Being The Smartest Female in Engineering! Do you know the difference between confidence and courage? I didn’t—not at first. While

When Gender Meets Impostor Syndrome

Imagine two coworkers, Tim and Jenny, both at the top of their game, both wrestling with that sinking feeling of “I don’t belong here.” Tim

Locked Down and Shaken Up

If change triggers impostor syndrome, then the COVID pandemic was like throwing gasoline on a fire. Virtually overnight, our workplaces, routines, roles, and expectations were