Mind Your Introductions! A Short Essay in advance of National Imposter Syndrome Day

Rita McGrath
7 min readApr 21, 2022

Imposter syndrome — that sneaking feeling that you are not worthy — can be crippling. It is especially problematic for people who are not in the majority group. As an ally, you can help in ways large and small.

We’ve all been there. A situation in which you look around and can’t believe you’ve been admitted to the company of a group of brilliant…

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Rita McGrath

Columbia Business School Professor. Thinkers50 top 10 & #1 in strategy. Bestselling author of The End of Competitive Advantage & Seeing Around Corners.