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How New Managers Can Handle Imposter Syndrome
In this episode, Lucas and Luna tackle imposter syndrome among new managers, using a 2025 study from the Harvard Business Review that found 67% of first-time managers report feeling like frauds in their first six months. They discuss why this is so common, how it manifests as overworking or hesitating to decide, and offer three concrete tactics: pre-mortems, asking 'what would my boss tell me?', and tracking small wins. Lucas shares a story about a manager at a mid-sized tech firm who overcame imposter syndrome by keeping a 'competency log', and Luna suggests reframing…
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