Overcoming Imposter Syndrome Courses: Redefining Confidence, Capability and Self-Belief
Why our overcoming imposter syndrome course? Because even the most talented professionals sometimes question whether they truly deserve their success. That quiet voice of doubt — “I’m not good enough”, “I’ve just been lucky”, “Someone’s going to find out I don’t belong here” — is the hallmark of Imposter Syndrome.
Left unaddressed, it limits potential, reduces confidence, and prevents individuals and teams from stepping fully into opportunity.
This interactive, evidence-based overcoming imposter syndrome workshop helps people recognise Imposter patterns, reframe self-talk, and build sustainable confidence grounded in facts, values, and growth. At Koru we’ve been working with individuals to overcome imposter syndrome for over twenty years.
Course Aim: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
To equip participants with practical psychological tools to reframe self-doubt, recognise imposter triggers, and build genuine confidence aligned with their values and strengths.
Imposter Syndrome Workshop Overview
Using insights from cognitive behavioural psychology, growth mindset theory, and emotional agility research, participants will explore how self-perception shapes performance — and how to shift from fear of being found out to freedom to show up.
The session blends reflection, neuroscience, and interactive exercises that translate theory into practical daily strategies.
Each workshop is bespoke — designed to match your organisation’s culture, roles, and leadership challenges.
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome Course: Outcomes
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
- Identify personal and situational Imposter Syndrome triggers
- Distinguish between helpful striving and harmful perfectionism
- Reframe negative internal dialogue using cognitive and mindset techniques
- Apply Growth Mindset reframes to moments of self-doubt
- Build psychological flexibility through Emotional Agility
- Practise confidence anchors and micro-rituals that sustain performance under pressure
- Develop a self-belief action plan focused on strengths, values, and progress
- Recognise organisational and cultural factors that amplify Imposter Syndrome and learn leadership responses to reduce them
Format
- Duration: Half-day or full-day (in-person or virtual)
- Audience: Leaders, managers, and professionals seeking to build confidence, resilience, and self-belief
- Facilitators: Viv Dutton & Gill Thackray — Positive Psychologists and Business Psychologists
- Delivery: Interactive, reflective, and practical — balancing science with lived experience
Imposter Syndrome Courses: You’ll Leave With
- A personalised Imposter action plan
- Practical tools and reflection exercises for sustained confidence
- A workbook to track your progress, set goals and embed reflective practice
- Insight into how culture and leadership style can reduce Imposter cycles
- Renewed confidence to share ideas, make decisions, and lead authentically
Facilitators:
Gill Thackray is the founder of Koru Development, business psychologist and author of The Positivity Coach and The Mindfulness Coach (Michael O’Mara Books).
Gill works internationally with the United Nations, the Natural History Museum, the V&A, Royal Museums Greenwich, the UN, UK Sport, the FA, the NHS, global healthcare bodies and universities.
A member of the British Neuroscience Association, the Association of Business Psychologists and the British Psychological Society, Gill brings a research-led, human-centred approach to leadership and sustainable performance.
Viv Dutton, Founder Growth Mindset at Work
One of the leading growth mindset experts in the UK, Viv has shared her growth mindset expertise globally with clients big and small. She has delivered programs internationally for Spotify, the Financial Times, New College of the Humanities, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Natural History Museum, the UK’s NHS, the School for Social Entrepreneurs and the Institute for Global Change, to name a few. She’s also enjoyed supporting disadvantaged young people to transform their lives with her innovative pro-bono, growth mindset coaching program.
Viv is passionate about all things growth mindset and has more than 15 years experience of sharing growth mindset strategies for success. She writes for Thrive Global, Medium & Accounting News.
Client Feedback
“I can honestly say that I have never seen such fantastic feedback for any external provider in all of the 25 years I have been in post. Everyone said it had been an investment of their time.”
— Yvonne White, Manager, Wrexham Medical Institute
“The leadership and management training provided by Viv and Gill was one of the best sessions we’ve ever had at Northeastern University.”
— Dr Catherine Brown, Director, Graduate Research School, Northeastern University London
“Viv ran a Mindful Leadership Workshop for our Bonington Leadership Programme — professional, responsive, and inspiring. The blend of theory, practice and reflection was exceptional.”
— Larissa Morrish, Head of Procurement, Lancaster University
“Professional content with a personable approach — always engaging, always impactful. Feedback from staff is consistently outstanding.”
— Nina Waters, Corporate Services Director, British School of Osteopathy
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