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Why do you need to change the way you think about career progression goals?

1. Many of You HAVE no career progression goals at all.  

• You're floating along 
• You have no intention or direction 
• Maybe it hasn't occurred to you that you should. 

1. A lot of you have this idea that career progression is only about getting a promotion. 
   
   
2. Some of you do have a career progression goal, but it's not the right one. 
   
   
3. You have a career progression goal, it's the right one, but the way you're chasing after that goal is going to make it unsustainable when you get there.

So you're either 

• underestimating the IMPORTANCE of career progression and/or
• you're taking such a narrow a view of it, (I.e. that career progression = promotion) that you are missing out on the VALUE of other forms of career progression. 

This means you are denying yourself the opportunity to create the results of:

• Being in a better place in your career today than you were yesterday
• Or at the end of this year than you were last year 
• And to have as your future goal: the ambition of being in a better place in your career at the end of 2023 than you are the beginning.

In this last episode of the Caroline Flanagan Podcast, we cover: 

1. Why you should ALWAYS have a career progression goal.
2. Why it's really important to make sure that your goal is the RIGHT goal. 
3. How to choose the right goal by focusing on the 4 Pillars of Career Progression, the concept we teach in Imposter Syndrome Coaching.
4. What the 4 Pillars of Career Progression are and how to use them.

In my Imposter Syndrome Coaching programme, you do a Progression Audit to work out which of the 4 pillars needs the most immediate attention, and we spend 6 months progressing that pillar first.  When you do the work to progress one pillar,  this has a knock on effect of progressing the other pillars too.

You can get started RIGHT NOW with identifying your progression goal for the next 6 months. I'm giving you FREE ACCESS to the Progression Audit Form (the exact same one we use when you join in Imposter Syndrome Coaching) to everyone who joins my Waitlist. .   

To access your audit now, join the Waitlist. Add your details there, and a link to the Progression Audit will be sent straight to your inbox.  

And make a note! Enrolment for Imposter Syndrome Coaching opens on 6th December. So head over to the waitlist and get your Progression Audit. This is your opportunity to be ready for when doors open on enrolment. 

This is the last episode of The Caroline Flanagan podcast and we're excited to have recently introduced a brand new podcast, Legal Imposters, which is super tailored especially for lawyers with Imposter Syndrome. You can listen to it here, and head on over to LinkedIn to subscribe to the Imposter Syndrome in Law newsletter. 

So you know you have Imposter Syndrome. You understand how it's holding you back in your career and you're clear about how you want to progress. But how will you know when you get there and who do you need to become along the way?

When coaching my clients on how to achieve their progression goals, I don't just set off in the vague hope of helping them get what they want. We get really clear on how you'll know when you get there and we always measure your progress. Because more important than achieving your goal is who you become along the way.

24 Sept 2022 - Pre-enrolment to Imposter Syndrome Coaching opens to WAITLIST
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Monday 3 Oct 2022 Midnight - Enrolment closes. Application deadline.

It's easy to talk about wishing you could progress your career and the things that are holding you back, but have you thought about what you want that progress to look like? Feel like? And who you will be on the other side of that progress?

In this episode, I invite you to cast aside your thoughts about why you're not progressing, and take yourself to a place where you know what progression means to you and you start to believe that it's possible.

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24 Sept 2022
- Pre-enrolment to Imposter Syndrome Coaching opens to WAITLIST
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26 Sept 2022
- FREE MASTERCLASS: How to Progress your Legal Career. Register here:

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Apply here:

Monday 3 Oct 2022 Midnight UK
- Enrolment closes. Application deadline.

So you think you have Imposter Syndrome. But why does it matter? Why should you care? Because it's holding you back, that's why. In this episode, I talk about the negative impact Imposter Syndrome can have on a career and how you know it is negatively impacting yours.

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24 Sept 2022
- Pre-enrolment to Imposter Syndrome Coaching opens to WAITLIST
Join here:

26 Sept 2022
- FREE MASTERCLASS: How to Progress your Legal Career. Register here:

Enrolment to Imposter Syndrome Coaching for Lawyers is open
Apply here:

Monday 3 Oct 2022 Midnight UK
- Enrolment closes. Application deadline.

Feeling like a fraud and that your success is down to luck are sure signs of Imposter Syndrome, but they are not the only ones. There are a whole bunch of Secret Signs nobody talks about, and you need to know what they are. In this episode I share exactly what they are and how you know they apply to you, and answer any questions you may have.

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24 Sept 2022
- Pre-enrolment to Imposter Syndrome Coaching opens to

WAITLIST
Join here:

26 Sept 2022
- FREE MASTERCLASS: How to Progress your Legal Career. Register here:

Enrolment to Imposter Syndrome Coaching for Lawyers is open
Apply here:

Monday 3 Oct 2022 6PM UK
- Enrolment closes. Application deadline.

Depending on which research you believe, 60-90% of us have experienced Imposter Syndrome at some time in our lives. But what exactly is Imposter Syndrome? And how do you know you have it? Tune in to find out.

Referenced in this episode:
24 Sept 2022
- Pre-enrolment to Imposter Syndrome Coaching opens to WAITLIST
Join here:


26 Sept 2022
- FREE MASTERCLASS: How to Progress your Legal Career. Register here:

Enrolment to Imposter Syndrome Coaching for Lawyers is open
Apply here:

Monday 3 Oct 2022 6PM UK
- Enrolment closes. Application deadline.

Being visible is a core essential for career progression.

• It's how people get to know who you are 
• It's how they get to experience your value 
• It's how they learn to trust you enough to: 
      - give you opportunities
      - recognise you
      - support you
      - promote you.

But when you have Imposter Syndrome, your fear of being exposed means that visibility is the last thing you want. You'll go to great lengths to avoid it, by:

• Turning down opportunities to showcase your value
• Not going for a promotion
• Avoiding networking events
• Avoiding public speaking
• Being intimidated by social media.

Perhaps you only do one or a couple of the above. But the problem is that any of these behaviours can hold you back and stop you from realising your true potential.

In this episode, I describe my own personal problem with Imposter Syndrome and visibility; raising my profile on social media. 

I explain how, like me, you need to identify WHAT you should do to raise your visibility, and, more importantly, HOW you should do it. I share with you the results of an exercise I teach in Imposter Syndrome coaching which helps you to embrace negative emotion in order to do the things that will make you visible.

You don't have to make this journey alone. I teach you the process for becoming more visible in Imposter Syndrome Coaching for Lawyers, and I coach you every step of the way. You also get the support of other members of the group who are on the same journey. With this level of support, your success is inevitable. Enrolment opens 12th September for 7 days only and places are limited. As a lawyer with Imposter Syndrome, you have to check out this programme. Get your name on the waitlist now, so you are the first to hear.  I will be prioritising applications from people who are already on the Waitlist when enrolment opens. 

https://carolineflanagan.com/imposter-syndrome-coaching/join-waitlist/ 

There's a fine line between Overworking and working hard to produce results. So how do you tell the difference? 

The answer is the Goldilocks Gauge.

Overworking is all the work you do that is driven by fear. It takes up valuable time but adds little or no value. Such as:

• Labouring over emails.
• Excessively checking your work.
• Prolonging tasks so you never finish your work, you only ever run out of time.

Overworking makes you inefficient and puts your career at risk. If you want to progress your career, you need to learn how to stop.

In this episode, I introduce you to 'The Goldilocks Gauge' - the unique tool you learn in Imposter Syndrome Coaching to help you understand what is the 'just right' amount of time to spend on your work. This is the efficiency sweet spot.

You'll learn how to evaluate how long things will take, and a formula to work out how long tasks SHOULD be taking you so you can stop Overworking and focus only on the work that will produce the best results.

The better you get at stopping overworking, the more efficient you'll be, the better balance you'll have, and the more your career will progress.

To get started on stopping Overworking with The Goldilocks Gauge, join the next class of Imposter Syndrome Coaching. Enrolment for the next class is on September 12th 2022. Be the first to know by Signing up to the waitlist here.

Stop Overthinking. Get out of your own head. When you have Imposter Syndrome, one of your biggest struggles is with Overthinking. If your Imposter Syndrome is triggered, the fear and anxiety send you spiralling into thought drama. By worrying, panicking and mentally preparing for the worst, your brain is trying to protect you from potential danger. 

 But when the perceived danger is a work challenge, all this Overthinking isn't protective, it's detrimental. 

 Being 'in your own head' means: 

•    You're not fully present in your environment. 

•    You experience the world through the filter of your negative thoughts. 

So you are:  

• Less  efficient (things take you longer). 
• Less effective (you're less focused).   
• More hesitant, quieter, withdrawn (where you are making negative assumptions).  

All of which stops you from progressing in your career. 

In this podcast episode, I explain the importance of 'getting out of your own head'. 

We cover: 

• Why you need to be able to shift your attention away from your thoughts and direct it towards what is actually happening right in front of you.  
• When you need to be able to do it. 
• How to do it. 
• The Blink-of-an-eye Attention Redirection strategy I teach in Imposter Syndrome Coaching. 
• Obstacles to expect and how to overcome them. 

When you've learned how to stop Overthinking you are more alert and focused and 100x more effective. You notice more. You think more clearly, solve problems more quickly. You're free to be creative, more responsive. And you'll be so much more in control. 

Join Imposter Syndrome Coaching to learn the tool that will help you get out of your own head. Enrolment for the next class opens on 12th September 2022. Click here to find out more and join the waitlist.