Comments on: Forget Imposter Syndrome, It’s Expert Syndrome that Should Scare You https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/09/forget-imposter-syndrome-its-expert-syndrome-that-should-scare-you.html Everything to make HR better Thu, 28 Sep 2017 18:25:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: Eric https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/09/forget-imposter-syndrome-its-expert-syndrome-that-should-scare-you.html#comment-210152 Thu, 28 Sep 2017 18:25:25 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4534#comment-210152 In reply to Dorothy.

How dare you generalize to the claim that one gender is better than another!

But yes, I think you are probably right.

]]> By: SurfSandSun https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/09/forget-imposter-syndrome-its-expert-syndrome-that-should-scare-you.html#comment-210151 Thu, 28 Sep 2017 17:58:11 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4534#comment-210151 In reply to LJL.

Thanks…

]]> By: LJL https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/09/forget-imposter-syndrome-its-expert-syndrome-that-should-scare-you.html#comment-210150 Thu, 28 Sep 2017 16:50:04 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4534#comment-210150 In reply to SurfSandSun.

Oh, i have been there so many times! What worked with me is offering my insights to them and leave it at that. It’s my job to provide expertise and assistance. It’s theirs to listen and apply. If they won’t do their job, I can’t do it for them.

]]> By: SurfSandSun https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/09/forget-imposter-syndrome-its-expert-syndrome-that-should-scare-you.html#comment-210149 Thu, 28 Sep 2017 16:37:56 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4534#comment-210149 What about when you are an expert and your expertise is spurned? Is it always the approach? I had a request for access to information answered with: “Explain what info is for and what it does.” After providing abbreviated detail and offering my assistance with learning more about the info, my response was met with: “I know this information and how to use it.” Then, I’m stumped why the initial question asked for an explanation of its use and what it does. Thoughts? I can leave off offer to assist – I thought that was a professional courtesy to be available to help a co-worker learn more about the business…

]]> By: Jill https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/09/forget-imposter-syndrome-its-expert-syndrome-that-should-scare-you.html#comment-210148 Thu, 28 Sep 2017 16:34:04 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4534#comment-210148 I don’t understand how anyone can claim to be an Expert when they are not in the Information Age. It’s way to easy for everyone else to whip out their phones, look up your claim and find ample reliable sources to either confirm or deny it.

Yet people do it all the time. And other people fall for it all the time and rely on lousy “guidance.”

]]> By: Roger Rabbit https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/09/forget-imposter-syndrome-its-expert-syndrome-that-should-scare-you.html#comment-210147 Thu, 28 Sep 2017 16:04:59 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4534#comment-210147 I can actually claim to be an expert and I have the PhD to prove it. However my area of expertise is very well defined and it took four years of primary research in that subject area, along with a team of advisors, to become that expert. I don’t claim to be an expert in other areas.

]]> By: grannybunny https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/09/forget-imposter-syndrome-its-expert-syndrome-that-should-scare-you.html#comment-210143 Thu, 28 Sep 2017 14:36:27 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4534#comment-210143 Shouldn’t “They (often) acknowledge there isn’t total consensus” be “they don’t” or “never”…?

]]> By: Maria Rose https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/09/forget-imposter-syndrome-its-expert-syndrome-that-should-scare-you.html#comment-210142 Thu, 28 Sep 2017 14:25:46 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4534#comment-210142 The only thing that I am going to claim as having an Expert Syndrome is that reading leads to creative thinking. You may not agree with everyone but reading makes you a better listener to whole presentation.

]]> By: Dorothy https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/09/forget-imposter-syndrome-its-expert-syndrome-that-should-scare-you.html#comment-210141 Thu, 28 Sep 2017 11:33:56 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4534#comment-210141 I wonder if Expert Syndrome is more common among men than women?

I had a brother-in-law who suffered from Expert Syndrome. One time I asked him for driving directions. He confidently reeled them off, and I promptly got lost.

]]> By: Herr Trollhättan https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/09/forget-imposter-syndrome-its-expert-syndrome-that-should-scare-you.html#comment-210140 Thu, 28 Sep 2017 11:19:06 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4534#comment-210140 Probably a mandatory precondition for being a consultant. But I’ll double check.

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