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Adland’s leaders on imposter syndrome | Mumbrella360 video

In the first video released from 2018’s Mumbrella360 conference, adland’s leaders reveal they suffer “massively” from imposter syndrome, with BMF’s executive planning director Christina Aventi admitting she has “a lot of inner voices in [her] head that [she’s] not proud of”.

Josie Tutty

June 26, 2018 1:56

During the Shit Real Leaders Say session from Mumbrella360, which you can watch in full below, Optus’ director of brand and communications Melissa Hopkins also tells the audience: “I suffer massively from imposter syndrome. There’s this view that you are this leader and you’re awesome and you’ve got all this confidence and everybody looks up to you all the time.”

Hopkins explains how there are many days when she gets out of bed and feels like she’s winging it, and that she’s “going to get found out”.

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Josie Tutty

Josie Tutty was Mumbrella's deputy editor. She worked on the publication between 2017 and 2019. She's previously written and edited in the UK for Jungle Creations and Trinity Mirror.

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