Being an Imposter

"When I think of a Managing Director, I see an old man in a grey suit. I see someone that is removed from the day-to-day experiences of their team. I don’t see myself. For a long time, this meant that I felt like an imposter in my role; like at any moment, someone would notice that I wasn’t an old man in a grey suit and kick me out. I thought this because I wasn’t seeing MDs that looked like me.  I was 32, a woman and I’d never stepped foot in a grey suit. I was someone who wanted to be involved in the day-to-day experiences of their team. I wanted to know that I was using my influence to bring happiness to the workplace. So, for the past 5 years, I’ve been doing exactly that, all the while creating a new image of a Managing Director in my head. You can’t be what you can’t see. And now I see me."