- Karyn Tomlinson, who won the James Beard Award for Best Chef: Midwest in June, recently sat down with Fortune to discuss her career and its many ups and downs. During the interview, she spoke about how she’s dealt with imposter syndrome in some of the world’s most demanding kitchens.
Imposter syndrome was coined back in 1978 when psychologists Pauline Clance and Suzanne Imes noticed many high-achieving women dismissed their success as a result of luck or charm, rather than competence. Today, imposter syndrome is highly common in the workplace, with roughly two-thirds of all employees, based on three recent surveys from the past year, saying they worry about being exposed as a fraud at work despite clear evidence of their abilities.
