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Jamin Graves

Jamen Graves, Ph.D., is the Global Leader of CEO & Enterprise Leadership Development at Korn Ferry and a guest on the Korn Ferry Briefings podcast.

Oct 16, 2026

4:36
So given that 11% of the nation's largest public firms changed CEOs last year and more than 80% were first-time public company CEOs, do you have any advice for those new members in this CEO club when it comes to this kind of im- imposter syndrome?
4:55
What is imposter sy- imposter syndrome all about? It's this belief that other people are going to discover that you're not actually as good as they thought you were.
5:05
You have to understand that the evidence that explains the gap between where you are and what you're catastrophizing just isn't there.
5:13
Carol Dweck's research on growth mindset is a real helpful, quick way to, to address folks who are struggling with imposter syndrome, uh, by redefining success in the role as it's okay to make mistakes.
5:27
It's okay to be wrong and not have the answer.
5:30
That's part of being vulnerable and knowing your limits.
5:34
That's normal and healthy in a CEO.
5:44
Who should be on this personal board, and, and how can you make best use of something like this?

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