Promotion Structure and Impostor Syndrome in Construction

Promoting trade professionals to executive positions is common in construction, but transitioning to corporate negotiations and governance can trigger impostor syndrome. This mindset creates business risks, including burnout and reluctance to escalate costly problems.

Key takeaways

• Promoting leaders from the field into executive roles can cause them to quietly doubt their corporate competence in boardrooms and contract talks.
• Executives dealing with impostor syndrome often overwork, delay delegating, and avoid asking critical questions, creating risks in bidding and escalation cultures.