Valerie Young, Ed.D.
Author "The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: Why Capable People Suffer from the Imposter Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It"
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Dr. Valerie Young is an internationally recognized expert on women and the impostor syndrome and a frequent guest speaker at such diverse organizations as Intel, Chrysler, UBS, Boeing, IBM, Procter & Gamble, Ernst & Young, Bristol Myers Squibb, EMC, American Women in Radio and Television, the Society of Women Engineers, Harvard, Cal Tech, Columbia, and Stanford. Valerie’s career-related tips have been cited in Wall Street Journal, USA Weekend, Kiplinger’s, Inc., Psychology Today, More, Science, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Globe & Mail, Daily Mail, Sydney Morning Herald, Grazia (India and UK editions), Irish Independent, and elsewhere. Prior to launching her own business, Valerie was a marketing manager in a Fortune 200 company. She earned her doctoral degree in social justice education from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Since her book The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: Why Capable People Suffer from the Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It (Crown Business/Random House) came out in October 2012 it has been translated into three languages and on day one appeared on Amazon’s Women and Business top 100 list. |