Practical sessions for organisations supporting professionals under pressure
Delivered for LEOs, Skillnet networks, and professional bodies.
This work focuses on how internal doubt affects decision-making, risk, and follow-through.
It’s not about performance. It’s about what it takes to maintain it.
Who it is for
What participants leave with
Session structure
1. Understanding Imposter Syndrome
The three core traits and why they appear in capable, experienced people.
2. Coping Strategies
Perfectionism, overworking, hiding, procrastination, deflecting, parachuting, peacocking. Named and described from the inside.
3. Hidden Cognitive Strain
How these patterns build into a sustained mental load that affects decisions, energy, and engagement.
4. The Hidden Loop
How thoughts, behaviours, and strain reinforce each other and influence decisions.
5. Business Impact
Impact on pricing, opportunities, risk-taking, and engagement with supports.
6. Decision Stability
A practical method for recognising fear-driven thinking and pausing before it affects a decision.
Format
Presenter
Jason McDaid
Founder, The 78% Club. Senior fire engineer with over 13 years’ experience in high-stakes professional environments.
This work is grounded in direct experience of how Imposter Syndrome and Hidden Cognitive Strain affect decision-making in technical roles.
Delivered as a peer perspective, not theory.
Working with LEOs, Skillnet networks, and professional bodies
Designed to sit alongside existing programmes, not replace them.
The sessions address common patterns seen across clients:
These are not capability issues. They are decision patterns.
The focus is helping participants recognise what’s driving those patterns and respond more directly.