From Self-Doubt to Confident Leadership | Ana Larrea-Albert

What if imposter syndrome is just a set of good questions? Ana Larrea-Albert, founder of the Institute for Leadership and Culture, creator of the Confident Leader Lab, MBA leadership professor at Florida Atlantic University and author of The Confident Leader, joins host Henry Clavo to explain how high-performing professionals move from self-doubt to authentic, values-driven leadership.

Ana shares her journey from Ecuador to Harvard Kennedy School to a VP role at 35, the three building blocks of confidence from her book, what neuroscience says about self-doubt, why perfectionism is the most common blind spot among high performers, and how to redefine success so failure becomes data.

Chapters

0:00 Cold open

0:15 Orlando Insights Podcast intro

0:55 Meet Ana Larrea-Albert

2:23 From Ecuador to Harvard to executive leadership

6:03 Reframing imposter syndrome as a catalyst

9:34 Who am I to write a book? Turning self-doubt into better questions

11:58 Three building blocks of confidence: values, mindsets and strengths

19:01 Using your strengths to tackle weaknesses

20:26 The neuroscience of self-doubt

29:31 Daily habits that build confidence and resilience

32:35 Who you surround yourself with

34:59 How executive experience shaped her leadership

39:36 Perfectionism: the most common leadership blind spot

42:16 Redefining success, and failure as data

46:36 What sets exceptional leaders apart

51:59 How a multicultural background shapes leadership

57:12 Challenges Latino and multicultural leaders face

1:02:56 The Spanish edition, teaching and what's next

1:06:15 Where to find Ana

1:08:07 Outro

About the guest

Ana Larrea-Albert has more than 20 years of international corporate experience and a decade in global leadership, including as vice president of marketing and customer experience. She founded the Institute for Leadership and Culture and the Confident Leader Lab, teaches leadership and organizations in the MBA program at Florida Atlantic University, and earned a Master in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School. She is the award-winning author of The Confident Leader: From Self-Doubt to Authentically You. Born in Quito, Ecuador, she is based in Florida.

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Find Ana: confidentleaderlab.com, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook (Ana Larrea-Albert); her book is also on Amazon.

Host Henry Clavo on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/henryorlandoclavo/

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