What the Succession Finale Reveals About Imposter Syndrome
Author: S. Mitra Kalita
May 30, 2023 7:30 AM EDT
Warning: This column contains spoilers for Succession… and also corporate America.
The television series Succession, just concluded this week, focuses on who gets the top job at the fictional media conglomerate Waystar Royco. While this season fixated on the trio of siblings jostling to be heir apparent after their dad and media mogul Logan Roy dies, what’s been striking throughout the show’s run is the gall and confidence of so many, from apparatchik Frank to oafy cousin Greg to the entitled siblings themselves, in their brazen pursuit of power. Lack of management experience? Tongue-tied, oratorical disaster? No financial acumen? Killed someone and covered it up? Not an issue for these people.
