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What is a key aspect of developing a growth mindset?
What is a key aspect of developing a growth mindset?
Praising effort alone is sufficient to foster a growth mindset.
Praising effort alone is sufficient to foster a growth mindset.
False
Rewarding the _____ that lead to learning and progress is more effective than just praising effort.
Rewarding the _____ that lead to learning and progress is more effective than just praising effort.
processes
Match the following fixed-mindset triggers with their corresponding percentages:
Match the following fixed-mindset triggers with their corresponding percentages:
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What is a necessary step to benefit from a growth mindset?
What is a necessary step to benefit from a growth mindset?
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Continuous development is a static process.
Continuous development is a static process.
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To truly benefit from a growth mindset, one must acknowledge their combination of ___ and growth mindset traits.
To truly benefit from a growth mindset, one must acknowledge their combination of ___ and growth mindset traits.
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Match the following terms to their descriptions:
Match the following terms to their descriptions:
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What characterizes an individual with a growth mindset?
What characterizes an individual with a growth mindset?
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A fixed mindset is characterized by a belief that intelligence and talents can be improved with effort.
A fixed mindset is characterized by a belief that intelligence and talents can be improved with effort.
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Individuals with a growth mindset tend to achieve more than those with a _____ mindset.
Individuals with a growth mindset tend to achieve more than those with a _____ mindset.
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Study Notes
Leading with a Growth Mindset
- The program is for Emerging Leaders in 2025, Session 3
- Today's agenda includes defining a growth mindset, debunking misconceptions, exploring benefits & strategies for fostering a growth mindset, and closing with tools and resources.
- The workshop aims to understand expectations for the session.
What is a Growth Mindset?
- Individuals who believe their talents can be developed through hard work, strategies, and input from others have a growth mindset.
- They tend to achieve more than those with a fixed mindset, who believe their talents are innate gifts.
Contrast with Fixed Mindset
- A fixed mindset believes that intelligence and talents are static and cannot be improved.
- Individuals with a fixed mindset tend to avoid challenges, give up easily, and view effort as a weakness.
Debunking Common Misconceptions
- People often confuse a growth mindset with being flexible, open-minded, or having a positive outlook.
- A growth mindset is not just praising or rewarding effort, rather outcomes matter.
- Merely stating 'growth mindset' isn't enough, meaningful policies like encouraging risk-taking, rewarding lessons learned, and supporting collaboration are critical.
Expectations for Today's Workshop
- Be present
- Participate and share your perspective
The Reality of Growth Mindset
- Everyone is a mixture of fixed and growth mindsets that evolves over time.
The Reality of Growth Mindset - How to work with the mixture
- To benefit from a growth mindset, acknowledge the presence of both fixed and growth traits within individuals.
Overcoming Fixed Mindset Triggers
- When faced with challenges, criticism, or comparisons, a person may become defensive, adopting a fixed mindset response.
Continuous Development
- Developing a growth mindset is an ongoing process, a dynamic state, and not a static one.
Growth Mindset is About Praising Effort
- Praising effort alone is insufficient for developing a growth mindset.
- Unproductive effort shouldn't be rewarded. In organizations, outcomes matter.
Adopting a Growth Mindset is Challenging
- Facing challenges
- Receiving criticism
- Fixed-mindset work environment
Practicing a Growth Mindset
- Identify fixed mindset triggers
- Recognize fixed mindset persona
- Challenge fixed mindset thoughts
- Embrace the growth process
Defining Growth Mindset
- Intelligence and talents are not fixed; they can be developed continuously.
- Effort, strategy, and input from others are critical for continuous improvement.
- Growth mindset embraces challenges and setbacks as opportunities for learning and growth.
Benefits of a Growth Mindset
- Embrace Challenges, viewing them as opportunities for learning & improvement, rather than threats to self-esteem.
- View effort as the path to mastery, understanding hard work & persistence are essential for developing abilities and achieving goals.
- Learn from feedback, viewing it as valuable information to help grow and improve.
- Achieve outstanding results, embracing challenges, putting in effort, learning from feedback, leading to exceptional outcomes and reaching new levels of success.
Core Principles of a Growth Mindset
- Embracing challenges as opportunities for growth and learning, rather than avoiding them
- Persisting in the face of setbacks, maintaining determination and resilience to use obstacles as stepping stones to success
- Learning from feedback, actively seeking and embracing candid feedback to identify areas of personal development.
- Seeing effort as the path to mastery, believing dedication and consistent effort improve skills and abilities, rather than relying solely on natural talent.
Mindset & Leadership
- Cultivate a Growth Mindset: Leaders foster a growth mindset in teams to influence performance and development.
- Embrace Challenges: Encourage team members to view challenges as opportunities, not risks.
- Provide Consistent Feedback: Give focused feedback on both process and effort to support team skill improvement.
- Celebrate Effort and Progress: Acknowledge and reward hard work and small victories to boost team commitment to growth.
- Model a Growth Mindset: Demonstrate a willingness to take risks, learn from mistakes, and strive for continual improvements to inspire the team to do the same.
Microsoft: Growth Mindset for New Leaders
- Microsoft actively fosters a growth mindset where talents are developed.
- High-risk, high-learning projects encourage taking risks and embracing the learning process.
- Talented staff is identified via Microsoft's annual Talent Talks program, offering chances for development and promotion.
Strategies for Fostering a Growth Mindset
- Praise effort and process, not just outcomes.
- Provide opportunities for learning and growth.
- Encourage a culture of feedback and collaboration.
- Model a growth mindset.
Developing a Growth Mindset
- Embrace challenges as opportunities to learn and improve.
- Persist through setbacks, learn from mistakes, and move forward.
- Learn from feedback, actively seeking constructive feedback and areas for development.
- Find inspiration in others, observing and learning from those with growth mindsets.
Modeling a Growth Mindset
- Seek Feedback
- Embrace Challenges
- Persevere Through Setbacks
- Continuously Learn & Grow
Fostering a Collaborative Culture
- Encourage Open Communication
- Celebrate Failures as Learning Opportunities
- Promote Knowledge Sharing
- Foster a Psychologically Safe Environment
Things to Remember
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Tools & Resources Board
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Test your understanding of the key concepts related to growth and fixed mindsets with this quiz. Explore the aspects of developing a growth mindset, recognize mindset triggers, and differentiate between mindset traits. Challenge yourself to deepen your knowledge on this vital topic in personal development.
