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Leading with a Growth Mindset Emerging Leader Program | 2025 | Session 3 Today's Agenda 1 What a "Growth Mindset" Actually Means 2 Debunking Common Misconceptions 3 Benefits & Strategies of Fostering a Growth Mindset 4 Closing | Tools & Resource...

Leading with a Growth Mindset Emerging Leader Program | 2025 | Session 3 Today's Agenda 1 What a "Growth Mindset" Actually Means 2 Debunking Common Misconceptions 3 Benefits & Strategies of Fostering a Growth Mindset 4 Closing | Tools & Resources ©2024 - 2025 Proprietary and Confidential. All Rights Reserved. Beth Boyd | TalentLab.Live 2 Expectations For Today's Workshop ©2024 - 2025 Proprietary and Confidential. All Rights Reserved. Beth Boyd | TalentLab.Live 3 Expectations for Today Be Present Participate & Share Your Perspective ©2024 - 2025 Proprietary and Confidential. All Rights Reserved. Beth Boyd | TalentLab.Live 4  What is a Growth Mindset? Individuals who believe their talents can be developed through hard work, good strategies, and input from others have a growth mindset. They tend to achieve more than those with a more fixed mindset, who believe their talents are innate gifts.  Contrast with Fixed Mindset In contrast, a fixed mindset is the belief that intelligence and talents are static and cannot be improved. Individuals with a fixed mindset tend to avoid challenges, give up easily, and see effort as a sign of weakness. Debunking Common Misconceptions I already have, & have always had, a growth mindset... People often confuse a growth mindset with being flexible, open-minded, or having a positive outlook. This is a false growth mindset, as everyone is a mixture of fixed & growth mindsets that continually evolves. ©2024 - 2025 Proprietary and Confidential. All Rights Reserved. Beth Boyd | TalentLab.Live 7 Debunking Common Misconceptions A growth mindset is just about praising or rewarding effort. This is not true - in organizational settings, outcomes matter. It's critical to reward not just effort, but learning & progress, and to emphasize the processes that yield these things, such as seeking help, trying new strategies, & oversoming setbacks. ©2024 - 2025 Proprietary and Confidential. All Rights Reserved. Beth Boyd | TalentLab.Live 7 Debunking Common Misconceptions Merely stating "growth mindset" is enough. Merely stating growth, empowerment, & innovation as values in a mission statement is meaningless to employees if the company doesn't implement policies that make these values real & attainable, such as encouraging risk-taking, rewarding lessons learned, & supporting collaboration. ©2024 - 2025 Proprietary and Confidential. All Rights Reserved. Beth Boyd | TalentLab.Live 7  Even with a deeper understanding of growth mindset concepts, it's still not easy to attain. Individuals & organizations must identify and work with their fixed-mindset triggers, and learn to collaborate with their fixed-mindset persona to pursue challenging goals. Carol Dweck ©2024 - 2025 Proprietary and Confidential. All Rights Reserved. Beth Boyd | TalentLab.Live 8  The Reality of Overcoming Fixed Mindsets Mindset Triggers Everyone is a mixture of When faced with fixed & growth mindsets, challenges, criticism, or and this mixture evolves comparisons, we can over time. become defensive - a fixed But I mindset response. Recognizing these Acknowledging the triggers is key to Already Mixture practicing a true growth mindset. Have a To truly benefit from a growth mindset, we must acknowledge that we all Continuous Growth have a combination of fixed & growth mindset Development Mindset traits, and work to cultivate the growth- oriented ones. Developing a growth mindset is an ongoing process, not a static state. It requires continual self- awareness and the willingness to adapt & grow. ©2024 - 2025 Proprietary and Confidential. All Rights Reserved. Beth Boyd | TalentLab.Live 9 Growth Mindset is About Praising Effort Rewarding Effort Alone is Outcomes Matter Focus on the Process Not Enough In organizational settings, it's Rewarding the processes that lead Praising effort alone is not the key critical to reward not just effort, but to learning & progress, such as to developing a growth mindset. learning, progress, and tangible trying new strategies, seeking help, Unproductive effort should not be outcomes. & overcoming setbacks, is more rewarded. effective than just praising effort. ©2024 - 2025 Proprietary and Confidential. All Rights Reserved. Beth Boyd | TalentLab.Live 10 Adopting a Growth Mindset is Challenging Percentage of individuals who experience these fixed-mindset triggers 75% 68% 83% Facing Challenges Receiving Criticism Fixed-Mindset Work Environment ©2024 - 2025 Proprietary and Confidential. All Rights Reserved. Beth Boyd | TalentLab.Live 11 Practicing a Growth Mindset Recognize Your Challenge Your Identify Fixed- Embrace the Fixed-Mindset Fixed-Mindset Mindset Triggers Growth Process Persona Thoughts Understand the Be aware when your When your fixed- Focus on learning, situations, feedback, or fixed-mindset 'persona' mindset persona seeking feedback, comparisons that make emerges, and notice surfaces, actively trying new strategies, you feel threatened, the thoughts and self- challenge the negative, and seeing challenges defensive, or insecure. talk that make you feel limiting thoughts and as opportunities to These are your fixed- this way. replace them with a develop, rather than mindset triggers. growth-oriented solely focusing on perspective. outcomes. ©2024 - 2025 Proprietary and Confidential. All Rights Reserved. Beth Boyd | TalentLab.Live 12 Defining a Growth Mindset Defining Growth Mindset Intelligence & talents are not Embraces challenges & setbacks fixed People with a growth mindset see Growth mindset is the belief that challenges & setbacks as opportunities intelligence & talents can be developed to learn & improve, rather than as over time, rather than being set in failures. stone. Focuses on the process, not just Effort, strategy, & input from the outcome others Growth mindset emphasizes the With hard work, effective learning importance of the journey & the strategies, and feedback from others, learning process, not just the final individuals can continuously improve & result. expand their capabilities. By cultivating a growth mindset, individuals can unlock their full potential and achieve remarkable growth & development over time. Benefits of a Growth Mindset Benefits of a Growth Mindset Embraces Challenges Views Effort as the Path to Mastery Individuals with a growth mindset see challenges They understand that hard work & persistence as opportunities to learn & improve, rather than are essential for developing their abilities & threats to their self-esteem. achieving their goals. Learns from Feedback Achieves Outstanding Results They are open to feedback, seeing it as valuable By embracing challenges, putting in effort, & information to help them grow & improve. learning from feedback, individuals with a growth mindset are able to achieve exceptional outcomes & reach new levels of success. ©2024 - 2025 Proprietary and Confidential. All Rights Reserved. Beth Boyd | TalentLab.Live 17 Core Principles of a Growth Mindset Embracing Challenges Approaching difficulties and obstacles as opportunities for growth & learning, rather than avoiding them. ©2024 - 2025 Proprietary and Confidential. All Rights Reserved. Beth Boyd | TalentLab.Live 18 Core Principles of a Growth Mindset Persisting in the face of setbacks Maintaining determination & resilience when faced with failures or obstacles, and using them as stepping stones towards success. ©2024 - 2025 Proprietary and Confidential. All Rights Reserved. Beth Boyd | TalentLab.Live 18 Core Principles of a Growth Mindset Learning from feedback Actively seeking &embracing objective & actional feedback as a means to identify areas for personal development. Having people you trust but whom you know will give you candid feedback can help minimize defensiveness. ©2024 - 2025 Proprietary and Confidential. All Rights Reserved. Beth Boyd | TalentLab.Live 18 Core Principles of a Growth Mindset Seeing effort as the path to mastery Believing that with consistent effort & dedication, one can develop & improve their skills and abilities, rather than relying solely on natural talent. ©2024 - 2025 Proprietary and Confidential. All Rights Reserved. Beth Boyd | TalentLab.Live 18 Mindset & Leadership Cultivate a Growth Embrace Challenges Provide Consistent Mindset Encourage your team to view Feedback Leaders play a crucial role in challenges as opportunities for Give objective & actional feedback fostering a growth mindset within learning & improvement, rather that focuses on the process & their teams, which directly impacts than risks to be avoided. effort, not just the outcome, to team performance & development. help your team develop their skills. Celebrate Effort and Progress Model a Growth Mindset Recognize & reward the hard work and celebrate small As a leader, demonstrate a willingness to take risks, victories that demonstrate your team's commitment to learn from mistakes, & continuously strive for growth. improvement to inspire your team to do the same. ©2024 - 2025 Proprietary and Confidential. All Rights Reserved. Beth Boyd | TalentLab.Live 19 Microsoft: Growth Mindset for New Leaders Growth Mindset Rewarding High-Risk, Talent Talks for Broad Approach High-Learning Talent Identification Microsoft is deliberately Projects Microsoft's Talent Talks creating a growth- Microsoft's HoloLens program has the CEO & mindset culture, where project, began as a senior leadership team talent should be 'moonshot' goal with review employees across developed in everyone, significant risk of failure. the organization annually not viewed as a fixed, to discuss moving people innate gift that some have Team members who up and across teams, & & others don't. welcomed the risk & a brainstorm methods of chance to learn quickly building new experiences. progressed to senior-level roles. Microsoft's growth mindset programs are unleashing greater potential across the company, leading to more innovative ideas and products, & unexpected leadership development at all levels. Strategies for Fostering Growth Mindset Praise effort & process, Provide opportunities Encourage a culture of Model a growth not just outcomes for learning & growth feedback & mindset yourself Recognizing & highlighting Offering challenging tasks, collaboration As a leader, demonstrating the hard work and training programs, and Creating an environment a willingness to learn, try strategies that led to chances to develop new where people feel safe to new things, and view success, rather than just skills helps team members take risks, seek out setbacks as opportunities praising the end result, see their abilities as feedback, & learn from can inspire your team to reinforces the growth malleable and encourages each other's experiences adopt a similar mindset. mindset. a willingness to take on fosters a growth mindset. difficult projects. By implementing these strategies, leaders can help their teams develop a growth mindset, leading to increased resilience, innovation, & overall success. Developing a Growth Mindset Embrace Challenges Persist Through Learn from Find Inspiration in Approach difficulties as Setbacks Feedback Others opportunities to learn Treat failures and Actively seek out Observe and learn from and improve rather than mistakes as temporary, constructive feedback people who demonstrate obstacles to avoid. learn from them, and and use it to identify a growth mindset, and continue moving areas for growth and model their behaviors. forward. development. ©2024 - 2025 Proprietary and Confidential. All Rights Reserved. Beth Boyd | TalentLab.Live 22  Things to Remember Modeling a Growth Mindset Seek Feedback Embrace Challenges Persevere Through Continuously Learn Setbacks & Grow ©2024 - 2025 Proprietary and Confidential. All Rights Reserved. Beth Boyd | TalentLab.Live 24 Fostering a Collaborative Culture Encourage Open Celebrate Failures as Promote Knowledge Foster a Communication Learning Sharing Psychologically Safe Opportunities Environment ©2024 - 2025 Proprietary and Confidential. All Rights Reserved. Beth Boyd | TalentLab.Live 25  By adopting a growth mindset and implementing strategies to cultivate it within their teams, leaders can unlock the full potential of their employees & drive outstanding organizational results. This shift in perspective empowers individuals to view challenges as opportunities for learning & development, rather than risky moves to be avoided. Tools & Resources Board