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The growth mindset
Research shows that people who believe they can develop their talents through hard work, good strategies and input from others have a growth mindset. They often achieve more than people who believe their talents are innate gifts.
Employees feel more empowered and committed when their companies embrace a growth mindset and give organisational support for innovation and collaboration. Companies with a fixed mindset report more cheating and deception. This is most likely to gain an advantage.
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Growth mindset misconceptions
- You believe you have a growth mindset. In truth, people tend to confuse a growth mindset with being open-minded or having a positive outlook. Everyone is a mixture of fixed and growth mindsets.
- A growth mindset is about praising and rewarding effort....
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How to encourage a growth mindset
- Encourage appropriate risk-taking.
- Reward employees for useful lessons learned even if the project does not meet its goals.
- Support collaboration across organizational boundaries rather than competing among employees.
- Commit to the growth of every member.
- Rein...
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A growth mindset is challenging
If we correct these misconceptions, it's still difficult to get a growth mindset, partly because we all have fixed mindset triggers, such as criticism, facing challenges, being compared with others that can push us into defensiveness.
It's hard for people to stay in a growth mindset. Howeve...
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Mindsets
Mindsets are self-conceptions that guide our actions in life. The 2 most popular mindsets are:
- Growth Mindset: Individuals who believe their talents can be developed (with hard work and good strategies)
- Fixed Mindset: Individuals who believe their talents are inna...
Growth and Fixed Mindsets
A growth mindset is a belief that anyone can change their talents, abilities, and intelligence. Those with a growth mindset:
- take on challenges
- take advantage of feedback
- use the most effective problem-solving strategies
- provide de...
Have a growth mindset
People's core attitudes fall into one of two categories: a fixed mindset or a growth mindset.
With a fixed mindset, you believe you are who you are and you cannot change. This creates problems when you're challenged, because anything that appears to be more than you can handle is bound to ...
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