You’re an HR exec, and for years you’ve been suggesting the company
adopt and train its employees in the growth mindset — after all, who
wouldn’t want a positive team that never gives up and stays 110%
committed to completing tasks on time? However, your corporation is
resistant to change, and the bosses see it as a significant overhaul.
They don’t want to pay for yet another training program. What do you do?
Catherine Mattiske, the globally recognized training expert best known for inventing ID9 Intelligent Design an
d the Genius Quotient (GQ), has four persuasive arguments for corporate about why the company needs to be trained in the Growth Mindset ASAP.
"The
Growth Mindset
is the name for a series of traits I’ve found a huge amount of top
performers and high achievers exhibit,” says Catherine. “Therefore, any
organization should absolutely want their executives and employees
trained in it as soon as possible.”
Those trained in the Growth Mindset are more decisive and
extraordinarily consistent. They don’t waste time, don’t allow
themselves to be sidetracked, and take actions that keep them moving
forward. They’re fully in, fully committed, and ready every day.
Those trained in the Growth Mindset are mentally flexible when the
unexpected happens, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. They simply see it as
a new challenge to take on, pivot quickly, and begin driving themselves
towards positive solutions inside the new circumstances.
Those trained in the Growth Mindset are extraordinarily positive people.
They may have a negative thought here and there, but they don’t allow
it to consume them and move on from it quickly. Also, when someone with
the Growth Mindset embraces a new challenge — even if it’s challenging —
they’re always the ones who constantly see the glass as half-full!
Those trained in the Growth Mindset constantly seek out support, because
they are hungry for feedback on how they can get better. Whether that
support comes from HR, Learning & Development, or co-workers, it
creates a workplace that is constantly seeking improvement where team
members celebrate learning and contribute to each other’s growth.
"A Growth Mindset is a skill that can be learned, like any other. It is not exclusive to a few. It is the foundation of a high-performing workplace with high-performance employees, and a major contributor to success," says Catherine. "Organizations that do not provide employees with development opportunities to foster a growth mindset are not harnessing the genius within their leaders and teams."