Transforming Organizational Culture through Mindset Assessments: 3 Case Studies
When organizations aim to elevate their performance and culture, one of the most overlooked yet transformative areas to focus on is the quality of mindsets across the organization. As someone who works with organizations to help them gain clarity and take meaningful steps toward growth, I have found that assessing and improving mindsets can unlock […]
Most Leaders Have a Fixed Mindset, But Need a Growth Mindset
Imagine this: There are 100 business leaders in a room, and you ask them to raise their hand if they think that they have a fixed mindset instead of a growth mindset. Do you think that any of these leaders will raise their hands? I don’t! Yet, despite this, after working with hundreds of leadership […]
What is a Gritty Mindset? And How Do You Develop One?
Angela Duckworth popularized the term, “Grit,” in her best-selling book: Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. In this book, she presents a compelling case for a couple of powerful main ideas: Grit is a mindset (not an ability) Grit matters more than talent. Naturally, a statement like this leads to two questions: What is […]
Defining the Mindsets that Impact How Effectively You Navigate Life, Work, & Leadership
In 2020, I published my Wall Street Journal and USA Today best-selling book, Success Mindsets: The Keys to Unlocking Greater Success in Your Life, Work, & Leadership. In this book, I presented the following mindset framework based on the last 40 years of mindset research to help people awaken to and elevate their mindsets. In […]
What is a Growth Mindset
If you were to ask 100 people if they have a fixed or a growth mindset, how many people would say that they have a “fixed mindset?” Not very many, right?!? Yet, my research echoes Carol Dweck’s research, which suggests that half of all people are fixed-minded. In this article, I want to explain: What […]
The Four Cornerstones of an Effective Leadership Foundation
In my experience studying vertically developed (Mind 3.0) leaders, I have found that they prioritize establishing a strong leadership foundation to build off of. In this article, I want to identify four key elements of this foundation. Based on my experience working with executive teams, I have learned and observed the following: The Four Key […]
Do You Really Have a Growth Mindset?
The reason why this article is titled, “Do You Really Have a Growth Mindset?” Is because almost everyone I ask believes that they have a growth mindset. But, Carol Dweck (the pioneer and primary researcher of growth mindsets) has indicated that approximately 50% of people have more of a growth mindset, while the other half […]
Mindset Research Findings
I have partnered with Aimpoint Research to investigate how mindsets might differ across different demographic profiles, including political affiliation, income level, gender, education level, generation, geographic region (in the United States). In this article, I am presenting the results of these findings. For context, our sample was designed to reflect the United States population at […]
Vertical Development is Like Improving Our Eating Skills
Vertical development is about upgrading our internal operating system such that we elevate how we make meaning of our world in more cognitively and emotionally sophisticated ways.
Most Common Executive Struggles – Part 2
This week, I start identifying the most common executive struggles that I have observed working with executive teams.
