Agility Quotient
(Cover image credit: Ryderwear – https://www.ryderwear.com/collections/womens-leggings/) You have heard of intelligence quotient (IQ) and emotional intelligence (EQ), but have you heard of agility quotient (AQ). Ok, so agility quotient hasn’t been rigorously studied like IQ or EQ, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have important practical implications. Agility quotient is one’s ability or capacity to […]
Why is Leadership So Bad that 75% of Employees Report their Boss is the Worst Part of their Job?
When I work with organization leaders, they generally all tell me they are “trying their best.” They all want to have a positive impact on the organizations they lead and the people they serve. While I buy that, I also know that: 40% of employees rate their boss as “bad” 60% of employees report that […]
How to Develop More of a Growth Mindset
If you feel like a mindset novice, before reading this article, you might find value in reading these two articles: What are Mindsets & Why are They Foundational to Our Success? Research-Backed Benefits of Possessing a Growth Mindset They lay the groundwork for why we need to focus on developing more of a growth mindset. […]
Research-Backed Benefits of Possessing a Growth Mindset
If you feel like a mindset novice, before reading this article, you might find value in reading this article: What are Mindsets & Why are They Foundational to Our Success? It lays the groundwork for why I am focusing on and summarizing the benefits of a growth mindset. Growth and Fixed Mindsets We possess a […]
Are Mindsets a “Secret to Success?”
I often hear people say that mindsets are the “secret to success.” I am not sure if I buy this. Not because I don’t think mindsets are important, but because I don’t think it is a “secret” that mindsets are foundational to our success. I think most people know and understand the importance of mindsets, […]
Owning Your Mindsets: The Key to Emotional Intelligence
Emotional intelligence is a fancy term for possessing self-awareness and other-awareness in the following ways: Self-awareness = ability to (1) diagnose and recognize our emotions, and (2) control our own emotions Other-awareness = ability to (1) recognize and diagnose emotions displayed by others, and (2) respond appropriately to others’ emotional cues. Interesting factoids regarding emotional […]
Mindsets: The Key to Personal Development
If you were to Google “how to be an effective ______________________” (fill in the blank; leader, employee, parent, follower, fisherman), you will inevitably end up with a near-endless list of articles that resemble the following: The 10 golden rules of _______________ 8 powerful habits of highly effective ________________ 7 keys to becoming a remarkably effective […]
How Do We Improve Mindsets?
When I work with leaders to develop their leadership, I first: Demonstrate that mindsets are foundational to their leadership effectiveness. Identify four sets of mindsets that they need to be aware of, with each set ranging on a continuum from negative to positive. Have them take my personal mindset assessment to identify the degree to […]
The Cognitive Science Behind Mindsets
What causes one person to see challenges as things to avoid, but another person to see those same challenges as opportunities to learn and grow? What causes one person to see others as objects, but another person to see those same people as people? Our mindsets! But why? To answer this question, we need to […]
The Five-Step Process to Develop Positive Qualities
The difference between the qualities that you have and the qualities that you want to possess is in how you see your world or, in other words, your mindsets. Thus, if you want to develop certain qualities that you do not yet have, it is essential that you change your mindsets.