A Concept that Explains the Root Cause of Almost All Leadership Issues
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Look at the figure below, and ask yourself which side is a better reflection of your organization’s leadership culture? How Leaders Generally Operate Research has found that 85% of leaders operate more like the column on the left than on the column on the right. And, in my work with organizations, my experience confirms that. […]
The Three Biggest Mistakes that People Make When Trying to Upgrade Their Mindsets
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I have been fortunate to work with thousands of people to upgrade their mindsets. Of those that exert effort to improve their mindsets (which is unfortunately a minority of people), I have observed three common mistakes in their mindset development practices and efforts.In this article, I’ll identify what those mistakes are and how to counter […]
What Context Struggles to Create Space for Learning? The Workplace
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I want to share with you an excerpt from Decoding Greatness by Ron Friedman that I found incredibly powerful. He writes: Growth requires strain. A moderate degree of difficulty is essential to both mental and physical development. Teachers know it. Bodybuilders know it. Athletes know it. Yet what’s the one place where stretching our limits […]
Investigating the Relationship between Mindsets and Mental States
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One of my biggest learnings over the last year is that there is a connection between trauma and quality of mindsets. Our body’s natural response to trauma is to take on negative mindsets (fixed, closed, prevention, and inward mindsets) as a form of self-protection. And, as we heal from mindsets, we develop more positive mindsets, […]
Mindset Differences by Level in the Organizational Hierarchy
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I recently 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). I am finding the results quite interesting. I am in the middle of several articles, I will be sharing related to this research. Here […]
Mindset Differences Across Different Education Levels
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I recently 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). I am finding the results quite interesting. I am in the middle of several articles I will be sharing related to this research. Here […]
Mindset Differences Across Different Income Levels
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I recently 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). I am finding the results quite interesting. I am in the middle of several articles, I will be sharing related to this research. Here […]
Mindset Differences Across Marital Status
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I recently 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). I am finding the results quite interesting. I am in the middle of several articles, I will be sharing related to this research. Here […]
Mindset Differences Across Ethnicities
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I recently 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). I am finding the results quite interesting. I am in the middle of several articles, I will be sharing related to this research. Here […]
Mindset Differences Across Generations
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I recently 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). I am finding the results quite interesting. I am in the middle of several articles, I will be sharing related to this research. Here […]