Resilience and Growth Mindset for Leaders
How often do you recognize the role resilience plays in your daily leadership? What about Growth Mindset?
Dr. Carol Dweck and Angel Duckworth introduced the concepts of Growth Mindset and Resiliency into forefront of leadership practices through their popular TedTalks. What we’ve learned about resilient leaders is that grit and growth mindset are complimentary skills that when leveraged on a consistent basis helps leaders navigate volatile, uncertain, challenging, and ambiguous (VUCA) environments.
Change is inevitable in leadership and is a constant that across sectors leaders can agree upon. Along with constant change comes stress. Dr. Dweck, explains that by tapping to growth mindset vs. fixed mindset challenges are welcomed as an opportunity to evolve. Growth mindset provides leaders with an outlook that challenges are not just expected but accepted.
Watch the Video exploring the concept of Growth Mindset
“In a growth mindset, challenges are exciting rather than threatening. So rather than thinking, oh, I’m going to reveal my weaknesses, you say, wow, here’s a chance to grow.”
Contrary to what some leaders think, a growth mindset isn’t similar to a participation trophy, it’s a core skill for resilient leaders.
Resilient leaders who adapt a growth mindset or able to grow teams through mentorship and collaboration bring about new creative outcomes in business.
The development of leaders through a growth mindset allow leaders to create competitive business solutions.
Through an intentional focus leaders are able to leverage their resilience to foster a growth mindset.
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