Growth Mindset

1. Role of a leader in creating
Growth Mind set culture
Dr. S. Anand Reddy

2. Are people born smart?
YES NO

3. Political Leader
Winston Churchill
REPEATED a grade during
elementary school
He was placed in the
LOWEST division of the
LOWEST class
• Do you think his parents
were worried about his
potential?

4. Composer
Beethoven’s teacher
called him a HOPELESS
composer
If someone said that
about your child, would
you suggest your child
try a different activity?

5. Writer
Leo Tolstoy
Dropped
out of college
He was described as
both “UNABLE and
unwilling to LEARN"

6. Business Leader
• Warren Buffett : failed to get
into Harvard Business School
• What if he took that to mean
he should not be in business?

7. Role models
….Einstein's teacher said that he was ‘academically
subnormal’
….Michael Jordan's coach said that he wasn’t more
talented than other people…
….Walt Disney was told that he lacked ‘creative
imagination’
….. J.K. Rowling was told her story would never sell

8. ‘People are made, not born’
THE GROWTH MINDSET

9. Background story
• Over 30 years ago, Carol Dweck and her
colleagues research on students' attitudes about
failure.
• Dr. Dweck coined the terms fixed mindset
and growth mindset to describe the underlying
beliefs people have about learning and
intelligence

10. Mindset
refers to a self
perception or the
beliefs and
theories one holds
about themselves.
is believing that
you are intelligent
or unintelligent,
strong or weak,
good or bad.
about our abilities
and skills, our
morals, and the
way we believe
others view us.
are deep rooted
beliefs that we
each hold and they
present
throughout our
lives.
can impact howe
we learn, what
skills we acquire,
how we form
relationships, and
our professional
successes and
failures.
are mental lenses
that dictate what
information they
take in and use to
make sense of and
navigate the
situation they
encounter.
About Mindset

11. • A growth mindset is an attitude and belief that people
have the ability to develop their talents, abilities,
intelligence, and emotional intelligence.
• It basically means that you believe success comes from
the consistent effort of working through challenges
Basic Premise

12. Fixed Mindset Growth Mindset
Goals? Look Smart Learn
Values effort? No Yes
Reaction to
Failure?
Give Up Work Harder
Long term
Achievement
Lower Higher
Fixed mindset:
individuals
who believe
their talent
can not be
developed
Growth mindset:
individuals
who believe
their talent
can be
developed
Consequences of
Mindsets

13. Reduced
Effort
Lower
Achievement
Higher
Achievement
Growth
Mindset
Increased
Effort
Challenge
or Failure
Fixed
Mindset
Recursive Processes

14. Focus
• Result oriented to the extreme
When faced
with problems
• Interpret situation as failure and start blaming
• Don’t give another opportunity as they believe that person cannot improve skills
• They step into fix problem because they don’t trust anyone
Culture
• Defensive and finger pointing (Blame)
• Focus on keeping themselves safe than working together to grow the company
Outcome
• Culture of fear
• Unmotivated teams
• Constant fire fighting and micro manage their teams which makes everyone overworked
Leaders with fixed
mindset

15. Focus
•more on process
When faced
with problems
•Interpret situation and sees an opportunity for their team
•They guide the member to fix problem with proper analysis
Culture
•Create a culture of people that are open to feedback
•Accountable for their own evolution
•Resilient enough to take new challenges
Out come
•Leads to proactiveness
•Accountable and motivated
•Solution seekers
•Promote innovation and business growth
Leaders with Growth
mindset

16. • A growth mindset requires inclusivity and listening to the
unique perspectives of those around you.
Open mindedness
• Be comfortable with uncertainty and change and see that
as an opportunity. If required.
Embrace change
• “Good enough” is almost a kiss of death. Don’t get into a cycle of
mediocrity. Disrupt yourself before someone else or something
else disrupts
Reject complacency
• while like mindedness is important on some level in
organization, individuality encourages innovation and
growth.
Individuality
• Results take sometime.
Practice perseverance
• Shows desire to learn
Ask for Help
How can Leaders adapt
growth mindset
How can Leaders adapt
growth mindset

17. Recognize and
Praise efforts
• when
employees are
recognized
and praised
for efforts,
they are more
likely continue
trying to
improve
themselves.
Incorporate the
word “YET”
• Give
constructive
feedback
• adding YET
turns negative
thought or
belief into one
with hope.
Be an example
• the way you
speak and act
your
employees
also will speak
and act
Encourage
collaboration
• known as
shared
learning.
Collaboration
can help boost
Let them
struggle
• As a leader it
is tempting to
jump in with
the answer if
we see
someone
struggling but
allowing them
to solve will
help to think
freely.
Inspiring others for
growth mindset

18. • At your next team or staff meeting, ask each person to share
with the group (1) one thing they’re working on that’s
challenging, and (2) what kind of support would be helpful, and
from whom.
• Think about someone on your team who you need to give some
tough feedback to. Write out how you could have the
conversation, using the advice above. Then, give it a shot, and
afterwards, consider what worked well, and what you can
improve on next time you give feedback.
Try it out

19. Change your words;
change your mindset!

20. Mindsets Control Attention
So
Develop right mindset for the growth of the organization
Thank