This document discusses nurturing a growth mindset both for oneself and one's team. It defines a growth mindset as believing that abilities can be developed through effort and a fixed mindset as believing abilities are innate talents. It recommends acknowledging imperfections, viewing challenges as opportunities, and replacing "failed" with "learned" to nurture a personal growth mindset. It also suggests rewarding actions not traits, encouraging risk-taking, seeking feedback, praising the process, and cultivating grit and resilience to nurture a growth mindset in one's team.

1. Growth
Mindset
Bridget Sampson

2. Finish this sentence...
“I’m not very good at…__________________.”
(something you’d like to be good at)
“I’m not very good at…__________________yet.”

3. What we’ll play
with today...
1. A deeper understanding of
what a growth mindset is
1. How to nurture a growth
mindset: for you & your team

4. What is a growth mindset?
What is a fixed mindset?

6. How fixed vs. growth mindset is determined
Surveys with
agree/disagree
statements such as: “You
can learn new things but
you can’t really change
how intelligent you are.”
mindsetworks.com
Electroencephalography
(EEG) & functional magnetic
resonance imaging (fMRI)
measure brain activation in
response to positive &
developmental feedback
Mindset by Dr. Carol
Dweck
Lab experiments with
puzzles & questions about
how participants feel about
failure/success & its impact
on motivation to try again
and then to move on to more
difficult puzzles
TEDx: The Power of Belief
by Eduardo Briceño

8. How can you
nurture a growth
mindset?
For yourself?
For your team?

9. How to Nurture A
Growth Mindset
1. Talk back to your fixed mindset
2. Acknowledge your imperfections
3. View challenges as opportunities
4. Always be a beginner at something
5. Replace “failed” with “learned”

10. How to Nurture Your Team’s
Growth Mindset
1. Reward actions not traits
2. Encourage risk-taking
3. Seek feedback about yourself
4. Praise the process and result
5. Cultivate grit & resilience