growth mindset in ourselves and our teams Charlie Warshawski - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Developing a growth mindset in ourselves and

• ur teams

Charlie Warshawski

Think of as many different uses for….

A chair A cup

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Outcomes from the session

• Understand Mindset motivation theory
• Understand associated theories related to

talent, mistakes, rewards

• Be able to make choices in our own behaviour

as leaders, colleagues, learners

We can change

• ur brains!

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How hard is it to change an attribute?

How hard are these to change?

• Drawing and painting skills
• Mathematic skills
• Singing
• Cognitive intelligence
• Writing and grammar skills
• Sporting ability
• Introversion
• Empathy
• Working memory
• Concentration

Rank in order from 1-10 which you would find hardest to change (10 – hardest!)

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Mindset theory

• Carol Dweck
• Behavioural and

motivational psychologist

• 40 years of research

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Definition

Fixed Mindset Basic qualities are fixed traits and can’t be changed. Talent is the key to success. Failure = annihilation Growth Mindset All qualities can be improved with effort. Effort and resilience are the key to success. Failure = learning

• pportunity

Mindset mandala

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Beliefs

• It is the belief about the

plasticity of the brain, and

• ther attributes that is at

the heart of mindset theory

Motivation is often more important than your initial ability in determining whether you succeed in the long run. Many high achievers were often fairly ordinary people who became extraordinarily motivated. By motivation, I mean not only the desire to achieve but also the love of learning, the love of challenge, and the ability to thrive on obstacles Carol Dweck, Self Theories

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What determines whether individuals are gifted or not is not what they are or what they have, but what they do

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Research - Moser

FMS: tuned in for praise and ability related feedback GMS: tuned in for new learning

• pportunities

Remember a time…..

• When you had to

make a great effort to continue doing a task that was difficult?

• What did you draw
• n to continue?

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Did you say……?

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Talent vs effort

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• The talent myth
• Or.. Deliberate

practice

Deliberate practice and 10,000 hours

Nature x nurture – now redundant!

Nature x Nurture x Opportunity x Predisposition x Effort and persistence = The cumulative steps to success

Limiting our potential

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Everyday mindset challenges

• Praise vs feedback
• Reward vs not
• Extrinsic motivation vs intrinsic motivation

Praising intelligence or fixed characteristics show to have NO impact

• n performance or beliefs. In fact, the
• pposite!

Noticing and acknowledging genuine effort, psychosocial skills and aspects that we have control on do have an impact

Source: Carol Dweck, Self Theories

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Everyday mindset challenges

• Praise vs feedback
• Reward vs not
• Extrinsic motivation vs intrinsic motivation

Reward or not

Students given a task – cube puzzle – to solver Time 1 – no reward introduced Time 2 - $1 for every puzzle solved Time 3 – no reward introduced Time 3 – solved fewer puzzles than Time 1

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Everyday mindset challenges

• Praise vs feedback
• Reward vs not
• Extrinsic motivation vs intrinsic motivation

What do we do with all this information

• Learn more about Mindsets (reading list at

end)

• Be aware of how we may trigger a fixed

mindset in others

• Be aware of how others may trigger a fixed

mindset in us

• Be aware of how we may trigger a fixed

mindset in ourselves

• Shift our mindsets in one area of our lives
• PLUS
• Email me to ask for parent resources!

charlie@loveyourcoaching.com

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Fixed mindset triggers

• Name the chimp
• Frequent

exposure to feedback

• Outrageously

growth mindset challenge

Further reading

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Dweck TED talk: www.ted.com/talks/carol_dweck_the_power_of_believing_that_you_c an_improve Mindset, Carol Dweck Bounce, Matthew Syed Learned optimism, Martin Seligman Drive, Daniel Pink Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell

A British skier!

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Remember the skier?

• Sarah Lewis
• Olympics 1988
• Head coach of GB

skiing

• Secretary General of

International Ski Federation

• 2018 - OBE

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