Do you have the right mindset?

Coaching for Growth & Development, Part 1

• It delivers individual and team performance improvements and organisational growth.

• Respondents in the 2013 CIPD Learning & Development Annual Survey reported coaching to be the most effective activity for talent management.

Coaching works…

When coaching for growth and development, we must begin with the right mindset:

a Growth Mindset

Increase revenue!

Grow business by 20%!

Reduce costs!

SuccessGoals a Growth

MindsetIncrease

customer service scores!

You rely on natural ability to achieve results

A fixed mindset is characterised by the following:

You focus on the final result

You prefer to stick to safe/tried and tested methods

You see failure as a negative, to be avoided

at all costs

A growth mindset is characterised by the following:

You are prepared to take risks and make changes in the pursuit of improvement and growth

You see mistakes as an opportunity to learn and grow

You focus on the effort you’re putting in, rather than the final outcome

You

recognise the gaps in your

capabilities &actively seek to

develop these

Most of us like to think we have a growth mindset, but we may not even be conscious of the ways in which we

limit our potential.

“We’re doing well, we don’t need to change

anything”

“We don’t want to set our targets too

high, in case we don’t hit them.”

Developing a growth mindset challenges us to look beyond the limitations we apply to our decision-making process.

“The team will never go

for that!”

“It might not work, so let’s stick to

the method we know does work” “I can’t do that, I

haven’t been trained ”

“I tried something similar before and failed, so I know it

can’t be done”

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it?

• increased market sector competition • the loss of a key account• developments/improvements in technology• global recession!

Those with fixed mindsets are often unable to react fast enough.

Those with growth mindsets, however, are more resilient to change and can survive even the most difficult challenges.

Even when things seem good, adopting a fixed mindset leaves you vulnerable to a number of external influencing factors, eg;

How is your mindset impacting your performance?

Is your team/organisation’s collective mindset acting as a barrier to growth?

Now, ask yourself again

Do you have a fixed mindset or a growth mindset?

Find out more about Mindstrong’s coaching programmes:

• Executive Coaching• One to One Coaching• High Performance Team Coaching• or for information about Growth Coaching for SME’s, visit our

GrowthAccelerator page

In Part 2 of Coaching for Growth & Development, we look at the role the leader must play.