Presents: Carol S. Dweck
Professor of Psychology, Stanford University
Why do so many confident and charismatic leaders ultimately fail? And why do they fail to motivate their workers?
In this lecture, Professor Dweck explains how leaders' mindsets affect their ability to grow and learn on the job, a quality that is essential in today's rapidly changing business world. She compares leaders with a fixed mindset (the assumption that basic human talents are carved in stone) to leaders with a growth mindset (the assumptions that talents can be developed) and shows how a fixed mindset limits leaders' openness to feedback, their ability to motivate and develop their workers, and their long-term achievement. Malcolm Gladwell, in "The Talent Myth" used Professor Dweck's work to explain the fall of Enron.
You will learn:
-The different psychological world created by the fixed and growth mindsets
-How these play out in the organization
-How an emphasis on talent can be harmful
-How to cultivate a growth mindset
-How to praise, criticize, and evaluate workers to create optimal motivation