Building an agile mindset

We all have different mental representations and beliefs; some limit us and prevent us from doing our work, others are useful and enhance our potential. Being aware of all of these and taking appropriate actions to capitalize on the helpful ones and diminish the limiting ones can take a lot of pressure off us and ultimately increase our personal effectiveness as well as the quality of the relationships we have.

The program helps us to understand how individual personality and mentality are formed and to become aware of how our current mindset influences our personal effectiveness. In addition, the learning experience is based on LSI (Life Styles Inventory 1), a self-assessment tool that measures thinking and behavior styles.

• What is mindset and how is it formed?
• Types of mindset
  • Growth vs. Fixed
  • Constructive vs. Reactive
• The instrument Life Styles Inventory 1 (LSI)
  • A task-focused mindset vs. one focused on people
  • 3 main categories of thinking styles: passive vs. aggressive vs. constructive
    • Limitations and benefits
    • Impact on the way we work, our well-being and stress responses, our relationships and our leadership style
• Description of each of the 12 thinking styles (4 in each of the main categories)
  • Triggers of the 12 styles
  • Beliefs and thoughts associated with each
  • The likely behaviors and impact of each
• 5 ways to develop a growth mindset: Acknowledge and embrace imperfections; See challenges as opportunities; Replace the word "failure" with "learning"; Cultivate a sense of purpose; Use the word "yet".