Mindsets

Reading the comments and quips about media training, crisis communications and leadership abilities & whether it could have salvaged the situation. I personally don't think any kind of training will help if you're not willing to learn. Watch the media briefing here https://www.youtube.com/watch?

I had to read Carol Dweck's book again about mindset and what she said about fixed-mindset and growth-mindset leaders. Read the stories behind Lee Iacocca and Albert Dunlap and when you think you're invincible, invulnerable and entitled which ultimately led to their downfall.

I am going to quote directly from the book on suggestions whether fixed-mindset culture and leadership is happening in your workplace.

"Are you in a fixed-mindset or growth mindset workplace? Do you feel people are judging you or are they helping you to develop? Maybe you could try making it a more growth-mindset place, starting with yourself. Are there ways you can be less defensive about your mistakes? Could you profit more from the feedback you get?

How do you act towards others in your workplace? Are you a fixed-mindset boss, focused on your power more than on your employees’ well-being? Do you ever reaffirm your status by demeaning others? Do you ever try to hold back high-performing employees because they threaten you?

Consider ways to help your employees develop on the job: Apprenticeships? Workshops? Coaching sessions? Think about how you can start seeing and treating your employees as your collaborators, as a team.  

Is your workplace set up to promote groupthink? If so, the whole decision-making process is in trouble. Create ways to foster alternative views and construction criticism. Assign people to play devil’s advocate, taking opposing viewpoints so you can see holes in your position. Have an anonymous suggestion box that employees must contribute to as part of the decision-making process. People can be independent thinkers and team players at the same time"