Leadership

Whether you’re trying to become more innovative, agile, or inclusive, changing culture is really a matter of changing shared everyday habits. Those habits are motivated by clear principles, reinforced by congruent systems, and modeled by leaders across the organization.

Rather than mistaking priorities for strategies, we work with clients to see through the behavior change that yields the culture they’re looking for.

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Case Study: Microsoft

As detailed in the Harvard Business Review, Microsoft remade its leadership framework with the brain in mind—going from exhaustive detail to essential principles.

Concurrently, it also embraced a growth mindset, shifting from a culture of know-it-alls to a culture of learn-it-alls.

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Liz Friedman, Global Performance & Management, Microsoft, on the tech firm’s culture work with NLI.

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How Microsoft Overhauled Its Approach to Growth Mindset

How Microsoft Overhauled Its Approach to Growth Mindset

As Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has put it, leaders should be striving for an organization full of “learn-it-alls,” not “know-it-alls.”

Growth Mindset Doesn’t Mean Anyone Can Get to Carnegie Hall

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Growth mindset means people believe they can get better through practice, not that anyone can become an expert at anything.

Growth Mindset Is Essential If Leaders Hope to Adapt to the AI Revolution

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Growth mindset, the research indicates, can help leaders adapt to the automation of labor and other forms of the AI revolution.

So You Have a Fixed Mindset — Here’s What to Do About It

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If you feel stuck, you may have a fixed mindset about growth mindset itself. Here’s how to shift your thinking if you catch yourself using a fixed mindset.

We Talked to 20 Orgs About Growth Mindset — Here Are Our 7 Biggest Findings

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In-depth interviews with organizations about growth mindset revealed a fascinating collection of goals, use cases, obstacles, and outcomes.

You’ve Heard of Growth Mindset, but What Is Growth Mindset Culture?

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One of the most well-established psychological concepts, growth mindset, has exploded among leadership. But how do you cultivate growth mindset culture?

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In 2016, NLI published the first paper on how not just individuals, but organizations, can hold fixed or growth mindsets.

The Idea Report: Growth Mindset Culture follows that up through interviewing global organizations making growth mindset come alive and exploring the science underlying what makes the relevant talent innovations work.

For more Culture & Leadership research, see the NeuroLeadership Journal.

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