Creating a Culture of Learning

with Britt Andreatta

Examining Growth and Fixed Mindset at Work

Fixed Mindset Growth Mindset

Leads to a desire to look good, so tends to: Leads to a desire to learn, so tends to:

Believe that most skills are based on traits that Believe that skills can always improve with hard
are fixed and cannot change work

See effort as unnecessary; something to do See effort as a path to mastery and therefore
when you're not good enough essential

Avoid challenges because could reveal lack of Embrace challenges and see them as an
skill, and give up easily opportunity to grow

See feedback as personally threatening to sense See feedback as useful for learning and
of self and gets defensive improving

View setbacks as a wake-up call to work harder

View setbacks as discouraging and blame others
next time

Feel threatened by the success of others; may Find lessons and inspiration in the success of
undermine others in effort to look good others

As a result, they may plateau early and achieve As a result, they reach ever-higher levels of
less than their full potential. potential and performance.

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