CHAPTER 4

Everyone Has a Learning Mindset

The organization’s mindset is a critical part of building a strong talent development foundation. The effort will be more successful with the right mindset. The question is, what’s the right mindset for your organization? And what is a mindset anyway?

A mindset is a set of assumptions, methods, beliefs, or concepts held by people or groups of people. You could have a social, business, political, grateful, confident, or creative mindset. Groupthink is a type of mindset too. There are many differentiations; in fact, you could probably create your own mindset and no one would disagree with you. From an individual perspective, a mindset is part of the foundation on which you will build your talent development ...

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