Management and Leadership

Develop a Growth Mindset Through Resilience and Grit

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• Traditional Classroom: 1-day
• Virtual Instructor-led: Two 3–3.5 hour sessions; Three 2-hour sessions

In this highly interactive session, we will explore the concepts of a growth mindset and resilience within the context of your own career development. The goal of this course is to enable you to develop a growth mindset as a foundation for sustaining your personal resilience and well-being.

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Target Audience

Individuals who will benefit from this course include managers, leaders, team leads, project managers, team members, and anyone looking to develop a growth mindset.

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Learning Objectives

• Distinguish between positive stress, negative stress, and burnout.
• Describe the physiological impact of chronic stress.
• Utilize various tools and techniques to regulate your emotional responses.
• Distinguish between your internal locus of control and external events.
• Create a personal strength-based resilience map.
• Articulate the impact of mindset on effort, engagement, and outcomes.
• Identify and counteract personal thinking traps and limiting beliefs.
• Leverage a 5-pillar model of resilience to enhance well-being.

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Course Outline

Key Definitions and Concepts

• Kickoff Question: What Is the Relationship Between Mental Health and Physical Health?
• A Holistic Model of Resilience — 5 Pillars
  • Coping Skills
  • Making/Finding Meaning
  • Physical Well-Being
  • Emotional Health
  • Social Support
• Class Activity: Factors Driving Your Stress Level

Positive and Negative Stress

• Definitions
• Stress or Burnout?

The Biology of Stress

• Emotions, the Triune Brain, and the Amygdala Hijack
• Self-Regulation Strategies
• Class Activity: 4-7-8 Breathing
• Group Breakout Activity: Emotional Self-Awareness and Regulation

Building and Sustaining Resilience

• Strategies
• Individual and Group Breakout Activity: 4S Resilience Map

Grit, Mindset, and Locus of Control

• What’s in Your Locus of Control?
• Responding to Stressful Events
• Shifting Perspective
• Individual and Group Breakout Activity: Closed Door, Open Door

Overcoming the Brain’s Negativity Bias

• Identifying Unhelpful Thinking Patterns (Fixed Mindset)
• Individual and Group Activity: Dismantling Thinking Traps

Living Mindfully

• What Is Mindfulness?
• 5 Activities to Do Mindfully

Fostering Social Support

Cultivating Physical Well-Being

• Visualization and Relaxation Techniques
• Diet, Sleep, and Exercise

Wrap-Up and Next Steps

MDV1476 Course Code