Course Duration:
Half-day or full-day session (with options for virtual delivery or multi-part series)
Target Audience:
People leaders, team members, HR professionals, and employees at all levels who want to foster a mindset of continuous improvement, learning, and innovation within their team or organisation.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
Understand what a growth mindset is and how it contrasts with a fixed mindset.
Recognise the impact of mindset on learning, collaboration, leadership, and performance.
Identify individual and team mindset behaviours.
Apply strategies to shift thinking and encourage a culture of experimentation, feedback, and perseverance.
Create an action plan to promote growth mindset behaviours in their workplace.
Course Outline
Module 1: Understanding Growth Mindset
What is a growth mindset? (Based on Carol Dweck’s research)
Growth vs fixed mindset: beliefs, language, and behaviours
How mindsets impact learning, feedback, risk-taking, and innovation
Common myths and misconceptions about growth mindset
Module 2: The Neuroscience of Change and Learning
How the brain learns and rewires through effort and repetition
The science behind resilience, motivation, and behaviour change
Reframing failure as feedback
Why psychological safety is critical for learning cultures
Module 3: Identifying Mindsets at Work
Recognising fixed mindset triggers (e.g., fear of failure, comparison, perfectionism)
Team culture audit: are we reinforcing learning or performance-only behaviours?
Case studies: organisations that built growth cultures
Self-reflection: where do I show fixed vs growth mindset?
Module 4: Cultivating Growth Mindset Behaviours
Shifting language: praise effort, strategy, and persistence—not just results
Giving and receiving feedback to promote learning
Normalising experimentation and learning from setbacks
Encouraging reflective practice and continuous improvement
Module 5: Leadership and Culture Shaping
The leader’s role in modelling a growth mindset
Embedding growth mindset into performance conversations, goal setting, and team rituals
Aligning rewards, recognition, and development frameworks
Avoiding the "false growth mindset" trap
Module 6: Building a Growth Mindset Action Plan
Identify 3 key mindset-shifting strategies for your team or organisation
Personal mindset goal: what will you shift in your daily language or habits?
Commit to culture practices: team experiments, learning debriefs, celebration of effort
Optional: accountability partner and 30-day mindset challenge
Delivery Style
Interactive workshop format
Storytelling, real-world examples, and reflection
Pair and group discussions, case scenarios, and mindset mapping
Tools and templates to apply immediately in the workplace
Course Materials Provided
Growth Mindset Field Guide
Growth vs Fixed Mindset Behaviour Grid
Conversation prompts and feedback scripts
Personal Mindset Reflection and Tracker
30-Day Growth Culture Challenge Template
Optional Add-ons
Pre-course mindset diagnostic or self-assessment
Leader/Manager booster session on modelling growth mindset
Follow-up team challenge or learning sprint
Integration with performance management or onboarding programs