Personal Effectiveness

The Growth Mindset (PEGrowMind-Fal21)


Description
Getting a job and developing your career requires a number of workplace skills and a focused and sustained effort and persistence in the face of any setbacks. The key to success is your mindset - your underlying beliefs - you bring to learning and intelligence. In this course, you will learn the differences between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset and how you can identify fixed mindset areas in yourself and develop a strategy to overcome them and adopt a growth mindset.
Content
  • Before Learning Session #1
  • Prework: What's Your Mindset?
  • Prework: The power of believing that you can improve | Carol Dweck
  • Homework: Discussion - 3 Key Takeaways from Prof. Dweck's TED Talk
  • How does the brain change and grow?
  • How can you grow your intelligence?
  • Learning Session #1
  • Live Session: The Growth Mindset - Part 1
  • Doing Session #1
  • Discussion: The Growth Mindset - Experience of Growing Your Intelligence
  • Mindset and Success | Eduardo Briceno
  • Homework: Discussion - 3 Key Takeaways from Eduardo Briceno TED Talk
  • Homework: A Past Experience Reflection Part 1
  • Homework: How Trauma and PTSD Change the Brain
  • Learning Session #2
  • Live Session: The Growth Mindset - Part 2
  • Doing Session #2
  • Discussion: The Growth Mindset - Duel of the Voices Example
  • Homework: Discussion - 3 Key Takeaways from "How Trauma & PTSD Change the Brain"
  • Workplace Scenario: Dealing With Negative Feedback
  • Workplace Scenario: Discussion - Dealing With Negative Feedback
  • Success Through Effort | John Legend
  • Homework: Discussion - 3 Key Takeaways from John Legend Video
  • Homework: Discussion - The Growth Mindset - Duel of the Voices Learnings
  • Homework: A Past Experience Reflection Part 2
  • Homework: Course Feedback Survey
  • Lifework: Mindset Self-Assessment and Action Plan
  • OPTIONAL UNITS (NOT REQUIRED FOR COURSE COMPLETION)
  • Optional: Live Session #1 Recording
  • Optional: Live Session #2 Recording
  • (OPTIONAL) Practice Log: Mindset, Habits, and Executive Function
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: Forever