Harvard Business Review’s Post

Leaders often emphasize policy changes as the primary means to drive progress, but this focus can overlook a crucial element: changing minds. Policies set the rules, but they do not necessarily shift the underlying beliefs and attitudes of individuals. Without genuine buy-in or cultural change, new policies can encounter resistance, slow implementation, or even backfire. When leaders prioritize changing minds, they engage in persuasion and education, fostering an environment where policies are not just enforced but embraced. This approach can create sustainable change by addressing the root causes of societal issues, rather than just the symptoms. Leaders who inspire people to adopt new perspectives can build a foundation of shared values, making policy changes more effective and long-lasting. While policy shifts are necessary, they are often limited in scope without a corresponding change in public attitudes. The real challenge for leaders is to influence not only what people do but also how they think. By focusing on changing minds, leaders can cultivate a culture of progress, driving transformation from within rather than imposing it from above.

Most people know MORE about how to use their smartphones than what shapes the mindset of their "most valuable asset" - their people.  Slow down to speed up, Leaders! I am sharing the secret sauce with you:  •      Hire ONLY A-Players. •       invest the appropriate amount of time to build meaningful relationships.  •       Purposefully build vulnerability-based trust.  •       Enroll team members in your vision.  •       Utilize Psychometric assessments to TURBOCHARGE your team’s journey to enhancing self and interpersonal awareness.  Sound complicated? It is pretty easy actually. You just have to MAKE TIME. What's that? You and your team are too busy to take the time to do this correctly? Then you will reap what is sown. You will be forced to take the time replacing perfectly good people. You will be forced to take the time course correcting. And you will be forced to take the time to deal with preventable drama. Choose purposefully.

Mental Health At The Workplace: Total trust in the workplace is the Golden Ticket to employee satisfaction (morale) and organizational success. Leading experts and company practitioners have known this for a while. Leaders can’t rely on organizational mission statements to inspire employees. They have to help their people find inner purpose. Man has responsibility, not power. We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity but in love with humanity. Actions, carefully considered, speak louder than words, even if they are shouted. The only way to change someone's mind is to connect with them from the heart. #GangstaMentor

To change processes and policies effectively, it’s essential to align them with both the minds and hearts of your people. AI can assist by providing insights through sentiment analysis, personalized training, and automating routine tasks to make changes more practical and agreeable. As Proverbs 15:22 says, “Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers, they succeed.” AI can serve as one of those valuable advisers, guiding practical and successful implementation.

Change begins with people 🙋♂️, not paperwork. Leaders who focus on earning trust💚 , inspiring belief, and connecting on a human level create the real transformation. It’s about making people feel part of the journey—not just part of the process. When hearts 💕 and minds are aligned, true progress follows. 🌱 #Leadership #Inspiration #PeopleFirst #ChangeLeadership

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In my experience leaders are rarely focused on aligning the type of systems, processes, and structures that drive the desired behaviors they need to see in their people. This is a developed skill that is often not recognized as such. Effective change management is THE most important skillset for leaders to be leveraging not right. The problem is most leaders don’t know how to do it well. At Gold Medal Mindset we help those leaders level up their skillset from day 1 🥇

Digital Transformation and Organizational Change in the Digital Age of Change: How to turn ambitious ideas into strategies? How to translate vision into BOLD action for transforming challenges into great opportunities. What is Policy? Decision makers can change processes and policies on paper. But until they work on building the right human-centric culture of trust and collaboration to changing the minds and feelings of their people, the system won’t work. Who is hiring in 2024? The global demand for stellar executives and leaders has never been greater in 190 countries. Multinational organizations, multilateral institutions, and global business companies are hiring the brightest talent across the globe. Are you ready to climb the executive and leadership ladder of career success? Human-centric leadership with a digital mindset is essential in today’s rapidly changing business environment. As a stellar Servant and Transformational leader with world-class experience and hands-on expertise, I underscore the importance of prioritizing the personal and emotional side of how I lead by example. I focus on the human-centric approach by practicing what I preach. I treat others with respect.

This is such a great article!! I reiterate my point about the title missing the point. Leaders that change policy are managers, we’re not really leaders until we change minds. A previous leadership mentor of mine gave the equation leadership =engagement + influence. If we’re not engaging and influencing we’re not leading. The notions behind bias and regression to habits and the resistance to change are directly aligned to the philosophy behind my business values and the efforts we’re making to change the way organisations view the coordination of technical and commercial aspects through more effective leadership