𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲𝘁?
30 years ago I was a young, dark-haired, green-behind-the-ears manager. As part of my role, I was asked to perform 'Performance development review' on my team. A PDR at the time was about assessing an employee's progress in the tasks they'd been assigned to achieve for the year. Often, there would be a space to log what development was needed to build the skills needed for next years tasks. The outcome was a list of stuff to do and role-specific training to attend. I found the process a bit unfulfilling for me and often the employees saw it as a bit of a box-ticking exercise.
We've come a long way since the 90's. My ears are a lot less green and my hair is a lot more grey. In our research into Motivational Intelligence, we've discovered that this definition of 'performance' only affects 15% of an employee's potential for success. The other 85% is about the mindset of the employee.
Simply put, you are more successful if you have a growth mindset. Strong leaders build their own growth mindset by building self-esteem, belief and confidence. They exhibit strong traits in accountability, adaptability, resilience. They take initiative and they show a bit of courage. Strong leaders build a growth mindset in themselves, then encourage others to build their own growth mindset
- Growth mindsets create successful people
- Put enough successful people in a room, you get a high-performing team
- Put enough high-performing teams in an organisation, you get a world-leading business
As I developed my management career over those last 3 decades, I increasingly found that good management is much more about growth mindsets than about assessing performance. We now have the science to back that up. The most effective manager/leaders spend around 80% of their time leading mindsets and about 20% of their time managing performance. Unfortunately, 78% of manager/leaders spend too much time on management and too little time on leadership.
How much of your time are you spending managing performance? How much time are you spending leading people and encouraging their growth mindset?
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