Mindset Matters

Developing Mental Agility and Resilience to Thrive in Uncertainty

Gemma Leigh Roberts

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN:
  9781398604841
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781398605183
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Management
• Index: Business

SHORTLISTED: Business Book Awards 2023 - Work & Life

If businesses can be agile to survive in an uncertain world, so can you. The future of work requires you to move flexibly and quickly to react to change; that's where your mindset matters. Who wouldn't want to know how to best navigate the choppy waters of change?

Resilience is the skill to master for the future of work. The capacity to overcome adversity and, crucially, to learn from experiences and grow, resilience is the tool to have in your business leadership arsenal. From an individual perspective, it will lead to better performance and wellbeing, and for your team, you can positively affect change and build a culture of resilience that permeates your business. In Mindset Matters chartered psychologist and star LinkedIn Learning instructor, Gemma Leigh Roberts, teaches you why mental agility is the key ingredient to developing resilience and how to achieve it.

This book will teach you the principles of thriving in uncertainty. From changing perspectives, emotional flexibility and achieving a growth mindset, to cementing your mindset shift in others and your team, you will learn research-backed strategies that will allow you to grow your resilience and use change to your advantage. With energy and speed, you can embrace moments of pivots and ensure you and your business bounce back from whatever the world throws at you next.

Index

Bold page numbers indicate figures, italic numbers indicate tables.

ABCDE coaching model 83–85, 103–106

acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) 80, 85–87

flow of thoughts 88–90

observe your thoughts exercise 106–108

achievements and challenges, reflection on 57–59, 60

action plans 118, 119

adaptability 38–42, 59, 61–62

adaptable thinking style 80–81

add ‘yet’ to your story exercise 151–153

age, diversity of in the workplace 12

agile emotional response plan 90–91

agility

communication 174

flexible thinking exercise 59, 61–62

mental 24–29

see also cognitive flexibility; mental agility

alternative points of view 65–68, 110

‘always on’ culture 12

athletes 38

authenticity 214–217, 228–229

author’s experiences

Covid-19 pandemic 22–24

as psychology student 76

Avon Products 165–166

Barrett, C. 175–176

Barrett, L.F. 160–161

belief exercise 150–151

Benioff, M. 210–211

Bento for Business 209–210

Bezos, J. 126, 131–132, 134–135, 138

biological factors, thinking and 77, 78

Blockbuster 18–19

board of supporters exercise 72–73, 73

box breathing 193, 194

Branson, R. 177

breathing exercise 192–193

busting confirmation bias exercise 108–109

Catmull, E. 135–136

challenges

acceptance of 85–87

and achievements, reflection on 57–59, 60

challenge exercise 156–158

past experience of 79

change

acceptance of new situation 16

appetite for 20

cost of not adapting to 15–16, 18–19

Covid-19 pandemic 243–244

emotions and 162–163

future, envisioning different versions of 20–22

opportunities, focus on 22–24

risk and 15

strategic thin...

Table of contents

• Praise for Mindset Matters
• Mindset Matters
• Contents
• Figures and tables
• EXTRA RESOURCES
• Introduction
• 01 We’ve come a long way
• 02 Resilience
• 03 Coaching: Bouncing forward
• 04 Cognitive flexibility
• 05 Coaching: The art of the everyday pivot
• 06 A growth mindset
• 07 Coaching: Learning forward
• 08 Emotional intelligence
• 09 Coaching: Interacting with the world
• 10 Connection
• 11 Coaching: The meaning of connection
• 12 Where do we go from here?
• es Notes
• Index