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GROWTH-MINDSET LEADERS IN ACTION
Andrew Carnegie once said, "I wish to have as my epitaph Here lies a man who was wise enough to bring into his service men who knew more than he Okay let's open the windows and let some air in The fixed mindse iccls so stling. Even when those leaders are globe-trotting and hobnobbing with world figures their world seems so small and confining--because their minds are always on one thing Validate me!
When you enter the world of the growth-mindset leaders, everything changes It brightens, it expands, it fills with energy, with possibility. You think Gee that seems like fun! It has never entered my mind to lead a corporation, but when I learned about what these leaders had done, it sounded like the most exciting thing in the world.
I've chosen three of these leaders to explore as a contrast to the fixed mindset leaders I chose Jack Welch of General Electric because he is a larger-than-life figure with an ego he held in check-not your straight ahead naturally self-effacing growth-minded guy. And I chose Lou Gery ner (the man who came in and saved IBM) and Anne Mulcahy (the woman who brought Nerox back to life) as contrasts to Alfred Dunlap, the other namaround expert
Jack Welch, Lou Gerstner, and Anne Mulcahy are also fascinating because they transformed their companies. They did this by rooting out the fixed mindset and putting a culture of growth and teamwork in its place With Gerstner and IBM, it's like watching Enron morph into a growth mindset mecca.
As growth-minded leaders, they start with a belief in human potential and development--both their own and other people's. Instead of using the company as a vehicle for their greatness, they use it as an engine of growth for themselves, the employees, and the company as a whole
Warren Bennis has said that too many bosses are driven and driving but going nowhere Not these people. They don't talk royalty. They talk journey. An inclusive, learning-filled, rollicking journey.
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