A Growth Mindset
This pharmaceutical company affiliate has been consistently delivering outstanding results and growth for a number of years. The question on their minds now was, ‘How do we maintain this success?’. The answer was that their objectives must extend beyond financial achievements to encompass the personal and professional development of their employees. Taking this on, the company’s leadership committed to fostering a "Growth Mindset"— acknowledging limitations while committing to overcome them. It’s a mindset that promotes resilience and motivation and encourages a proactive approach to challenges, viewing them as opportunities for learning.
A five-day programme for all
With the aim of strengthening the organisation’s Growth Mindset, Good Company designed a five-day programme for all its employees. On days 1, 2, and 5, managers met as a group, and on days 3 and 4, the rest of the team joined. The ambition was to change perspectives and motivate each other to focus on personal growth opportunities and decide goals for the future.
The programme began by supporting managers to explore their own personal development with the question ‘How can I grow further?’. In addition to reflecting on each manager’s personal development history, an MBTI profile and 360-degree assessment were completed, helping to highlight areas for improvement. The next step focused on ‘How can I help others to grow?’ and provided coaching tools for supporting the development of team members. The programme then extended to all employees, attending to the question ‘How can we grow together?’, using self-assessment exercises on topics like communication, psychological safety, engagement, and balancing workload with high energy as a pre-requisite for self-improvement. On the final day, managers gathered again to focus on the question ’How can I facilitate an enduring growth-mindset culture?’, diving into the facilitators toolbox to prepare a series of workshops that would run for all employees later in the year.
Why Work with Us?
In this project, we supported managers to role-model personal development as an answer to maintaining growth in future years. The group now share a language and practical methods to work with personal development and to support a growth mindset within their teams and throughout the organisation. Numerous employees expressed their appreciation for the engaging and energising two-day session. They felt that a supportive environment had been established, allowing them to openly discuss areas for improvement and areas of focus. Development initiatives have now been planned for all individuals and for all teams.