Transforming Mission Leadercast With Tim Bias & Sara Thomas

“Growth mindset leaders want to be challenged.” Carol Dweck Growth happens when there is enough challenge and support offered to a leader. When there is too much or too little of either element, growth doesn't happen. Instead, leaders experience stagnation, uncertainty, overwhelm, and coddling. If you’re not growing as a leader, it’s likely there’s an imbalance in the challenge and support around you that’s putting up one of these four barriers.  At the end of the day, learning leaders want to be challenged.  Because they believe in the potential for people to grow, they need opportunities that stretch their talents, skills, and capacity.  What We’re Not Saying Before we go much farther, let’s be clear. We’re not saying, leaders with a growth mindset want to experience challenging people or circumstances. No. Challenging people, personalities, and crises can lead to growth, but, they’re not essential for growth.  Instead, learning leaders want the challenge of a new opportunity, a new skill, or a new experien