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Growth Mindset Leadership & The Pygmalion Effect

Growth Mindset · Leadership
A film by Trevor Ragan

We know that our individual mindsets (growth mindset & fixed mindset) can impact our capacity to grow. But how do our mindsets impact others?

Renowned researcher, Robert Rosenthal outlines his work and shows how our expectations can have a huge impact on the performance and development of the people around us.

Christine Rubie-Davies from the University of Auckland shows us how teacher expectations play a role in student development.

In the last third of the video we dig into applications and provide some guidance on how leaders can set high, but accurate expectations to improve the learning environment.

We experimented with a new visual style in this video. Let us know what you think!

-Trev

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Trevor Ragan.

I run The Learner Lab. I dig into the research on how we learn and turn it into essays, video essays, and podcast episodes you can actually use. The whole point: help you get better at getting better.

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