Lesson 1 - Mindset Mode
Developing a Coaching Mindset
Showing up open, curious, and intentional
How does your mindset shape how you show up and impact others at work, and what would change if you shifted from autopilot to intentional awareness?
Mindset Mode is about how you show up, before you even say a word. It’s the internal focal point you take into every conversation, meeting, challenge, or decision. This lesson helps you shift from reacting to responding, from assumption to curiosity, and from fixed to growth-oriented thinking.
At its core, Mindset Mode develops a coaching mindset: one of open, curious, flexible, and intentional. These qualities allow us to pause, reflect, reframe, and lead especially in stressful, uncertain, or fast-moving moments.
Whether you’re a team member, manager, or leader, Mindset Mode equips you with simple, powerful habits that can improve how you think, interact, and make decisions every day.
📚 What’s in the Lesson
1. Understanding Mindset as a Mode, Not a Mood
→ How your mindset shapes how others experience you
→ Fixed vs growth mindset
→ Coaching mindset: practical meaning
2. Emotional Intelligence Essentials
→ Self-awareness: Notice your default patterns
→ Self-regulation: The power of pause and choice
→ Purpose & values: Anchoring in what matters most
3. From Reacting to Responding
→ Identify what triggers reactivity
→ Recognise autopilot behaviours (judging, fixing, rushing)
→ Practice pause, breath, reframe
4. Everyday Mindset Habits
→ Powerful micro-practices: “Name it, pause it, choose it”
→ Mindset resets during conflict or challenge
→ “Curiosity before control” as a daily mantra
5. Application & Reflection
→ What’s one situation this week where you could lead with curiosity?
→ How can you coach yourself through moments of challenge?
→ What mindset do you want to practice showing up with this month?
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