When we talk about business, we will always refer back to the notion of ‘mindset’. Your mindset will make or break the business. If you develop a good one, it will have a positive impact. If not, the opposite will occur. This means you've got to think about the most appropriate mindset to boost your business. Here are a few key mindsets to consider and incorporate into your business.
By Team Savant
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An Organised Mindset
It's not always easy to incorporate this, because it depends on the person. One person is organised in one methodical way, and another has a mess all around their desk but knows where everything is. For the sake of the business, it is crucial to help everybody achieve one singular vision. This is why many businesses rely on software. Fleet companies use fleet maintenance management software and other companies use productivity tools like Trello, but when we find the right piece of software to help us consolidate our thoughts and put them in order, everybody can benefit. An organised mindset is always the first port of call.
An Appreciative Mindset
When when we try to fix a business, we only focus on what poses problems. An appreciative mindset takes into account what already works, and builds upon this. Success is not just about something that happened as a by-product of doing well, but it should be part of a growth mindset. An appreciative mindset, either from yourself or your employees, is about focusing on the positives. When we start to point out the things that work well, rather than just addressing the mistakes, it will gradually develop into a glass half full mentality. We should all make time to celebrate the small victories because if we do not, this could easily transform a business from a thriving entity to one purely focused on targets. Using an appreciative mindset liberates your workers, and amplifies what is already working.
An Empathy Mindset
We can all feel resistant to change sometimes. But we shouldn't view it as a bad thing. If there is no resistance, we are not pushing hard enough. We need to stimulate change in an organisation, but people do not like change. However, if you incorporate an empathy mindset, you can start to reframe change into something more positive, which becomes fuel for development. When you work with your team, you can reframe attitudes to turn the loss of change into a success. But we constantly think that people are the problem. The reality is that we need to listen to what they have to say, and use an empathy mindset to give us insight. When we stop blaming and start listening, this is how we can use resistance as a way to instigate real change.
Time and again, we think that business has to improve as a result of external sources. You may think that if your budget were bigger, you would achieve a lot more. But the reality is that successful businesses should start with the mindset.