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The […]","datePublished":"2025-06-25","dateModified":"2025-11-10","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/coachingourselves.com\/about\/#phil-lenir","name":"Phil LeNir","url":"https:\/\/coachingourselves.com\/about\/","jobTitle":"Co-founder & President","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"CoachingOurselves","url":"https:\/\/coachingourselves.com\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/phillenir"]},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"CoachingOurselves","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/coachingourselves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/co-LOGO-max60tall.webp","url":"https:\/\/coachingourselves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/co-LOGO-max60tall.webp","width":269,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/coachingourselves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ManagingOrganizationsManagingRelationships-e1750907198676.jpg","url":"https:\/\/coachingourselves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ManagingOrganizationsManagingRelationships-e1750907198676.jpg","height":658,"width":960},"url":"https:\/\/coachingourselves.com\/the-five-mindsets-program\/","about":["Program"],"wordCount":1017,"keywords":["leadership","leadership development","management","peer groups"],"articleBody":"\tThe Five Mindsets programManaging is a practice of five interwoven mindsets. Most leadership development initiatives begin with a familiar premise: define the competencies, deliver the content, measure the outcomes. The underlying assumption is clear: good leadership can be cultivated through the accumulation of discrete skills, practiced in isolation and applied on demand. The problem is: this has little to do with the reality of leading!Within daily organizational life roles blur, competing priorities collide, and situations are uncertain. This is where the five mindsets conceptual framework, developed by renowned thinkers Jonathan Gosling and Henry Mintzberg, offers a crucial reframing for leadership development.Rather than treating managing as a set of tasks to be performed, the five mind-sets framework views it as a practice interwoven of five mindsets. These mindsets—reflective, analytical, worldly, collaborative, and action-oriented—change the orientation of learning from simply acquiring competencies to developing capacities.  A program based around the five mind-sets fosters well-rounded, adaptive, and insightful leaders. It moves beyond merely delivering content to cultivating depth and maturity.Peer Learning Groups\/Coaching Circles combine concepts and experiences for new insights and learning.Consider a five mindsets program for Capability & Culture, with two sessions per mind-set.  This results in ten 90-minute sessions, which can be run comfortably over a 12 month period. Combined with the CoachingOurselves train-the-trainer, this is a scalable high end in-house-leadership development program based on peer coaching circles\/peer learning groups.To design the Capability & Culture program, start by browsing the lists of peer learning guidebooks for each mindset below, and contact us for a co-design discussion.The Five Mindsets could also be used for shorter programs, such as a Fast-track Foundation for new manager training. One topic per mind-set, and it could be run in 10-12 weeks.The guidebooks provide timing, content, questions and exercises for each 90-minute session. The train-the-trainer prepares L&D professionals to facilitate the sessions and design programs. The manager-as-facilitator workshop supports managers to facilitate sessions for their peers. \tReflective MindsetThe program begins with the Reflective Mindset, on managing self, which encourages a thoughtful approach to management prioritizing understanding and insight over immediate action. Peer learning guidebooks that emphasize introspection, cultivating self-awareness and learning from experience are prioritized here. Participants will develop a deeper understanding of their leadership style, its impact, and the importance of context.\tSimply Managing: From Reflection to ActionSeeing Beyond Belief: Observation Skills for ManagersReflectionDealing with the Pressures of ManagingTime to DialogueManaging Time and EnergyOrdinary People, Extraordinary LeadershipBuilding Purpose in Life and Work Building Resilience: Taking Care of Ourselves and Others through Crisis and BeyondCareer AnchorsPersonal Branding: Navigating Identity, Integrity, and ImpactEmotional Intelligence: Your Inner and Outer Self\tAnalytical MindsetNext is the Analytic Mindset, about managing organizations, focuses on logical thinking and analysis. This approach is especially useful when the situation requires detailed planning and problem-solving, helping leaders break down complex issues into manageable parts in order to devise effective strategies.\tThe Play of AnalysisDecision Making: It’s Not What You ThinkUnderstanding OrganizationsRethinking Structure: Chains, Hubs, Webs, and SetsCrafting StrategyProbing into CultureKPIs and OKRs: Balancing the Essential and the ImpossibleStrategic BlindspotsSWOT for Strategy\tWorldly MindsetThe Worldly Mindset is next, encouraging an openness to new experiences and diverse perspectives. This includes appreciating context, cultural awareness, and communityship.  Participants will use guidebooks to discuss understanding stakeholders, organizational culture, and ethical leadership. The goal is to stimulate reflection and discussion that broadens leaders' perspectives and encourages empathetic engagement with various stakeholders. \tGlobal or Worldly: Diversity in the 21st CenturyManaging on the EdgesGender Inclusive LeadershipStrategic BlindspotsSilos and Slabs in OrganizationsWomen Rising: Breaking the Habits that Hold You BackDeveloping Our Organization as a CommunitySocial Connections and Organizational WellbeingClimate Actions for Every Employee\tCollaborative MindsetAfter the worldly mindset we have the Collaborative Mindset, centered on relationships, Guidebooks promote trust, effective communication, conflict resolution, and cross-functional collaboration. In these sessions, learners can practice active listening, constructive feedback, and collective problem-solving, strengthening their ability to build and contribute to cohesive and high-performing teams. \tSome Surprising Things About CollaborationFive Ideas about TeamworkThe Rewards of RecognitionManagement Styles: Art, Craft, ScienceCandid ConversationsCoaching and Mentoring OthersManaging Conflict in TeamsWorking Style Differences and team Problem-SolvingThe Art of HelpingBuilding Psychological Safety: A Leader’s Toolkit\tAction MindsetThe program ends with the Action Mindset. This is about managing change, being proactive, and focusing on execution.  It’s about getting people are on board while simultaneously appreciating how change impacts people. These sessions help leaders navigate change initiatives, share best practices for communication, and collectively strategize on how to gain buy-in and take action.\tManaging on the Planes of Information, People, and ActionBeing a Catalytic LeaderChanging Things: What and HowTen Ways to Release ChangeControl Through Decision MakingManaging Culture Change: Beyond the Status QuoLeading with HumilityDriving Change as a Middle ManagerLeading Change in Difficult TimesThe Players of Cultural ChangeThe Key to the Agile Organization: Managing Paradox\tWith the five mindsets framework and the library of CoachingOurselves peer learning guidebooks, L&OD professionals can offer a comprehensive program that transforms participants and the organization.A five mindsets program always begins with the special guidebook From Reflection to Action. This guidebook introduces participants to the five mind-sets and grounds the program in their day-to-day experiences and challenges. In addition, a learning impact project component can be added to the program.Now you can equip your leaders with essential skills AND cultivate leaders and managers who are reflective, analytical, worldly, collaborative, and action-oriented.A variation of this program called the Reflection Round Table program has been used in since 2009. Many thousands of managers have gone through this program in dozens of corporations. The results have been exceptional.To learn more about the Five Minds program contact us for a discovery call.Discover the Coaching Circles with CoachingOurselves."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"The Five Mindsets Program","item":"https:\/\/coachingourselves.com\/the-five-mindsets-program\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]