The Outward Mindset by The Arbinger Institute Summary
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"The Outward Mindset" revolutionizes organizations by shifting focus from self to collective results. Embraced by thousands of global companies across 23 countries, this approach quadruples change success rates compared to behavioral-only strategies. What could you achieve by seeing beyond yourself?
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When the Problem Is Actually You
A SWAT team once terrorized the community it was meant to protect, racking up 17 formal complaints each year and bleeding the city dry with lawsuits. Then something shifted. Not the personnel. Not the policies. Not the budget. What changed was how the team saw the people they encountered. Within months, complaints dropped to zero-where they stayed for twelve years. This wasn't a fluke. Across industries, from debt collection agencies doubling recovery rates to automakers surviving financial collapse, a pattern emerges: the greatest barrier to success isn't external circumstances but how we see the world around us. Research shows that organizations addressing mindset at the outset are four times more likely to succeed in change efforts than those focusing only on behavior. The reason? Behaviors drive results, but mindset drives behavior.
The Trap of Seeing Others as Objects
The Myth That Keeps Us Separate
The Mirror We Refuse to Look Into
The Simple Pattern That Changes Everything
The Daily Practice of Turning Outward
Your Move in a World That Needs It
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