Being open minded at work, in my view is a critical career success factor, for any professional or managerial role. Being open minded means you learn faster, are more empathetic, build better relationships faster … in short, open minded people usually do better jobs and are easier to work with.

I share 4 ways to be open minded at work and maintain an open mindset.
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How to be more open minded starts with your mindset and attitude. Our brains love patterns which creates a tendency to be closed minded. Feeling that you are right is the enemy of learning because you don’t look any further. The solution or approach you use doesn’t improve.

I share three different techniques to break this pattern – all critical ways to be open minded and keep becoming more open minded. Be more open minded to speed up how quickly and how well you learn.

Great managers work hard to maintain their open mindedness. They know that their teams have a lot to offer so being open minded allows them to maximise how they use the strengths of their team, which in turn leads to significantly better team performance. Use the exercises I share to develop a great attitude and see the best in your team members.

How to be open minded includes learning how to stop, consider, evaluate, and then make up your mind, even when you have an immediate solution. Being open minded is a necessary first step to enable you to constantly get better at what you do. If you are not open to what others offer or to better ways of doing things, how will you improve?

Be open minded by creating the habit of asking and listening. No-one knows everything. Nearly all of us rely on those around us to help us to do our jobs. We receive information, work and ideas from them as much as give these to others. We are a society of specialists working together so the group does better than having lots of generalists. Relationships, communication and relying on others are all critical. 

Learn more, do a better job and get on with more people by asking a lot of questions and listening to what you are being told. This is a brilliant way of demonstrating your open mindset to your team and colleagues every day!

If you have any questions on “4 Ways To Be Open Minded At Work – A Critical Career Success Factor”, please email me at [email protected] and I will get back to you.

Jess Coles

Enhance.training