{"id":5273,"date":"2021-12-23T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonusbenefits.com\/?p=5273"},"modified":"2021-12-23T11:14:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T11:14:09","slug":"quit-boxing-yourself-in-with-self-limiting-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonusbenefits.com\/quit-boxing-yourself-in-with-self-limiting-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Quit Boxing Yourself In With Self-Limiting Thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">People are prone to categorize, label, and sort themselves into little boxes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">Think about it. How often do people say they\u2019re left-brained because of their analytical and verbal skills and not right-brained because they aren\u2019t visual or intuitive? What if people are trapping themselves in a box by creating walls and barriers that aren\u2019t there? <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0071275\"><span style=\"color: #4a6ee0\">An evaluation of the left-brain vs. the right-brain<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0e101a\"> found no proof of a dominant side. The two sides function differently, but they work together and complement each other.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0e101a\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">The same idea relates to people who think they aren\u2019t creative because they aren\u2019t \u201cartistic.\u201d Creativity is not limited to the arts. Creativity can come in formulating ideas, thinking innovatively, problem-solving\u2014all of which are essential for organizational growth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">Everyone has the potential to be creative. The key is to help your team build their creative confidence. By fostering a creative organization and assisting others in tapping into their creative potential, you can help your team unleash their inner creativity and lead your organization to overall results and growth.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">Create a creative team culture<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">To harness your team\u2019s inner creativity, you need to create an environment that makes it safe for others to engage and participate in creative thinking and action by: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0e101a\"> <\/span><strong>Adopting a participatory approach: <\/strong><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">Everyone has so much creative potential that it is dangerous to assume all great ideas come from the top. The most innovative companies have minimized their hierarchy and transitioned to a participatory approach that involves collaboration and teamwork. They absorb ideas and insights and actively listen to people on the front lines of their operation. They nurture their team members&#8217; innovative, creative spirit so that ideas trickle up through the organization.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0e101a\"> <\/span><strong>Actively listening:<\/strong> Encourage others to<span style=\"color: #0e101a\"> voice their ideas, and remember to defer judgment and actively listen. For example, instead of saying, \u201cThat\u2019s a bad idea\u201d or \u201cThat won\u2019t work,\u201d keep the momentum up and create a snowball effect of new ideas. Ask yourself, \u201cWhat would make this idea feasible or better?\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">When people\u2019s ideas and contributions are rejected, ignored, or shot down, their creative confidence withers away, and they will produce fewer ideas to help the organization. Companies that minimize hierarchy and encourage the exchange of ideas produce creative momentum. When people embrace the concept of building on the ideas of others, it unleashes all sorts of creativity. Most importantly, this creates an environment where people feel comfortable taking risks, experimenting with new ideas, and finding innovative ways to help the company grow.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">Help others reach their potential<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">Harnessing an individual\u2019s creative confidence is not like switching on a light. It takes practice and continuous improvements. Fortunately, you can help others access their inner creativity in several ways.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Encourage your team members to embrace continuous learning and curiosity. Perhaps, offer your team the chance to take online classes where they can tap into their creative potential.<\/li>\n<li>Help others seek out new experiences. If you\u2019ve noticed employees not using their paid time off, encourage them to volunteer in their community, meet others, or get another stamp on their passport!<\/li>\n<li>If a team member likes a challenge, find something that motivates them to stretch their creative thinking. For instance, if they excel in planning, allow them to help plan your annual work party or conference.<\/li>\n<li>For those team members who need to ease into challenges, ask them to accomplish a familiar task in an alternative way to lead to successful results.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">Another strategy is fostering multidisciplinary teams that bring different backgrounds, life experiences, or perspectives to the team. Bringing together various people results in a positive tension that often leads to more innovative and exciting ideas, which can be valuable when facing complex and multidimensional challenges. Most importantly, this can lead to collaboration as ideas begin to snowball.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">Finally, the creative mindset!<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">Once your team becomes more confident, they adopt a positive work attitude, push themselves to think innovatively, and become vulnerable in a creative context. This vulnerability fosters an ability to trust themselves and helps them break down the barriers to their creative thinking.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">And a team with a newfound creative mindset contributes to a company\u2019s ability to innovate and grow as they apply their imagination to paint a picture of the future! You will see people using their creative mindset to solve problems, improve existing ideas, or find new ways to approach your target audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0e101a\"><span>Content provided by&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/insights.q4intel.com\/employers\">Q4iNetwork<\/a><span>&nbsp;and partners<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0e101a\"><span>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.123rf.com\/profile_dorian2013\">dorian2013<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/track.hubspot.com\/__ptq.gif?a=1652561&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Finsights.q4intel.com%2Femployers%2Fquit-boxing-yourself-in-with-self-limiting-thinking&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Finsights.q4intel.com%252Femployers&amp;bvt=rss\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" style=\"min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People are prone to categorize, label, and sort themselves into little boxes. 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