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Dr. Lyn Logelin
from South Butler County
School District, “the
Free To Win message supported taking responsibility
for positive, future oriented change. The need for such
a message was precipitated by a teacher culture suspended
in focusing on labor issues after recently settling
a lengthy teacher negotiation process. A need to re-focus
on issues of teaching and learning was important in
being able to move in a more positive direction. If
we educators truly want to foster optimism in these
times of collective bargaining, high expectations, high-stakes
testing, and the challenge of universal student success,
we need to attend to the professional culture of the
school. Increasingly, research has shown that the professional
culture of an organization is the single best predictor
of success. Mindman successfully engaged the skeptics
and led them to consider taking responsibility for your
own attitude. It was very well received by the teachers.
The evaluations revealed the program was relevant in
meeting the needs of the teachers in their struggle
to be positive contributors to the school…” |
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…Jacques
Kruger, MD of the tobacco giant formed by a merger
of Rothmans International
and BAT, swears by the
Mindman programs' successes. Last year, a change strategy
titled Winning in our World was initiated, aimed at
stressing nine values. The first program in the strategy
is Free to Win, which encourages psychological freedom
and a winning approach to life. The program, attended
by 1200 of the company's employees, dealt with topics
such as the mindset of winning countries, winners in
times of change, and a winner's life skills toolbox.
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Mr. T Bell, Grove
City Area School District, “…Mindman
grabbed the attention and admiration of our staff with
their “Free To Win” program. 300 teachers,
staff, aides, custodians and all members of the school
gained valuable techniques from the “Winners Life
Skills Toolbox” and now realize their own ability
to take charge of our own school districts destiny.”
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Mr. Mark Ferrara,
Neshannock School District, “lots of thought
provoking useful ideas…definite long term opportunity
for accepting responsibility which will ultimately lead
to positive growth…” |
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Hennie Dippenaar,
organization development manager at BAT,
says as part of its transformation journey, the company
has implemented some innovative training programs. A
particularly powerful one called "Free to Win"
encourages people to take responsibility for making
things happen at work and in their personal lives instead
of simply waiting for others to take action or blaming
them for problems that occur. |
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Gina Walker, Schneider
Downs, “…this was the best interactive
session I’ve ever attended |
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Joy Conley Kacik,
PSEA, “…judging from the evaluations
received the impact Mindman made on teachers was immediate
and profound. Each one of them stated that the competencies
they developed as a result of taking this course would
help them, and in turn their students, cope with today’s
constantly changing world… |
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GlaxoSmithKline,
“Thanks again, everyone was very impressed and
are STILL using "revolutionary thinking" in
their vernacular. That's awesome. I think you had a
profound impact on people in this department. “ |
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