How The 3 Minds Model and Thinking Can Make you a Better Leader

The Three Minds is a tool created by Ashley Chiampo to help leaders become more aware of their thinking patterns. Effective leaders need to be able to shift between mindsets to suit the needs of the moment. The three minds– critical, constructive and the dreaming mind – can help leaders understand their thinking tendencies, and then make active choices to meet the needs of a situation.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Here's is a round-up of the 3 Minds Model by Ashley.

THE DREAMING MIND

Always looking for what can be
Exploring possibilities, new ideas
Looking into the future and long term
Staying positive and energized
Doesn’t think with constraints
No analysis or assessment

THE CONSTRUCTIVE MIND

Always looking for how it can work, how to improve
Stays in the present
Has a positive, moving forward focus
Practical and looks at feasibility of things
Aims for growth, step by step
Analyzes with solution focus

THE CRITICAL MIND

Always looking for what is wrong
Questions, doubts, is cautious
Seeks out potential dangers, problems and obstacles
Assesses and critiques ideas
Reasons through logic
Paints ‘what if’ scenarios, and ‘should have’ scenarios

Our Critical Mind is rooted in our evolutionary need to be safe"

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Ashley Chiampo

Senior Director of Learning at Emeritus and Founder of New Global Mind Consulting

Ashley Chiampo is the Senior Director of Learning at Emeritus and Founder of New Global Mind Consulting. She is an executive coach with over 20 years of experience in helping people and organizations attain maximum effectiveness. Her background includes working with CXOs and senior managers in small private companies, international development organizations, and multi-billion dollar publicly traded organizations. As founder of New Global Mind, a learning and development company, Ashley is focused on readying leaders for the global workplace. She has spent over ten years creating and implementing impactful leadership development programming for professionals.