Amanda Valone, PhD & CSO - The Tilted Edge

Tilt Mindsets

Mindsets are fundamental assumptions that people use to understand and interact with the world. At Tilt, we discuss six mindsets that vary from more rigid or closed to more flexible and open: protective, competitive, integrative, adaptive, agile, and generative.

Mindset

Leveraging a Growth Mindset

Many people are aware that mindsets can influence outcomes like academic achievement, job performance, and mental health, but cultivating a growth mindset is only the first step. The key to successfully leveraging a growth mindset is knowing how to use it.

Mindset

What are mindsets, and why do they matter?

The idea of simply choosing to have a growth mindset is compelling and has helped the concept gain popularity. However, that simplicity is not supported by research and ignoring the nuances of how mindsets work can lead to wasted time and resources.

Personality Assessment

A Slightly Brighter Truth Behind Personality Assessments

The recent documentary, Persona: The Dark Truth Behind Personality Tests, has elicited strong enough reactions that assessment professionals have responded. This blog expands on the response provided by other professionals and describes research-based findings not presented in the documentary.

How can people be happy at work?

Happiness at work is beneficial for both individual employees and organizations. So what can people and organizations do to increase happiness at work?

Happiness

Does happiness matter at work?

Some estimates indicate that people spend about 30% of their lives working. So, why are people resigned not to be happy for such a large part of their lives?

Happiness

How much do you really know about happiness?

Looking for happiness is ingrained deeply in our culture as an essential goal, but do people actually know what they are looking for or how to find it?

Goals

5 Ways to Help Your Goals Work for You

A goal set correctly is a powerful motivational tool, but if you don’t set the right kind of goal, it could be useless or even demotivating!

character

What is Character, and Why Does it Matter?

Once relegated to the philosophy domain, character has recently become a common topic in psychology, business, and world events. However, the way character is typically discussed reflects more of a “know it when I see it” approach than a shared understanding of its implications.

Personality Assessment

Personality Assessments for the Workplace

Personality tests have become ubiquitous in organizations. Have you ever wondered what these “tests” actually tell you, what their best use is, or the “right” way to take them?