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Resilience Training Backlash
- People often resent resilience training because it blames individuals for problems caused by toxic environments.
- Resilience training is used by organizations as a way to avoid addressing systemic workplace stress.
Growth Mindset's Weak Evidence
- Growth mindset is extremely popular but original research by Carol Dweck struggles to be replicated.
- Its effects are small and overshadowed by bigger factors like household income on academic success.
Grit and Resilience Doubts
- Research shows grit’s effect on outcomes is overstated and resilience training often yields no morale or mindset benefit.
- These popular concepts have slim evidential support despite wide adoption.