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Outliers

[Jerry Rice] The (Simple) Secret to Your Success

February 7, 2010

There is a secret to your success. It’s on page 9 of the Sunday, February 9, 2010 print edition of the San Francisco Chronicle’s article about American professional football player Jerry Rice. It’s the same secret that Malcolm Gladwell covered in Outliers, when he reported on the work of K. Anders Ericsson. It’s the same [...]

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The End of “High Potential” Employees: What Does It Mean for You?

November 10, 2009

My doctor Michael Sdao practices what he terms “evidence-based” medicine: he puts his faith primarily in approaches and procedures that have been validated by substantiated research. While it’s not necessarily the most daring of approaches,  in the main the outcomes (knock on wood) have been pretty good. Organizations, on the other hand, are pretty hit [...]

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[Coaching Tips] The Secret to Your Success

October 6, 2009

While the exact formula for what makes someone successful in work over a period of time is still cloudy, the outlines through research are taking shape. Those outlines can begin to inform who you hire, who you work with, and – if you’re prone to introspection – what your own personal profile looks like. These [...]

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[The Lure of “Can’t Miss” Talent] How Do You Measure Heart & Chutzpah?

July 24, 2009

Like the song of the Sirens , for some people the “right” backgrounds or the “right” personality test scores suggest “can’t miss” – the certainty that someone who comes from certain schools, certain environments, certain zip codes, or certain Meyers-Briggs personality profiles will be predictably successful. You’d be wrong: predicting success in business or life does just [...]

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Bright Companies Like Google: How “Smart” Can Be Stupid

July 14, 2009

Sometimes it really pays to have book smarts, the type of intelligence that scores well on SAT, GMAT, and IQ tests. Those types of smarts can help you get into the “right schools”, and get you to the front of the line in any number of situations. My son has those type of smarts.  And [...]

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You Kiss a Lot of Frogs to Find a Prince(ss) – Part 9 of 9 of the series “Choose Me, Hire Me!”

February 27, 2009

It might be nice – albeit less interesting – if job hunters interviewed successfully once and kept that role for the balance of their life. The reality for most is different.

The truth of the matter is that most of us over the years end up kissing lots of frogs –warts and all – to find roles that work well for us. No trying, no finding.

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