Developing High Achievers: Intrinsic Motivation, Continuous Learning, and Thoughtful Mentorship
August 20, 2024
Olympians, astronauts, Nobel Prize winners... All exemplars of the highest form of human achievement. And they all have traits in common. There are high achievers everywhere: In our organizations, but also seeking an organization to give them a platform from which they can shoot for the moon. This week, Dr. Ruth Gotian joins the show to share her research on what makes high achievers and how to develop them.
Dr. Ruth Gotian is the author of The Success Factor, as well as the co-author of the Financial Times Guide to Mentoring. She has worked with, interviewed, observed, and been mentored by hundreds of world-class performers across the arenas of sports, science, and business. Her time spent with high achievers has accumulated in the form of concrete methods for identifying, developing, and amplifying high achievers within our organizations. Join us as we discuss:
-How to identify high achievers before they're achieving highly, and support them
-The importance of intrinsic motivation toward becoming a high achiever
-The different forms of individual advisory, including mentoring, coaching, and sponsoring
-Andragogy: How adults learn, and some key principles to follow
-The irreplaceable impact of fundamental skills
-How high achievers find their mentors
-How to identify high achievers before they're achieving highly, and support them
-The importance of intrinsic motivation toward becoming a high achiever
-The different forms of individual advisory, including mentoring, coaching, and sponsoring
-Andragogy: How adults learn, and some key principles to follow
-The irreplaceable impact of fundamental skills
-How high achievers find their mentors
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