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development of employees.
See
people development
Diller, Barry
Dimon, Jamie
Dineen, John
Dirac, Paul
direct practice
models
in work
Disney
domain knowledge.
See
knowledge
drive.
See
motivation
Drucker, Stanley
 
effort.
See
hard work
Einstein, Albert
Eisner, Michael
Eli Lilly
Ericsson, Anders
deliberate practice framework
on long-term working memory
memory research
on multiplier effect
on parents as motivators
on possibilities achievable with practice
“Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance, The,”
on unpleasantness of deliberate practice
evaluation.
See
feedback
excellence
common explanations for
competitive value of
rule
factors unrelated to
and intelligence, lack of correlation between
personality and
physical limitations
beyond plateau
rising standards
self-efficacy
supportive environment for
ten-year rule
extrinsic motivation
Exxon Mobil
 
feedback
continuous
culture of candor
for direct practice
as extrinsic motivator
ineffective
multiplier effect
postwork review
role in professional development
self-evaluation
from teachers and mentors
Feigenbaum, Edward A.
Fettig, Jeff
Fischer, Bobby
Flynn, James R.
Ford, Bill
Ford (company)
Franco, Julio
Franklin, Benjamin
future, anticipation of
 
Galton, Francis
Gardner, Howard
Gates, Bill
Geneen, Harold
General Electric (GE)
application of great-performance principles
Crotonville leadership development center
early identification of leadership capability
hiring criteria
importance of deep domain expertise
investment in people development
job assignments
recall crisis
social architecture of executive team
team development
General Mills
genetic factors
giftedness.
See
innate ability
Gladwell, Malcolm
global labor market
goals
articulation of needs
in practice activity
goals
(cont.)
prework determination of
sacrifice for
as self-evaluation standards
Goizueta, Roberto
Goldman Sachs
Goleman, Daniel
Google
great performance.
See
excellence
Groot, Adriaan de
Grove, Andy
 
Hamel, Gary
hard work
Buffett as example
to cultivate innovation
intensity of mental effort
leading to mediocre performance
Mozart as example
Rice as example
Rockefeller as example
schedule for
Woods as example
work ethic
Hawkins, Bill
Hayes, John R.
Hereditary Genius
(Galton)
Hewlett-Packard
hiring criteria
intelligence
as not cognitively focused
promise and potential
home environment, supportive
characteristics
enabling of early development
examples of
extrinsic motivation
intellectual stimulation
nurture of interest or ability
 
Immelt, Jeffrey
on attracting top employees
development of drive
hiring criteria
inauspicious start of career
investment in people development
recall crisis
on value of domain expertise
on value of team development
information-based work
innate ability
belief in, as hindrance
drive to achieve as
endurance of belief in
intelligence and memory as
lack of evidence for-
in trigger of multiplier effect
innate ability concept, examples contradicting
Buffett
Gates
intelligence studies
memory studies
Mozart
Ogilvy
Rockefeller
Welch
Woods
innovation
in aesthetic domains
building on existing designs
business-model life span and
commoditization and
communication of needs
cultivation of
cultural obstacles
developmental process of
extrinsic motivators
freedom to innovate
myths concerning
schooling and
in science and technology
intellectual disciplines, rising standards in
intelligence
IQ tests
lack of correlation with performance
as recruitment criterion
intrinsic motivation
 
Jones, Benjamin F.
 
Kanaya, Tomoe
Kasparov, Garry
Kaufman, James C.
Keough, Donald
Kerr, Steve
Kintsch, Walter
Kissinger, Henry
knowledge
acquisition of, through job placement
for construction of mental models
and creativity, relationship between
domain expertise
as foundation for innovation
as foundation for memory retrieval
intellectual stimulation
lack of emphasis on
learning zone
versus reasoning ability
years needed to acquire
Kohlrieser, George
Kolditz, Thomas
Krampe, Ralf Th.
 
Lafley, A. G.
leadership development.
See
people development
leaders of business.
See also specific issues; specific leaders
ability to decide quickly
advanced age of
anticipation of future
attention to nonobvious information
early training of
knowledge and domain expertise
perception of subtle distinctions
promise and potential
learning.
See also
feedback
from classic texts
through job assignments
learning zone
from teachers
Lechleiter, John
Lincoln, Abraham
Litton Industries
Lowes, John
Luchins, Abraham and Edith
 
McConnell, John
McDonald's
McKinsey & Company
McNamara, Robert
Malone, Karl
Marggraff, Jim
Mark, Reuben
Matsushita, Konosuke
Medtronic
memory
as acquired ability
chunk theory
digit span task
long-term working memory
retrieval structures
short-term
mental abilities
brain plasticity and
concentration and focus
metacognition
perception
mental effort
mental models
mentors.
See
teachers, coaches, mentors
metacognition
Microsoft
mission, inspiration through
motivation
attention and acclaim
development of, over time
extrinsic
flow concept
freedom to innovate
genetic factors
high ability and
inspiration versus imposition of authority
intrinsic
multiplier effect
organizational failures at
self-efficacy
Motorola
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
“Mozart as a Working Stiff” (Zaslaw)
Munger, Charlie
Murdoch, Rupert
Murphy, Tom
music
achievement study
compensation for age-related decline
direct practice model
Mozart and
standards of performance
 
Nadler, David
Najdorf, Miguel
Nasser, Jacques
Nathan, John
natural gift.
See
innate ability
Newell, Allen
News Corporation
Nickerson, Raymond S.
Nobel laureates, advancing age of
Norman, Moe
Notebaert, Richard
nurture.
See
supportive environment
 
Ogilvy, David
Oliver Wyman
organizational culture
candor
hindrance of innovation
intellectual stagnation
leadership development
sense of mission
trust
Ovitz, Michael
 
Pahren, Judy
people development
advantages of
community leadership roles
feedback
identification of promising performers
inspiration
investment in
through job placement
in organizational culture
as priority among employees
teachers
teams
PepsiCo
perception
in business contexts
among high achievers
performance.
See
excellence
Perkins, David N.
personality
physical factors
advantages of early practice
age-related decline
changes attributable to deliberate practice
limitations to achievement
Picasso, Pablo
Pink, Daniel H.
Polgar, Judit
Polgar, Klara
Polgar, Laszlo
Polgar, Sophia
Polgar, Susan
Porson, Richard
Porter, Michael
Postrel, Virginia
practice.
See
deliberate practice
Preczewski, Stas
problem solving.
See
innovation
Procter & Gamble
prodigies
professional development.
See
people development
 
RBL Group
reasoning power and methods
recall.
See
memory
Redstone, Sumner
Renaissance Technologies
Réti, Richard
retrieval structures
reverse auctions
Rice, Jerry
Rice, John
Rittenhouse, Laura
Rock, Chris
Rockefeller, John D.
“Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance, The” (Ericsson, Krampe, and Tesch-Römer)
Ross, Alex
Ross, Steve
Rowe, Brian
Rubin, Robert
Rubinstein, Arthur
 
science and technology
Secher, Niels, H.
Seles, Monica
self-efficacy
self-evaluation
self-regulation activities
Shanahan, Bill
Shell
Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Simon, Herbert
Simons, James
Simonton, Dean Keith
skill.
See
deliberate practice; innate ability
Skinner, Jim
Sloboda, John A.
Slywotzky, Adrian
Southwest Airlines
speeches and presentations
sports
defiance of age-related decline
deliberate practice examples
direct practice model
as indicator of leadership ability
motivation to practice
perception in
role of teachers
standards of performance
teams
stretching of abilities
Substance of Style, The
(Postrel)
success.
See
excellence
supportive environment.
See also
people development
examples
home
for innovation
for knowledge acquisition
 
talent.
See
innate ability
Target
teachers, coaches, mentors
classic texts as
design of practice program
feedback from
organizational role
teachers, coaches, mentors
(cont.)
selection of teacher
unbiased perspective of
team development
telecommunications
ten-year rule
Tesch-Römer, Clemens
Thornton, Tex
Tichy, Noel
Tillerson, Rex
Tobias, Randall
trust
Tyco International
 
van Duyne, Douglas K.
 
Waitzkin, Josh
Walton, Sam
Watson, James
Watt, James
Weisberg, Robert W.
Weiss, Bill
Welch, Jack
background of

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