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Who do you believe?

July 22, 2014 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 2 Comments

Practice makes perfect. Yup, every one of us has heard that- probably a zillion times, too.

And, for decades that was the established fact. Way back in 1993, Drs. Ericsson, Krampe, and Tesch-Romer published their results: The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance. In that article, they declared that they could explain the difference between an elite performance and an amateur one by the amount of practice time involved. Not fully 100%, but 80%- which made this a pretty definitive study.

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It’s a new gig. How do you approach it?

July 24, 2012 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 14 Comments

If you are going to be working with a client for the first time, there are all sorts of issues that need to be addressed. Since we typically serve as CXO (Chief Executive Officers, Chief Operating Officers, Chief Financial Officers, Chief Research Officers), we understand these concerns. Which includes the near abject terror a client may experience putting his baby in our hands. (Even if you are not serving as CXO, they are entrusting you to achieve some success on a part – or all- of the project that they themselves can’t effect [which is why they hired you.]) It is our job- and yours- to help allay such fears.

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