Comments on: What's Your Mindset? Is Talent Nature or Nurture? http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/03/15/whats-your-mindset-is-talent-nature-or-nurture/ Know More HR. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:45:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Frank Roche http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/03/15/whats-your-mindset-is-talent-nature-or-nurture/comment-page-1/#comment-470 Frank Roche Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:06:31 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/03/15/whats-your-mindset-is-talent-nature-or-nurture/#comment-470 Robyn....so true...one time does not a skill make. Rewiring seems to be at the heart...and I've learned a lot reading your work...it's such interesting work for HR, especially because there are segments of HR that like the "idea de jour." It takes more for an idea to hold is what I hear you say...unfortunately people move along too quickly to the next thing before perfecting the one they're working on. Robyn….so true…one time does not a skill make. Rewiring seems to be at the heart…and I’ve learned a lot reading your work…it’s such interesting work for HR, especially because there are segments of HR that like the “idea de jour.” It takes more for an idea to hold is what I hear you say…unfortunately people move along too quickly to the next thing before perfecting the one they’re working on.

]]> By: Frank Roche http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/03/15/whats-your-mindset-is-talent-nature-or-nurture/comment-page-1/#comment-469 Frank Roche Thu, 15 Mar 2007 17:15:44 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/03/15/whats-your-mindset-is-talent-nature-or-nurture/#comment-469 Hi Mary-Louise...Guy is always so on the money, I could link daily! I really appreciated this find...I'm looking forward to reading this book. Hi Mary-Louise…Guy is always so on the money, I could link daily! I really appreciated this find…I’m looking forward to reading this book.

]]> By: Mary-Louise http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/03/15/whats-your-mindset-is-talent-nature-or-nurture/comment-page-1/#comment-468 Mary-Louise Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:27:00 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/03/15/whats-your-mindset-is-talent-nature-or-nurture/#comment-468 I work for Guy Kawasaki. Thanks for the link to Guy's blog posting: "The Effort Effect!" Mary-Louise http://blog.guykawasaki.com/ I work for Guy Kawasaki. Thanks for the link to Guy’s blog posting: “The Effort Effect!”

Mary-Louise

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]]> By: Robyn McMaster http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/03/15/whats-your-mindset-is-talent-nature-or-nurture/comment-page-1/#comment-467 Robyn McMaster Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:51:06 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/03/15/whats-your-mindset-is-talent-nature-or-nurture/#comment-467 Frank, great article. Not only does cognitive research support this, so does research in neuroscience. The more we work at a skill the more our brain rewires and develops new dendrite brain cells for that skill. However, a person needs to work on different approaches for that skill because othewise it develops only one pattern. Gaining a skill does not necessarily include problem solving that may be needed. You're right on the money that nurture does have applications to the business world, but since you're an HR specialist, I'm sure you know that a one-time presentation does not equal the skill. It takes time, practice and tranfer in several ways to get the depths. I agree with you that mindset has much to do with this and helping employees improve skills does much more that performance reports. Frank, great article.

Not only does cognitive research support this, so does research in neuroscience. The more we work at a skill the more our brain rewires and develops new dendrite brain cells for that skill.

However, a person needs to work on different approaches for that skill because othewise it develops only one pattern. Gaining a skill does not necessarily include problem solving that may be needed.

You’re right on the money that nurture does have applications to the business world, but since you’re an HR specialist, I’m sure you know that a one-time presentation does not equal the skill. It takes time, practice and tranfer in several ways to get the depths.

I agree with you that mindset has much to do with this and helping employees improve skills does much more that performance reports.

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