Quote from an article on leadership capacity development by Jay Conger (Academy of Management Executives, 2004, Vol. 18, No. 3, p. 126)
"...research suggests that successful performance in most forms of work endeavors can be attributed to experience and coaching, rather than simply in-born talent and early life experiences.
"Studies on the development of musical talent have shown that young children who lack signs of musical talent can develop performance levels comparable to those of prodigies when exposed to certain training techniques. Moreover, the great majority of outstanding adult musical performers were never child prodigies. Instead, their expertise has typically derived from sustained instruction and substantial practice."
The citation quoted twice in that paragraph is:
Ericsson, K. A., & Charness, N. (1994) Expert performance: Its structure and acquisition. _American Psychologist_, 49(8): 725-747.
Kinda what I figured but it's nice to hear an authority on the subject, you know?
"...research suggests that successful performance in most forms of work endeavors can be attributed to experience and coaching, rather than simply in-born talent and early life experiences.
"Studies on the development of musical talent have shown that young children who lack signs of musical talent can develop performance levels comparable to those of prodigies when exposed to certain training techniques. Moreover, the great majority of outstanding adult musical performers were never child prodigies. Instead, their expertise has typically derived from sustained instruction and substantial practice."
The citation quoted twice in that paragraph is:
Ericsson, K. A., & Charness, N. (1994) Expert performance: Its structure and acquisition. _American Psychologist_, 49(8): 725-747.
Kinda what I figured but it's nice to hear an authority on the subject, you know?
