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An aptitude is a component of a competence to do a certain kind of work at a certain level. Outstanding aptitude can be considered "talent", or "skill".Aptitude is inborn potential to perform certain kinds of activities, whether physical or mental, and whether developed or undeveloped.
Multipotentiality is the state of having many exceptional talents, any one or more of which could make for a great career for that person. — Tamara Fisher, Education Week During 2015, Emilie Wapnick coined [ 6 ] the term "multipotentialite", perhaps to establish a shared identity for the community.
We have discovered that there is a set of human strengths that are the most likely buffers against mental illness: courage, optimism, interpersonal skill, work ethic, hope, honesty and perseverance. Much of the task of prevention will be to create a science of human strength whose mission will be to foster these virtues in young people.
Talent management (TM) is the anticipation of required human capital for an organization and the planning to meet those needs. [1] The field has been growing in significance and gaining interest among practitioners as well as in the scholarly debate over the past 10 years as of 2020, [2] particularly after McKinsey's 1997 research [3] and the 2001 book on The War for Talent.
Job characteristics theory is a theory of work design.It provides “a set of implementing principles for enriching jobs in organizational settings”. [1] The original version of job characteristics theory proposed a model of five “core” job characteristics (i.e. skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy, and feedback) that affect five work-related outcomes (i.e ...
Paul R. Curtiss and Phillip W. Warren mentioned the model in their 1973 book The Dynamics of Life Skills Coaching. [4] The model was used at Gordon Training International by its employee Noel Burch in the 1970s; there it was called the "four stages for learning any new skill". [5]
The Wall Street Journal reported in 2015 that 467 companies on the Fortune 500 list were using CliftonStrengths. [4] As of 2022, more than 26 million people had taken the test. [5] Gallup released StrengthsFinder 2.0 in 2007. The book became one of Amazon's top-ten best selling books and remained on that list through 2016. [6]
For example, the trait, extraversion, is associated with sociability and seeking out others' companionship. If this trait is activated by interaction with customers while a salesperson is performing work tasks related to sales, one might expect such trait activation to result in good job performance and potential subsequent financial bonuses.