High Performers Seek Continuous Learning

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Jennifer Brady

Courtesy of a well-known corporate training online publication called Human Resource Executive Online comes an interesting opinion piece authored by Kurt Ronn. He is the president and founder of HRworks, a national recruitment firm. Mr. Ronn has identified five characteristics in people that are, or become, so-called high performers on the job. One of the five top characteristics is a desire to seek continuous learning opportunities. Here’s a small part of what he says about this indicator of job performance:

A personal commitment to learning is paramount to performance… High-performing individuals seek out learning, formal or informal to hone their skills and stay on top of the latest trends and industry ideas. A simple question of how an individual stays on top of changes in the industry gives valuable insight as to their desire to be the best. Without the desire to learn, knowledge, skills and ability atrophy.

Most high performers are inquisitive and interested in innovation. Their careers demonstrate an ability to learn complex information and apply it to their role. The Internet and distance learning has become an important augmentation to corporate development.

Of course, you’re probably interested in the other four performance indicators. You can find out by reading Mr. Ronn’s full article at HREOnline.