Adam Grant writes… What Straight-A Students Get Wrong ie Academic excellence is not a strong predictor of career excellence. This is something relatable to ideas of “Performance and Success” by Prof @barabasi the author of the new book #TheFormula
— Kiran Johny (@johnywrites) December 8, 2018
https://t.co/v6hb2VO6Qq
In this article Adam Grant (Organizational behavior Professor @ Wharton) explores few dimensions regarding the relationship between grades and career success. He suggests that academic excellence is not a strong predictor of career excellence.
Research shows that the correlation between grades and job performance is modest in the first year after college and trivial within a handful of years.