Deliberate Practice (Ericsson)

Deliberate Practice (Ericsson)

🔥 What to do if you, one of your employees, or your coachee is falling short in a key skill or ability? The first 2 things could be to make such persons aware of their current competence level/stage and to make them assume a Growth Mindset as per Carol Dweck.
Beyond that, if you want (someone) to develop a particular skill/competence to a (very) high level (for example as coach), you should also consider to apply the "Deliberate Practice"-approach as described by Anders Ericsson et al. based on extensive research among athletes, chess players, musicians, etc.
Deliberate Practice is "… the individualized training activities specially designed by a coach or teacher to improve specific aspects of an individual's performance through repetition and successive refinement".

In simple terms it works by starting with (and maintaining!) a good motivation and focused attention while combining that with these 5 principles (steps) of deliberate practice:

1. Find what the best performers do (not how all average ones do it).
2. Develop a detailed plan. Get outside of your comfort zone.
3. Develop the right mental representation. How do the best performers think about the discipline?
4. Perform regular (focused) practice sessions.
   - Practice only 1 or 2 specific things/aspects at the time.
   - Practice at the edge of (your) ability. A bit of stress is needed.
5. Ensure simultaneous feedback while practicing. By an expert, a very skilled person (coach). Then immediately try again.

⇨ I'm looking forward to your thoughts and experiences regarding learning a skill using deliberate practice...

References:
Ericsson, K. A., Krampe, R. T., & Tesch-Römer, C. (1993). "The role of deliberate practice in the acquisition of expert performance". Psychological Review, 100(3), 363–406.
Ericsson, K. A., Pool, R. (2017). "Peak - Secrets from the New Science of Expertise", Vintage.

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		3 Anonymous
	SPICE Up your Deliberate Practicing A handy acronym to remember the essence of deliberate learning is SPICE. You can "spice up" and tur... Sign up

		6 Norman Dragt Netherlands
	Deliberate Practice or Deliberate Experience Although I agree with the idea of deliberate practice, it is however based on individual achievement... Sign up

		2 Aurore DALENCOURT Manager, Haiti
	Trust, Confidence, Identity, Development of Competencies for Deliberate Practicing It's a good way to help colleagues to improve their skills if they trust their team and have self-co... Sign up

		2 Paramathmuni srinivas Kumar India
	Prerequisite for Deliberate Practice Self doubt could persist when one starts with deliberate practice. How to eliminate this self doubt ... Sign up

		3 Gandhi Heryanto Management Consultant, Indonesia
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		2 kayode Fayemi Entrepreneur, Nigeria
	Deliberate Practice Deliberate practice involves goal-directed activities, which tend to be repetitive and to enable rap... Sign up

		3 Maurice Hogarth Consultant, United Kingdom
	Practice (Deliberately) to Make Perfect Fully accepting the concept expressed, the following thoughts do come to mind: 1. "Make the person ... Sign up

		3 Jaap de Jonge Editor, Netherlands
	Practicing Deliberately @Maurice Hogarth: Thanks for your excellent comment. Wrt your points 1 and 2: The intention of the w... Sign up

		3 kayode Fayemi Entrepreneur, Nigeria
	The Limits to Deliberate Practice Deliberate practice does not mean that you can fashion yourself into anything with enough work and e... Sign up

		3 kayode Fayemi Entrepreneur, Nigeria
	Further Tips for Deliberate Practice I found some additional tips that I would like to share with all of you here: 1. Start with your go... Sign up

		1 kayode Fayemi Entrepreneur, Nigeria
	Principles of Deliberate Practice 1. PUSH BEYOND YOUR COMFORT ZONE Any practice that is engaged in should push learners beyond their ... Sign up

		2 Maurice Hogarth Consultant, United Kingdom
	Comparison of Deliberate Practice versus 1943 Army Training Manuals @Jaap de Jonge: Here's my comparison of Deliberate Practice (DPR) steps with Army Training (ATR) man... Sign up