Insight for Current and Future Business Leaders

Someone tweeted me a question yesterday, “Is GPA [Grade Point Average] an accurate summary of how someone will be as an employee?” I checked the source of the tweet and — no surprise — it seems to be coming from a student. I don’t know the person but my guess is that he is either struggling and trying to rationalize his lower grades, or he’s got a high GPA and he’s trying to justify his hard work. But the question seems to be asked in a way that wants a “no” answer, kind of like a kid asking, “Do I really have to do my homework?”

Well I’m going to surprise the questioner by answering “yes,” but then I’ve got a major disclaimer to go along with my answer. That’s because I believe that GPA does in fact highly correlate with how you’ll act as an employee. Students with high grades have shown that they can:

• Focus their energy on following directions even when the directions are unrealistic and make no sense
• Perform as well in subjects that they can’t stand as they do in subjects they love [more…]

Tagged as: Careers, Expectations, Focus, Hiring, human nature, Leadership, Objectives, perception, Recruiting, training

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