Episode 25. The Success Factor

<p>“Everyone thinks, I'm going to do a good job, people will recognise it and I will get promoted or recognised or whatever it is. The problem is that's not how it works! There's been a lot of research on this for over a quarter of a century and the needle has not moved on this … remember the word pie, P.I.E. … P is performance, I is your image and E is your exposure … the amount of your success that's actually based on your performance … is only 10%, that's it, 10%, your image is 30% and your exposure is 60%!” My good friend, Dr Ruth Gotian, shared with me that exposure is vital to success on Episode 25 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. Ruth was recently awarded the prestigious Thinkers50 2021 RADAR award and is the author of "The Success Factor" which will be published in Jan 2022 and is available for pre-order.</p> <p>Ruth is the Chief Learning Officer and Assistant Professor of Education in Anesthesiology and former Assistant Dean of Mentoring and Executive Director of the Mentoring Academy at Weill Cornell Medicine. She has been hailed by the journal Nature and Columbia University as an expert in mentoring and leadership development and is currently a contributor to <a href='https://www.forbes.com/sites/ruthgotian/'>Forbes</a> and <a href='https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/experts/ruth-gotian-edd-ms'>Psychology Today</a> where she writes about ‘optimizing success’. She also has a <a href='https://www.mentorproject.org/your-success'>weekly show</a> and <a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mentor-project/id1486267030'>podcast</a> by the same name where she gathers high achievers to talk about their journey to success. In 2021, she was one of 30 people worldwide to be named to the <a href='https://thinkers50.com/scanning/on-the-radar-2021/'>Thinkers50 Radar List</a>, dubbed the Oscars of management thinking and is a semi-finalist for the Forbes 50 Over 50 list.</p> <p>During her extensive career, she has personally coached and mentored thousands of people ranging from undergraduates t