understanding and coaching elite performers
By Ray Metcalfe

For twenty years, now, I have consulted almost exclusively with Elite Performers. Some of the professions represented in my client base include: Senior Executives, Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, Financial Services Representatives and Managers, Personal and Business Coaches as well as Olympic and World Champion Athletes.

From 1987 to 1996 I spearheaded the Elite Performer Study. The purpose of this study was to determine what specifically separated elite performers, in many different areas of endeavor, from the otherwise average to good performer. Throughout the process, the best standardized tests were used, with results being carefully monitored by psychologists trained in both research methodology and advanced psychometrics. In total, slightly more than 15,000 businessmen and women were assessed, with over 200 vocational areas and professions represented. All areas of the United States and Canada were represented, with the results of the study being validated by three research corporations.

Going into the Elite Performer Study, specific underlying questions were established. Those which will be of special interest to professional coaches include such questions as: Can elite performers, or potential elite performers, be consistently identified? What, specifically, predicts elite performance? Do these predictors remain constant, from profession to profession, or do they differ? If they differ, in what manner does this occur? Can elite performers be developed through coaching? If so, what must one do to elevate performance in a consistent manner? Can a product be developed which will assess a client’s elite performer potential?

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