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Ruth Gotian Ed.D., M.S.

About

Ruth Gotian, Ed.D., Chief Learning Officer and Associate Professor of Education in Anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medicine, is an expert in mentorship and leadership development. She was named a top 20 mentor worldwide. Thinkers50 ranked her as the #1 emerging management thinker in 2021, and LinkedIn recognized her as a top voice in mentoring in 2023. A semi-finalist for Forbes 50 Over 50, Dr. Gotian is a contributor to Harvard Business Review and Forbes as well as Psychology Today who writes about optimizing success., focusing on the mindset and skill set of peak performers, including Nobel Prize winners, astronauts, Olympic and NBA champions. She is also an award-winning author of The Success Factor and the Financial Times Guide to Mentoring. She is also the only author who had her work turned into a theme-song, titled “I’m Possible”.

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Recent Posts
How to Hold Onto Valuable Employees

Stop your top employees from walking out the door. Finding the right mentors is an overlooked retention tool.

Stop your top employees from walking out the door. Finding the right mentors is an overlooked retention tool.

A Dreaded Event for Job Seekers

Are you dreading holiday gatherings? Afraid of all the questions you'll get asked about your job search? You can make the conversation work in your favor.

Are you dreading holiday gatherings? Afraid of all the questions you'll get asked about your job search? You can make the conversation work in your favor.

5 Simple Ways to Free Up Time on Your Calendar

Are you busy all day yet not accomplishing very much? A change in the order of your tasks can make you more productive and less depleted.

Are you busy all day yet not accomplishing very much? A change in the order of your tasks can make you more productive and less depleted.

12 Overlooked Ways to Improve Your Success

Do you question whether success is possible when facing a life full of challenges? An Olympic champion and four-time cancer survivor shares his best tips.

Do you question whether success is possible when facing a life full of challenges? An Olympic champion and four-time cancer survivor shares his best tips.

9 Easy Ways to Start a Conversation with a Stranger

Do networking receptions have you running for the hills? Sure-fire starter sentences can be the solution.

Do networking receptions have you running for the hills? Sure-fire starter sentences can be the solution.

10 Ways to Overcome Imposter Syndrome

You’re a fake; this isn’t real; it was luck, not your hard work or talent. These are all stories we convince ourselves of rather than deal with the reality.

You’re a fake; this isn’t real; it was luck, not your hard work or talent. These are all stories we convince ourselves of rather than deal with the reality.

It's Not Quitting, It's a Strategic Pause

Sometimes knowing when to stop is as important as recognizing when to show grit and gumption.

Sometimes knowing when to stop is as important as recognizing when to show grit and gumption.