Experience-Driven Leader Development: Models, Tools, Best Practices, and Advice for On-the-Job Development

Selection and On-Boarding

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Identifying and Assessing for Learning Ability

Paul Yost and Jillian McLellan

Seattle Pacific University

ASSESSING THE ABILITY of leaders to successfully navigate challenging assignments and key leadership transitions in their careers has become increasingly popular. What is assessed is broad, and what “it” is called varies widely—learning ability, learning agility, learning capacity, leadership agility, and adaptive leadership, to name only a few. Organizations are increasingly using learning ability as an indicator of leadership potential. The ability to successfully navigate a novel leadership role and learn as ...