Learning for Leadership

Chapter 8

Wrapping It Up

Well, now you’ve read it all and are ready to put the facilitative training of leaders into effect. But before you embark headlong on that adventure, let’s recap the main points of this manual, step-by-step. The adult education, group dynamics, and leadership studies content of the course—the substance you need to impart to trainees—might be found in most traditional executive skills courses. It’s the facilitative manner in which you impart it that elevates your course from passive listening to active, deep, hands-on, and lasting learning—and challenges you in the process.

ADULT LEARNING

First, recall that adult learning studies show that mature people continue to evolve in their learning capacities, and ultimately attain ...