Stretch assignments are underused but prove effective for developing senior leaders.
Many organizations use experiential learning to develop senior leaders, but struggle to design effective experiences. According to Experiential Learning for Leaders, a 2016 report from ATD Research and the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp), those struggles may begin with the approaches they use.
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The primary culprit is informal one-on-one conversations with peers and other leaders. Although this techniq