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

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GPS•R: A Tool for Assessing Learning Readiness

Paul Yost, Hilary Roche, and Jillian McLellan

Seattle Pacific University

IT'S SAID THAT some people have twenty years of experience and some people have one year of experience twenty times. Not everyone who goes through an experience necessarily comes out a better leader (or person). The lessons of experience need to be captured along the way. The GPS•R Profile and Interview are two simple tools that leaders can use to assess whether they are ready to fully leverage on-the-job learning in their careers. The letters in GPS•R stand for goals, people, stretch, and reflection—four dimensions that ...