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

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Tactics for Learning from Experience*

Maxine Dalton

LEARNING FROM CHALLENGING job experiences is essential for leadership development. Individuals can maximize their learning when facing challenges if they employ a variety of learning tactics. Some employees, although perfectly willing to take on challenging experiences, use only comfortable, tried-and-true tactics, thus limiting their ability to learn from experience.

Individuals can use four sets of learning tactics when facing a challenging experience: feeling, action, thinking, and accessing others. (See the Background and Resources section at the end of this piece for more information ...