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Demystifying Why Leadership Development Often Fails

PDG

Not Recognizing the Knowing-Doing Gap Let’s face it: a lot of new leader readiness programs don’t do enough to prepare leaders for the realities of the job. The “knowing-doing gap” refers to the disparity between what individuals know they should do and what they actually do in practice.

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Re-imagining the Book

Jay Cross

They won’t take the time to generalize big-picture lessons into specific actions. From there, the book can delve into ways to do that, for example Dare2Share, the SUN Learning Exchange, accessing just-in-time tips via Twitter, mobile podcasts, Cisco’s communities of practice, and so forth. This planted a seed.

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