Learning is the single greatest capability that enables organizations to keep adapting in a perpetually changing world. Organizations need agile, reflective leaders who can continuously learn, unlearn and relearn.
And the capacity to lead through these cycles depends on the effectiveness of leadership learning and development opportunities.
The Hult Ashridge Leadership Learning Index (HALLI), led by Professor Vicki Culpin, set out to understand how leaders learn best. Drawing on responses from over 1,000 leaders from across five regions, six levels and 17 sectors, it is the largest and most geographically diverse research that focuses specifically on how leaders learn.
Following our research (The Better Leaders Paradox, which explored six critical leadership shifts), HALLI goes beyond what leaders need to be “better” and looks at how they actually get there. The “how” of learning is arguably even more important than the what. Without an effective learning methodology, the best content will never stick.
And HALLI shows that 88% of people agree that how people learn will change more than what they learn. So for those in the position of designing and delivering transformational leadership development, the focus must be not just on the how of today – but the how could we of tomorrow.