{"id":51659,"date":"2019-03-15T13:03:34","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T17:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ccl.org\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=51659"},"modified":"2025-05-08T06:23:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T10:23:23","slug":"great-leaders-are-great-learners-how-to-develop-learning-agile-high-potentials","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.ccl.org\/articles\/white-papers\/great-leaders-are-great-learners-how-to-develop-learning-agile-high-potentials\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Leaders Are Great Learners: How to Develop Learning-Agile High Potentials"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Introduction<\/h2>\n<p>The need for learning agility is obvious. We live in a rapidly changing world, where businesses and even entire industries are routinely disrupted and upended. Organizations are wondering how to develop learning-agile high potentials to face these challenges, because adaptiveness and creative problem-solving are critical leadership skills they need for the future.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no longer enough to perform well under the classic definitions of success and progress \u2014 leaders are now expected and required to experiment, embrace uncertainty, and generate new solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Learning agility is the core component of your organization\u2019s strategy for creating \u201cfuture proof\u201d leaders, because great leaders are great learners. You just need to identify and cultivate it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/great-leaders-are-great-learners-white-paper-infographic.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/great-leaders-are-great-learners-white-paper-infographic.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic: 4 Components of Learning Agility for High Potentials\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This white paper will help you understand how to recognize your high-potential and high-professional talent and how to develop learning-agile high potentials. It provides specific guidance on how you can elevate and encourage this critical organizational talent you need for the future. 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