Purpose – The purpose of this article is to elucidate the limitations of contemporary approaches to developing leaders and to present alternative approaches. Design/methodology/approach – This paper offers a review and critique of the assumptions on which current leadership programs are...

Purpose – Findings by leadership researcher Robert J. Thomas suggest that organizations reconsider what they know about how successful leaders actually learn. In an interview Thomas aims to explain what he means by crucible experiences and how leaders learn from them....