ABSTRACT
Millions of dollars are spent each year on training services-most of which do little to improve employee productivity. Training is a good last step in bringing about personal change, but not a very good first step.1 Instead, to reinforce the change process, the project leader should form a learning agenda to engrain new project leadership attitudes, skills, and behaviors. A learning agenda focuses on development, rather than remediation. And the learning agenda requires practice, which must be conducted in the real world where true learning can occur. Figure 23.1 depicts the practice step of the Self-Directed Project Leadership Development Model.
