How to Develop Great Leaders Through Experiential Learning

Learning through experience.

For leaders, growth happens through practice, by connecting what you have learned (head knowledge) with what appropriate action needs to take place.

That’s what makes experiential learning so powerful.

The article How Experiential Learning Creates Great Leaders in the Workplace does a great job of explaining experiential learning and its growing implementation as organizations re-imagine effective leadership development.

The value of experiential learning is in behavior change. Coaching helps facilitate this transformation. The article references a study conducted in 2022 by the University of Sydney which found that coaching rapidly improves leadership skills.

If fact, there was a 72% increase in goal achievement for those who received executive coaching sessions over those who did not. In addition, there was a measurable reduction in anxiety, depression and stress.

This study helps to validate what we see at fullCIRCLE. The experience with our trained horses always has a significant impact. It’s where the light bulb moment occurs. But it’s in the follow-up coaching sessions where long-term behavior change is achieved.

That’s why we combine coaching with your experience at fullCIRCLE. It’s a proven, powerful way to affect lifelong behavior change for a more positive, productive work environment.

At fullCIRCLE, we have the privilege of witnessing this transformation with every client.

As a courageous leader, are you willing to access the effective and established strategy of experiential learning + coaching to re-imagine professional development for your organization?

Let’s have a conversation about life-changing, off-site, ground-based, guided leadership experiences with horses.

How Experiential Learning Creates Great Leaders in the Workplace

Nawal Malik | Queros | December 23, 2024

It cannot be denied that the past couple of years has been extremely turbulent for businesses. And while this has undoubtedly come with problems and challenges in virtually every industry, it is also true that organizations have adapted and altered the way they work to deal with new challenges such as the shift to remote working.

One of the most important ways that businesses have had to change is their approach to leadership and how they provide information and training to potential leadership candidates and those in management positions.

Providing learners with the most relevant training is important - but how is this managed when our understanding of what is needed is in flux? The answer might lie in experiential learning. Much more than an industry buzzword, experiential learning can play a vital role in approaches to leadership development.