Billions of dollars are spent annually on leadership training and development courses. Unfortunately, this training, both at organizational and university levels, does not appear to consistently result in significant adult learning or better organizational performance. These programs tend to focus on the theories of leadership within closed classroom environments and sometimes present case studies to encourage application of knowledge. The content is typically dissociated from both context and leadership experiences and a “one size fits all” approach is adopted. This approach does not account for the corporate culture that is unique to every organization, even every department. In this innovation in practice article, we present a leadership practicum course tailored for adult learners that provides an experiential approach to leadership training enhanced by expert coaching. Initial results indicate that health care professionals appreciate the ability to transfer theory to practice and the feedback they receive from expert coaches. We present the practicum course and provide two cases to explicate the process; we share initial findings from the course and end with our next steps.

每年在领导力培训和发展课程上花费数十亿美元。不幸的是，无论是在组织层面还是在大学层面，这种培训似乎并不能持续带来重要的成人学习或更好的组织绩效。这些课程往往侧重于封闭教室环境中的领导理论，有时还会进行案例研究以鼓励知识的应用。内容通常与上下文和领导经验无关，因此采用“一刀切”的方法。这种方法并未考虑到每个组织，甚至每个部门所独有的企业文化。在这篇创新实践文章中，我们提供了针对成人学习者的领导力实践课程，通过专家指导为领导力培训提供了一种体验式方法。初步结果表明，医疗保健专业人员欣赏将理论应用于实践的能力以及他们从专家教练那里获得的反馈。我们介绍了该实践课程，并提供了两个案例来说明该过程。我们将分享本课程的初步发现，并结束我们的后续步骤。