Little has been written about developing directors and even less about how to integrate learning on a formal programme with learning through work itself. New research on learning from experience is reviewed and the four approaches which were found to have been used by directors are described....

Investigates what lies behind the cliche that “managers learn from experience”. Reviews a project undertaken with 21 directors in 15 organizations in the United Kingdom, who were interviewed over a period of three months about their experiences at work and what they had learned from them....