Most of the emphasis I have seen in mission organizations has been in terms of asking what the agency can do to enhance the ministry of its leaders.
However the reality that I've experienced is that because of many factors inherent in our work (time, distance, cost, etc.) the most leader development will be self development. So the challenge for mission agency leader developers is: what can we do to best support the self development of our people.
A good resource on this subject is from the US Army Research Institute, titled "Understanding, Predicting and Supporting Leader Self-Development. You can find a copy of this report at
http://www.hqda.army.mil/ari/pdf/TR1173Text.pdf
The strictures that we face in leader development in mission agencies are not unlike some of the strictures that Army leaders face.
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