Sustainment has long been a focus for professionals in leadership development. After all, we want to ensure that the time and energy we’ve invested in development actually lasts. Unfortunately, data shows that current success rates for sustainment efforts are quite low as leaders struggle to apply and maintain learning over the long term. Our research shows that we need a radical mindset shift about what sustainment is, and how we design with it in mind. At its heart, leadership development is about behavior change. This means that any sustainment effort should be primarily focused on enabling long-term behavior change. Current … Continue reading Rethinking Sustainment: Immersion as a Learning Tool