Leader development serves as a strong focus in the mission statements of many business school programs. Looking at business school leader development programs through the lens of adult learning theory, we assert that there is an overreliance on cognitive training (e.g., lecture) as the primary form of education used in preparing future business leaders, neglecting other relevant learning orientations. In response, we advance a comprehensive model of business leader education and training that incorporates and integrates five primary orientations to adult learning (cognitivist, behaviorist, humanistic, social cognitive, constructivist). We argue that other professional training curricula, most notably, medical school and military education, draw more fully on these five orientations to adult learning and that these represent comparative models for what business schools could be doing in leader development. We conclude by providing concrete suggestions for how business educators might apply the model in their own programs.

在许多商学院计划的任务陈述中，领导者培养是重点。从成人学习理论的角度来看商学院领导者发展计划，我们认为过度依赖认知训练（例如，讲座）作为培训未来商业领袖的主要教育形式，而忽略了其他相关的学习方向。作为回应，我们推进了商业领袖教育和培训的综合模型，该模型将成人学习的五个主要方向纳入和整合（认知主义者，行为主义者，人本主义，社会认知者，建构主义者）。我们认为其他专业培训课程，尤其是医学院和军事教育，更充分地利用了成人学习的这五个方向，它们代表了商学院在领导者发展中可以做的比较模型。最后，我们为商业教育者如何在自己的程序中应用该模型提供了具体建议。