Hi, Mark - good article and I am in fairly complete sync with your directions.

I do have one question around your last point about "equal learning opportunities".  I am generally in favor of providing learning opportunities to all, rather simply to the few or the elite, especially when the learning will lead to better work performance and professional growth for the employee.

However, when we are talking about one or a few people having knowledge gaps, I am not sure I agree with the idea that everyone needs to learn.  Maybe I misunderstand your point, but it reminded me of the old and discredited approach where the manager fails to address an individual learning issue, and rather requires everyone to engage in learning, even those who have competency in that area.

Could you expand some on that last point?

John