These skills are those needed to negotiate with others, to participate in a team environment, to provide service to clients/customers/peers, and to resolve conflict. These skills are important because they aid in helping individuals and organizations accomplish their goals (Kantrowitz, 2005). Training a New Generation of Leaders Schatz (1997) states that traditional academics fail to respond to companies’ requirements for developing leadership practices, arguing that although training and development is supported by theories and scholars, this is not adopted by business schools. 1. Experiential learning McCall (2004) indicates that experience is the major source of learning via training and some formal programmes. However, LD occurs also via some informal programmes, such as on-the-job mentoring and on-the-job experiences (Hartley, 2010). 2. Action learning Marquardt (2011, p. 2) defined it as: “A powerful problem-solving tool that has the amazing capacity to simultaneously build s