Key Takeaways

The Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) is the gap between what someone can do on their own and what they can achieve with guidance. Identifying this “sweet spot” is the key to effective growth and learning.

Use the Think Aloud Protocol to test ZPD. Give employees new tasks and have them verbalize their thought process in real-time. This allows you to pinpoint where they struggle and where they might benefit from coaching.

By understanding each team member’s ZPD, you can strategically invest in each of them. It will also tell you when to stop investing.

Most people think that babies sit, crawl, stand, walk, then run, in that order. I agree that the path has a certain logic. But those who have experience with children have seen babies who crawl before they can sit, and some

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