title: Introduction: The Golden Triangle for Examining Leadership Developmental Readiness.
abstract: This introduction includes the history of the leadership field that resulted in the creation of the developmental readiness construct, which represents readiness of the leader as well as followers, peers, and the target leader's leader, and how context is to be developed through some form of leadership intervention.
authors.affiliation: Center for Leadership & Strategic Thinking in the Foster School of Business, University of Washington.
authors.forename: Bruce J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Avolio
mesh_terms: D006803:Human Development; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership