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are not being put on a career path that will not benefit either themor the organization.In the case where someone scores in the high average range oflearning agility, but not in the upper percentiles, then this providesa good opportunity to construct a development plan that willtarget opportunities for enhancing his or her learning agility.2. What if raters differ in their perceptions of an individual’s learningagility?This will happen on occasion, and it is worthwhile to engage in afacilitated discussion where the different parties can provide theirperceptions and make comparisons. It is not necessary to reachconsensus, but often an exchange of views can cause one ormore of the raters to gain additional perspective.3. Can I rate a high-potential candidate on the competencies mostclosely linked to learning agility as a substitute measure forChoices Architect ® ?This is an appealing idea, but it does not work quite as well inpractice. First of all, the competencies are differentially weightedin their relationship to learning agility, so this makes scoringvery difficult. Second, there are over 25 separate competencieswith links to learning agility. Creating a comprehensive measureand gathering and integrating the data in this way takes asmuch, if not more, effort as it would to administer ChoicesArchitect ® . Finally, attempting to assess learning agility via relatedcompetencies would likely need to be done using the VOICES ®survey. VOICES ® is a competency-based developmental feedbackinstrument, and is not designed as a learning agility assessment.Applying VOICES ® in this manner could lead to confusion andother complications.In the case where someonescores in the high averagerange of learning agility, butnot in the upper percentiles,then this provides a goodopportunity to constructa development plan thatwill target opportunitiesfor enhancing his or herlearning agility.4. Can I do a shortened version of Choices Architect ® , using just theitems I want to include?Choices Architect ® results not based on the complete 81-itemsurvey are not considered valid, and it is not advised to baseany decisions regarding potential or advancement on incompletescores. Also, measuring just a portion of learning agility, say oneor two factors, provides an incomplete view since it is a verycomplex construct.9