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Mindsets of experienced action learning coaches and their impact on the practice of coaching action learning groups Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Michael Marquardt
Team coaching has become more utilized in organizations as they realize the importance of developing highly effective teams. There has been some research done on the skills needed by those who coac...
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The facilitator/coach in action learning Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Peter Cauwelier, George Boak
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Vol. 21, No. 1, 2024)
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Facilitating action learning & virtual action learning for leadership development: experiences and insights from a UK Masters programme Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Jean-Anne Stewart
Action learning is one of the most effective leadership development interventions [Day, Fleenor, Atwater, Sturm, and McKee. 2014. “Advances in Leader and Leadership Development: A Review of 25 Year...
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Call for papers Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2024-02-05 George Boak, Craig Johnson, Christine Abbott
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Vol. 21, No. 1, 2024)
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The pedagogy of action learning facilitation – a critique of the role of the facilitator in an organisational leadership programme Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Chandana Sanyal
This paper explores the professional practice of the Action Learning (AL) facilitator through a process of critical inquiry, self-reflection and evaluation of action learning practice within a High...
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What a difference a coach makes! Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Verieux Vow Mourillon
This paper explores the critical difference a certified Action Learning Coach makes to the outcomes of the Action Learning process, which underscores WIAL’s insistence that the coach is indispensab...
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Action learning within the Dutch public sector: tools for facilitators Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Robert P. Groen
During an assignment as a change leader of a complex IT change program within a Dutch public government organization, I used action learning to develop and support the desired changes and to tackle...
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Illuminating the unseen: an action learning coach's journey Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Paulina Chu
This is a reflective Account of Practice paper that delves into the author's role as an Action Learning coach, emphasizing the crucial role of intuition in facilitating breakthroughs and creating a...
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Successful scaling of action learning principles through self-facilitated peer coaching groups Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-12-29 Shannon Banks
This account of practice describes an online program started in 2022, which helps leaders at BNP Paribas to be more effective problem solvers and inclusive leaders by developing stronger questionin...
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Developing skills of action learning facilitators Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Fiona Scrase, George Boak
This Account of Practice concerns a short training programme for action learning facilitators, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. The programme is run on action learning principles an...
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Developing a learning mindset with action learning Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Bea Carson
This paper delves into the role of an Action Learning Coach in real-world scenarios. The coach addresses challenges such as team members leaving for phone calls, disruptions caused by important par...
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Action learning: from strict sessions to other applications Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Nidhipon Tritiptawin
The article discusses the author’s transformative journey, who transitioned from a traditional trainer to a passionate action learning coach through a series of personal and professional experience...
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Are birds free from the chains of the skyway? Action learning in a cultural context Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-11-09 John Edmonstone, Daniela Cialfi
The paper identifies what is meant by culture and examines approaches to mapping it, while suggesting alternatives. It notes the global spread of action learning, expressed through the prism of Wes...
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Action learning for community development from the lens of the UN's SDGs: a systematic literature review Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Seung-Hee Park, Yonjoo Cho, Hyeon-Cheol Bong
In 2015, the United Nations’ (UN's) Sustainable Development Summit adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to transform the world by 2030 through solving urgent social issues, including: po...
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Toxic leadership: research and cases Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Eugene Sadler-Smith
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Vol. 20, No. 3, 2023)
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A story of collaboration and action learning to create a sustainable future Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Christine Abbott, Anita Tscherne, Michael Weiss
This paper explores how three organisations collaborate to support organisations and individuals to act on the challenges of sustainability through action learning, each using its unique skills. It...
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Research Handbook of Innovation for a Circular Economy Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Genevieve Cother
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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The power of action learning in driving change and innovation Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Genevieve Cother, Christine Abbott, Chandana Sanyal, Jane Creaton
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Toxic leadership, silences, circular economy and organisational value Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Helen Baxter
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Humanistic person-centred set facilitation Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Gary Shepherd
This paper poses the question ‘What can we learn from the person-centred counselling literature which could be used by the action learning facilitator to help benefit the set?’. This question may b...
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Developing ideas and stories about action learning Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-09-28 George Boak
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Critical incident technique and action learning to enable organizational learning Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Hanne Finnestrand, Ola Edvin Vie, George Boak
ABSTRACT This paper focuses on a two-year program with a Norwegian public sector project-based construction company, where action learning groups and critical incident technique were combined to enhance organizational learning. Project-based organizations typically face difficulties of ‘project amnesia’, as they fail to integrate learning from experience into organizational memory. In drawing lessons
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Managing diversity: toward a globally inclusive workplace (fifth edition) Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-07-11 Lori Anderson
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Vol. 20, No. 2, 2023)
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How to promote inclusion, collective intelligence and democracy Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-06-11 Helen Baxter, Daniela Cialfi, John Edmonstone, Mike Pedler, Hannah Wilson
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Vol. 20, No. 2, 2023)
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Shut down the Business School: What’s Wrong with Management Education Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-06-08 Chris Blantern
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Vol. 20, No. 2, 2023)
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In memoriam – Professor John Burgoyne Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Cheryl Brook
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Vol. 20, No. 2, 2023)
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Sentimental education – learning from action to become an action learning facilitator Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-05-31 Thomas Radke
ABSTRACT Inside the action learning community there are many very open accounts and considerations of specific challenges and general phenomena such as power, emotion, action and learning. ‘Am I doing it right’ (Pedler and Abbott 2008 Pedler, M., and C. Abbott. 2008. “Am I Doing it Right? Facilitating Action Learning for Service Improvement.” Leadership in Health Services 21: 185–199. doi:10.1108/17511870810893010
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Making action learning our own: a story from the Basque Country Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-05-30 Olatz Errazquin, Ana Agirre, Amaia Miner, Anne Murphy
ABSTRACT This account of practice describes how elected representatives, politically appointed managers and career officers of the Gipuzkoa Provincial Council have adopted action learning as a way of learning how to transform their institution, an important aspect of which has been to find locally situated ways of establishing and consolidating the approach. The article provides pen portraits to illustrate
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The big con: how the consulting industry weakens our businesses, infantilises our governments and warps our economies Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-05-30 John Edmonstone
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Vol. 20, No. 2, 2023)
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Critical action research challenging neoliberal language and literacies education: auto and duoethnographies of global experiences Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-05-30 Fadhila Yonata, Zulfah, Aidillah Suja
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Vol. 20, No. 2, 2023)
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Action learning aiding innovation Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-05-30 George Boak
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Vol. 20, No. 2, 2023)
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Thinking in colours Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-05-30 Jane Neal-Smith, Gill Bishop, Bob Townley
ABSTRACT This account of practice tells the story of how engaging in a critical action learning set helped us address problems with student engagement in a postgraduate module. On the surface, this seems fairly straightforward following Revans’ model (Citation1971Revans, R. W. 1971. Developing Effective Managers: A new Approach to Business Education. Westport, CT:, Praeger Publishers. [Google Scholar])
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Writing creatively about action learning: insights from practitioners Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-05-30 Jane Creaton, Christine Abbott, Genevieve Cother, Chandana Sanyal
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Vol. 20, No. 2, 2023)
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Finding innovation opportunities in SMEs through futures and foresight learning: an action learning approach Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-05-25 Jeff Gold, Ollie Jones
ABSTRACT Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been particularly challenged by the Covid pandemic, the climate crisis, war and political tensions including the fuel price crisis. Strategic responses to crisis including cost-cutting as retrenchment in the short run, debt financing to preserve the status quo and exit. However, perhaps the most positive is to innovate for renewal. The paper considers
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Guidelines for action learning as professional development to transform Physical Education in low resourced primary schools in South Africa Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-05-20 Samantha A. Kahts-Kramer, Lesley Wood
ABSTRACT Continuing professional development (CPD) within a low resourced education environment necessitates context specific and needs-driven learning, particularly in Physical Education (PE) where personal and systemic barriers impede negatively on teachers and children’s educational experiences. This paper provides evidence-based guidelines as to how an action learning approach to CPD for PE might
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How to facilitate critical action learning Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-05-10 Bernhard Hauser, Clare Rigg, Kiran Trehan, Russ Vince
ABSTRACT Critical Action Learning (CAL) is a well-established approach to action learning. However, it has not necessarily been clear to action learning practitioners what makes CAL ‘critical’ and what are the implications in practice. In CAL, the facilitator has a key role in helping the set to engage with underlying emotions and power relations that are inevitably embedded in learning sets, and that
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Creativities: the what, how, who, where and why of the creative process Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-03-22 Tudor Rickards
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Vol. 20, No. 1, 2023)
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Editorial: collective learning and partnership: relational aspect of action learning Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-02-20 Chandana Sanyal, Christine Abbott, Genevieve Cother, Jane Creaton
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Vol. 20, No. 1, 2023)
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The varieties & verities of action learning Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-02-07 Helen Baxter, Daniela Cialfi, John Edmonstone, Mike Pedler, Hannah Wilson
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Vol. 20, No. 1, 2023)
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Action learning and integrated care systems in Essex, UK Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-02-02 Sarah Lennox, Paul Taylor, Mike Pedler
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Vol. 20, No. 1, 2023)
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Twenty-five years: a self-managed action learning set Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-02-02 Chris Yates
ABSTRACT What is it about an Action Learning set that has survived and thrived for a quarter of a century? Although now with only one of the original set members, nevertheless this self-managing set can claim to have ‘lived’ from 1997 to 2022, still going strong. And, as Socrates said, since the unexamined life is not worth living, this article inspects the value of that set’s existence. Such a length
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Powerful or powerless in the virtual space – the choice is yours Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-02-02 Helen Baxter
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Vol. 20, No. 1, 2023)
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Project action learning (PAL) guidebook: practical learning in organizations Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-01-30 Yury Boshyk
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Vol. 20, No. 1, 2023)
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Call for Papers Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-01-30 Peter Cauwelier, George Boak
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Vol. 20, No. 1, 2023)
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Learning from active failure – learning through entrepreneurship Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-01-30 Robert A. Phillips
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Vol. 20, No. 1, 2023)
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How does action learning and manufacturing intersect? Lessons learned from designing and implementing work-Based learning courses Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-01-30 Stephanie Jones, Athena Wooldridge, Connor Lubojacky
ABSTRACT This article walks through the experience of two instructors from Northeastern State University who helped the College of Business and Technology implement work-based learning. Work-based learning was implemented in response to the changing needs of businesses, however, there were some struggles that had to be worked through in order to make this a successful endeavor. In addition to the instructor’s
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Action learning in an uncertain world Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-01-30 Craig Johnson
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Vol. 20, No. 1, 2023)
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Both/and thinking: embracing creative tensions to solve your toughest problems Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-01-24 Russ Vince
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Vol. 20, No. 1, 2023)
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Using action learning research for the development and implementation of an ePortfolio in nursing clinical placements Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2022-11-30 Hind Bahri, Mourad Madrane, Terri Downer, Michelle Gray, Hanan Ahabrach, Nisrin El Mlili
ABSTRACT This study applies an action learning research (ALR) methodology to develop and implement an electronic portfolio (ePortfolio) for learning and assessment in clinical placements of undergraduate nursing students for the first time in Morocco. Alpha, beta, and gamma systems of ALR were adopted. Twenty-two action learning groups (ALG) was established, and a total of 108 nursing students and
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International action learning conference Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2022-11-23
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Vol. 19, No. 3, 2022)
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Advancements on action learning and lean complementarity: a case of developing leaders as lean learning facilitators Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2022-11-22 Henrik Saabye
ABSTRACT This paper seeks to advance the understanding of the complementarity between action learning and lean. Today, this is an underexplored research area, despite the high degree of similarities and syngeneic possibilities between these two research streams. The paper describes an action learning intervention at VELUX, a Danish rooftop manufacturer designed to develop its leaders as lean learning
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Ten years on: a mirror in which to practice – using action learning to change end-of-life care Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2022-11-15 Kathryn Winterburn
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Vol. 19, No. 3, 2022)
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Action learning and healthcare 2011–2022 Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2022-10-17 George Boak
ABSTRACT This paper provides a review of the use of action learning in healthcare organisations, or by healthcare professionals, in the past decade, as evidenced in peer-reviewed journals. Action learning has a long history in healthcare and is perhaps particularly suited to an environment where wicked problems abound, where professional development is prized, and where many of the professions subscribe
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Innovation, exploration and a whole lot of learning through an online programme of Allied Health Professional development Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2022-10-12 Toby Lindsay
ABSTRACT This account of practice gives an overview and insight into the learning from a co-designed leadership development programme for Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) across two NHS Integrated Care Systems. The AHP community that completed the courses consisted of acute and community trust, mental health, local authority, and SCAS (paramedics) working in the healthcare system across the full
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Action learning and healthcare: affinities and challenges Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2022-10-12 C. Sanyal, J. Edmonstone, C. Abbott, K. Winterburn, G. Boak
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Vol. 19, No. 3, 2022)
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How to be a reflexive researcher Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2022-10-09 Cathy Sharp
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Vol. 19, No. 3, 2022)
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Social entrepreneurship – a practice-based approach to social innovation Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2022-10-09 Robert A. Phillips
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Vol. 19, No. 3, 2022)
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Negative capability in leadership practice: implications for working in uncertainty Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2022-10-09 John Edmonstone
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Vol. 19, No. 3, 2022)
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Organizational misbehaviour Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2022-10-09 Gibson Burrell
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Vol. 19, No. 3, 2022)
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Human resource development: from theory into practice Action Learning: Research and Practice Pub Date : 2022-10-09 Jim Stewart
Published in Action Learning: Research and Practice (Vol. 19, No. 3, 2022)