In-house action learning sets
What can action learning offer your organisation?
Action learning can provide organisational development that goes way beyond the standard training programme. Create a network of learning sets and you create a powerful way to encourage self-managed learning in the workplace.
Action Learning Associates can provide experienced facilitators who act as a catalyst and coordinator to support your staff through the action learning process.
Frequently, potential in-house facilitators emerge from the initial action learning sets and can be trained to provide new sets for other managers. Action Learning Associates can provide action learning facilitator training for organisations as well as support in setting up new sets. Within a year many organisations find they have a self-sustaining network of action learning sets – and a highly cost-effective process for continuing management development.
Action learning can offer your organisation
- a proven form of successful organisational development
- fresh approaches for organisations seeking new directions or facing change
- a chance to put established practice and development under the spotlight
- a way to test more efficient ways of working
- learning which underpins improved delivery for customer, clients and beneficiaries
How does it work?
Action Learning Associates can help you put together in-house action learning sets which meet with a trained facilitator at regular intervals over 6-12 months. Peers from the organisation can come together to share learning and exchange best practice. Staff members working on a common project or change programme can use action learning to help them work together more effectively. Action learning can focus on transferring the learning from a management development programme to live challenges within the workplace.
Comments from action learning sets members, Creative Partnerships
“My organisation has gained a lot by enabling me to develop my managerial and leadership skills. I have learnt new ways of dealing with issues and challenging my team members”
“extremely beneficial to both my individual and managerial development. To have a network of people to discuss and help with similar issues is very rewarding”
“the chance to step outside the day to day work bubble and discuss important issues …we now consult on a regular basis and we do not feel so isolated”