News

Latest News

Facilitator training course supports environmental cause

Daisy Bland, Director at Action Learning Associates, was delighted with the feedback received from Engineers without Borders UK recently. This was a pilot … More

February 2022 Newsletter

Our February 2022 newsletter is ready to read! New facilitator training course dates as well as details of our 9th March webinar ‘How … More

September Newsletter – Connections

We recently held our annual Associates Day and for many it was the first face-to-face interaction. Everyone enjoyed the experience. Find out more … More

July Newsletter – New beginnings

We are in July already! We hope you get to enjoy the summer and for those fortunate enough, we wish you a restful … More

May 2021 newsletter – cross-sector sets

Action Learning Associates is currently recruiting for several cross-sector action learning sets. In these sets, we match groups of five to eight peers who work together on the particular challenges the set members bring. The … More

Blog

Latest Blog Posts

These are the latest extracts from our blog, a rich commentary on the world of action learning and its applications in the real world. You can explore this in full by following this link: Our blog

Poverty Alliance Glasgow

Ruth Cook writes...

It was great to be invited to work with Poverty Alliance in Glasgow earlier this month – they are a network of organisations … More

Test and Learn

Nick Wright writes...

‘The willingness to experiment, it turns out, is the chief indicator of how innovative a person or company will be.’ (Hal Gregorson) I … More

Cross-cultural action learning

Nick Wright writes...

How far can action learning be useful in fast-paced and complex humanitarian contexts, in countries as diverse as Bangladesh, DRC, Iraq, Jordan, Malaysia, … More

The Socratic Method

Nick Wright writes...

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the kindling of a fire. Socrates Questions that make you think hard. Socrates, a … More

How action learning is supporting the decarbonisation agenda

Jane Garnham writes...

In November 2020 the Northern Housing Consortium (NHC) held its annual Housing Summit. Attended by a broad range of housing providers and organisations … More

Courses

Forthcoming Courses

Action learning facilitator training for individuals

A 3.5 day course in action learning facilitation. Learn about the theory of how action learning works, and practice taking part in and facilitating your own action learning set. ILM endorsed. More

4 - 6 April 2022 Delivered Virtually Fully Booked
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3, 5, 6 May 2022 Delivered Virtually Fully Booked
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17 - 19 May 2022 Delivered Virtually Fully Booked
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7 - 9 June 2022 Delivered Virtually Fully Booked
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13 - 15 July 2022 Delivered Virtually Fully Booked
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16 - 18 August 2022 Delivered Virtually Booking Now N° of places available: 3

13 - 15 September 2022 Delivered Virtually Booking Now N° of places available: 4

11 - 13 October 2022 Delivered Virtually Booking Now N° of places available: 4

8 - 10 November 2022 Delivered Virtually Booking Now N° of places available: 5

6 - 8 December 2022 Delivered Virtually Booking Now N° of places available: 5

ILM endorsed professional development day

A day for candidates completing the ILM endorsed Professional Development Programme in Action Learning Facilitation or the new ILM recognised Endorsed Programme. Reflect on your learning, share … More

31 May 2022 Delivered Virtually Fully Booked
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5 July 2022 Delivered Virtually Fully Booked
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13 September 2022 Delivered Virtually Booking Now N° of places available: 4

15 November 2022 Delivered Virtually Booking Now N° of places available: 6

Virtual facilitation skills – in-house course

Managers and team leaders are increasingly being required to direct teams, hold meetings and facilitate groups virtually. For many of us not used … More

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How to succeed at virtual facilitation – open course

This short, practical course is designed to give you the knowledge and experience necessary to fulfil the role of virtual facilitator successfully. More

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Condensed course – In-house action learning facilitation training for leaders

This short course will give leaders and managers the skills they need to build connections between colleagues who work in different locations. It helps them engage in a powerful form of learning together, in a way that they have not been able to before. They will be better equipped to motivate, support and encourage teams whilst keeping them productive and focused on work targets. More

Dates for delivery are available at short notice, please enquire

Doing more with action learning

A rich learning experience and one day practical workshop with Sonja Antell. Spend the day with other action learning facilitators exploring the myriad of applications for action learning, understand when and where to use it and leave with practical ideas for your own practice. More

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Virtual action learning facilitator training for experienced facilitators (CPD)

A course for trained action learning facilitators to learn how to deliver action learning virtually to distance learners. Expand your practice to attract clients from further afield. More

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Action learning facilitator training, delivered virtually

Learn all the skills required of an action learning facilitator without the need to travel to our London Venue. This distance learning course will take you through the theory of action learning, and you’ll practice taking part in and facilitating your own action learning set. More

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Webinars

Forthcoming Events

Action Learning 101: Back to Basics

We recently ran our Action Learning 101: Back to Basics webinar. During the webinar we discussed: What is action learning? How does it … More

Case Studies

Delivering projects – co-operative teams work better

If you’re in charge of delivering a project, how do you ensure everyone involved is working together, in co-operation with one another, with … More

Sowing seeds – from a single action learning programme to a Pan-European movement

By Alessandra Gariboldi Head of Research and Development at Fitzcarraldo, Italy 4 years ago, I took part in an international programme called ADESTE. … More

Leading the energy sector’s transformation toward a more sustainable society

Challenge To support senior managers on a talent development programme as they prepare for director roles in an organisation going through significant change … More

How A2Dominion Group transformed management capabilities

Working in the social sector brings with it its own challenges and pressures. Anything that can help managers perform better, feel more confident … More

Using action learning to deliver projects and build a team – Sandvik Coromant

Sandvik Coromant UK (part of a Swedish based global engineering company of real standing in their market) commissioned ALA to deliver a programme of project based action learning sets to help build on the success of a major new sales route as well as improve cohesion within the national sales team. More

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