Action learning can either complement your existing leadership development work or we can partner with you to create new Leadership Programmes.
If you have people pulling in different directions, who don’t know each other well or perhaps aren’t co-operating with each other, the consequences are not good for business. Ingrained attitudes, perceptions, and even prejudices can be difficult to dispel.
Action learning is proven to be effective at improving team cohesion1 and in delivering a long-term return on investment.
Read our case study – action learning improving individual performance and team collaboration for a project at Swedish Engineering firm Sandvik Coromant.
With the help of a highly skilled action learning facilitator, we’ll bring your groups together for a positive experience of working with their differences. Team members can begin to understand one another and work in collaboration to resolve issues and challenges within the business.
Our action learning sets create a safe environment in which all participants are fully engaged in the process. This might involve exploring team dynamics at the outset, to identify any known issues that need to be resolved before the team can really begin using action learning. Only then are they ready to make the most of the opportunity for change.
My company has gained increased support for and from the team. The action learning set created a more powerful /influential group dedicated to improving business.
By building confidence, allowing individuals to air their issues and frustrations, reflect on problems and question methods, you can expect to achieve:
This approach is particularly pertinent to teams working across a number of different locations. Teams that don’t have the opportunity to meet and interact regularly find the process invaluable for creating team bonds that would otherwise be missing.
If logistically it is difficult to get your teams together face-to-face, we adapted our programmes, long before Covid-19, to be delivered virtually, so that they can benefit from action learning without the need for travel. More details of how this works, and why it is equally effective are here.
Whether participating in action learning programmes face-to-face or virtually, your organisation stands to benefit from a stronger sense of purpose through its key employees. Participants acquire new skills, enabling them to communicate more effectively and gain support and co-operation from their peers.
The action learning set has united a professional team and encouraged them to work together and share/present group objectives and ideas.
We are ready to discuss a bespoke action learning facilitation programme for you. For a conversation or more information, please get in touch.
1 Leonard, H., Marquardt, Michael, The evidence for the effectiveness of action learning, (Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2010), 121-136