Action learning facilitator training for individuals

If you are a professional working in the field of learning and development, or you use facilitation in your work, this is a powerful way to enhance your skills and add to your credentials whilst helping people make critical changes and decisions.

About the Action Learning Associates facilitator training course

– Four days with a highly experienced facilitator with in-depth experiential learning as part of a small group (5-6 people)

– A course with a massive track record for success, covering all the core elements you need to set up and facilitate new action learning sets, with additional time dedicated to the adapt to the individual needs of the participants and organisations in the group.

– Most of our programmes are held virtually leading to cost savings and efficiency – we did this well before Covid restrictions because it works for our participants

– A mixture of theoretical and experiential learning, covering everything you need to become an action learning facilitator, including: 

  • the principles and conventions of action learning
  • setting up new sets
  • the skills of facilitation
  • balancing challenge and support in action learning
  • alternative models of action learning
  • troubleshooting common challenges
  • how you will use action learning in practice in your context
  • plus, the immersive experience of being a set member and facilitator, with supportive feedback to help you develop your personal style

Fantastic way to learn about action learning sets and a solid grounding of the skills needed to be in a set and facilitate sets. The programme is structured perfectly to enhance the learning experience and be able to take in a huge amount of information.

– You will be given a comprehensive, physical workbook – not just for the course, but an 120 page reference manual for action learning facilitation for the years ahead including templates that you can adapt to use in your own work.

– Practical tools to get started as a facilitator with PDF resources you can print or share electronically with your new action learning sets – including but not limited to:

  • The process at set meetings
  • Set ground rules
  • Useful action learning questions
  • A guide to self-facilitation
  • Ladder of Inference

– Come away with confidence in the action learning process, ideas about how to apply action learning in your context and a sound basis to further develop your facilitation skills

-Join our exclusive WhatsApp Action learning Facilitator group – an informal support network to keep the conversation going post training

– The course can be completed virtually or in person at our workspace in Bermondsey Street, London

– Our course has been Recognised by the ILM since 2008 and many participants go on to complete the Advanced Programme in Action Learning Facilitation (ILM Recognised) Find out more here. 

– As a more experienced facilitator, you can come back to ALA for a variety of CPD programmes to build your network and develop your practice further.

Participants come from the public, voluntary and private sectors. Some are employed within organisations, others are freelance. Some are full-time facilitators, others work in management and leadership or learning and development roles. 

All find useful approaches and techniques to inspire or revive their practice and become competent action learning facilitators. You can join the course with or without experience of taking part in an action learning set. 

We’re here if you’d like to have a chat, just contact us. You can also take a look at what some of our past participants have to say about their training. 

You’re welcome to join. We’ve been welcoming international participants for years. Please get in touch with any questions you have. We have been running action learning facilitator training virtually for many years and work across different time zones to suit participants. 

Please check out our resource centre for more insight into what it’s like to participate in this course. Simply select ‘facilitator training’ in the subject field. Start with articles such as Reflections on an action learning facilitator training set, Sharing questions, not cleverness and Exploring new horizons with action learning. Also, read some of our testimonials.

Facilitator training for individuals

On our open courses, individuals come together from a variety of contexts – different organisations and sectors as well as independent facilitators – and meet virtually or in person.

Facilitator training for organisations

We also run tailored courses in-house for organisations. If you wish to train a group of action learning facilitators, this may be the best option for you. We can work with your teams virtually or face-to-face, onsite or at a venue of your choice. Read more about how your organisation can benefit here. 

A thorough understanding of Action Learning and it’s applications and how I can use it going forward. I feel confident to share my facilitation with others and to continue to improve my skills.

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