Action Learning is based on the simple idea that leaders and
managers learn best by working together in a group, helping each
other find solutions to real work problems through discussions.
"Facilitating Action Learning" is a clear, concise and
straightforward guide to this well-established leadership and
management development technique.
The role of the facilitator is to provide guidance in the action
facilitation process. In this practical guide, Mike Pedler and
Christine Abbott present a new threefold model of the facilitator's
role - as initiator, set adviser and facilitator of organizational
learning.
Supported by many real life cases and practical examples, this
superbly practical book shows you how - as a manager, business
coach, trainer or facilitator - you can add to your repertoire of
skills and abilities, and enhance your effectiveness as a leader
and developer.
Suitable as the course text for ILM Level 5 and 7 qualifications
in Action Learning Facilitation.
""Christine Abbott and Mike Pedler are to be congratulated for
their exceptional and comprehensive guide to Action Learning
facilitation. It will be of great help to those just starting out
with Action Learning as well as to those who are seasoned
practitioners. I am also certain that the pioneer of Action
Learning, the late Reg Revans, would have been pleased to see his
principles and practices, and those of his closest collaborators,
so clearly conceptualized and articulated. A 'must read' book
providing a very practical method and approach for all those
interested and passionate about helping people help themselves, and
in optimizing Action Learning."
Dr Yury Boshyk, Chairman, The Global Executive Learning Network,
and the Annual Global Forum on Executive Development and Business
Driven Action Learning, Canada
"Packed with useful models and thought provoking explorations of
hot topics such as critical action learning, this is a rich and
thoughtful companion for the busy practitioner involved in
organisational transformation It tackles head on the thorny issues
of facilitation in action learning and presents a helpful framework
encompassing a more expansive view, holding together individual and
organisational learning. This book best reflects my lived
experience of integrating learning and change in a large complex
organisation; reading it was like coming home "
Mandy Chivers, Assistant Chief Executive, Mersey Care NHS Trust,
UK
"This is a superb, well-crafted book. In fewer than 200 pages it
manages to cover all the essentials while including many important
but often-neglected topics. Because of its simplicity and clarity I
would readily endorse it for use by novices. Yet it is sufficiently
nuanced that I would have no hesitation recommending it to
experienced users. While remaining true to the values of Reg
Revans' original approach it addresses new developments. It is
non-doctrinaire, intelligently acknowledging the current
controversies and the variations in present practice. It integrates
theory and practice. The balance it achieves between conveying the
spirit of action learning while providing concrete and practical
tools is exemplary."
Bob Dick, independent scholar, Australia
"With this book, Christine and Mike have brought a significant
maturity to the field of action learning. They link theory to
practice and vice versa, in an entertaining, challenging and
supportive way - as you would expect. This book will go some way in
helping action learning advisors improve their craft. An important
contribution."
Professor Jeff Gold, Leeds Business School, UK
"Pedler and Abbott have done a masterful job in presenting and
analyzing the wide array of roles and responsibilities that one can
undertake in facilitating action learning groups. Their
understanding of Reg Revans as well as their insights into the
history and principles of action learning provide an amazing fabric
for this great book."
Michael Marquardt, President, World Institute for Action Learning,
USA
"Pedler and Abbot pack lifetimes of experience into this book -
which shine through in the depth, breadth, and practicality of its
coverage. They map the territory and scaffold the journey a
facilitator would follow in building proficiency in Revans' Action
Learning from novice to expert in three roles critical to success.
Emphasizing systems learning, they also position Action Learning as
a natural learning process for social and organizational change,
and for developing leadership, partnerships and networks beyond
programs. Reflective tools accompany the reader throughout to help
practitioners develop their own thinking and practice of Action
Learning. This is a must-have for both practitioner and scholar
resource libraries "
Victoria J. Marsick, Professor, Columbia University, Teachers
College, New York, USA"
""The authors have written a book that is engaging, inspiring
and practical - a book to make you think also about learning
relationships as constructionist practice; which they put forth as
the correct approach and warn against action learning for power,
influence and dominance. It is practical enough to give examples of
really difficult and 'wicked' puzzles and problems, cases where
there are no right or wrong solutions but rather a spectrum of
possible scenarios."
Paul Olson
This is an extremely significant contribution to understanding
and developing practices in action learning. It will add value,
provide direction and stimulate practitioners and academics in
equal measure."
Brian Milsom, University of Hull, UK"
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