Action Learning

"Perhaps the best way of describing Action Learning is as a parallel universe, one that bears similarities to a given company's work environment but that is also distinct."

"Because recruiting new leaders is difficult (if not impossible), it is important to use a process to transform the people whom companies already have in place."

"What are the odds that Action Learning will work for your company?"

"In managing the new employee relationship, the essence of this relationship is the psychological reward of winning, rather than the guarantee of employment."

"Though you cannot control all the factors that determine a program's effectiveness, you can control many of them."

"When dealing with complexity and uncertainty, trust and openness become critical."

"For people to be re-created into leaders who think and act in boundaryless ways, they must move past years of assumptions and misunderstandings."

"Reconceptualization is continuous. In other words, the skill is not to reconceive the business once; it is the capacity continually to reinvent it."

"Fresh thinkers and independent action-takers emerge when they are clear about the leadership model favored by their organizations and are encouraged to exhibit behaviors in line with those competencies."

"The ability of organizations to change has become inextricably linked to the ability of individual employees to change."

"Within the crucible of Action Learning, organizations have the opportunity to address a wide variety of technology-related issues."

"Why are organizations hearing one thing from their sales force and another thing entirely form their customers?"

"Organizations are rapidly heading toward a leadership crisis and may be there already. People emerging from executive development programs or who have been groomed for leadership through succession planning are not up to the task."