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10 Best Practices for Action Learning Projects

Leaders learn best when they immediately apply newly-learned practices and concepts to important challenges and opportunities facing their organizations. Action learning is a powerful leadership development process in which participants work on specifically designed project teams, receive feedback on their performance, reflect on their experiences and seek to incorporate the lessons learned into their day-to-day leadership activities. Unfortunately, most action learning programs suffer from poor planning and poor execution resulting in disappointing experiences for participants and sponsors alike. An increasing number of organizations are abandoning action learning, however, some leading organizations continue to make it the centerpiece of their highly effective leadership development programs.

Download the resource below to learn the ten best practices employed by these organizations.

About The Author

Gregg Thompson

Gregg Thompson

Gregg Thompson is a keynote speaker, author and executive leadership coach. As a much-in-demand speaker, Gregg leads his audiences on interactive, highly-engaging learning journeys that are both educational and entertaining. He dares audiences to abandon many of their closest-held beliefs about leadership and to explore new ways of seeing, relating to and influencing others. He confronts audiences with their own biases, judgments and attitudes, and challenges them to replace these with fresh new perspectives and practices. He vividly demonstrates how leaders can make a major shift in their personal impact and use their natural strengths to master the art of leadership. Gregg is the author of The Master Coach written for leaders who understand the impact of coaching on performance and career acceleration. The book is an invitation to leaders who want to make a significant shift in their attitudes, values and behaviors and become more coach-like in all of their daily interactions and conversations.

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