Optimizing the Power of Action Learning, 3rd Edition: Real-Time Strategies for Developing Leaders, Building Teams and Transforming Organizations PDF, ePub eBook Kindle
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Book Title: Optimizing the Power of Action Learning, 3rd Edition: Real-Time Strategies for Developing Leaders, Building Teams and Transforming Organizations
Book Author: Michael Marquardt,Shannon Banks,Peter Cauwelier,Choon Seng Ng
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- ASIN : 1473676967
- Publisher : Nicholas Brealey; 3rd ed. edition (April 17, 2018)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 228 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9781473676961
- ISBN-13 : 978-1473676961
- Item Weight : 14.5 ounces
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.88 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #836,209 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,406 in Business & Organizational Learning
- #1,417 in Business Mentoring & Coaching (Books)
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- Customer Reviews: 34 ratings
Review
"Marquardt's teachings have allowed Sony Music leaders to realize their greatest potential for solving problems: not by overwhelming a discussion with conflicted answers, but by asking powerful questions and reflecting on one's own leadership skills. That alone has made Optimizing the Power of Action Learning one of the most vital instruments of our leadership transformation success."―Kathy Chalmers, Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, Sony Music Entertainment
"Action and learning are crucial to sustained organizational success. Mike Marquardt knows this and his book provides proven, practical, and useful thinking tools, techniques, and examples."―Mike Stonier, Senior Manager, University of Pretoria's Gordon Institute of Business Science, Johannesburg, South Africa
"A must-read for anyone who wants to improve the effectiveness of people and organizations."―Doug Bryant, Director of Organizational Development, Honeywell Transportation Systems
"Mike Marquardt is the key thought leader in action learning. In introducing this unique but simple process to our executive leaders, we have garnered huge benefits in problem definition and resolution, as well as in higher-level thinking and the acceleration of organizational learning."―Helen Goldson, VP Talent Management, Goodrich Corporation
"A brilliant compendium of key action learning techniques that produce extraordinary results. This book is a masterful must-read for any organization that aims to optimize its creativity and resilience amid rapid shifts in this changing world."―Meliha Dzirlo-Ayvaz, Manager, Risk and Financial Advisory, Deloitte & Touche
"Action learning is a powerful cross cultural tool to improving effectiveness and efficiency of groups in corporate settings."―Dr. Mohammed Asad Al-Emadi, Chairman, Asad Holding, Qatar
"Action learning has become part of our culture and helped us be much more successful in our actions."―Howard He, Assistant Vice President, Aviva-Cofco Life Insurance
"The third edition of Optimizing the Power of Action Learning is a great, practical "How To" book for those looking to understand and apply the power of action learning."―Bea Carson, Master Action Learning Coach; President, World
"In this third edition, the four co-authors share priceless new insights and strategies to build leaders and organizations through action learning. If you're ready to fully unleash the power of creativity in your organization, buy this book!"―Bill Thimmesch, Founder, US Government Action Learning Community of Practice
"The best approach to solving complex problems in complex organizations. A tool that is invaluable for any leader in an organization."―Tom Gronow, Chief Operating Officer, University of Colorado Hospital
"Dr. Marquardt and his colleagues have written a must-read thought-provoking guidebook for anyone who doubts the value of asking powerful questions yet craves the capacity to solve pressing problems in this era of digital disruption. This book is timely! Learn from the best."―Dr. Sydney Savion, General Manager, Learning, Air New Zealand
"Positioned perfectly at the apex of research and practice, the third edition of Optimizing the Power of Action Learning illuminates a clear and concise path to maximizing organizational power through systematic and simultaneous learning and action."―Dr. Ron Sheffield, President and Managing Director, OrgScience, Inc.
"This revised edition shows clearly how action learning can be a magnificent tool for developing the skill of asking great questions for teams, for leadership, and for innovation."―Marilee Adams, PhD, Author, Change Your Questions, Change Your Life: 12 Powerful Tools for Leadership, Coaching, and Life
"A must-read for anyone who wants to improve the effectiveness of people and organizations."―Doug Bryant, Vice President, Talent Management, Training and Recruiting, Sonic Automotive
"Action learning's power reaches far into the learning profession. It's a superb technique for demonstrating learning's value, and this book is a vital resource for harnessing learning as an organizational performance enabler."―Dr. Dave Rude, Chief Learning Officer, Global Learning Associates
"Action and learning are crucial to sustained organizational success. Mike Marquardt knows this and his book provides proven, practical, and useful thinking tools, techniques, and examples."―Mike Stonier, Senior Manager, University of Pretoria's Gordon Institute of Business Science, Johannesburg, South Africa
"A must-read for anyone who wants to improve the effectiveness of people and organizations."―Doug Bryant, Director of Organizational Development, Honeywell Transportation Systems
"Mike Marquardt is the key thought leader in action learning. In introducing this unique but simple process to our executive leaders, we have garnered huge benefits in problem definition and resolution, as well as in higher-level thinking and the acceleration of organizational learning."―Helen Goldson, VP Talent Management, Goodrich Corporation
"A brilliant compendium of key action learning techniques that produce extraordinary results. This book is a masterful must-read for any organization that aims to optimize its creativity and resilience amid rapid shifts in this changing world."―Meliha Dzirlo-Ayvaz, Manager, Risk and Financial Advisory, Deloitte & Touche
"Action learning is a powerful cross cultural tool to improving effectiveness and efficiency of groups in corporate settings."―Dr. Mohammed Asad Al-Emadi, Chairman, Asad Holding, Qatar
"Action learning has become part of our culture and helped us be much more successful in our actions."―Howard He, Assistant Vice President, Aviva-Cofco Life Insurance
"The third edition of Optimizing the Power of Action Learning is a great, practical "How To" book for those looking to understand and apply the power of action learning."―Bea Carson, Master Action Learning Coach; President, World
"In this third edition, the four co-authors share priceless new insights and strategies to build leaders and organizations through action learning. If you're ready to fully unleash the power of creativity in your organization, buy this book!"―Bill Thimmesch, Founder, US Government Action Learning Community of Practice
"The best approach to solving complex problems in complex organizations. A tool that is invaluable for any leader in an organization."―Tom Gronow, Chief Operating Officer, University of Colorado Hospital
"Dr. Marquardt and his colleagues have written a must-read thought-provoking guidebook for anyone who doubts the value of asking powerful questions yet craves the capacity to solve pressing problems in this era of digital disruption. This book is timely! Learn from the best."―Dr. Sydney Savion, General Manager, Learning, Air New Zealand
"Positioned perfectly at the apex of research and practice, the third edition of Optimizing the Power of Action Learning illuminates a clear and concise path to maximizing organizational power through systematic and simultaneous learning and action."―Dr. Ron Sheffield, President and Managing Director, OrgScience, Inc.
"This revised edition shows clearly how action learning can be a magnificent tool for developing the skill of asking great questions for teams, for leadership, and for innovation."―Marilee Adams, PhD, Author, Change Your Questions, Change Your Life: 12 Powerful Tools for Leadership, Coaching, and Life
"A must-read for anyone who wants to improve the effectiveness of people and organizations."―Doug Bryant, Vice President, Talent Management, Training and Recruiting, Sonic Automotive
"Action learning's power reaches far into the learning profession. It's a superb technique for demonstrating learning's value, and this book is a vital resource for harnessing learning as an organizational performance enabler."―Dr. Dave Rude, Chief Learning Officer, Global Learning Associates
About the Author
- Michael Marquardt is a Professor of Human Resource Development and International Affairs at George Washington University. He is also Chairman of the World Institute of Action Learning's (WIAL) Board of Directors where he formerly served as president responsible for overseeing the worldwide development of Action Learning programs and coaching certification.
- Shannon Banks is former director and trainer for top leadership in Microsoft. She is a Master Action Learning Coach, author of several articles and special journal issue on action learning and her company, Be-Leadership, provides executive level training for many global corporations throughout Europe including UK Parliament leaders.
- Peter Cauweiler, PhD is Director of WIAL-Thailand and WIAL Board Secretary. He is also the editor for 2 WIAL newsletters distributed to over 5000 people.
- Choon SengNg is a Master WIAL Coach and the Director of WIAL-Singapore. He has trained over 200 coaches in 12 Asian countries. He holds a Masters Degree in Human Resource Development from George Washington University and his company, Idialogue has trained thousands of leaders in public and corporate sectors in Singapore.
Book Review
Name: Alexander J. GrimshawRating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Helpful Resource
Date: Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2015
Review: If you are looking for a book that takes you through the action learning process with enough detail to be practical and thorough then this is the book. The author provides enough information about the overall process, the different roles, and agendas that it can be easily applied. There was a bit of repetitiveness with the key concepts which if you only read select chapters you would be okay, however when I read the whole book it was a bit too much. There was a constant reminder that the action learning coach needs to be certified and there is an organization that will do that, which felt a bit ominous that if you do this on your own there could be a risk. Other than that I liked the book. It also succeeded in prompting to by Michael J. Marquardt's second book 'Leading with Questions' which I also found very helpful specifically in the detailed questioning techniques referred to in his book on Action Learning.
Name: T. Melberg
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: On Point and Insightful
Date: Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2019
Review: As a certified Action Learning coach, I am always looking to increase my knowledge within the discipline of Action Learning. I found the content extremely useful in moving to the next level of understanding of the supporting principles as to why action learning is so effective for problem solving, team building and leadership development. I highly recommend this book for anyone wanting to learn more about Action Learning and what makes it so powerful.
Name: ANTONIO A. SAN MARTIN
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: 15% Content 85% informercial. 20 Statements of success doesn't provide any proof or learning opportunity.
Date: Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2016
Review: They need to focus on how the action learning works. Simply repeating over and over the astounding successes of Action learning they should give solid and practical examples of HOW these teams succeeded or better yet how they overcome challenges and barriers to succeeding with action learning.
To make the book truly useful it should include 3 to 5 or more examples of how a team got off-track or fell into a pitfall that prevented them from succeeding. KNOWING and having examples of mistakes/ errors/ distractions/ that derailed teams would be most helpful.
Name: ng choon seng
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Helps the reader understand what IS Action Learning
Date: Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2013
Review: I have been using Mike's books for my programs and projects for many years now and I must say that this second edition is the must have book if you want to know about Action Learning. It goes rather in depth to explain the various components of Action Learning as well as how Action Learning has been used in organisations. It is a great complement to Mike's other book "Leading with Questions" Would highly recommend this book.
Name: Johnnyzhangyi
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Very useful field book
Date: Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2014
Review: I read the Chinese version and decide to buy a kindle version in English as reference. I found it is a very practical filed book, and supplementary to Michael's another book (Action Learning for Developing Leaders and Organizations). I used the 6 dimensions in design the leadership program of my organization. it is easy to understand, and the checklist is very helpful.
Name: C. Nicole Trevino
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: great overview of action learning
Date: Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2014
Review: This book is a brief way to get the basics of action learning groups down! It's quick and easy to read!
Name: Marco Penteado
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Complete description of the process
Date: Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2012
Review: I am start learning this technique. This book covers not only the concepts, but explains the full process very well detailed. It reaffirms the advantage to work with group mainly when the intention is resolve problems and develop the members of the group. I considered very important to my knowledge.
Name: Mary
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Powerful when put into practice
Date: Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2018
Review: I developed an hi-po leadership program in my organization that focused on developing individuals by having them tackle hairy organizational problems. Action Learning was the natural framework for that program and this book was used as required reading prior to the start of the year-long program. The participants in the program all refer to the book regularly and have bought into the benefits of AL totally. Now that they have finished phase 1 of their program, they are even thinking of using an action learning session with the executives to get feedback on their initial report and next steps. The book is written in simple language and the important parts are repeated so that they are ingrained. It’s been a great foundation for our organization and the problems we’ve been able to address so far are systemic problems that would take external consultants years and millions to address. Very powerful when you put this book into practice.
