Great Leadership By Dan
JUNE 26, 2012
Action Learning : A type of leadership development program where participants work on real projects and learn at the same time. Assessment : As a verb, it’s some way of measuring the ability, personality, potential, motivation, or some other aspect of an individual. As a noun, it’s often some kind of instrument, or test.
leaderCommunicator
DECEMBER 19, 2013
Number 3: AOL CEO Fires Employee During Call Intended to Boost Morale. In August, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong fired an employee in front of 1,000 other people. Read the lessons learned from this very public firing. And when it comes to earning your employees’ trust, it’s all about aligning words with actions.
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Tanveer Naseer
NOVEMBER 5, 2013
Many organizations claim to be using some of the theories above, such as Action Learning, but are actually not. To keep it simple, they have adapted the experiential learning process to be a test on an actual problem solving exercise, rather than giving the participants mandate to actually solve a problem or innovate in real time.
Great Leadership By Dan
DECEMBER 19, 2011
It’s important to include “viability” (defined as approval by CEO and/or HR VP); otherwise, you could end up with lists of token candidates. For example, diverse “action learning” teams often produce the most creative solutions. Viability of candidates. Engage high potentials in career and development discussions.
Marshall Goldsmith
DECEMBER 16, 2013
The CEO of a leading telecommunications company recently embarked on an innovative approach. The CEO personally calls, thanks them for their contributions, and asks for their input on what the corporation can do to increase effectiveness. Employee Engagement Leadership'
Great Leadership By Dan
FEBRUARY 2, 2009
Another well known blogger said that if a CEO did this, it showed he was clueless. Think task forces, committees, action learning, and Kaizen workshops. It’s the collective hard work from each and every one of us, especially our leaders. No one’s going to put in the extra effort if they see their leaders coasting.
Great Leadership By Dan
OCTOBER 8, 2015
Some organizations are providing senior managers and leaders with opportunities to come together in variations on action learning groups, often involving peers from other sectors to consider common challenges. Developing such agile leadership and shifting rigid mindsets is not easy.
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