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Practical, skill-building workshops offered face-to-face and online in which participants receive a certificate of completion and Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

Action Learning Certificate

A new way to improve performance.

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This program will help you understand how your own actions and experiences can improve performance and will demonstrate why action learning is effective in solving problems, building teams, developing leaders, and creating learning organizations. Discover the six essential elements for successful action learning programs, explore the steps and processes of action learning, and practice coaching action learning groups.

  • Face-to-Face2 days
  • On-SiteFlexible dates & duration

Program Overview

Action Learning is a process that involves a small group working on real problems, taking action, and learning while doing so. A powerful management tool that creates dynamic opportunities for individuals, teams, leaders and organizations to successfully adapt, learn, and innovate, action learning can transform the way you and your organization use learning to solve problems and develop employees.

This program helps participants understand how their own actions and experiences can improve performance and will demonstrate why action learning is effective in solving problems, building teams, developing leaders, and creating learning organizations. Discover the six essential elements for successful action learning programs, explore the steps and processes of action learning, and practice coaching action learning groups. The two days will include four demo sessions. All participants will participate as Action Learning group members and up to three participants will have the opportunity to experience coaching an Action Learning session. ASTD offers the Action Learning Certificate Program in partnership with the World Institute for Action Learning-USA. This workshop may be used as the foundations course for the WIAL-USA Action Learning Certification. If you are interested in learning more about certification in action learning, please visit WIAL’s website at http://www.wial-usa.org/training/certificationSchedule.shtml

Participants of this program will learn to:

  • Provide a basic understanding of action learning.
  • Demonstrate how to use action learning as a tool for problem solving and leadership development.
  • Provide an overview for using action learning in your organization.
  • Describe the role of an action learning coach.

Learning Objectives

After this program, you will be able to:

  • Understand and demonstrate how and why action learning is effective in solving problems, building teams, developing leaders, and creating learning organizations.
  • Apply the six elements and two ground rules of action learning as well as the questioning and reflection processes of action learning.
  • Lead and facilitate an action learning group as an action learning coach.
  • Introduce action learning into their organization or as part of their consulting practice.

Topics

  • Topic 1 - An Overview of Action Learning
  • Topic 2 - The Six Components of Action Learning
  • Topic 3 - Stages in an Action Learning Program

Who Should Attend

This workshop is designed for learning and performance professionals who are involved in one or more of the following areas:

  • leadership development 
  • executive coaching
  • team building and facilitation
  • project management
  • organizational change and development
  • strategic planning
  • implementing action learning programs and projects.

Credits & Attendance

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Earn 1.4 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) upon successfully completing this program. Learn More

CPLP© Recertification Points

This program may be eligible for up to 14 CPLP recertification points. Learn more at astd.org/recertification.

HRCI Recertification Credits

This program has been pre-approved for 14 (General) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute.

Attendance Policy

Participation in all originally scheduled days of the program is mandatory in order to receive the certificate of completion and 1.4 CEUs. Participants who miss more than two hours of the entire program will not be eligible to receive the certificate. Participants who fulfill the attendance requirement will receive a certificate at the end of the program.

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What Participants Are Saying

Here's how our programs drive results.

  • Evelyn Jung

    "This program was powerful. I learned how inquisitive questions can speed up complex problem solving. This program is a great blend of theory and practice."

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    Evelyn Jung

    Evelyn Jung
    Training Manager
    eMarketer

    4/5 Average Rating

    "This program was powerful. I learned how inquisitive questions can speed up complex problem solving. This program is a great blend of theory and practice."

    Angie Wolthuis

    "While I have completed and facilitated "action learning" projects, I found this program to be particularly effective. Often in the training and development profession, we feel like we have to have all the answers, this program once again validates that we can be there to facilitate the process, but we will never have all the answers! Phew, what a relief!"

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    Angie Wolthuis

    Angie Wolthuis
    Instructional Designer/Facilitator
    Scentsy, Inc.

    5/5 Average Rating

    "While I have completed and facilitated "action learning" projects, I found this program to be particularly effective. Often in the training and development profession, we feel like we have to have all the answers, this program once again validates that we can be there to facilitate the process, but we will never have all the answers! Phew, what a relief!"

Meet Our Facilitators

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  • Bea Carson

    Bernadette Carson

    Bernadette Carson is a Master Action Learning coach and the president of Carson Consultants. She is vice president of education and certification for the World Institute for Action Learning, responsible for defining the certification requirements as well as educational programs that utilize the concepts of action learning. Dr. Carson is a Visiting Scholar at American University and the George Washington University. She has consulted with government, not-for-profit, and commercial organizations throughout the United States including Constellation Energy, Triplex, NASA, Rotary International, and Special Olympics Maryland.

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    Bea Carson

    Bernadette Carson

    Bernadette Carson is a Master Action Learning coach and the president of Carson Consultants. She is vice president of education and certification for the World Institute for Action Learning, responsible for defining the certification requirements as well as educational programs that utilize the concepts of action learning. Dr. Carson is a Visiting Scholar at American University and the George Washington University. She has consulted with government, not-for-profit, and commercial organizations throughout the United States including Constellation Energy, Triplex, NASA, Rotary International, and Special Olympics Maryland.

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    Michael Marquardt

    Michael Marquardt

    Michael Marquardt has trained over 100,000 leaders over the past 40 years in nearly 80 countries. He is the author of Action Learning in Action and Optimizing the Power of Action Learning —two books that have established him as a world leader in the field of action learning. Mike's achievements and leadership have been recognized though numerous awards including the International Practitioner of the Year Award from ASTD. Dr. Marquardt is Professor of HRD at George Washington University.

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    Michael Marquardt

    Michael Marquardt

    Michael Marquardt has trained over 100,000 leaders over the past 40 years in nearly 80 countries. He is the author of Action Learning in Action and Optimizing the Power of Action Learning —two books that have established him as a world leader in the field of action learning. Mike's achievements and leadership have been recognized though numerous awards including the International Practitioner of the Year Award from ASTD. Dr. Marquardt is Professor of HRD at George Washington University.

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    Action Learning Certificate|

Dates & Locations

Chicago, IL

Oct 24-25, 2013

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Alexandria, VA

Dec 12-13, 2013

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Washington, DC

May 02-03, 2014

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