Action Learning in Action
Dr. Michael Marquardt.
1999. Davies-Black Publishing, Palo Alto.

Transforming Problems and People for World-Class Organizational Learning

Optimizing the Power of Action Learning: Solving Problems and Building Leaders in Real Time
Dr. Michael Marquardt.

2004. Davies-Black Publishing, Palo Alto, CA.

Leading with Questions: How Leaders Find the Right Solutions by Knowing what to Ask
Dr. Michael Marquardt.

2005. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco.

Harnessing the Power of Action Learning
Dr. Michael Marquardt, Chairman of the Board and President of WIAL.

This is an excellent overview of Action Learning. It addresses the following questions:
What is it? How does it work? Who uses it? Why is it so powerful?

The Power of Action Learning
Dr. Bea Carson, Vice President for Certification.

This article describes the process of Action Learning in more detail than Harnessing the Power of Action Learning. This article addresses the following questions: What are the key components of Action Learning? What are the basic ground rules? What is the role of the Action Learning coach? This article also provides several case studies.

The Power of Questions
Dr. Michael Marquardt.

This article discusses the central role of asking good questions in fostering creativity effective problem solving. This article addresses the following questions: What makes a question "great?" How to ask the right question at the right time? What not to ask?

Action Learning and Leadership
Dr. Michael Marquardt.

This is an article that appeared in a refereed Thai professional journal. This article addresses the following question: What are the necessary attributes and leadership skills for the 21st century? Several examples of the use of action learning in corporate organizations are also presented.

Developing Global Leaders via Action Learning Programs
Dr. Michael Marquardt.

This article appeared in a refereed British journal and presents a detailed description of Action Learning as applied by Boeing in an executive leadership program.

Leadership Development as an Intervention for Organizational Transformation
Skipton Leonard, Ph.D., CEO of WIAL and Maynard Goff, Ph.D.

This article appeared in a refereed American journal and provides a case example of how Action Learning can be integrated into a larger leadership development program.

Avoiding Abilene: Breaking out of Group Think
Dr. Bea Carson.

This article answers the question of how to use Action Learning to avoid many of the dysfunctional aspect of group dynamics as exemplified by the well-know Abilene Paradox.

Balancing Your Scorecard via Action Learning
Dr. Bea Carson.

This describes how an Action Learning process can be integrated effectively into a Balanced Scorecard framework.

2008 WIAL Action Learning Users Forum - presentations & handouts

EvidenceForAL_5Jun08.ppt

Using Action Learning to Develop Shared Leadership Skills
Skipton Leonard - Co-Chair

Michael Marquardt

Cynthia McCauley & Patricia O'Connor

Craig Pearce - Co-Chair

Arthur Freedman

Jay Conger & Susan Elaine Murphy.

PowerPoint presentations on using Action Learning to develop shared leadership skills.

Introduction to Action Learning
Slides used for the Introductory Workshop
Skipton Leonard, Ph.D., Arthur Freedman, Ph.D., MBA

Introduces Action Learning, defining Ground Rules, Components, and answers the question, "What is Action Learning?"

Evidence for Action Learning
Skipton Leonard, Ph.D.

Presents the evidence for a popular leadership development methodology - Action Learning.

Action Learning Introductory Workshop
Slides used for the Introductory Workshop
Dr. Bea Carson.

Introduces Action Learning concepts and components.