Build an Innovative Team Through Action Learning
Build an Innovative Team Through Action Learning (2-day program)
“We cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them.” —Albert Einstein.
With the ever-changing Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity (VUCA) global environment, issues become more inter-related yet uncertain and complex. To be future-ready and change-ready, it requires a new and higher level of thinking for individuals, teams and leaders to break away from the usual ways of thinking and doing beyond silos but with wider, comprehensive and multi-functional perspectives. A team that is high performing, productive and collaborative is able to come up with innovative and breakthrough solutions that overcome organisation and team-related issues.
Action Learning (AL) is an innovative problem-solving and solution-focused process that solves complex and multi-perspective issues and challenges and build successful leaders, teams and organisations.It involves a group of intact and or, intra-team that is facilitated by the Action Learning Coach to solve real work challenges in a holistic, systematic and collaborative manner. The team will be able to apply leadership competencies, critical thinking, creativity, people management, judgement and decision-making skills to solve real organisation, leadership and workplace issues while coming up with innovative ideas and solutions.
How will this programme improve the learning and business outcomes of the organisation?
- Stretch one’s ability and capability to solve current and impending organisation and work issues and learn at the same time
- Solve real work issues and challenges in a practical and effective way through team diversity, team collaboration, team learning and team innovation
- Generate innovative ideas and solutions and enhance team’s agility and change ability
- Acquire effective questioning techniques, listening, reflecting, clarifying assumptions and remove one’s blind spots in innovative problem solving
- Enhance one’s leadership competencies as an individual and as a team being an Action Learning Coach and Action Learning Member
- Purpose and Benefits of Action Learning for the organisation and teams in a VUCA landscape
- Fundamentals of Action Learning Process
- Attributes and skillsets of an Action Learning Coach
- Enhance one’s leadership style and leadership competencies as an Action Learning Coach
- Reframing from a Fixed to a Growth Mindset
- Problem definition and problem solving by framing the inquiry process with effective questions
- Enhance Appreciative Inquiry Process through Action Learning
- Apply reflective and empathetic listening, questioning and inquiry skills
- Types of questioning techniques and its application as an Action Learning Coach and as a Team member
- Foster Psychological safety for the team so share issues and ideas openly which enhance team diversity and team innovation
- Identify how the ladder of inference affects our judgement and decision
- Link action learning with enhancement of collaborative skills, leadership and professional development skills
- Enhance team’s interpersonal relationship, learning and change agility which leads to breakthrough thinking and innovation
- Leverage on the strengths of individual team member and forge a high performing team
- Initiate Action Learning in the organisation through work groups, project teams and discussions
Methodology
- Presentation
- Exercises
- Working on participants actual situation at the workplace using solution focused problem solving
- Coaching practices
- Discussion
Directors, Leaders, Managers, executives and HR and anyone in a position where you need to initiate and implement changes and drive innovation in the organisation/department/team.
Due to the nature of Action Learning and for learning and practice effectiveness, the maximum class size is 10 participants
- Problem solving with solution-focused
- Trigger thinking process previously not encountered
- Opens up my mind on what I can achieve with Action Learning
- Usefulness & practicality
- Many good takeaways from the course that are practical and can apply to work
- Provides me with another skillset to solve problems at the workplace
- Useful & relevant to the course of work
- Useful tool for variety of work scenarios
- Learnt several new tools that I could use in daily work
- Materials are very useful
- Innovative methods adopted to the lessons. Enriching & effective!
- Great ability to facilitate & achieving intended outcomes
- Very well versed in the topic
- Good hands on session as well as theory
- Well explained & well-paced
- Easy to understand & implement
- Good interaction & maintained support
- Full of passion & positive energy
- Very confident & excellent trainer
- Trainer is friendly & willing to share
- The outcome is good! Very enriching workshop! Jasmine is very knowledgeable!
- The trainer is very professional and ability to keep the class lively.
- The workshop is interesting and I have enjoyed and benefited from the session.
Jasmine is the first batch of Certified World Institute of Action Learning Coach in Singapore and has conducted Action Learning Programs for these organisations:
Panasonic Asia Pacific (Regional Leadership Team, Middle Management & HR), Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS), Ministry of Education School Cluster’s Middle Management, UOB “Manager of Managers” Action Learning Program and Singapore Police Force, Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
Jasmine is the first recipient of “Dr Michael Marquardt Learning Leadership Award”- from the World Institute for Action Learning. The award was in recognition of her organization development leadership by implementing Action Learning in Panasonic, aligning it with Corporate Values and development projects for Asia-Pacific High-Potential Leaders. Jasmine also wrote a case study on the practical approaches to “Develop leaders through Action Learning in Panasonic”, which was publicised in Dr Michael Marquardt’s book “Leadership and Action Learning”.
