Action Learning Associates helps organisations acquire long lasting problem solving skills, develop fresh ideas, achieve results and develop leadership capability.
Our work helps individuals develop their own competencies, enabling them to take action to overcome the day to day challenges they face. Empowering others is what we do.
As the UK’s leading provider of action learning, with truly global reach, we have delivered face to face learning in 24 countries around the globe in addition to our virtual delivery, reaching almost 76 countries.
We run action learning sets for a wide range of applications across all sectors, from talent development to business project applications. We train action learning facilitators too, both in cross sector events and in-house and have trained over 1,200 facilitators.
Action Learning Associates form partnership with Flow Group, Brazil
I established Action Learning Associates in 1988 because I experienced action learning as a radical transformative power which exceeds other forms of solo or facilitated learning. I continue to observe that action learning enables individuals and organisations to learn differently, understand more widely and take bolder steps than they might previously have considered. I have seen the value of creating a structured environment where peers can learn from each other either within an organisation or across sectors.
At the outset I didn’t plan to grow the business beyond what I could deliver personally but, as the demand for action learning has accelerated, I have expanded the company to meet the need and now have an excellent group of associates, all of whom I know well.
shares responsibility for developing the business and oversees the quality of our work. The company is also well supported by four able administrators.
We are passionate about developing
whilst keeping its essence – careful listening, open questioning and thoughtful feedback. We are glad that as a company we are recognised for our emphasis on rigour, quality and consistency.
The company has grown because we compete for work that we know falls within our expertise and where we are confident that we can deliver to a high standard. Our relationships with our customers are honest and straightforward – we say what we can do and we always deliver. We share the evaluation material with our customers and we have a high proportion of repeat business. Until recently, all our work came through word of mouth recommendations. Over the years our
Sandvik Coromant UK (part of a Swedish based global engineering company of real standing in their market) commissioned ALA to deliver a programme of project based action learning sets to help build on the success of a major new sales route as well as improve cohesion within the national sales team.
Action learning formed a key element of this programme, to help embed the learning and create long term, lasting changes in leadership behaviours. We were pleased to be involved from the start of this initiative, co-designing the entire programme so that the action learning element integrated effectively and was closely aligned with its objectives.
AL has provided a safe, calm environment for self-reflection and reflecting on the issues of peers
Helps give wider understanding of challenges and issues facing other people and teams
When your organisation has people spread in different parts of the world, it can be a challenge to ensure everyone is working towards common business objectives. Our work involves bringing people together despite the geographical divide, to meet, share experiences, issues and successes.
Action learning provides a structure and rigour that focuses everyone on the objectives of the business, and helps them see the bigger picture.
Above all, our work helps to strengthen bonds and build resilience and motivation at an individual level, so that the organisation as a whole benefits. Just talk to us about your current challenge and goals, and we’ll be happy to explain how action learning can help.
