Action Learning - Facilitation and Coaching

People undertaking action learning work in small groups to tackle organisational and social problems, and learn from their experience of working together to bring about change. This book provides examples and analyses of effective behaviours of action learning facilitators and coaches.

List of contents

Introduction: The facilitator/coach in action learning 1. Mindsets of experienced action learning coaches and their impact on the practice of coaching action learning groups 2. The pedagogy of action learning facilitation - a critique of the role of the facilitator in an organisational leadership programme 3. Humanistic person-centred set facilitation 4. Facilitating action learning & virtual action learning for leadership development: experiences and insights from a UK Masters programme 5. What a difference a coach makes! 6. Successful scaling of action learning principles through self-facilitated peer coaching groups 7. Action learning: from strict sessions to other applications 8. Developing skills of action learning facilitators 9. Illuminating the unseen: an action learning coach's journey 10. Developing a learning mindset with action learning 11. Action learning within the Dutch public sector: tools for facilitators

About the author

Peter Cauwelier, Chief Team Connector, TEAM.AS.ONE, Bangkok, Thailand.
George Boak, Associate Professor in Leadership and Innovation, York St John University, York, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Boak Cauwelier
• Assisted by: Boak George (Editor), Peter Cauwelier (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 27.05.2025
• EAN: 9781041036203
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4103620-3
• No. of pages: 124
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Education, EDUCATION / Adult & Continuing Education, Organizational theory & behaviour, Management: leadership & motivation, teacher training, Management: leadership and motivation, Educational strategies & policy, Adult education, continuous learning, Organizational theory and behaviour, Educational strategies and policy, Action Learning;Facilitation;Team Coaching