led402 module 4 discussion September 2018

Discussion: Action Learning Gurus

In the background materials you viewed two short animated videos that helped introduce you to the basics of action learning. For this discussion take a look at some more “serious” videos from some of the leading authorities on action learning.

Reg Revans is one of the early founders of action learning and his videos tend to be extremely serious in tone. Several of his classic videos are available on YouTube. More recent videos are also available by Michael Marquardt, another leading authority on action learning and author of one of the required background readings. Take a look at some videos from both of these action learning experts and share the links to couple videos that you found the most interesting or at least kept you awake.

What are your overall impressions of Drs. Marquardt and Revans? Which one seemed to be more authoritative or better at explaining the concepts? Anything useful in the presentations that helped you learn or absorb the concepts covered in the required background materials? Or did you just have trouble staying awake? Let your classmates know what your recommendations are regarding these videos. This post should be in the first week of the module.

For the second week of the module, compare and contrast the reading from Dr. Marquardt listed in the background readings to one of his videos. Is his written style similar to his speaking style? Was the material in the video and book chapter consistent with each other?

Self-Reflection

You have already done a lot of self-reflection as part of your assignments this session, but now it is time to “reflect on your reflections.” Now that the class is almost over, carefully consider the following issues:

What concepts from the class do you think were most useful to your own leadership development goals?

After this class what steps are you planning to take to further develop your leadership skills? Any additional concepts you plan on reading up on, or any steps at your current job that you might take?