ARL is a powerful tool in helping teams to learn and take action. In this book, Isabel Rimanoczy has done a masterful job in capturing the essential theories and principles that make ARL so valuable.
Dr. Michael Marquardt President, World Institute for Action Learning
This book “demystifies” action learning. The stories in the first part of the book make Action Reflection Learning come alive! Readers will feel just what these principles and practices feel like in action … in businesses, teams, schools, and coaching. Then, in the second part of the book, the authors show readers how to successfully use the principles and practices in their own settings.
Victoria J. Marsick, Ph.D. Professor, Adult Learning & Leadership, Teachers College, Columbia University (Judy O'Neil and Victoria Marsick, Understanding Action Learning, NY: AMACOM, 2007)
ARL is deceptively simple and yet has been shown to be a tremendously powerful way of ensuring real progress on development of capability, performance and behavioral change. I have witnessed powerful learning being achieved by individuals and groups through working on real issues using this process.”
Angela Hyde, VicePresident Global Learning and Development, AstraZeneca
In Action Reflection Learning, Isabel Rimanoczy and Ernie Turner dive into a topic that is deeply rooted in behavioral science and ‘real world application’ rather than the widely accepted theory and lecture based business school model of the 70s. ARL was developed by Swedish professors, researchers and consultants in response to the traditional management training practices of the 1970s. The Swedes wanted a better method of learning. They challenged the accepted routine of the education process. No longer did they want to sit and listen to the teacher impart knowledge to the student. The Swedes envisioned a process that would require interaction and students could take ownership of their learning.
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