Seminars & Field Trips

NOTE:

As typhoon FANAPI grows stronger and moves faster toward Taiwan. If a typhoon vacation is declared by Taipei City Government for having next Monday (Sep 20) the day off, we will postpone the event, and let you know the optional date.

(如果台北市政府宣佈 9/20 停止上班上課, 本商會下星期一午餐研討會將會順延, 並另擇期舉行。) 

Action Learning is a powerful group process that leverages on the existing strengths of the people within the organization. Teams of 4 to 8 people learn through the power of questioning and reflection as they work on a real task in real time, under the guidance of an Action Learning Coach (ALC). Business Week named “Action Learning'” as the problem-solving tool of the year in 2005. It is becoming a highly preferred approach in Leadership Development and Organizational Development.

Action Learning answers the questions - How can we enable teams to resolve real-time challenges and yet learn at the same time within the time constraints of businesses? How can we ensure we get ROI on people development – that training time is well spent with quality application of learning that can impact businesses?

Action learning programmes have become instrumental in a variety of ways, including helping organizations by:

• Creating breakthroughs in new products and services
• Expanding customer base and improving market positions
• Developing leadership competencies and self awareness
• Accelerating learning and exposure for hi-potentials, new staff or management
• Developing teamwork in cross-cultural teams, promoting inter-departmental collaboration

With the right action learning design, companies can connect and develop its people with ROI and other tangible benefits that vastly surpass what one can derive from traditional training and educational programs.

This Program is Designed for:
Executives and line managers who want to "sample" Action Learning, Action Learning project managers, OD professionals, Potential Coaches, Organizational Champions Sponsors, Those with a curiosity as to the nature of Action Learning.

AGENDA
12:00-12:30 Reception & Lunch
12:30-12:33 Opening by AmCham Taipei
12:33-13:00 Overview of the principles of action learning
13:00-14:00 Demonstration of action learning (with someone volunteering a problem)
14:00-14:05 Break
14:05-14:25 Theories and practices of action learning
14:25-15:15 Action learning sets around the room
15:15-15:30 Benefits of action learning, Q& A

About the Speaker

Michael Marquardt is a Professor of Human Resource Development and International Affairs at George Washington
University. In addition to being the Chairman of the WIAL Board of Directors, he is WIAL's President responsible for overseeing the worldwide development of action learning programs and coaches.

Mike has held a number of senior management, training and marketing positions with organizations such as Grolier, American Society for Training and Development, Association Management Inc., Overseas Education Fund, TradeTec, and U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

Dr. Marquardt has introduced action learning to thousands of leaders and hundreds of organizations around the world since 1995, including Marriott, DuPont, Alcoa, Boeing, Caterpillar, United Nations Development Program, US Department of Agriculture, IBM, Nokia, Constellation, Samsung, Hong Kong Transit and Siemens as well as the government agencies in Singapore, Mauritius, Japan, Canada, Qatar, China, Korea, and Brazil.

Dr. Marquardt's awards include the International Practitioner of the Year Award from the American Society for Training and Development. He presently serves as a Senior Advisor for the United Nations Staff College in the areas of policy, technology, and learning systems.

Mike received his doctorate in Human Resource Development from George Washington University and his Masters and Bachelor Degrees from Maryknoll College. Dr. Marquardt has also done graduate work at Harvard, Columbia and the University of Virginia