What is Action Learning? Action Learning can be defined as a process whereby groups of stakeholders use real problems to acquire learning and implement system-wide solutions.   The process includes four steps:      1) decide what breakthrough requires you to invest resources,     2) act with a talented, cross functional team and executive          endorsement,     3) reflect on steps achieved, and     4) connect or expand the results across business or functional lines, to new          markets or clients.           We have facilitated Action Learning Sets using both virtual and direct processes:      1. Technology:  SharePoint, Action Item task lists, virtual teams, and short implementation teams.        2:  Direct meeting: facilitation in a series of workshops, initiatives or off-site retreats    The result is that the Action Learning process can help individuals and groups become true learning organizations.  In fact, Action Learning is the building block of Learning Organizations.   The power of any coaching and training is the behavioral change that results.  Consider these quotes:   "A major 1998 study of managerial and sales training programs offered in a large corporation demonstrated the superiority of experiential training methods for social and emotional learning... "The programs that used experiential methods produced twice as much improvement in performance, as rated by supervisors and peers, as did the other programs. Furthermore, the return on investment for the experiential programs was seven times greater." Source: L. Spencer, in L.J. Bassi and D. Russ-Eft, eds., What Works, ASTD, Alexandria, VA, 1997.   We would love to learn more about your team.    Please contact us or call immediately.