Success Tools for CEO Coaches: Be A Learner, Leader and Ladder

Rao, M.S.

doi:10.1108/hrmid-08-2014-0122

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“…However, they were "amazed at how action learning can develop people's leadership skills so quickly." Rao (2014) identifies the coach as being instrumental in this feedback loop that accelerates the individual development of competencies.…”

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“…Coaches also indicated that corporate leaders expressed that management trainings for frontline managers was often conducted in class room environment detaching from the realities of branch environment, which made it difficult for them to transfer new learning into real practices when back to work. However, they were “amazed at how action learning can develop people’s leadership skills so quickly.” Rao (2014) identifies the coach as being instrumental in this feedback loop that accelerates the individual development of competencies.…”

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“…An essential and critical element of the model is the role and work of the action learning coach, who, in addition to enabling the group to solve a complex problem and to build a high-performing team, is tasked to enable and assure the development of the leadership competency of each team member at every action learning session. Rao (2014) maintains the need for coaching to support continual learning and feedback that is needed to develop leaders.…”

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Action Learning and Leadership Development

Volz-Peacock¹,

Carson²,

Marquardt

2016

Advances in Developing Human Resources

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The Problem. Today organizations worldwide are faced with the growing challenge of increasing the capabilities of their leaders with less time and fewer financial resources. However, most leadership development programs are ineffective and expensive and provide little focus on the social, interpersonal, and strategic aspects of leadership. This research seeks to answer the following questions:1. How are leadership skills developed through action learning? 2. How are these skills embodied and consequently transferred to the workplace?The Solution.Action learning with a trained coach is a cost-effective approach that enables leaders to develop capabilities while working to solve urgent organizational or social problems. In essence, leaders are learning while working. This article reports on a model of action learning that was used with hundreds of organizations throughout the world for over a decade. It presents a number of action learning procedures to develop key leadership skills as identified by the individual and emphasizes the use of a trained coach. The Stakeholders.This article provides researchers and scholarly practitioners in the field of human resource development (HRD), organizational development trainers and coaches, and organizational teams, leaders, and managers with findings that support the growing importance of action learning in the field of leadership development. Other interested

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