ACTION LEARNING Intentional learning from life learning by
ACTION LEARNING Intentional learning from life, learning by doing May 2016 Learning Lab
Introductions – Kathleen Vaughan • YALI Facilitator Cohorts 3 to 7, Self-Awareness, • Design Driven Entrepreneurship Resource, Cohort 5 • Based in Nairobi, Kenya
Introductions – Participant Community
In your chat window, please share the following: 1. Name, Country 2. A specific learning goal for the call 3. Your contribution to others Example: 1) Kathy Vaughan, facilitator 2) sparking “learningful conversations” within the region 3) Being a connector
Our Roadmap • Head-Heart-Hands: A leadership learning framework • How we learn? • What is Action Learning (or Learning by Doing) • Tool: Experience & Skills Matrix • The importance of Reflection • The importance of Questions • Live Coaching • Taking the learning home
A leadership learning framework
10 – 20 - 70 Training – Coaching & Mentoring – In life/from experience
3 Reasons to learn from experience 1. Personal Life Experiences Provide Psychological Strength 2. Personal Relationships Provide support for Handling Leadership Challenges 3. Personal Loves provide Motivation & Opportunities to Learn Leadership Skills
Learning In Action • What is one interpersonal challenge you are facing in your day-to-day work/experience? • What challenges in your personal life is similar? • What actions did you take to address the situation? What skills did you use? • What did you learn to translate to your day-to-day challenge?
Matching Experiences to Skills & Development Outside Role & Experience Leadership Roles & Skills Planning an important social event Project management Parenting Interpersonal skills; appreciation of differences Traveling abroad operating with unfamiliar signals & incomplete information; becoming more comfortable in handling ambiguity YALI design challenge project Remote team work; perspective; conflict resolution skills
Your Experience & Skills Matrix
L=P+Q+R Learning=Performance+Questioning+Reflection
REFLECTION
Good questions prompt reflection • Allow us to reflect, to listen, to be creative, and to learn • Give us time and space needed to stand back, reflect, unfreeze, and gain new perspectives • Deliberate questions to clarify, to open up new avenues, to unpack, to offer ideas and insights, to learn • Before solutions, allow us to diverge from the current thought and look at a different more systemic perspective rather than converge too quickly • Seeds of solutions reside in questions
Action Learning uses reflection and the cycle of learning Stage 1: Having an experience L=P+Q+R Stage 4: Stage 2: Applying the learning Planning the next steps Reflecting on and analysing the experience Stage 3 : Concluding from the experience (Kolb 1984)
Coaching Live!
Key principles to remember • No learning without action, no sober and deliberate action without learning • We learn best when we directly involved in our own learning about a current life situation • When we choose a learning experience, we usually learn more readily • Applying that learning to our ambitions and goals, makes it more personally meaningful and of greater benefit to our vision
Taking the Learning Home 1. Based on your leadership ambitions, what skills and experience do you need? 2. What roles, relationships, activities and responsibilities, even challenges are you willing to take on in the near future? (Remember: you do not always need to succeed but you need to be willing to learn) 3. Seek support from people who can provide feedback, give moral support, act as a sounding board. Use a coach or mentor. 4. Monitor progress and celebrate success.
THANK YOU! Asante Sana - ምንም አይደል– Merci – – ﺷﻜﺮﺍ Murakôze Kathleen. Vaughan@xponentially. com @xponentially
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