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“Do Something” - An original Approach to Managing Change
There are lots of change management models out there (McKinsey’s 7 S model, Kotter’s Eight Step Model, to name but two). A change model put forward way back in 1947 by Kurt Lewin called Action Research (AR) often gets overlooked. While many current models put the emphasis on planning and analysis, Lewin emphasizes taking action and then learning from the results. Learning from experience (always a good thing!) is what AR is all about. In AR you pretty much dive right in with an intervention in a real world system with the aim of improving things then you closely scrutinize the effects of your actions.
IMPROVEMENT THROUGH REFLECTION
This is about the changes which are to be made in the light of your learning. It encourages the application of your learning so as to improve your every day practice and behaviour. It is not about recording a good intention only. You may wish to set another SMART goal to reflect the action you are going take. What action you will take may depend on your level of motivation to make the desirable changes.
Learning From Experience: Opportunities & Constraints
Having spent more than 40 in executive positions and then as a management consultant, side by side with my academic career, my belief that experience is the best teacher was always confirmed and was never been shaken.

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Reinvent or Die
Some of you might know that in the mid 90’s I worked as a turnaround manager and interim CEO for troubled companies. I got to experience the pain of going out of business over and over again. I first saw this with a company that I worked for in the 70’s and 80’s that was in business for 12 years and went belly up.. There is a multitude of reasons why companies fail and for the purpose of this Leadership Gems I want to focus on a big one. Learning .The attitude you have toward learning is critical to your long term success. Hang with me for a moment.
Lesson #5: Every Business Needs its Cheering Bull
“You'll fail at some things – that’s a learning experience that you need so that you can take that on to the next experience,” says Omidyar. “What you learn from those challenges and those failures are what will get you past the next ones…I was the pretty consistent bull and the cheerleader on eBay actually.”

Step Out of Your Comfort Zone
We are a learning society. We spend many years and countless hours learning things in school, taking refresher courses, pursuing post-graduate level course work, and internet classes. Yet, when someone does not succeed, it is a truly enlightened individual that remembers to label it for what it is ... a learning experience.
REFLECTION NOTE
Recalling what was felt by yourself and others, as well as what was seen , said and done is important when reflecting to turn your experience into learning

When Does Training Become Learning?
Have you ever been in a situation that was so difficult you could not wait for it to be over? Learning happens when you experience every moment to the fullest, without dwelling in the past or anticipating the future. I learned something about the meaning of training and learning from an ancient Sufi tale called, Fatima, the Spinner and the Tent.
industrial theatre can help adult and workplace learning
Does Indutrial Theatre help in learning? Can this mode of communication address both adult and workplace learning? We share some of the theory behind the art and the science behind our successes. Motivating people to change and helpning organisations develop peak performing cultures requires behaviour communication strategies that work. Industrial theatre can be implemented in a learning environment to facilitate an active learning experience. Theatre can bridge language and cultural devides. Our greatest moment is to share in a moment of personal discovery.

Be A Student
The wonderful thing I am learning about “learning”, and I am hearing it from many different locations all at once, is simply this; When you truly enter into an attitude of learning, rather than one of thinking that you know it all, and you give yourself permission to be open to other people’s ideas and suggestions, the frequency of learning opportunities becomes infinite, and your potential of greater success becomes assured.
MLM secrets-business opportunity?
As someone who has twice experienced the trials and tribulations of an MLM business opportunity I can give you the benefit of that experience. As Archibald Macleish said, “There is only one thing more painful than learning by experience and that is not learning by experience.” So, to help you, here are my thoughts on the pitfalls of building your business, from the struggle to get leads to the problems of developing and keeping a team. These are the MLM secrets that you don’t hear about until it’s too late.

Leadership and Fear
As entrepreneurs, managers, and leaders, how do you learn? Learning by experience is not necessarily bad – sometimes, however, it can be extremely costly. Is it something that you can always afford? People with their brain’s locus of control in the “Blue Zone” are prepared to learn from coaches and mentors as well as from experience.

Management Development Secrets - Learning Outside The Box
As most managers will tell you, learning our trade is a life-long experience that never stops. The learning will come from many different sources, when you care to look...
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