Overview: From assessment of the business environment through development of a top-level set of goals, objectives and measures of success, the strategic planning retreat provides senior leaders with the foundation needed to launch a corporate strategic plan.
Benefits: The customized process provides the senior leadership team with a unique blend of structure, foresight, and creative interplay necessary to build a viable foundation for setting the organization's future direction.
Overview: Using an innovative problem-solving method developed at Cambridge University, teams help each other solve complex management challenges they are facing.
Benefits: Participants in the Action Learning Coaching sessions learn how to solve problems collaboratively by using questioning and reflection techniques not found in most organizations. In addition to solving specific problems, the group develops leadership skills and a much firmer appreciation of how to create a learning organization. An added benefit of the sessions is the development of a peer support network that often continues to bring benefits long after the sessions are over.
Overview: The workshop helps participants answer a set of fundamental questions around greatness in an organization.
Benefits: Participants come away with a fundamental appreciation of the nature, value, and challenges of building a great organization. Actual case studies are used to illustrate the difference between good and great organizations. Practical change leadership methods are provided to help participants build support for creating a great enterprise.
Overview: The key to success in developing strong leadership teams at the top of organizations is to focus on addressing compelling corporate challenges and opportunities…challenges and opportunities that each team member has a stake in.
Benefits: Participants from intact leadership teams will solve real corporate challenges and simultaneously develop greater trust and camaraderie.
Chuck Appleby, PhD., speaks about Action Learning
The Peer Learning Network (PLN) is a group of practitioners dedicated to sharing the power of peers helping peers with the dual purpose of bringing people closer together and solving some of our most urgent and important challenges.
Chuck talks about Design Thinking and Action Learning on The Everyday Innovator podcast, hosted by Chad McAllister
Arlington County
Design Thinking Project
Captures National Attention
The challenge given to a team of future leaders in Arlington County was to increase the level of engagement of “thirty somethings,” teenagers, and new immigrants in the County’s library system. The success of their project is captured on a video recently released by the Alliance for Innovation at their annual Innovation Academy. More Info »