Richard Hale - Learning Organization Article to be Published

I am delighted to announce that I have an article due to published in 2012 in the Learning Organization journal.  This builds on a presentation I gave to the Etisalat Eye on Government Conference in Abu Dhabi earlier this year which focused on the Knowledge Economy.  I will publish the links to this article as soon as it is published but here are the key areas covered:

• the basis of the Action Learning Question method to support talent and leadership development
• examples and endorsements from corporate organisational leaders
• the application of the action learning approach to support the development of a new professional qualification for the outsourcing sector
• the case for using such approach in the new knowledge economy context where the ability to learn is as important as the content
• developing intellectual capital in organisations
• methods for sharing knowledge and learning within and between organisations.

The editorial referee has said ahead of publication:

“This paper has style and while unpretentious in terms of traditional academic content has a very readable yet powerful narrative that takes readers on your experiential 'journey' and culminates in a very appropriate 'conclusion' that gives readers something valuable to take away.  Great work.  

It addresses the notion of Organisational Learning with a some interesting fresh insights even while relying on a true and tested Action Learning approachIt is clear from the sources used that there is a sound and robust knowledge of the field embedded in this paper - refreshing!!!

  It is clear that there is a strong theoretical base to the analyses of the author's practices in facilitating AL (and indeed to the practices themselves)

.  I really enjoyed the narrative style of this paper. I wish more authors would get off their boring academic backsides and started writing like this in a very informative, reader friendly style . The narrative is not just interesting, it is academic, yet flows nicely and paints a great picture about Action Learning in dynamic organizational environments.”

If you would like to discuss with me how to support organisational learning, professional development, talent/leadership  identification & retention contact me on hale1@me.com and follow me on twitter @richardhale...

Constructive Review of Development Needs

Richard Hale was recently engaged by JS Wright to support the creation of a Learning and Development plan based on his analysis of needs for this established construction engineering organisation.  This involved interviews with directors, engineers and site visits and presentation to the board.  This has led to him providing ongoing support for the development of cross functional project teams and director level coaching.

Does your organisation need a structured and independent review of development needs of its staff, teams and leaders?  Richard will:

• gain an understanding of key business strategies and objectives
• explore learning and development experiences and opportunities with individuals
• identify strategic development interventions which will support the strategy.

“Richard's brief was to find out what type of learning organisation we were, what the real culture of the company was, and help us identify our learning and development needs.
He held meetings with employees at every level, and across all disciplines of the business. He then produced a report that gave me clarity about where we were with our people development, and recommendations on how to move forward.  He has   an intuitive understanding of people development, and will be retained to help us deliver our future plans.  If you are struggling to see the way forward with your company's people development needs, talk to Richard Hale. He will be able to help you.” 

Marcus Aniol, Managing Director