The focal point of the Action learning philosophy is Revan's original idea that mature people learn best 'with and from each other'. In Action Learning programmes the learning opportunity is provided by a specific task, a project that each participant agrees with their 'client'. During the process participants meet together every few weeks with a facilitator. The role of the facilitator is to encourage participants to share their project experiences and reflect on the outcomes to identify their learning needs. With the help of the facilitator and the other participants these needs are then...

Being able to present yourself and your ideas to others is the key to the door of success. No one gets anywhere in life on their own, we all need the help of others. Some of us are lucky, we are 'born' into influence others have natural skills which make them 'stand out' but for most of us we only stand out, because we stand up. We have to work on 'selling' ourselves in the market place. This means being able to; - present ourselves as a person with something to offer - communicate about ourselves - make a compelling case for what we want This book is one in a series which focus on helping...