Christine Abbott
President & Co-Founder of ISFAL, England
Based in East Yorkshire, Christine is an experienced action learning facilitator and developer， with a background as an HR Director in the NHS and in Social Care. In 2003 she established The Centre for Health Improvement and Leadership at University of Lincoln. Over the following 5 years she designed and delivered a range of bespoke leadership and organisation development programmes to a wide variety of public and private organisations. These programmes incorporated taught modules, action learning and coaching and mentoring. Christine currently teaches with the Open University Business School MBA programme.
Christine led in the role as chairman, the Institute for Leadership and Management (ILM) into a strategic partnership with City and Guilds in 2000 and became the founding Chair as the Institute became a membership and research organisation in 2016, leaving the role in 2017. She is a board member of a residential care home in Yorkshire. Christine is on the Editorial board for the Journal Action Learning Research and Practice, member of GELNET (Global Executive Leadership Network (invitation only network of 100 consultants worldwide).
Qualifications：
MA in Human Resources Management
Diploma in Training Management
Diploma in Performance Coaching
Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education
Centre for Creative Leadership 360 feedback facilitator
Post Graduate Certificate in Clinical Governance
Memberships：
Member of the Chartered Institute of Personal and Development
Founding Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Member of the Institute of Directors
Dr. Michael Weiss
Co-Founder of ISFAL, Austria
DR Michael Weiss has been working as a management consultant, trainer, auditor, author and coach since 1993 , mainly in Europe . He has delivered more than 250 business development projects in companies of all sizes and industries over the past 30 years . B.Pharmaceutical, automotive industry, software and IT, mechanical engineering,construction and plant engineering, automation, planning companies,service providers, public bodies and NGOs . In addition, Michael Weiss is an auditor at T Ü V Nord and founder, mastermind of the Academy f For sustainability in the P öllauertal and board of directors of the cooperative of the house of sustainable economy
Main Emphasis
Consultantfor sustainable transformation processes, leadership development and
coaching, innovation management, management system development and auditing of ISO9001, ISO14001 , ONR192500 and Smeta4pillar
Tang Changjun is currently the only certified officer of Centre for Action Learning in China. He graduated from EMBA of Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business and once served as the head of management training in Lenovo Group. It has been more than 16 years since the practice of action learning began in 2006. He is good at developing the leadership of middle-and high-level managers in enterprises by using the mixed methods of action learning, guidance technology and team coaching.
Up to now, he has more than 100 projects experience in consulting, designing and implementing complex action learning projects in more than 30 industries. At the end of 2018, he published the ‘Process Chart for Action Learning’. At the same time, he organised the translation, revision and publication of seven professional books on action learning. In September 2020, he published an academic paper entitled ‘Using action learning for the development of senior leaders in China’ in Action Learning Research and Practice. He is also the founder of China Society for Action Learning (CSAL).
Qualifications：
CFAL Master Action Learning Facilitator（MALF）
ILM Level 5 Award in Leadership and Management.
WIAL Certification for Action Learning Coaches (CALC).
CSAL Master Action Learning Facilitator.
(China Society for Action Learning)
INIFAC Certified Competent Facilitator.
Memberships：
Founder of China Society for Action Learning (CSAL).
Member of the Expert Committee of China Training Journals.
Genevieve Cother is an Industrial Designer with broad experience in a range of manufacturing industries over the past 20 years, including plastic injection moulding, print and packaging, textiles and metal products.
Systems architecture and certified management systems
Genevieve Cother designs, implements and manages business management systems. Based on her experience in manufacturing, and as a certified lead auditor, Genevieve specialises in highly customised process-based quality systems incorporating principles of Lean and sustainability and integrating ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 requirements.
The Action Learning Institute achieved RTO status (Registered Training Organisation under the National Vet Regulator Act 2011) with a complete management system designed and implemented by Genevieve to complement the Lean Action Learning program developed by Bob Cother.
Product Commercialisation
Genevieve Cother has extensive experience undertaking product design projects from idea generation and initial concept development to full production. This is complemented by experience with identifying and engaging with distributors and seeing products successfully reach the market.
A significant part of Genevieve’s experience has been negotiation and collaboration with overseas manufacturers. This experience has been enhanced by the opportunity to travel overseas and observe production processes in Sweden and China.
Genevieve’s experience encompasses adiverse range of industries including injection moulded plastics, textiles and print and packaging. She has completed large scale development and pre-production work on many different products from playing cards to outdoor furniture.
In 2014, Genevieve Cother completed a Masters of Sustainable Design at the University of South Australia, her research focussed on social innovation and industry cluster development. This academic background heavily influences her current project work with Business Action Learning Tasmania.
Mike Pedler is Emeritus Professor of
Action Learning at Henley Management School and a partner in Action Learning for Service Improvement (ALSI) and the Centre for Action Learning Facilitation (Calf). He works with commercial, voluntary and public sector client organisations and is known for his work on self-development, leadership, network development and the learning organisation. Mike has written and co-authored many books and articles, including A Managers Guide to Leadership: An action learning approach McGraw-Hill, 2010 and Action Learning for Managers, Gower 2008. He is Co-Editor of Action Learning: Research & Practice - the first international journal for action learning。
Experience
Centre for Action Learning Facilitation(C-alf) Associate April 2017 - Present (5 years 7 months)
I work with colleagues in C-alf to help people with questions around facilitating action learning. We don't see action learning as only a powerful approach to self-development in small groups, but as a means of corporate and social learning. See: www.c-alf.org
Henley Business School, University of Reading Emeritus Professor January 2011 - Present (11 years 10 months)
Action Learning: Research & Practice
Founding Editor May 2003 - Present (19 years 6 months) Mike Pedler is a member of the organising team for the International Conferences on Action Learning held every two years and founding editor of Action Learning: Research & Practice - The first international journal dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and practice through action learning.
Based in South Yorkshire, Tom is a highly experienced management trainer, facilitator, consultant, researcher, writer. and actor. Following an early career as an engineer in the aeronautical industry he became a specialist in learning, training and development. After twenty years as a Principal Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University he ran a successful management consultancy for seven years before becoming independent and joining us. Seven years ago, he became a professional actor. He has worked in over 30 countries in many parts of the world, focusing on leadership and management skills, coaching, action learning, facilitation, self-development, working leading and managing across boundaries, process improvement/six sigma, using theatre in management and organisational learning. Has worked in a wide range of sectors and organisations – local and central government, healthcare, voluntary/third sector, transport, manufacturing, commerce. Tom has authored/co-authored over 40 books and published reports on management and organisational learning and development.
Qualifications: PhD in Adult Learning Diploma in Industrial Education and Training BScTech in Mechanical Engineering Centre for Creative Leadership 360 feedback facilitator
Memberships:
Tutor Member of the Institute of Leadership and Management:
Member (one-time Executive Member) of The International Federation for Action Learning:
Member (one-time Executive Member) of The Association for Management Education and Development
Member and Assistant Treasurer of the South Yorkshire Branch of Member of Equity – the Actors’ Union
Yunong is an experienced adult learning facilitator. Her background is in Human Resource Development and Workplace Learning. She has 5 years of experience in the field, as a recruiter, learning designer, and researcher. Since her master’s education, she has been studying action learning for 4 years and facilitated multiple AL sessions, both multiple and single projects.
Qualifications: Ed.D in Adult Learning and Leadership at Teachers College, Columbia University M.A. in Adult Learning and Leadership at University of Georgia Certification of Organization Executive Coaching thru UGA Certification of Action Learning Facilitation thru Gene 100 Consulting.
Memberships:
Academy of Human Resource Development
Action Learning: Research and Practice
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