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Learning AgilityWorkshop Kit Sample

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Facilitator Guide

Learning Agility: Unlock the Lessons of Experience

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Learning Agility:Unlock the Lessons of Experience

Learning AgilityExperience is vital to your success, but merely having an experience (such as a challenging new job or a stretch assignment) isn’t enough. Savvy learners know how to extract the essential lessons within each experience and apply them to future situations. This interactive workshop designed by the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) provides tools and skills to become more learning agile. Learning and applying the four components of CCL’s approach to learning agility will put you on the path to making the most from your experiences and position you to succeed when faced with new, challenging situations. This standard kit includes a facilitator guide and 25 participant kits.

Learning Agility Posters act as a visual aid in the classroom for the feedback strategies.

See sample on page 11

The Facilitator Guide is your roadmap to success. Inside you’ll find an overview of the course, learning objectives, timeframes, a supply list, and room requirements. It also provides step-by-step guidance on every slide and activity outlining how to prepare, what to say, and what to do at each step.

The Workshop Slide Deck helps participants connect to the material, gives key instructions when needed, and allows them to focus on the content.

Each facilitator is also provided with the following electronic resources:

See samples on pages 4–10



A Fluid and Seamless Process

SEEKING>>>SENSEMAKING>>>INTERNALIZING>>>APPLYING


SEEKING>>>SENSEMAKING>>>INTERNALI


Results of Prior Learning

Growth/Performance

Recovery

Bunker & Webb (1992)

Learning Opportunity Going Against the Grain

Stress and Discomfort Performance Dip

Leveling O� - The Comfort Zone

Anatomy of a Learning Experience

Bunker and Webb (1992)


Building Your Bank of Experiences

Quality

+DiversityQuantity

What’s included in your Facilitator Kit?


Workbook


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Know what to do when you don’t know what to do? Learn to be LEARNING AGILE!

Experience is vital to your success, but merely having an experience (such as a challenging new job or a stretch assignment) isn’t enough. Savvy learners know how to extract the essential lessons within each experience and apply them to future situations.

This interactive workshop designed by the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL©) provides tools and skills to become more learning agile. Learning and applying the four components of CCL’s approach to learning agility will put you on the path to making the most from your experiences and position you to succeed when faced with new, challenging situations.

Leadership development isn’t a spectator sport. Let’s get started.

DATE TIME

LOCATION

To register, contact XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Yossarian DunbarHospital Bed 22, Pianosa, Italy

[email protected]

[Click to select a date]

<Dear Facilitator – Please feel free to alter the text as needed. Pay par�cular aten�on to the highlighted sec�ons of the template. Those are areas that you will need to personalize with your own program’s informa�on.

Dear [Recipient],

You have been selected to par�cipate in a workshop called Learning Agility: Unlock the Lessons of Experience. This workshop will provide you with �ps and tools that you will immediately be able to use in your role.

Experience is vital to your success, but merely having an experience (such as a challenging new job or a stretch assignment) isn’t enough. Savvy learners know how to extract the essen�al lessons within each experience and apply them to future situa�ons.

This interac�ve workshop designed by the Center for Crea�ve Leadership (CCL) provides tools and skills to become more learning agile. Learning and applying the four components of CCL’s approach to learning agility will put you on the path to making the most from your experiences and posi�on you to succeed when faced with new, challenging situa�ons.

We know your �me is valuable. The workshop will be highly-interac�ve and offer target learning that you can immediately put in place for results that mater. The workshop will be on 15th August, 1948 at Midnight and it will be held at top of the Red Fort.

Please send an email back to me to confirm your atendance and I will send you a mee�ng invita�on with workshop details outlined.

I look forward to seeing you at the workshop.

Warm regards, Yossarian Dunbar

Every great course needs participants eager to learn. To help you recruit, we’ve provided editable Marketing Material Templates for a one-page overview and an e-mail that you can customize to your needs and organization.


The Participant Workbook provides learners with workshop content, activities to complete, and a place to take notes. After the workshop, the workbook acts as a reference guide for the key principles they learned.

CCL’s Learning Agility: Unlock the Lessons of Experience guidebook is included in every participant kit and provides additional support for your participants after the course.

What’s in the Participant Kit?


Learning AgilityUNLOCK THE LESSONS OF EXPERIENCE

George Hallenbeck

IDEASINTO

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There are also two Support Videos with each workshop featuring CCL experts. The first provides an overview of the

intent and process of using Workshop Kits, while the second provides insight on the particular topic.


Facilitator Guide

Learning Agility: Unlock the Lessons of Experience

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Facilitator Kit: Facilitator Guide

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Table of Contents

IntroductionIntroduction/Agenda 9

Goals/Outcomes/Participant Introductions 10

Learning Orientation 10

Orientation Activity 11

Not an Either-Or Decision 11

Business Realities 12

Origins of Learning AgilityOrigins of Learning Agility 13

Buzz Ring Activity 14

Key Developmental Experiences/Building Your Bank of Experiences 16

Learning Experiences 17

Two Key Principles/Actions Taken 18

Anatomy of a Learning Experience 20

Four Core Components of Learning AgilityFour Core Components of Learning Agility 23

A Fluid and Seamless Process 26

Learning Agile/Me Activity 26

Learning Agility and Career SuccessLearning Agility and Career Success/Recognition and Opportunity 27

Realities and Myths/Things I Learned 28

Learning Agility: Developing It and Maintaining ItLearning Agility: Developing It and Maintaining It 29

Mindset – Skillset – Toolset 30

Practice Learning Agility 32

Next Steps/Parking Lot Q&A 32

Thank You/Center for Creative Leadership 33SAM

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IntroductionExperience is vital to a leader’s success, but merely having an experience (such as a challenging new job, a stretch assignment, or an unexpected hardship) isn’t enough. The best leaders know how to extract the essential lessons within each experience and apply them to future situations.

Workshop: Goals• Understand the role that experience plays in becoming an effective leader.

• Identify your learning orientation to determine what attributes you need to attain to either develop or heighten your learning agility.

• Recognize the benefits of being an agile learner.

Expected Outcomes of This WorkshopBy participating in this workshop, you will:

• Leverage the four components of Learning Agility to make the most of your experiences.

• Learn more about the particular skill of Learning Agility and how to apply it to your developmental goals.

• Gain insight into approaches to developing Learning Agility.

• Become more Learning Agile.

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(Optional) Arrange for a senior executive to introduce the workshop session. You might consider asking a high-level executive to send an email to participants, participate in an introductory online meeting, or open the workshop in person. Ask that person to explain how the workshop correlates with the organizational strategy around employee development and why being learning agile is vital to the organization’s success.

Facilitator notes: As you become familiar with the script and materials, you may have questions of CCL. We encourage you to ask them.

Identify and Collect ResourcesTechnology Requirements

• LCD projector and screen

• Laptop computer and necessary cables

Materials Included in the Kit

• Learning Agility Guidebook

• Learning Agility Workbook

• Learning Agility Facilitator Guide

• Materials Flash-drive includes PowerPoint presentation, videos about the workshop kit and how to navigate challenges, sample flyer, and sample e-mail invitation

• 2 Buzz Rings

• Posters: Building Your Bank of Experiences; Anatomy of a Learning Experience; A Fluid and Seamless Process

Materials (Optional)

• Pens or pencils

• Notepad

Prepare the Room

• Set up the seats in pods of 4–5 participants.

• Make sure your slides are in order, and the projector is working correctly.

• Put one participant kit that came in your workshop kit out for each participant. If you need additional kits, you can purchase them by contacting CCL.

• Set up two flip charts at the front of the room.

• Be aware of the temperature.

• The room should be large enough for participants to move around freely and to work together in teams on the Buzz Ring activity. If not, have participants move to different rooms for group activities.

• Be sure that the posters are on the wall. SAM

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Show: Slide 1, Title Slide

Say:

Hello! My name is , I will be leading this session on Learning Agility. I am happy to work with you and excited to have the opportunity to help you refine and develop your learning agility. Take a moment to introduce yourself to others at your table.

Show: Slide 2, Agenda

Do:

Review the agenda topics.

IntroductionTime Requirement: 25 minutes

Materials Needed:• Slides 1–8

• Workbook 1–8



Agenda

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• Introduction

• Origins of Learning Agility

• Four Core Components of Learning Agility

• Learning Agility and Career Success

• Learning Agility: Developing It and Maintaining It

• ClosingSAM

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Introduction

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Goals:• Understand the role that experience plays in becoming an effective leader.• Identify your learning orientation to determine what attributes you need

to attain to either develop or heighten your learning agility.• Recognize the benefits of being an agile learner.

Outcomes:By participating in this workshop, you will:

• Leverage the four components of Learning Agility to make the most of your experiences.

• Learn more about the particular skill of Learning Agility and how to apply it to your developmental goals.

• Gain insight into approaches to developing Learning Agility.

• Become more learning agile.


Introduction

Facilitator

Other Guests

Participants

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Which Learning Orientation Are You?

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Depth Breadthor

Show: Slide 3, Introduction – Goals/Outcomes

Do:

Review workshop goals and outcomes.

Say:

We have a lot of content to cover in this workshop, so remaining on task within the time-frame allotted is important. To stay on task, if we approach a topic that you want to discuss in further detail but time doesn’t permit, write the topic on the Parking Lot chart for us to discuss at the end of the workshop during the Closing section. If you have a question but the timing doesn’t seem right to ask, write your question or thought as well.

Show: Slide 4, Introduction

Do:

Take a brief moment to introduce special guests or secondary facilitators, and then have participants introduce themselves to the class.

Show: Slide 5, Learning Orientation

Say:

The two images are representative of two kinds of learners. The first type of learner focuses on depth, an individual whose career path is consistent with being an expert in their field. They excel in their functional area, do well in situations that are similar to things they have done before, and enjoy being experts.

The second type of learner focuses on breadth, tends to get bored easily, and seeks variety and new challenges. They excel in first-time and new situations by using what they learned in previous circumstances and adapting it to fit current conditions.

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Show: Slide 6, Learning Orientation Activity

Say:

Based upon the learning orientation descriptions, you may have identified with one more than the other. However, there may be attributes from both types of learning orientation that apply to you.

Do:

Turn to page 5 in your workbooks.

Say:

Read through both lists on page 5 and check all the characteristics that describe you.

Do:

Wait for 1 to 2 minutes and continue.

Show: Slide 7, Not an Either-Or Decision

Say:

Depth of skills and breadth of experience is not an either-or decision. One is not better than the other. Being aware of your learning orientation is the precursor to refining or developing your learning agility.

For instance, if you are a learner who focuses on depth, being placed in a new situation outside of your expertise may be very challenging for you. Becoming more learning agile will help you function when placed in this new situations not related to your expertise.

On the other hand, when breadth-oriented learners are faced with situations that lack variety and are routine by nature, they will be aware of when and how to seek new opportunities that will benefit their career growth.

Next, we’re going to identify a recent challenging experience you’ve had, and you will be referring to this challenge throughout the workshop to help you gain insight into how learning agile you are and the areas where you may benefit from developing.


Instructions:

1. Complete the survey in your workbooks.This activity will help you identify your learning orientation.

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Learning OrientationWorkbook Page 5


Not An Either-Or Decision

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Experience

Skill

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Learning Agility Posters act as a visual aid in the classroom for the feedback strategies.


Building Your Bank of Experiences

Quality

+DiversityQuantity


Results of Prior Learning

Growth/Performance

Recovery

Bunker & Webb (1992)

Learning Opportunity Going Against the Grain

Stress and Discomfort Performance Dip

Leveling O� - The Comfort Zone

Anatomy of a Learning Experience

Bunker and Webb (1992)

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A Fluid and Seamless Process



SEEKING>>>SENSEMAKING>>>INTERNALI


SAM

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The Workshop Slide Deck helps participants connect to the material, gives key instructions when needed, and allows them to focus on the content.


Not An Either-Or Decision

7

Experience

Skill

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Agenda

2

• Introduction

• Origins of Learning Agility

• Four Core Components of Learning Agility

• Learning Agility and Career Success

• Learning Agility: Developing It and Maintaining It

• Closing


Which Learning Orientation Are You?

5

Depth Breadthor


11

Key Developmental Experiences


Three Domains of Lessons

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World of Workskills & perspectives

to get work done

World of Peopleinterpersonal & social savvy

to connect with people

World of Selfmanaging oneself:

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Facilitator Kit: Electronic Resources

Know what to do when you don’t know what to do? Learn to be LEARNING AGILE!

Experience is vital to your success, but merely having an experience (such as a challenging new job or a stretch assignment) isn’t enough. Savvy learners know how to extract the essential lessons within each experience and apply them to future situations.

This interactive workshop designed by the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL©) provides tools and skills to become more learning agile. Learning and applying the four components of CCL’s approach to learning agility will put you on the path to making the most from your experiences and position you to succeed when faced with new, challenging situations.

Leadership development isn’t a spectator sport. Let’s get started.

DATE TIME

LOCATION

To register, contact XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Facilitator Kit: Electronic Resources

Every great course needs participants eager to learn. To help you recruit, we’ve provided

editable Marketing Material Templates for a one-page overview and an e-mail that you can

customize to your needs and organization.

Yossarian DunbarHospital Bed 22, Pianosa, Italy

[email protected]

[Click to select a date]

<Dear Facilitator – Please feel free to alter the text as needed. Pay par�cular aten�on to the highlighted sec�ons of the template. Those are areas that you will need to personalize with your own program’s informa�on.

Dear [Recipient],

You have been selected to par�cipate in a workshop called Learning Agility: Unlock the Lessons of Experience. This workshop will provide you with �ps and tools that you will immediately be able to use in your role.

Experience is vital to your success, but merely having an experience (such as a challenging new job or a stretch assignment) isn’t enough. Savvy learners know how to extract the essen�al lessons within each experience and apply them to future situa�ons.

This interac�ve workshop designed by the Center for Crea�ve Leadership (CCL) provides tools and skills to become more learning agile. Learning and applying the four components of CCL’s approach to learning agility will put you on the path to making the most from your experiences and posi�on you to succeed when faced with new, challenging situa�ons.

We know your �me is valuable. The workshop will be highly-interac�ve and offer target learning that you can immediately put in place for results that mater. The workshop will be on 15th August, 1948 at Midnight and it will be held at top of the Red Fort.

Please send an email back to me to confirm your atendance and I will send you a mee�ng invita�on with workshop details outlined.

I look forward to seeing you at the workshop.

Warm regards, Yossarian Dunbar SAM

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with each workshop featuring CCL experts. The first provides an overview

of the intent and process of using Workshop Kits, while the second

provides insight on the particular topic.

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Participant Kit: Workbook

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Participant Kit: Guidebook

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contentscontentsLearning Agility in Action 1

“How do they do that?” 3

The Essential (But Incomplete) Role of Experience 6

Learning Agility: Four Practices, Endless Possibilities 10

Seeking 16

Sensemaking 33

Internalizing 43

Applying 53

Embracing the Learner’s Life 65

Background 66

Suggested Resources 67

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1©2016 Center for Creative Leadership. All rights reserved.

Learning Agility in

ActionIt was early 2014, and the Ebola virus was

beginning its deadly spread through portions of Western Africa. As the outbreak crept ever closer

to Liberia’s crowded capital, Monrovia, Dr. Jerry Brown, medical director of the ELWA hospital, was concerned. What

might be the consequences of the outbreak in a city of over four million people, with only a handful of ambulances and no established isolation wards?

Dr. Brown realized that something needed to be done and quickly translated his concerns into action. Without any direct training in the treatment of the virus and no infectious disease experts in the country to reach out to, Dr. Brown and his team went about preparing themselves—not yet knowing the scope of the problem that would eventually come their way.

When the virus reached Monrovia, Dr. Brown and his team immediately found themselves fighting multiple battles. Before the first ambulance arrived, staff were refusing to administer treatment and even resigning. Dr. Brown had to persuade staff and lead by example to help overcome others’ fears and uncertainties. That was just the beginning. Government officials, aid agencies, suppliers, and others all had to be called upon and persuaded to lend their efforts to stemming the crisis. SA

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Score one for conventional wisdom: CCL research shows that experience is indeed the best teacher. Specifically, we derive significantly more value in what we learn from our own experiences than from what we learn through others (bosses, colleagues, coaches, etc.) or formal learning (courses, training, etc.). Academic researchers and organizational practitioners now recognize that a deliberate focus on learning from experience is one of the most valuable approaches to developing the leadership skills that drive long-term career success.

Three aspects of our experience make this learning even more valuable. The first is quantity. The sheer number of distinct learning experiences we’ve accumulated provides us with the “raw material” for learning. The more experiences, the better for potential learning. The second is quality, or richness, of experience. Not all learning experiences are equal. Experiences with characteristics such as novelty, complexity, and high stakes offer greater opportunity for learning than those that are familiar, straightforward, and low risk. Third, diversity of experience matters. The more we encounter new types of people and situations that require different skills for success, the more we can potentially learn.

We’ll explore these aspects in more detail later. For now, it’s important to understand that while quantity, quality, and diversity of experience are very important, experience alone is not enough. There’s one more critical variable to take into account—some individuals excel relative to others in their ability to learn from their experience.

The Essential (But Incomplete)

Role of Experience

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Key Benefits:

• Built on proven CCL research and experience

• Effective, dynamic half-day workshops

• Everything you need is included

• Simple to implement

• Flexible – Choose one or multiple relevant topics

• Trainer support and service available

• No certification required

Additional Topics:

For additional topics, visit www.ccl.org/workshop-kits

Order today.To order CCL Workshop Kits or to learn more email [email protected] or call +1 336 545 2810.

Single-topic kits for your internal development.CCL’s Lead-It-Yourself Workshop Kits let your HR professionals or experienced team leaders scale up leadership development in simple, pre-packaged modules. That means we send you everything you need, then you deliver our proven, world-respected content. At your pace. In your space. Led by a familiar face.

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