Key Benefits of BDAL
- Offers an intelligent and creative way to act and learn at the same time, which is essential in a rapidly changing working environment
- Helps to solve complex, urgent problems
- Develops skilled leaders/teams
- Helps to identify and give recognition to high potentials in the organization
- Helps to transform corporate culture
- Creates learning organizations
- Produces tangible outcomes as a return on investment
- Increases interaction among different parts of the organization
Testimonials
Johnson & Johnson:
'Business driven action learning has significantly enhanced Johnson & Johnson’s leadership development and has assisted us in improving our business by exploring new and exciting business opportunities. For over three years now, in all parts of the world, and with the participation of our customers and key stakeholders, the use of business driven action learning in our executive development programs has been instrumental in rekindling a sense of purpose, as well as commitment and passion in our credo values—with outstanding business results.'
- William C. Weldon, Worldwide Chairman, Pharmaceuticals Group, Member of the Executive Committee, Johnson & Johnson now Chairman and CEO
DOW Chemical Company:
'In today's fast paced highly competitive business world, knowledgeable leaders at every level is our only true competitive advantage. We've found that hands-on action learning is the best way to align and motivate an organization to leverage that knowledge for competitive advantage.'
- Washington S Larry Washington, vice president EH&S, Human Resources and Public Affairs, Dow Chemical Company
Philips:
"Philips Electronics has been highly committed to using action learning, with applications in Corporate-level issue assignments, Business Unit strategy assignments, development projects, and particularly in the major turnaround operation of the early nineties. We have benefited substantially from the great many business improvements and from the broad management development achieved".
- Frits Schuitema, Managing Director, Royal Philips Electronics, Belgium
DaimlerChrysler
"Action Oriented Learning combines new learning techniques with actual business assignments, involving teamwork to come up with state of art solutions for improving internal business processes. It closes the gap between theory and practice and transforms business operations… (Action Oriented Learning) has already brought in visible improvements and has demonstrated success in the global business transformation exercise at Daimler Benz."
Wolfgang Braun – DaimlerChrysler
BDAL Success Story
General Electric
- Financial services--India
- Creation of revenue growth model for the company
- Major sourcing initiatives in Mexico & Europe
- 1.2 billion USD in business opportunities from one program
- E-business initiative launched…
| Source: Business Driven Action Learning – An Overview by Dr. Yury Boshyk, 2007 |
Special appreciation and acknowledgement to Dr. Yury Boshyk and Global Executive Learning for sharing their expertise and partnering with Universal Ideas in the field of Business Driven Action Learning.
EXAMPLES of REAL BUSINESS ISSUES:
- Double the business in Latin America by 2010
- 30% or more growth in Asia
- Create a $1 billion service/solutions-based business for the company
- Overcoming regulatory barriers to global growth
- Identify alliance partners & acquisitions
- Develop a global strategy for the … division of the company
