Foreword by Marshall Goldsmith.

PART I. WHY ACTION-LEARNING TEAMS?

Chapter 1. Introduction.

Chapter 2. What are Action-Learning Teams and How Can They Benefit Your Organization?

Chapter 3. The New Strategic Imperative: Speed, Adaptability and Flexibility.

Chapter 4. The Action Context as Learning Environment.

Chapter 5. Action-Learning Teams and the Transformation of the U.S. Army.

Chapter 6. Leading Action-Learning Teams: From Command and Control to Distributed Intelligence.

Chapter 7. Action-Learning Teams as a Means of Knowledge Worker Development.

PART II. ACTION-LEARNING TEAMS AND THE DESIGN AND DEPLOYMENT OF STRATEGIC CHANGE.

Chapter 8. Getting Started with Action-Learning.

Chapter 9. Inquiry: Discovering the Gaps that Impede Effectiveness.

Chapter 10. Design: Innovating the Road Map Forward.

Chapter 11. Deployment: Transformation in Action.

Chapter 12. Integration: Aligning Core Systems and Processes to Achieve Sustained Results.

PART III. SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS.

Chapter 13. The executive Master Class: Cyberspace and the New Frontiers of Executive Education.

Chapter 14. Integrating Corporate and Higher Education Learning Practices in an Action-Learning Context.

References.