ABSTRACT
This chapter presents invaluable research results to strengthen your business case for Codevelopment Action Learning (CAL) or to guide you in measuring the outcomes of CAL. Over a span of ten years, the research demonstrates that CAL:
-Significantly improves the participants’ sense of self-efficacy, generally defined as a person’s belief in their ability to execute behaviours and accomplish tasks that can affect their performance at work;
-Helps participants achieve a number of objectives, specifically: developing capabilities (grow) that are useful in their day-to-day work; developing interpersonal and communication skills (listening, asking questions, influencing others, and displaying leadership); and using better resources or better work procedures;
-Enables participants to learn about each other’s work-related issues and how to solve different kinds of work-related challenges (accelerate);
-Ensures participants get to know the other group members, which fosters collaboration, increases social support at work and breaks-down silos – essential factors for reducing the effects of work-related stress (co-create);
-Increases self-knowledge, leading to a better assessment of the participant’s strengths, limitations and challenges, greater confidence in their role and a stronger sense of professional identity (grow).
