Take the next step in your Action Learning facilitation journey
Stretching Your Practice
Practice-led online programme for Action Learning facilitators who already understand the foundations. Build greater range, broaden their toolkit, and explore how to introduce tools and approaches confidently in your own Sets. It is about doing, reflecting, and applying.
Who this course is for
This programme is designed for you if who:
- Sometimes feel you rely on the same approaches round after round
- Already understand the core principles and structure of Action Learning
- Have completed facilitator training or already facilitate Action Learning Sets
- Would like a wider range of tools and approaches without losing the integrity of Action Learning
- Value learning through practice, reflection and feedback within an Action Learning Set setting
This course does not teach the fundamentals of Action Learning. It assumes a working knowledge of Action Learning process and focuses on expanding your facilitation practice and toolkit.
Why Stretch Your Practice
Many Action Learning facilitators reach a point where they understand the core structure and begin to notice the limits of relying on a small number of familiar interventions.
While the fundamentals remain sound, different Sets, contexts and stages of development often call for different approaches. Without a wider range of techniques, facilitators can find themselves repeating what they already know, even when something else might better support an issue holder or the Set.
Stretching Your Practice is about extending your facilitation repertoire so you have more choice. You will explore a range of techniques that can be used within Action Learning Sets to bring variety and respond more effectively to different scenarios, while staying true to the core Action Learning principles.
The programme also creates space to consider how Action Learning programmes are designed, including how and when to introduce different approaches in ways that feel purposeful, coherent and grounded in the practice rather than bolted on.
The focus is not on replacing what you already do, but on strengthening your practice by adding options, developing judgement, and refreshing how you work with Sets over time.
Course information:
How the course works
Stretching Your Practice is a practical programme.
You will work with a range of tools and techniques that support deeper reflection, clearer exploration and stronger group process. You will try these approaches in live facilitation rounds and take part in structured debriefs that explore what each tool offers, when it is most useful, and how to introduce it simply and confidently.
The emphasis is on application rather than theory, so you leave with approaches you can use immediately in your own Sets.
How the programme works in practice
Stretching Your Practice is designed to expand your range as a facilitator, giving you more choice in how you support reflection, learning and group process in Action Learning Sets.
You will try these approaches in live, timed facilitation rounds and take part in structured debriefs that explore what each approach offers, when it is most useful, and how to introduce it simply and confidently.
In the programme you will:
- Learn a range of tools and techniques to support reflective questioning
- Apply these tools in live, timed facilitation rounds
- Take part in structured debriefs focused on what each approach offers, when to use it, and how to introduce it simply
- Explore variations and adaptations for different groups and contexts
- Build confidence through repeated practice and reflection
- Clarify how to use tools without diluting core Action Learning principles
You will leave with approaches you can use immediately, not ideas that sit on the shelf.
Course structure
The programme consists of four online sessions.
Session 1 – 2.5 hours
Welcome, course overview, introductions and an introduction to the tools and techniques.
Session 2 – 3 hours 15 minutes
Two full practice rounds with structured debriefs to draw out learning.
Session 3 – 3 hours 15 minutes
Three further practice rounds to build confidence and familiarity with the approaches.
Session 4 – 3 hours 15 minutes
Final practice round, exploration of wider applications of Action Learning, and a closing reflection to consolidate learning.
The course session structure enables learning to build through practice, repetition and reflection in between sessions, allowing the
All sessions are recorded and supported by additional video and written content.
What you will gain
By the end of Strectching Your Practice, you will have:
- A wider and more flexible facilitation toolkit
- Greater confidence in choosing and introducing techniques
- Clearer judgement about what your Set needs at different stages
- Practical experience of using tools, not just hearing about them
- Fresh perspective on your own facilitation habits and defaults
- Practical approaches you can apply immediately in your own facilitation work
Accreditation
Stretching Your Practice is accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and provides:
- 6 Core Competence CCE units
- 2 Resource Development CCE units
What others have said
“It’s invaluable to learn the additional ways of delivering action learning as well as having the opportunity to share and practice with other facilitators.”
“I thoroughly enjoyed the Stretching Your Practice course. The training was rich and powerful. Before taking this course, I felt comfortable with the basics of Action Learning, but this course has moved me on in a big way. It’s not only given me more confidence to use different tools and techniques, it’s really helped me to be clear about when to use them and how to introduce them.”
“This course presented a variety of additional tools to use with sets during action learning. It was great to have the time and space to test these out in a supportive environment and have chance to share tips and ideas with other facilitators.”
Meet your facilitator
Fiona Scrase
The programme is facilitated by the Action Learning Centre’s Co-founder and Principal Consultant, Fiona Scrase. You will be supported to practise, experiment and reflect in a learning space that values depth, care and rigour in facilitation.
The approach draws on Fiona’s extensive experience of working with Action Learning in a wide range of organisational contexts, with a strong emphasis on reflective practice and learning from what happens in the room.
When and where:
Course Dates: 23rd & 24th March, 1st & 2nd April 2026
9:30-12:45 GMT
Online via Zoom
Places limited to 6 to allow for practice and feedback
Contact us to check suitability
Ready to stretch your practice?
If you already understand Action Learning and want to sharpen your facilitation, expand your options, and work with more intention and confidence, this programme will do exactly that. Book your place now.
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