Michael J. Marquardt

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Michael J. Marquardt is an American academic. He is a professor of Human Resource Development and International Affairs at George Washington University. [1] [2] He was the co-founder and first President of the World Institute of Action Learning (WIAL), a leading organization for certifying action learning coaches. [3]

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Early life

Marquardt was born in Tigerton, Wisconsin on November 13, 1943. He received his doctorate in Human Resource Development from George Washington University and his master's and bachelor's degrees from Maryknoll College. Marquardt has done graduate work at Harvard, Columbia and the University of Virginia.

Career

Marquardt held a number of senior management, training, and marketing positions with organizations such as Grolier, American Society for Training and Development, Association Management Inc., Overseas Education Fund, TradeTec, and U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Marquardt worked as a trainer and consultant in global organizations prior to joining the GWU faculty in 1991. He has trained more than 100,000 managers in nearly 150 countries since beginning his international experience in Spain in 1969.

Publications

Over one million copies of his publications have been sold in nearly a dozen languages. Marquardt served as the Editor of the UNESCO Encyclopedia volume on Human Resources and is an editor and/or advisor for professional journals around the world. He has been a keynote speaker at international conferences in Australia, Japan, Philippines, Malaysia, South Africa, Singapore and India as well as throughout North America.

He is the author of 24 books and over 100 professional articles in the fields of leadership, learning, globalization and organizational change including:

Leading with Questions: How Leaders Find the Right Solutions by Knowing What to Ask

Revised in 2014, this work "draws on interviews with thirty leaders, including eight whose stories are new to this edition. These interviews tell stories from a range of countries, including Singapore, Guyana, Korea, and Switzerland, and feature case studies from prominent firms such as DuPont, Alcoa, Novartis, and Cargill. A chapter on problem-solving shows how to use questions as a leadership technique. [4]

Building the Learning Organization: Achieving Strategic Advantage through a Commitment to Learning

Revised in 2011, this book "discusses how the collective genius of people working within an organization can be a motivating force. Marquardt illustrates how five subsystems—learning, organization, people, knowledge, and technology—come together to create the Systems Learning Organization model." [5]

Optimizing the Power of Action Learning: Real-Time Strategies for Developing Leaders, Building Teams and Transforming Organizations

"By exploring key principles and best practices that move action learning from good to great, Marquardt highlights resources for transforming people, groups, organizations, and even entire communities. Calling upon his pioneering experiences and the fundamentals introduced in his bestseller Action Learning in Action, Marquardt delivers the next generation of tools and techniques to make action learning successful in any organization. This comprehensive guidebook builds on the real experiences of thousands of managers in hundreds of companies, explores recent innovations in the field, and demonstrates how the power of action learning can help any organization thrive in today’s fast-changing global marketplace." [6]

Action Learning in Action: Transforming Problems and People for World-Class Organizational Learning

In one of his first books, Marquardt "provides field-tested tools to solve problems, develop individuals, and create organizational learning and success. Dr. Marquardt brings together six essential elements of Action Learning with realistic advice, practical wisdom, and such tools as checklists and a comprehensive glossary of terms. Readers can learn to leverage action learning to solve problems, develop employees, enhance personal growth, and create organizational learning." [7]

Other works

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References

  1. ↑ "Michael J. Marquardt | Elliott School of International Affairs | The George Washington University". elliott.gwu.edu.
  2. ↑ "Michael Marquardt | gsehd.gwu.edu". gsehd.gwu.edu.
  3. ↑ "Executive Board". www.wial.org.
  4. ↑ Marquardt, Michael J. (4 February 2014). Leading with Questions: How Leaders Find the Right Solutions by Knowing What to Ask. Wiley. ISBN   978-1-118-83010-9.
  5. ↑ Marquardt, Michael (26 May 2011). Building the Learning Organization: Achieving Strategic Advantage through a Commitment to Learning. Nicholas Brealey Publishing. ISBN   978-1-85788-926-0.
  6. ↑ Marquardt, Michael (4 October 2011). Optimizing the Power of Action Learning: Real-Time Strategies for Developing Leaders, Building Teams and Transforming Organizations. Nicholas Brealey Publishing. ISBN   978-1-904838-36-4.
  7. ↑ Marquardt, Michael J. (12 January 1999). Action Learning in Action: Transforming Problems and People for World-Class Organizational Learning. Davies-Black Publishing. ISBN   089106124X.
  8. ↑ "ATD Author: Michael J. Marquardt". www.td.org.
  9. ↑ "セミナー情報｜株式会社ラーニングデザインセンター". www.ldcjp.com.
  10. ↑ "Outstanding HRD Scholar Award - AHRD".
  11. ↑ "Michael J. Marquardt | Elliott School of International Affairs | The George Washington University". elliott.gwu.edu.
  12. ↑ "Emeritus Board Members". www.wial.org.
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