Sentient Scholar Radio: Episode 5

“Action Learning – An interview with Dr. Michael Marquardt”

For this episode of Sentient Scholar Radio, we have a special treat.  Christine Gibson - Contributing Editor for SentientScholar.com – interviews Dr. Michael Marquardt.

Christine was performing a qualitative research project when she kept stumbling on Dr. Marquardt’s prolific writings on such topics as:

• Action Learning
• Respect as a key to cross-cultural success (and)
• Many others….

Christine was able to interview several of Dr. Marquardt’s distinguished colleagues as part of this project and describes the process in the interview.

A bit about Dr. Marquardt includes:

Dr. Michael Marquardt is Professor of Human Resource Development and International Affairs.  Mike also serves as President of the “World Institute for Action Learning”.

He has 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.

Dr. Marquardt has trained more than 95,000 managers in nearly 100 countries since beginning his international experience in Spain in 1969. Mike is the author of 20 books and over 100 professional articles in the fields of leadership, learning, globalization and organizational change.  Over one million copies of his publications have been sold in nearly a dozen languages worldwide.

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.

Dr. Marquardt’s achievements and leadership have been recognized though numerous awards including the International Practitioner of the Year Award from the American Society for Training and Development.

Mike is a Fellow of the National Academy for Human Resource Development and a co-founder of the Asian Learning Organization Network.  Ramkhamhaeng University in Thailand, and the International Management Centre at Oxford, England have awarded him honorary doctoral degrees for his work and writings in the field of action learning and leadership development. Dr. Marquardt has also done graduate work at Harvard, Columbia and the University of Virginia.

This interview is very impactful and content-rich and is recommended for anyone in management, leadership, or who is responsible for the training and development of others.  Leaders will find the interview particularly helpful in their practice, especially those working within a strong cross-cultural or international/global environment.

If you are interested in finding out more specifics about Dr. Marquardt and Action Learning – here is a link to one of his lectures at UMBC on the topic of Action Learning: http://youtu.be/z4GMaUInMfw

There is a PDF summary of one of Dr. Marquardt’s books on Action Learning and the book is available for sale on Amazon.

Optimizing the Power of Action Learning (by Michael J. Marquardt)

We hope you enjoy Christine’s interview with Dr. Marquardt and we welcome your comments and suggestions!!!

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Sentient Scholar Radio: Episode 4

“An Interview with Philip Kwan”

For this episode of Sentient Scholar Radio, our guest will be Philip Kwan – Human Resource Development Consultant and entrepreneur.

Dave Miles (Managing Editor/Co-Founder) conducted the interview with Philip Kwan at his offices located in Singapore.

Philip is the principal and owner of the International Executive Resource Centre, headquartered in Singapore.

The company offers a full range of Human Resource advisory and consultancy services to support their clients on-going personnel management initiatives including: compensation/benefits management, performance management advisory services, human resource audits, training needs analysis, and organizational development (OD) and design.

Philip has more than 25 years of experience in the human resource management and development field dealing with a variety of industries and multi-national corporations.  Primarily based in Singapore now, Philip has had extensive experience in China as well as Vietnam.  He has business relationships and referral networks of consultants through the International Executive Resource Center located in China, Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, as well as other locations in Southeast Asia and the United States.

Philip currently serves as the Secretary for The Singapore Association for Continuing Education (SACE); and has received his tertiary education in the United Kingdom.  Philip is a true human resource development (HRD) practitioner.

So sit back, grab a cup of coffee, hit ‘play’, and enjoy Sentient Scholar Radio’s interview with Philip Kwan.

Let us know what you think… we encourage comments and suggestions.

Enjoy and Learn.

Sentient Scholar Radio: Episode 3

“An Interview with Dr. Gary Confessore”

Want to learn how to tap into the vast unused resource of your employees learning outside of what you as the employer has provided?  Are you a leader in an organization that wants to hire for long-term success?

Dr. Gary Confessore touches on those subjects and many more that can greatly benefit your organization in this episode of Sentient Scholar Radio.

Dr. Confessore’s work has influenced thousands over the years and in this episode we talk to him about the concept of self-directed learning/learner autonomy, empowering one’s workforce, and tapping into what your workforce is capable of.

He is currently professor emeritus at the George Washington University and president of HRD Enterprises – a human resource development training, coaching, and consulting.

Listen and have some of your questions answered…

Dave Miles (Managing Editor/Co-Founder) conducted the interview with Dr. Confessore on the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system in Singapore, while traveling between Singapore and Malaysia – which would account for some of the background noise during parts of the interview.

Let us know what you think… we encourage comments and suggestions.

Enjoy and Learn.

Welcome to Sentient Scholar Radio!

Episode 1: “A Conversation with the Sentient Team”

This is the introductory episode featuring a roundtable discussion with our Editorial Staff regarding the inception of the SentientScholar.com site.

The episode delves into several leadership and consulting issues as well as briefly highlights some of other projects from the Sentient Team.

Hope you enjoy and we welcome your comments.

-Dave

Sentient Scholar Radio: Episode 2

“Introduction to Human Resource Development”

Want to learn more about the profession of human resource development (HRD)?  What it is? How does it compare to human resource management?

Listen and have some of your questions answered…

Dave Miles (Managing Editor/Co-Founder) and Christine Gibson (Contributing Editor) interview special guest: Dr. Paul Carr – Professor of Organizational Leadership at Regent University’s School of Global Leadership and Entrepreneurship and is the program director for the Human Resources Development major.

Dr. Carr provides lots of insights into the study of HRD and practical application of human resource development in organizations.

Let us know what you think… we encourage comments and suggestions.

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