″Building Managers from the Inside Out!″ ‐Developing Managers through Competency‐based Action Learning

Reflects on the practical experience of the author in introducing competency‐based action learning into Australian public and private sector organizations. Contains a series of interviews with graduates of an action learning Masters programme in the Health industry. Suggests that early and consistent focus on participants′ self‐knowledge and self‐management significantly improves their learning ability, personal growth and management competence. Linkage between the project‐based experimental journey and with the consequent learning journey is both illustrated and discussed.