Accelerated Action Learning (ePub)

William J. Rothwell, Ph.D., SPHR, SHRM-SCP, RODC, CPTD Fellow is a Distinguished Professor in the Workforce Education and Development Program in the Department of Learning and Performance Systems, College of Education, on the University Park campus of The Pennsylvania State University. He has authored, co-authored, edited, or coedited 130 books since 1987. In 2022 he earned Penn State University's Global Lifetime Achievement Award, the university's highest award for doing international work that exerts a positive global influence on the university. His recent books since 2017 include High-Performance Coaching for Managers (Routledge, 2022 in press); Rethinking Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Routledge, 2022 in press); Organization Development (OD) Interventions: Executing Effective Organizational Change (Routledge, 2021); Virtual Coaching to Improve Group Relationships: Process Consultation Reimagined (Routledge, 2021); The Essential HR Guide for Small Business and Start Ups (Society for Human Resource Management, 2020); Increasing Learning and Development's Impact Through Accreditation (Palgrave, 2020); Adult Learning Basics, 2nd ed. (Association for Talent Development Press, 2020); Workforce Development: Guidelines for Community College Professionals, 2nd ed. (Rowman-Littlefield, 2020); Human Performance Improvement: Building Practitioner Performance, 3rd ed. (Routledge, 2018); Innovation Leadership (Routledge, 2018), Evaluating Organization Development: How to Ensure and Sustain the Successful Transformation (CRC Press, 2017), Marketing Organization Development Consulting: A How-To Guide for OD Consultants (CRC Press, 2017), Assessment and Diagnosis for Organization Development: Powerful Tools and Perspectives for the OD practitioner (CRC Press, 2017).

Smita Singh (Dabholkar) earned a Ph.D. in Psychology. She is an Associate Professor with the Institute of Management Technology Nagpur (MH, India) since 2011. She has been teaching,