Increasing globalization, new technologies, and the updating of competencies have considerably impacted the workplace. Major change requires staff to adapt quickly to new situations. It is in this context that the book Professional Accompaniment Model for Change. For Innovative Leadership is a valuable reference tool for reflection, implementation, analysis, and evaluation of a professional change accompaniment process. This process facilitates the updating of practices and the development of professional competencies required to accompany the change. The competencies are fully described in the book Professional Competencies for Accompanying Change. A Frame of Reference, which complements the model.

This guide complements the booksProfessional Competencies for Accompanying Change. A Frame of Reference and Professional Accompaniment Model for Change. For Innovative Leadership.Divided into two parts, it deals first with the change accompaniment model and then covers the professional competencies frame of reference. Each section contains excerpts and diagrams from the above works as well as suggested tasks to carry out in order to apply the material in the books. The glossary at the end of the guide further explains and contextualizes the terms and concepts in the model and frame of reference. The guide is intended for anyone who wishes to use the competency frame of reference and the accompaniment model. You will find ideas to spur reflection and help you develop your own ways of accompanying others."

Using a frame of reference developed in the field of education, this book proposes eight professional competencies required to accompany change. Practiced in context, in interaction with others, and in harmony with the workplace, with its specific culture and ways of doing things, these competencies deal both with the type of accompaniment to use and the professional collaboration that should be developed, as well as the affective aspects of taking action and exercising professional judgment. They emerge in an integrated and complementary way from the reflective practice of the accompaniment providers who help those they accompany to engage in such practice.

Intended for aspiring and new practitioners of Participatory Research and Development (PR&D) as well as field-based researchers in developing countries. Highlights that agricultural research and development has become a joint approach to deal with diverse biophysical environments, multiple livelihood goals, rapid changes in local and global economies, and an expanded range for stakeholders over agriculture and natural resources.

Developmental evaluation (DE) offers a powerful approach to monitoring and supporting social innovations by working in partnership with program decision makers. In this book, eminent authority Michael Quinn Patton shows how to conduct evaluations within a DE framework. Patton draws on insights about complex dynamic systems, uncertainty, nonlinearity, and emergence. He illustrates how DE can be used for a range of purposes: ongoing program development, adapting effective principles of practice to local contexts, generating innovations and taking them to scale, and facilitating rapid response in crisis situations. Students and practicing evaluators will appreciate the book's extensive case examples and stories, cartoons, clear writing style, "closer look" sidebars, and summary tables. Provided is essential guidance for making evaluations useful, practical, and credible in support of social change.