Scenario: Prioritized Problems(2025)

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As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: The organization has prioritized multiple problems for multiple teams to work on. The teams are arguing that they all need to work on the top priority problem.

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    Rachel Wang

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    My focus would be on using the action learning process to facilitate the teams’ resolution of their conflict over priorities. I may ask the teams reflective questions like:
    What would be the impact if we focused on only one problem at a time?
    How might we break down the top priority problem so that each team can contribute effectively?
    What is the potential overlap between our work on different problems, and how can we share resources?
    What are the mutual benefits if we share our approaches to solving different parts of the priority problem?
    How can we leverage our combined expertise to achieve a solution more effectively?

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      ET

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      Thank you for sharing. I really like your questions.

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    Anna Solak

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    I would invite representatives of all teams to an Action Learning session where they would solve the problem on how to agree on which team should work on what problem.

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    ET

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    I agree with Ms. Anna Solak to propose an Action Learning session with representatives of all teams and also invite the sponsor/s of the project to join in.
    Or simply ask the sponsor/s and the representatives: how would they like to approach this situation? There are many project management tools to sort out this kind of situation, but what is the real problem that the teams are arguing?

    I would ask the team questions like:
    What are the ultimate goals for them as a whole in solving all the identified multiple problems? or what are the overall success look like for each team and for the entire organization?
    What are the strengths and resources of each team?
    What are the constraints of each team?
    What are the impacts to the organization if all of them work on the top priority problem?
    How can we leverage our resources to achieve our images of success?
    What are our next steps?

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