As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation:
When members of the team read their problem statement, what they read is clearly a solution. For instance – “Joe needs to hire me to do a team building activity with his team”.
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation:
You are coaching a leadership development program with a group of senior engineers…One of them is a Six Sigma Black Belt with years of experience in problem solving methods. During the middle of your second meeting to frame the problem, the Black Belt notes that it is taking way too long to come to agreement on the problem. Some of the Type A members of the group nod their heads in agreement. What do you do?
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation:
The team is involved in generating a number of alternative perceptions, ideas, opinions, facts, etc. The team focuses on only one (e.g., debating their merits or validity) and omits other items from explicit consideration.
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation:
The problem presenter schedules a half hour meeting immediately before the Action Learning session. During this meeting they present their solution to the problem about to be discussed in the Action Learning session.
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation:
The team you are coaching is working on a critical corporate problem in a leadership development program. The leadership program and work on the project is scheduled to be completed over six months. Two of the eight people in the group do not show up routinely.
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation:
Someone answers their own question, without waiting for a response from anyone else.
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation:
Someone asks an open question, then follows it with a couple choices for the response.
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation:
A participant makes a statement followed by – “do you agree?”
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation:
Someone asks a series of questions without waiting for an answer.
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation:
Some members don’t see the need to practice a leadership skill since they are not leaders.
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation:
One team member begins to make fun of one point the group is discussing. Initially, this is creative and brings happiness to the group. Then this joking is repeated sequentially among team members … a competition emerges to come up with the most creative joke. The group looses concentration and focus on the problem they are suppose to be working on …. They are primarily focused on clowning with each other!
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation:
The problem presented is – I need to upgrade the operating system on my computers
