Scenario: Bad Experiences

As an Action Learning coach, how would manage a session whereby team members have had bad experiences with each other previously, hence placing the psychological safety of the session in jeopardy? Team members were selected by the sponsor.

Scenario: Translation

As an Action Learning coach, how would you manage a session whereby team members are from diversed backgrounds and they are fluent in their own languages? As the coach, you have the ability to provide translation, both for the questions put forth and statements of respond, but the concern is that the essence of the […]

Scenario: Distrust

As an action learning coach, how would you manage the following situation: Team members are introduced to each other before the session starts. The Problem Presenter clearly expresses his distrust towards other team members, stating that they are not experts in the field related to his problem.

Scenario: Intervention timing

As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: The group has been processing particularly well, but it has been more than 30 minutes since the last intervention.

Scenario: Problem or Puzzle

As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: You are presenting an Introduction to Action Learning. You ask for someone to volunteer a problem. The problem presented is “I need to upgrade the operating system on my computer.”

Scenario: Please explain

As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: A participant asks another participant to explain what the intent behind their question was. For example, saying – “It feels like a there is a question behind your question. I’m curious what that question is?

HOW ACTION LEARNING CAN BE USED IN TEAM COACHING

For the last 2 years I’ve been studying for my Masters in Coaching and Mentoring with Oxford Brookes, which I completed and successful passed in September 2021. My research looked at the use of Action Learning within Team Coaching. I wanted to share with you some of the findings from my research. In this article […]

K-12 ADMINISTRATOR DEVELOPMENT WITH ACTION LEARNING

I see opportunity to implement Action Learning in K-12 education at the student level,teacher level, and administrative level. This brief article will cite recent researchWith a history in education since 2000, I see an enormous opportunity to implement Action Learning (AL) within K-12 education and Higher Education. In fact, my doctoral dissertation focused on educational […]

WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION

I’ve been conducting an unscientific experiment when I present in different cities. The nature of the experiment is that I ask folks in the audience – Can you tell me what I should see while I’m in your city? I get answers along the lines of ‘the zoo’, the museum, the mall, a particular restaurant […]

THE BIG COACHING CHALLENGE! EVOLVING FROM INDIVIDUAL TO TEAM LEADERSHIP COACHING

Individual coaching has undoubtedly made a profound and major contribution to personal and leadership development around the world for many decades. However, the world has become too complex, competitive, and fast changing for single leaders to deliver corporate success. Organisations will in future need dynamic, agile and collaborative teams with the ability to adapt to […]