As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation:
A team member does a process check.
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation:
The team is focusing on a problem in another division that they have no influence over.
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation:
A member arrives to a three hour session one hour late. You conduct coaching inquiries and he is smoothly integrated into the team. 15 minutes later he is exchanging friendly but sarcastic comments with a team member that end with him using a hand gesture toward that member that would cause most folks to take offense.
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation:
The team is having trouble coming to consensus.
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation:
The members were enthusiastic to help the problem presenter. They asked many good questions. However, the problem presenter responded it’s confidential information and would not answer some of the questions. Members felt they were not able to help the problem presenter if their questions were not answered. Consequently, they could not see the value of action learning in this instance. But the problem presenter felt the session was useful to him in addressing his problem.
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation:
The team starts to identify actions before the end of the session.
Leading the learning function within a large and fast growing company as Google, WIAL Action Learning is attractive both in its structure and its results. Through the virtual session we experienced, we were able to bring Action Learning to our teams and integrate the methodology into our problem solving and decision making groups.
“WIAL Action Learning is attractive both in its structure and its results.”
Dr. Veronica Haight
Google People Operations
Google
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation:
Someone asks a question that changes the depth and understanding of the true nature of the problem.
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation:
Someone asks a question that changes the depth and understanding of the true nature of the problem.
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation:
Well answering the question “What could be better?” the team slips back into problem solving even though you have not concluded the check in.
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation:
The problem presenter decides this is a game where the team members have to guess what they are thinking the real problem is. Consequently, they keep their answer as short as possible, not giving any more information than s absolutely required to answer the question.
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As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation:
A participant explains what they believe the problem is rather than just reading what they have written.