Scenario: Coffee Break
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: A participant gets up from the group to fill a cup of coffee.
Scenario: Catching Up
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: A team member isn’t participating. During the checkin they say that were lost and confused by the discussion and they were trying to figure out what was going on.
Scenario: Facilitator
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: Someone decides they should start capturing what the team is saying on a flip chart and moves to the front of the room to do so.
Scenario: Presenting Problem
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: Someone asks the problem presenter – How does this present itself as a problem for you?
Scenario: Why
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: A participant asks another participant “why they asked a question”. The first participant is visibly disturbed. Your instinct is that they are reacting to the word “why” in that they feel the value of their question is being questioned.
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.
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