Scenario: Solution Statements
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”.
Scenario: Silo-ed participants
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation: Each member of the team is focused on their own line of questioning. This becomes particularly clear when participants start asking questions that have been asked by multiple participants.
Howard He
In 2015, our CEO led our executive team to discover the WIAL Action Learning methodology. Later, it was applied to our management team. Now, it is widely used in the whole organization. Whenever we encounter a complex and important problem, we use Action Learning to find solutions. As a project manager of a new program, […]
Scenario: Eager Team Member
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation: A member of the team you are coaching insists on answering questions that are being directed to the Problem Presenter
Scenario: Long Problem Statement
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation: You ask the problem presenter to briefly state the problem but the person continues on for an inordinate period of time not only stating the problem but also describing contextual details related to the problem.
Thitiwan Sinthunok
After I discovered the Action Learning process in a Foundations class, I immediately applied it with my MBA students. Each year, students are struggling to finalize the topic of their thesis and it is always a stressful situation for everyone. We applied Action Learning to get students to think in a more focused way about […]
Scenario: Refusal to participate
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation: A member of the team does not want to participate.
Scenario: Eye lock
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation: The problem presenter locks eyes with you when presenting the problem.
Qiao Hai
The top team of the recently merged company used Action Learning to deal with 5 company challenges, with the company President Qiao Hai, as sponsor. After 6 months, the projects resulted in increased revenue and improved customer satisfaction. At the end of the program, President Qiao Hai said: “I hated training in my whole career […]
Scenario: Quick Response
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation: Someone from the team mentions it hot in here, someone else gets up to turn the air conditioner on.