Scenario: Action Assistance
This poses an interesting problem. This shows me that the group’s suggested actions were not clear enough, and the group needs to come back together again to further refine and clarify the actions. I would call a quick session for the group to do this — maybe 45 minutes. We would start with the actions […]
Scenario: Refusal to Participate
One of the keys to Action Learning is the diversity of thought that the group brings to problem-solving. If one person does not want to participate, I would first try to talk to this person individually and find out why, and see if, as a coach, I can find a way to help this person […]
Scenario: Building Questions
This shows me the group is working really well together. I would let them work for a few minutes longer, and then intervene, asking them what they think the group is doing well and what the group can work on. This would allow them to focus on their building questions, followed by a clear look […]
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: Building Questions
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: The participants have asked some very powerful questions and are clearly building on each others questions.
Scenario: Action Assistance
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: After the actions are defined the problem presenter asks for help implementing them.
Scenario: Leading Questions
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: A participant is convinced of the true nature of the problem and repeats the same questions over and over in an effort to persuade the others, even after others have made it clear that they do not believe that is the real problem […]
Scenario: Repetitive Questions
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: The team members are starting to ask the same questions over and over again.
Scenario: Own World
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: A team new to Action Learning is working on a problem for a single session. Each member has a clear idea of what the solution is and thus only asks questions related to the solution they believe is the right one.
Scenario: Question Question Question
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: A member asks a particularly energizing question, several members follow this with additional questions before there is time for a response.