Scenario: Takeover
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: In the midst of a corporate problem that deals with developing a business development strategy for an organization with declining business, the company is purchased by a large conglomerate.
Scenario: Time Check
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: A member uses their phone to check the time.
Scenario: Nothing
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: The problem presenter says they were not helped at the end of the session.
Scenario: Two owners
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: You have two problem owners for your project. You assume that the problem owners have coordinated the presentation of the problem for the kickoff session. As soon as one starts to present the problem the other interrupts with a very different view of […]
Scenario: The boss
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: The team consists of a vice president and four of his reports. One of the reports asks a question and the vice president asks – “Why did you ask that?”, The Vice president than asks a question that a team member than asks […]
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 they have asked multiple times.
Scenario: Wow
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: At the end of the session when you ask the team members what they will take back with them, one of the participants says – we are already seeing a shift in how we work together. It’s amazing – people are making sure […]
Scenario: Multiple variables
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: The team has been working on this problem for several sessions. This will be their last session to develop a complete, implementable solution. The team is attempting to analyze the problem in a search to identify the one key variable that they can […]
Scenario: Learnings
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: During the learning check-in the team has identified all of the learning opportunities you had noted both in terms of what went well and what could be better.
Scenario: Multiple Levels
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: The team will only be working on this problem for one session. It’s extremely urgent that they find a solution to the problem, as lives are literally at risk. Every time the team seems close to getting to consensus a question is asked […]