Scenario: Favorite Tool
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: Your favorite tool for diagraming a problem is a mind map. You know doing this would help the team see this problem much more clearly.
Scenario: Pulling Rank
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: A higher ranking participant of the team decides to pull rank and asks another team member – “Do you want to stay employed?”
Scenario: Sit still
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: The teams members are locked to the table. They are adhering to the two grounds rules but not making use of any other resources.
Scenario: May I?
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: You say “may I do a checkin?” and a team member says “NO”
Scenario: Exhaustion
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: You’ve been working many hours and the team is clearly exhausted.
Scenario: Silent Observer
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: A member of the team decides they know the problem and the solution, so they will sit quietly until everyone else figures it out.
Scenario: Individual Issue
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: A member of the team doesn’t understand the process and decides “EVERYONE” doesn’t understand.
Scenario: Extended Break
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation: The team agreed to a 15 minute break, it’s 30 minutes before you get everyone back in the room and ready to restart.
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: Too Slow
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation: You are coaching a leadership development program with a group of senior engineers…One of them is a Six Sigma Black Belt with years of experience in problem solving methods. During the middle of your second meeting to frame the problem, the Black Belt […]