Scenario: Missing Participant
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation: The team you are coaching is working on a critical corporate problem in a leadership development program. The leadership program and work on the project is scheduled to be completed over six months. Two of the eight people in the group do not […]
Scenario: Self Question
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation: Someone answers their own question, without waiting for a response from anyone else.
Scenario: Limiting Choice
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation: Someone asks an open question, then follows it with a couple choices for the response.
Scenario: Confirming Thought
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation: A participant makes a statement followed by – “do you agree?”
Scenario: Rapid Fire
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation: Someone asks a series of questions without waiting for an answer.
Scenario: Non-leaders
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation: Some members don’t see the need to practice a leadership skill since they are not leaders.
A set with 9 or more members
Has anyone encountered a situation with more than 8 people (say 10), all active in an AL set… If yes, it would be interesting to know what happened, any lessons learned…
Question asked in response to a question
I have encountered this in a session yesterday and I wonder if any one has some creative ideas.. As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation: During the session PP./TM posed a question to the group and the first response was a question back to her. The question to her was partially […]
Clowning Around
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation: One team member begins to make fun of one point the group is discussing. Initially, this is creative and brings happiness to the group. Then this joking is repeated sequentially among team members … a competition emerges to come up with the most […]
Outlining the problem in a SPAL
When working with a client on a business problem through action learning, I ask the sponsor or problem owner to answer a number of questions, in writing, before the first session starts. I have created a one page form with the following questions: Describe the problem … describing context, history and some basic data, key […]