Scenario: Close

Written by DrBea on . Posted in WIAL Talk

As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: A team member says they feel closer to the members of their Action Learning team they have been working with the last couple days than people they have worked with for 30 years.

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    Mikal Giancola

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    I would ask them a few questions such as “Why do they feel that way?” or “How has action learning contributed to this feeling?”

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    Nabih Jabr

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    Ask: how could you replicate this with the people that they typically work with?

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    Neraida Polanco Lourens

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    This experience of the team member indicates that throughout the session the team has grown and that they have created a psychologically safe environment that promotes openness to ask questions without the fear of making mistakes.
    I would invite this team member to reflect on the process and the learnings by asking the following questions;
    what he or she has learned that he or she would attribute to this feeling? How did it impact this team member? And how can this team member apply the new skills in other teams? I would also invite other team members to reflect on this and on how they can improve the dynamics in other teams by applying what they have learned in the action learning sessions

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    Marina Nizar

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    In addition to the suggestions above, I would further ask other team members if they feel the same way.

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    Agnieszka Olczak

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    I would ask a few questions: What made him feel this way? What does he lack in working with his team to feel the same way? Does it affect it? What can it do? Does it want to do? What will be his first step?

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    Amy Wu

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    I would ask the participant, “Why do you feel closer to the AL team members than those you have worked with for 30 years?” Then I would also ask other participants, “What would you think about it?” “When our relationship becomes closer, what is the influence to our interaction in the future?” At last, I would ask, “What we can do more to keep our relationship closer in the future?”

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