Scenario: New information(2024)

Written by DrBea on . Posted in WIAL Talk

As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: The team decides to capture some of the information they are discussing on a white board. The person that moves to the white board flips the leadership skills out of view.

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    John Chang

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    I would consider two approaches.

    If the team discussion is too intense to interrupt, I would remind them after their current discussion concludes. For instance: “Do you all still recall your leadership skills?” Then, I would remind them to flip the whiteboard back to display the leadership skills.

    If this is merely a personal desire to use the whiteboard, I would directly intervene to remind the team. For example: “Would you be able to remember your leadership skills while they are out of view?” and suggest the person to jot down the information on an A4 paper or another board.

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    Saskia van den Berg-Tromp

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    I would intervene with a observation question: “ I notice that person X moved the leadership skills out of view, did anyone else notice that?”, “What could be the effect of this?” “How do we want to deal with this going forward?”.

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    Manassawee Thayaphithak

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    I will intervene as below:
    S: Team, we can be noticed that the side of the board displaying the leadership competencies has been flipped out of view.
    I: How do we think on an impact on our ability to see and utilize the leadership competencies during our discussion?
    D: How would the team like to proceed from here?

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    Elodie Schwartz

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    I would intervene and ask if the team would be able to recall the leadership skills they have chosen to work on at the start of the session. Depending on the answer, I would propose to use another flipchart, flip the whiteboard or capture the leadership skills on paper to make sure we are able to observe others during the session as this is an important part of the learning.
    I would make sure to have it clearly visible when we start the debrief.

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    Pei chun Lin

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    Since the team may have been in a rush and couldn’t find writing space, I would take the opportunity during a pause to bring up this issue:
    “We were discussing things passionately, but I noticed that the leadership skills was flipped out of view. ”
    “To ensure that we’re fully utilizing leadership questions, how can we better use this space?”

    This serves as a gentle reminder of the importance of leadership and encourages the team to think about how to keep leadership visible and accessible during discussions.

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