Can a coach make too many interventions?
hi all I am wondering how you might determine if there is a point in a group, particularly a 1st time group, where the number, frequency or duration of interventions for learning opportunites become counter-productive to the groups performance? That is, the coach must decide to let some learning opportunities slide rather than pick them […]
Scenario: Rambling (Wo)Man
As an Action Learning Team Coach how would you handle the following situation: A participant asks the problem presenter a question that starts “Do you ….” The response is “no blah blah blah blah blah blah blah ….”
Scenario: Oops
As an Action Learning Team Coach how would you handle the following situation: At the start of the session you ask everyone “if they are ok with the rules” instead of “if they understand the rules” – someone says “no”.
Scenario: Unavailable Member
As an Action Learning Team Coach how would you handle the following situation: Just prior to the beginning of the meeting, the group is informed that a member has been asked by her boss to handle an emergency, and will not be able to join the group for the first 2 hours of the session.
Scenario: Multiple Variables
As an Action Learning Team Coach how would you handle the following situation: The team is attempting to analyze the problem situation in a search to identify the one key variable that they can influence or change to create movement in the direction of their established goal or end result. They are debating the relevance […]
Scenario: Multiple Levels
As an Action Learning Team Coach how would you handle the following situation: Every time the team seems close to getting to consensus a question is asked that takes them someplace else. You realize there are two levels that are being looked at – some participants are focused at a single group level (How do […]
Scenario: Overly Focused
As an Action Learning Team Coach how would you handle the following situation: The team is involved in generating a number of alternative perceptions, ideas, opinions, facts, etc. The team focuses on only one (e.g., debating their merits or validity) and omits other items from explicit consideration.
Scenario: Problematic Problem Presenter
As an Action Learning Team Coach how would you handle the following situation: The problem presenter schedules a half hour meeting immediately before the Action Learning session. During this meeting they present their solution to the problem about to be discussed in the Action Learning session.
Scenario: Self Question
As an Action Learning Team Coach how would you handle the following situation: A member of the team asks you – is it ok if I ask myself a question?
Scenario: Broken Trust
As an Action Learning Team Coach how would you handle the following situation: You are doing a leadership development program with 8 peers in a consulting firm. One of the participants reports that her boss brought an issue with her yesterday that she had discussed in the action learning group a week ago. She is […]