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Scenario: Great example(2026)

As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: You have a great example of a single participant’s leadership skill and simpler examples for the other participants. As you ask the team to give examples they have examples for everyone. You opt not to share the simpler examples. How do you handle […]

Scenario: Forgotten norms(2026)

As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: The team does not recall what norms they have set.

Scenario: May I?(2026)

As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: You say “may I do a check-in?” and a team member says “NO”

Scenario: Questions / Answers(2026)

As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: During an intervention you ask “How are we doing taping all the knowledge in the room?” A participant says “We are asking questions and s/he (the problem presenter) is answering them – isn’t that the rule?”

Scenario: Favorite Tool(2026)

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: TMI(2026)

As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: A participant asks if it would be ok to share their view on a question that was asked of someone else. The questioner says “no, they’ve gotten the information they were looking for”.

Scenario: Too Hot (2026)

As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: Someone from the team gets up and turns the a/c on without checking with the other team members.

Scenario: Done(2026)

As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: The team has gone as far as they can defining a solution and there is still time left in the session. What they have identified is not well defined – but is as clear as they can get at the moment.

Scenario: Ring Ring (2026)

As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: Team members are coming and going as they please -either walking out to go to the toilet, or making phone calls. The rest of the members continue with the process. When you check in after each occurrence the team members indicate it’s ok.

Scenario: Poignant Question (2026)

As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: A particularly poignant question is asked. This is followed by a long silence.