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Scenario: Laundry List(2025)

As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: The team starts brainstorming some great solutions; stopping short of actually developing a fully and clearly implementable plan.

Scenario: Nerve hit(2025)

As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: An extraordinarily deep question is asked. The responder sits quietly for a minute than begins to weep.

Scenario: Changing Roles(2025)

As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: You have changed roles from participant to coach. One of the team members asks you a problem related question.

Scenario: Locked to the table(2025)

As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: None of the participants have moved from their seats since the start of the session.

Scenario: Deliberate Distraction(2025)

As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: A team member asks a question which is obviously in no way related to the problem presented? For example – the team is working on an organizational culture problem and the next question is “Does anyone in the group have a preference for […]

Scenario: Not Asked (2025)

As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: You ask the team – “What are we doing well?”, and get a response “We are asking all closed questions.”

Scenario: Executive Coaching(2025)

As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: A team member is an executive coach and decides to use this skill to investigate what is really going on for the problem presenter. They ask a series of questions in a row. They have shifted it to a one on one session […]

Scenario: Assumed Rules(2025)

As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: A participant says – “Wait. My question hasn’t been answered. The rule is that you have to answer the question.”

Scenario: Facilitator(2025)

As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: Someone from the team steps up and starts facilitating the session. For example, standing up, grabbing a marker and saying we should do a force field analysis – what are the things supporting this activity? What are those against it?

Scenario: Presenting Problem(2025)

As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: Someone asks the problem presenter – “How does this present itself as a problem for you?”