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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?”

Scenario: Eager Team Member(2025)

As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: A member of the team you are coaching insists on answering questions that are being directed to the Problem Presenter

Scenario: Multiple Behaviors(2025)

As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: Each participant identifies a leadership skill to work on for the session. These skills are captured on the white board. By the end of the session it’s apparent that all the team members have actually practice their own skill and several of the […]

Scenario: Insufficient Time(2025)

As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: The team realizes the problem presented is much bigger than the time allotted.

Scenario: Passing Notes(2025)

As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: Someone walks in the room where the team is working and passes a note to one of the participants.

Scenario: Arrogant Employee(2025)

As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: The teams has been working on fleshing out a breakthrough solution to a problem that has been haunting the organization for years. A long term employee stands in the door, looks at what they’ve fleshed out and says – it won’t work.