As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation:
The participants have asked some really powerful questions and are clearly building on each other’s questions.
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UWI Cave Hill Campus Harvard National Model United Nations Contingent
As part of its pro bono efforts, WIAL Caribbean assisted the contingent from the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus that is preparing to be on the team that will represent the university at the Harvard National Model United Nations in 2019. The group is seeking to develop leadership abilities in its members and to become a more effective team. WIAL Caribbean used Action Learning, first introducing the students to the process and then coaching Action Learning sessions with them as they worked on real-life problems they had identified earlier. The participants quickly grasped the essential elements of Action Learning and the problem presenter indicated that the session had shifted her perspectives on the problem and allowed her to see options that she had not previously considered.
Coordinator, Annika Bellot, who is also Vice President of the Students Guild said:
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation:
Part way through the session, one of the members mentioned a meeting they have that will require them to leave early. Several other participants mention they need to go to the same meeting, leaving only 2 participants for the session.
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation:
The team races to consensus on the problem. They are saying the same words but have not really talked about what the words mean.
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation:
You recently attending training and learned a new way of doing root cause analysis. You know if you share this with the team they will be able to identify the real problem much quicker.
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation:
The team is having trouble coming to consensus.
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation:
Hearing the initial statement of the problem you (as coach) are clear what the real problem is. The team heads down a different path with it.
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation:
The team has gotten off track with their questions and is now investigating an unrelated issue.
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation:
A single team member is asking all the questions of the problem presenter, the remainder sitting back observing.
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation:
Several team members are sitting with their arms folded across their chest.
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation:
A team member asks a process question. For instance – I’ve noticed we have all the managers on one side of the table and everyone else on the other. Did anyone else notice this? What’s the impact of that on how we are working together? What do we want to do about it?
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation:
The team decides they should be asking each other more questions instead of just asking questions of the problem presenter. However they continue directing all of the problems to the problem presenter.
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation:
A participant gets up from the group to fill a cup of coffee.
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation:
A team member isn’t participating. During the checkin they say that were lost and confused by the discussion and they were trying to figure out what was going on.
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation:
Someone decides they should start capturing what the team is saying on a flip chart and moves to the front of the room to do so.