Posts Tagged ‘WIAL Talk’

As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: Two team members were arguing in the hall before the session started. As soon as one says something, the other rolls their eyes and mumbles something under their breath.
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: As you are watching the team you realize the team is only talking to each other, they are not taking into account the learning styles of all participants. For instance – visual learners
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: The team wants the last 15 minutes to finish up the problem instead of doing the final reflection.
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: When asking the team when they observed someone doing their leadership skill – one of the team member says “ they did it – to the point of being annoying and distracting and consequently we did not get done what we needed to.
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: Well answering the question “What could be better?” the team slips back into problem solving even though you have not concluded the check in.
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: The team decides to capture some of the information they are discussing on a white board. The person that moves to the white board flips the leadership skills out of view.
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: The team has agreed they are at consensus as to the true nature of the problem. When you ask who has the next question they continue to question the nature of the problem versus moving towards solutions.
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: The team has generated a number of alternative perceptions, ideas, opinions, facts, etc. as to the true nature of the problem. Then the team starts focusing in on one (e.g., debating the merits or validity of the specific component) and omits other items from explicit consideration.
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: A team member finally asks the question that you knew would bring the whole situation to light. The rest of the team responds but is confident that is not where the real problem lies.
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: As you are opening the session and reinforcing the ground rules, two participants start chatting with each other (they’ve been in many session and already know the rules).