Scenario: Action Assistance
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: After the actions are defined the problem presenter asks for help implementing them.
Scenario: Leading Questions
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: A participant is convinced of the true nature of the problem and repeats the same questions over and over in an effort to persuade the others, even after others have made it clear that they do not believe that is the real problem […]
Scenario: Repetitive Questions
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: The team members are starting to ask the same questions over and over again.
Scenario: Own World
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: A team new to Action Learning is working on a problem for a single session. Each member has a clear idea of what the solution is and thus only asks questions related to the solution they believe is the right one.
Scenario: Question Question Question
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: A member asks a particularly energizing question, several members follow this with additional questions before there is time for a response.
Scenario: The Race is On
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: You are working with a team that values being the fastest at everything – including reaching consensus on the problem. Instead of writing the problem in their own words they mimic the words said by the Problem Presenter. They happily agree they are […]
Scenario: Testing Team
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: You’ve agreed to do a demo for an organization and ask your contact to be the problem presenter. Your contact decides to test the team and the process by giving mis-information. In other words lying when they respond to questions. By the time […]
Scenario: Tools
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: You ask the team how they want to process based on how they said they could come to consensus. One of the participant shouts out an idea and jumps up to get it started before any other team members have had a chance […]
Scenario: Team work
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: The team is working extremely well. Exploring deeper and deeper avenues as to what the problem is.
Scenario: Deeply moved
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: A team member who is neither the responder nor the questioner, becomes withdrawn after listening to the exchange that has just taken place.