Scenario: Executive Coaching
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: Facilitator
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: Eager Team Member
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
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
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
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: Missing Action
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: A team member did not complete the tasks that she had agreed to do at the session held last month.
Scenario: Opposite Behavior
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: A participant does something in direct contradiction to their chosen skill.
Scenario: Presenter Questions
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: All of the questions are directed at the problem presenter.
Scenario: Repeat Behavior
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 questions to the problem presenter.