Thitiwan Sinthunok
After I discovered the Action Learning process in a Foundations class, I immediately applied it with my MBA students. Each year, students are struggling to finalize the topic of their thesis and it is always a stressful situation for everyone. We applied Action Learning to get students to think in a more focused way about […]
Scenario: Refusal to participate
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation: A member of the team does not want to participate.
Scenario: Eye lock
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation: The problem presenter locks eyes with you when presenting the problem.
Qiao Hai
The top team of the recently merged company used Action Learning to deal with 5 company challenges, with the company President Qiao Hai, as sponsor. After 6 months, the projects resulted in increased revenue and improved customer satisfaction. At the end of the program, President Qiao Hai said: “I hated training in my whole career […]
Scenario: Quick Response
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation: Someone from the team mentions it hot in here, someone else gets up to turn the air conditioner on.
Scenario: Consensus
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation: The team is having trouble reaching consensus on what the real problem is.
The WHY of Action Learning
Organizations that use Action Learning benefit in many aspects of their business. Why is Action Learning so special? The secret is in the formula. By asking questions, it opens thinking and helps teams reach answers to problems.
Scenario: Not asked
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.”
Sunil K
“The series of Action Learning sessions has helped me achieve the challenging business goals I had set in half the time I planned. Through better leadership I have developed a strong management team and reduced my work load. Unexpected benefits were getting a far better work life balance and confidential networking with other senior business […]
Scenario: Open Answer
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation: You ask the team – “how are we doing on a scale of 1 – 10”, and get a response “I think we could be blah blah blah …”