Scenario: Favorite Tool
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: Your favorite tool for diagraming a problem is a mind map. You know doing this would help the team see this problem much more clearly.
Scenario: Sit still
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: The teams members are locked to the table. They are adhering to the two grounds rules but not making use of any other resources.
Scenario: May I?
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: You say “may I do a checkin?” and a team member says “NO”
Scenario: Exhaustion
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: You’ve been working many hours and the team is clearly exhausted.
Scenario: Silent Observer
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: A member of the team decides they know the problem and the solution, so they will sit quietly until everyone else figures it out.
Scenario: Individual Issue
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: A member of the team doesn’t understand the process and decides “EVERYONE” doesn’t understand.
Scenario: Extended Break
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation: The team agreed to a 15 minute break, it’s 30 minutes before you get everyone back in the room and ready to restart.
Scenario: Solution Statements
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation: When members of the team read their problem statement, what they read is clearly a solution. For instance – “Joe needs to hire me to do a team building activity with his team”.
Scenario: Too Slow
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation: You are coaching a leadership development program with a group of senior engineers…One of them is a Six Sigma Black Belt with years of experience in problem solving methods. During the middle of your second meeting to frame the problem, the Black Belt […]
Scenario: Multiple Variables
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation: The team is attempting to analyze the problem situation in a search to identify the one key variable that they can influence or change to create movement in the direction of their established goal or end result. They are debating the relevance of […]