Scenario: Unavailable Member
As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation: Just prior to the beginning of the meeting, the group is informed that a member has been asked by her boss to handle an emergency, and will not be able to join the group for the first 2 hours of the session.
Scenario: Shifting Solution
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: The team has reach consensus on the problem and the goal but is having trouble transitioning to the solution phase.
Scenario: Door
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: At the start of the session a participant gets up and closes a door.
Scenario: Windows
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: The team is working on a porch with windows around three sides. As the session starts two participants stand up at the same time. One walks to one side of the room and closes a window, the other walks to the other and […]
Scenario: Bathroom Break
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: The session has been going for a long stretch and participants start stepping out to use the bathroom.
Scenario: Going Through the Motions
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: The participants have been directed to participate in the Action Learning session but believe it’s a waste of time.
Scenario: Distrusting Culture
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: A year earlier there was a merger in the organization. All fun elements had been stopped – picnics, team outings and were replaced with ridged procedures. The team was tasked with determining was to bring back fun in the work place. The top […]
Scenario: Arrogant Employee
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: The teams has been working on fleshing out a breakthrough solution to a problem that has been haunting the organization for years. A long term employee stops by just long enough to tell them it won’t work.
Scenario: Laundry List
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: The team starts brainstorming some great solutions; stopping short of actually developing a fully and clearly implementable plan.
Scenario: Agreement
As an action learning coach, how would you handle the following situation: The team seems to be at consensus but continues to question the nature of the real problem.