Scenario: The Boss

As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation:

one of the managers questioned the members about their questions. One member got irritated by him and challenged him back.

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Scenario: Chit Chat

As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation:

two vocal members chit chatted more often with each other. Behavior repeated despite the intervention with team consensus to have one conversation at a time.

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Scenario: Ring Rin

As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation:

team members are coming and going as they please -either walking out to go to the toilet, or making phone calls. The rest of the members continue with the process. When you check in after each occurrence the team members indicate its ok.

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Scenario: Own World

As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation:

Each member is focused on their own line of questioning.

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A Tired Team Lead

An Action Learning Team has met for several full-day sessions over several months working on a problem that is critical and highly visible in the organization. After the most recent full-day meeting, the Team Lead (the organization assigned a Team Lead) shared with the coach that she is feeling very fatigued. Although there was excellent processing and learning at the end of the meeting, the team stormed and got off track quite a bit in the afternoon segment. She likes the AL approach and sees the benefits, but for certain activities, such as brainstorming, wishes there could be someone in a facilitator role.

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Scenario: Out There

As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation:

Several members are asking questions unrelated to the problem at hand.

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final action learning session

I have just run a final action learning session (after 5 sessions) and experienced the Final Action Learning Session script to run like a series of focus group questions I found myself I slipping into factilitation mode and lost the benefits of the AL questioning. I was wondering if anyone has any tips how to run a final session to maintain integrity as coach, yet still ask the many useful reflective questions to close.

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Scenario: Too hot

As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation:

Someone from the team gets up and turns the a/c without checking with the other team members.

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Scenario: Brainstorming

As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation:

The team feels they are at a point that it would be useful to brainstorm.

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Scenario: Take Charge

As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation:

During the session someone jumps up to the easels and starts capturing what is said.

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