Guided Design: A Powerful Tool for Training Professional Coaches

Phase Three-B: Comparative Analysis

Instructions: As you did in Phase One-B and Phase Two-B, compare your proposed actions with the options listed below (and those to be taken by other guided design teams).  Identify the strengths and weaknesses associated with each of the options described below (and those proposed by other guided design teams). Once again, what strengths are associated with your own proposed action. Discuss in your guided design group (and with other guided design groups).

Option One

Encourage Susan to initiate a set of demonstration projects (pilot tests) that provide convincing evidence regarding the validity of recommendations made in this report.

Option Two

Encourage Susan and other task force members to seek out and analyze past incidents in Inter-Global’s history when task force reports have been successful presented and their recommendations implemented.

Option Three

Encourage Susan to seek out recommendations from Executive Team members as to what they would like to see in the written and oral report that could be convincing.

Option Four

Encourage Susan to assemble data from sources both inside and outside (benchmarking) Inter-Global that provide sufficient evidence to support recommendations contained in this report.

Option Five

Encourage Susan to have outsiders review a draft of the report (some of whom would eagerly support the recommendations being made and some who would be highly skeptical). Also set up a “dress rehearsal” during which Susan and some members of the task force enact their verbal presentation (along with technological supports) to the Executive Team, receiving constructive feedback from you (the coach), other members of the task force and several outsiders (who may or may not support the proposed recommendations).