Appreciative Coaching: What If Your Coaching Client Asks You For Advice?
Appreciative coaching is non-directive by nature – but what should you do if your coaching client asks you for advice? Here are some ideas
How to Engage People With ‘Technical’ Appreciative Inquiry Topics: Positive Change Methods Podcast Ep. 21
Many business processes, essential as they are, don’t in themselves make the heart beat faster. How can we use Appreciative Inquiry to stimulate generative thinking about topics that are hard to engage with emotionally?
Show notes: https://coachingleaders.co.uk/pcm21
Is It Ever Right For Developmental Coaches to Give Advice?
according to developmental coaching guru David Clutterbuck, a common complaint from disgruntled coachees is that their coach sticks too rigidly to the ‘never give advice’ rule.
So is there ever a time when it’s right to step out of non-directive mode by sharing information, giving advice, or even telling the coachee what to do?
How to Handle Negative Feelings in Appreciative Interviews: Positive Change Methods Podcast Ep. 20
How do you conduct appreciative interviews with people who are feeling negative, or who are going through a tough time? This episode has some tips for doing the interviews sensitively, and for handling ‘negativity’ or cynicism from the interviewee.
Show notes: https://coachingleaders.co.uk/pcm20
How to Identify Themes From Appreciative Interviews; Positive Change Methods Podcast Ep 19
So your group have done their appreciative interviews with each other – now, how do they identify the themes emerging from them?
This episode is a deep dive the into practicalities of facilitating an Appreciative Inquiry process, starting with a small-group appreciative team development session and including tips for scaling up to larger groups.
Show notes: https://coachingleaders.co.uk/pcm19
3 Ways You Can Use Appreciative Interviews to Identify Conditions for Success: Positive Change Methods Podcast 18
Appreciative interviews are a great way to find what’s working so you can do more of it. Here are three ways you can use them
Show notes at https://coachingleaders.co.uk/pcm18