How Limiting Beliefs Can Affect Your Leadership
Can you identify your limiting beliefs around leadership? Here’s an exercise to help you
How to Use Provocative Propositions in Appreciative Inquiry: Positive Change Methods Podcast 29
Provocative Propositions: what they are, what makes a good one, and how to use them with teams and with larger-scale organisational change
How Organisations Can Stop Falling Short of Their Values
Organisations often fall short of putting their stated values into practice. Here are some tips on how to cure that problem
Could We Go ‘One Louder’? Scaling Life Up to 11
Here’s a somewhat experimental coaching question that you might find a use for in some circumstances. In the spoof rockumentary movie This Is Spinal Tap there’s a celebrated scene where guitarist Nigel Tufnel shows off his customised Marshall amplifier, on which all the dials go up to 11 rather than the standard 10: “It’s one
Psychological Safety with Jenny Ainsworth: Positive Change Methods Podcast
This episode is full of practical tips to build psychological safety in your team, even across digital divides – with leadership and culture consultant Jenny Ainsworth.
Show notes: https://coachingleaders.co.uk/pcm28
How to Facilitate the Dream Stage in Appreciative Team Development: Positive Change Methods Podcast 27
How to facilitate the Dream stage when you’re conducting an Appreciative Inquiry workshop with a team (Appreciative Team Development), with some tips on scaling up for larger groups – plus ideas for what to do if unexpected situations crop up
Appreciative Inquiry – Questions for the Dream Stage: Positive Change Methods Podcast Episode 26
Practical Appreciative Inquiry podcast: How to frame the Dream stage of Appreciative Inquiry so that participants understand it
Appreciative Inquiry in Sports Coaching
How can you apply Appreciative Inquiry to sports coaching? Here are some ideas, plus links to further resources
The Only Icebreaker You’ll Ever Need for Training or Facilitation
Training and facilitation tip: here’s an easy Appreciative Inquiry-based icebreaker you can use in your training courses
Increase Your Happiness and Clarify Your Goals With the ‘Best Possible Self’ Exercise
A research-supported exercise from positive psychology that’s been shown to increase well-being and even reduce stress and depression
How to Improve Appraisals, Feedback, and Emotional Climate at Work: January 2026 Roundup
Jan 2026 roundup of the best resources on feedback, appraisals, and creating a coaching culture at work
The SCORE Model – a Simple Coaching and Facilitation Format from NLP
The SCORE Model is simple but powerful model for coaching, therapy, and problem solving