Why listening beats giving advice, and what coaches and managers can learn from Motivational Interviewing Recently I came across an engaging short video by Roksana Anning on the ‘Righting Reflex’. The term was new to me, but the idea resonated…
The Best Appreciative Inquiry Resources On The Web – March 2022 Round-Up
A new Practical Appreciative Inquiry online training starts soon – click here to get the details and how to book Here are some of the best Appreciative Inquiry articles and podcasts I’ve come across in the last month or so Strategic…
Practical Appreciative Inquiry: Are Your Conversations Above Or Below The Line?
How to prepare yourself for any work conversation, even the difficult ones Here’s a very useful little nugget I picked up from a recent episode of the Rebel HR podcast, where the guests were Jackie Stavros and Cheri Torres, authors…
How To Use Appreciative Inquiry Without A Formal 5D Cycle (4): Appreciative Interviews In Coaching
How to get your coaching client to feel at ease with you, open up quicker, and reframe their issues, in your first session A new Practical Appreciative Inquiry online training starts soon – click here to get the details and how…
Basic Tips On Running Virtual Appreciative Inquiry Events Online
Recently a participant at the start of my Practical Appreciative Inquiry course asked me for tips on running Appreciative Inquiry events virtually. This was my reply: To run a small virtual Appreciative Inquiry event you need two things: breakout rooms,…
Appreciative Inquiry: What Is The Wholeness Principle? (Video + Transcript)
Why the Wholeness Principle deserves to be recognised as the sixth fundamental principle of Appreciative Inquiry, why it liberates you from having to ‘sell’ change to your people, and how it can stop your change initiative ending up in the…
How To Brief People To Do Appreciative Interviews
It’s one thing to train people to be appreciative interviewers – but how do you brief people in an Appreciative Inquiry summit or Appreciative Teambuilding event to interview each other? Chances are, unless they coach or manage people for a…
How To Use Appreciative Inquiry Without A Formal 5D Cycle (3): Appreciative Team Meetings
Think of all the team meetings you’ve attended in your working life. Chances are that they didn’t represent a high point in your career. Leaving aside the basic fact that managers tend to like meetings a lot more than ‘makers’…
The Best Appreciative Inquiry Resources On The Web – September 2021 Round-Up
Lots of subscribers have told me that they found last month’s round up of the best AI resources on the web useful, so I’m keeping it going for now. Here are five resources and articles that I’ve learned from and…
How To Use Appreciative Inquiry Without A Formal 5D Cycle (2): Conversational Appreciative Inquiry!
For this week’s tip I’m indebted to my good friend Gavin Ingham, the renowned sales expert and motivational speaker. Gavin attended the ‘in the room’ version of my Practical Appreciative Inquiry course a few years back, and like so many…