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Appreciative coaching : a positive process for change /

By: Orem, Sara, 1943-.
Contributor(s): Binkert, Jacqueline | Clancy, Ann L.
Publisher: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass/Wiley, c2007Edition: 1st ed.Description: xxiv, 245 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780787984533; 9780787984533:.Subject(s): Executive coaching | Organizational changeDDC classification: 658.3124
Contents:
An overview of appreciative coaching -- Positive methods -- The foundation of appreciative coaching- Part I : the constructionist principle and the positive principle -- The foundation of appreciative coaching- Part II : the simultaneity principle, the poetic principle, and the anticipatory principle -- The appreciative coaching process: getting started -- Discovery stage: reflecting and celebrating -- Dream stage: articulating potential -- Design stage: directing attention and action -- Destiny: being and becoming -- Stepping into appreciative coaching.
Summary: Appreciative inquiry evolved in the 1980's as a positive philosophy to guide change in organizations. Research shows that the severity of problems and conflicts can actually increase when too sharp of a focus is applied to them. This volume applies lessons learned from appreciative inquiry to executive and career coaching.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-238) and index.

An overview of appreciative coaching -- Positive methods -- The foundation of appreciative coaching- Part I : the constructionist principle and the positive principle -- The foundation of appreciative coaching- Part II : the simultaneity principle, the poetic principle, and the anticipatory principle -- The appreciative coaching process: getting started -- Discovery stage: reflecting and celebrating -- Dream stage: articulating potential -- Design stage: directing attention and action -- Destiny: being and becoming -- Stepping into appreciative coaching.

Appreciative inquiry evolved in the 1980's as a positive philosophy to guide change in organizations. Research shows that the severity of problems and conflicts can actually increase when too sharp of a focus is applied to them. This volume applies lessons learned from appreciative inquiry to executive and career coaching.

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