Archive for April 2012
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Interested in learning about an approach to organisational change that really puts people at the heart of the change process? Heard about Appreciative Inquiry and curious to learn more?
This one day introductory workshop is designed specifically for people who are new to this approach. It will equip you with a full understanding of all the essential concepts and basic skills for understanding and using this approach in your daily work as coach, manager, consultant or organisational leader.
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Tags: ai, ai at work, appreciating change, appreciative enquiry, appreciative inquiry, business psychology, Case Studies, employee engagement, events, introduction to ai, leadership, management, Masterclass, positive psychology, psychology, sarah lewis
Posted in Events |
Research over the last twenty years that confirmed that two of the most important predictors of success in life are intelligence and willpower (or self control). We now know a number of important things about willpower:
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Tags: business psychology, discipline, leadership, management, positive psychology, positive psychology at work, psychology, research, sarah lewis, self-control, willpower
Posted in Positive Psychology, Research |
The plan is not the change
All too often those involved in creating the plan for change believe this to be the most essential part of the process, worthy of extended time and effort, while implementation is seen as ‘just’ a matter of communicating and rolling out the plan. Plans are a story of hope. Change happens when people change their habitual patterns of communication and intervention in a meaningful and sustainable way.
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Tags: acting appreciatively, ai, ai at work, appreciating change, appreciative enquiry, appreciative inquiry, business psychology, change, change management, employee engagement, leadership, management, od, organisational development, positive change, positive psychology, positive psychology at work, psychology, resistance to change, sarah lewis, strengths-based
Posted in Change, Leadership, Organisational Development |
Charles Smith, an experienced project manager turned organisational psychologist, has performed a fantastic analysis of how successful project managers actually do project management compared to how they tell us they do it. In the process he has discovered some very useful ways of thinking about projects and the role they perform in organisational life. In particular he notes that successful project managers have an unrecognised project-craft that they call on to aid the delivery of the ‘formal plan’.
I highly recommend this very readable book which is currently on special offer from the Gower website (details at end), and meanwhile have picked out 10 juicy gems of insight and wisdom that resonated with my experience:
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Tags: business psychology, change, employee engagement, leadership, management, od, organisational development, project management, realities, reality, sarah lewis, strengths-based
Posted in Change, Organisational Development |
