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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 |
What is positive psychology?
Coined as a phrase by Martin Seligman as President of the American Psychological Association in 1998, positive psychology is the psychology of exceptionally good living. It embraces areas of study such as happiness; human flourishing; exceptional wellbeing; energy and vitality, meaningfulness and achievement. The switch in focus from psychology’s traditional concern with when things go wrong for people (mental or physical ill-health, poor educational performance etc.) to when things go right for people has resulted in a burst of new streams of research and new knowledge about the psychology of high performance in people.
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Tags: acting appreciatively, ai at work, appreciating change, appreciative enquiry, appreciative inquiry, business psychology, change, employee engagement, leadership, management, positive psychology, positive psychology at work, practical positive psychology, psychology, sarah lewis, strengthening teams, strengths-based, team development
Posted in Change, Positive Psychology, Research, Team Development |
At the European Begiestring Organizations meeting in Manchester in November this year, a few of us had a conversation about how to engage with a request to help managers develop ‘active listening skills’ in a new, interesting and engaging way.
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Tags: acting appreciatively, active listening, ai, ai at work, appreciating change, appreciative inquiry, appreciative listening, business psychology, communication, leadership, listening, management, positive psychology, positive psychology at work, psychology, sarah lewis
Posted in Appreciative Inquiry |
Difficult times loom ahead. Few of us feel at our brightest and most optimistic in the dark, cold days of January, February and March. How can we help maintain good cheer, hope and optimism amongst our staff, suppliers and customers? Here are some suggestions, maybe even a list of New Year resolutions!
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Tags: acting appreciatively, ai at work, appreciating change, appreciative enquiry, appreciative inquiry, business psychology, employee engagement, leadership, management, od, organisational development, positive psychology, positive psychology at work, practical positive psychology, psychology, strengthening teams, team development
Posted in Leadership, Organisational Development, Positive Psychology, Team Development |
Time to Think is the title of a book by Nancy Klein. It was recommended as a resource by people I trust.
The first time I read it I didn’t really get it, it seemed like a variation on what I already knew and did.
Yet people I valued kept referring to it as being a terrific resource and method.
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Tags: acting appreciatively, active listening, ai at work, appreciating change, appreciative enquiry, appreciative inquiry, appreciative listening, business psychology, Case Studies, case study, change techniques, communication, Deep listening, employee engagement, facilitation, leadership, listening, positive, positive psychology, psychology, psychology at work, sarah lewis, team development
Posted in Appreciative Inquiry, Case Studies, Change Techniques, Leadership, Team Development |
The good news is: Performance Management Works
‘ A hospital that appraises around 20% more staff and trains about 20% more apprasisers is likely to have 1,090 fewer deaths per 100,000 admissions.’[i] Many other studies have also found this strong relationship between performance management, appraisals and organisational performance. How come then, it is a disliked process in so many organizations?
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Tags: acting appreciatively, appreciating change, business psychology, employee engagement, leadership, management, od, organisational development, performance appraisal, performance managment, positive psychology, positive psychology at work, practical positive psychology, psychology, research, sarah lewis, strengths-based
Posted in Employee Engagement, Organisational Development, Positive Psychology, Research |
By Jem Smith
Introduction
Robert Kaiser makes an intriguing argument as to why many executives see their career progress suddenly interrupted, arguing that for many ambition and inflexibility, which may have contributed to their early success, can become such a handicap in senior leadership positions that it eclipses their intelligence and work ethic, causing them to become a liability.
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Tags: acting appreciatively, appreciating change, business psychology, employee engagement, executive derailment, executive failure, leadership, management, psychology, research, robert kaiser, sarah lewis
Posted in Leadership, Research |
