How Limiting Beliefs Can Affect Your Leadership
Can you identify your limiting beliefs around leadership? Here's an exercise to help you The post How Limiting Beliefs Can Affect Your Leadership first appeared on Coaching Leaders.
View ArticleHow to Use Provocative Propositions in Appreciative Inquiry: Positive Change...
Provocative Propositions: what they are, what makes a good one, and how to use them with teams and with larger-scale organisational change The post How to Use Provocative Propositions in Appreciative...
View ArticleHow 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 The post How Organisations Can Stop Falling Short of Their Values appeared...
View ArticleCould 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...
View ArticlePsychological Safety and Connection Intelligence® with Jenny Ainsworth:...
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:...
View ArticleHow to Facilitate the Dream Stage in Appreciative Team Development: Positive...
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...
View ArticleAppreciative Inquiry – Questions for the Dream Stage: Positive Change Methods...
Practical Appreciative Inquiry podcast: How to frame the Dream stage of Appreciative Inquiry so that participants understand it The post Appreciative Inquiry – Questions for the Dream Stage: Positive...
View ArticleAppreciative Inquiry in Sports Coaching
How can you apply Appreciative Inquiry to sports coaching? Here are some ideas, plus links to further resources The post Appreciative Inquiry in Sports Coaching appeared first on Coaching Leaders.
View ArticleThe 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 The post The Only Icebreaker You’ll Ever Need for Training or Facilitation...
View ArticleIncrease Your Happiness and Clarify Your Goals With the ‘Best Possible Self’...
A research-supported exercise from positive psychology that's been shown to increase well-being and even reduce stress and depression The post Increase Your Happiness and Clarify Your Goals With the...
View ArticleHow to Improve Appraisals, Feedback, and Emotional Climate at Work: January...
Jan 2026 roundup of the best resources on feedback, appraisals, and creating a coaching culture at work The post How to Improve Appraisals, Feedback, and Emotional Climate at Work: January 2026 Roundup...
View ArticleThe SCORE Model – a Simple Coaching and Facilitation Format from NLP
The SCORE Model is simple but powerful model for coaching, therapy, and problem solving The post The SCORE Model – a Simple Coaching and Facilitation Format from NLP appeared first on Coaching Leaders.
View ArticleToo Good Not to Share! The Solution-Focused Circle Technique
Here's an easy and powerful solution focus technique I came across recently - it would also work as part of an Appreciative Inquiry session The post Too Good Not to Share! The Solution-Focused Circle...
View ArticleBest Appreciative Inquiry Resources on the Web: Autumn 2025 Roundup
I thought I’d share with you some of the best resources for Appreciative Inquiry (and related approaches) that I’ve stumbled across recently: Is your leadership above the line or below the line? I was...
View ArticleHow to Use ‘Provocative Propositions’ in Appreciative Coaching (part 2)
Here's how to help your appreciative coaching client formulate their 'provocative proposition' to guide and inspire them towards their dreams. Some starter phrases, plus step by step instructions The...
View ArticleHow to Use ‘Provocative Propositions’ in Appreciative Coaching (part 1)
A checklist for powerful provocative propositions in one to one coaching, with examples The post How to Use ‘Provocative Propositions’ in Appreciative Coaching (part 1) appeared first on Coaching...
View ArticleHow to Ask Generative Questions: Positive Change Methods Podcast 25
Appreciative Inquiry talks a lot about generative questions - but what are they? What do they do? And how to ask them successfully? Find out in this episode of the Positive Change Methods Podcast The...
View ArticleUsing the ‘Logical Levels’ Model in One-to-One Coaching (Part 2)
How I use Robert Dilt's 'Logical Levels' model on one-to-one coaching - with (literally) step-by-step instructions The post Using the ‘Logical Levels’ Model in One-to-One Coaching (Part 2) appeared...
View ArticleName It, Flip It, Frame It – a Conversation Worth Having with Jackie Stavros...
Exploring the transformative world of Appreciative Inquiry with Jackie Stavros and Cheri Torres, authors of 'Conversations Worth Having'. Learn how to ask generative questions and frame conversations...
View ArticleUsing the ‘Logical Levels’ Model in Appreciative Coaching (part 1)
The Logical Levels model from NLP can get powerful results for your coaching clients. Let's look at how to use it The post Using the ‘Logical Levels’ Model in Appreciative Coaching (part 1) appeared...
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