How is it that some people seem to have great relationships and success in their lives while others do not? Why are some organizations successful at sustaining positive change while others make a great start but let it fade away? It rests on the dynamics of their relationships.
Creating positive dynamics and sustained success requires continuous awareness and informed appreciative action. Dynamic Relationships: Unleashing the Power of Appreciative Inquiry in Daily Living invites us to step into the appreciative paradigm where the principles governing our actions and relationships offer a means for increased value and meaning in our lives and our communities of work and play.
Dynamic Relationships offers us the opportunity to practice these principles through cycles of reflection and action in ways that empower us to become a force for creating and sustaining life-affirming relationships and success in
This book hones in on the important theme of team building, drawing on the best articles from thirty-five years of Pfeiffer annuals. In this book you will find a stellar panel of contributors a toolbox loaded with activities, surveys and information that you can put in place to build high-performing teams and a complete team building kit that includes a model for determining a team's strengths and weaknesses. It also includes an innovative ten-block model for building a high performance team More info
Strategy is everybody’s job - SOAR is the acronym of a new strategic planning process that is based on discovering and multiplying what the organization does well. SOAR takes the Appreciative Inquiry philosophy and applies it to provide a strategic thinking and dialogue process. The SOAR book includes a pull-out card that is a handy reminder of the 5-I Approach and sample questions that are referred to in the book. You'll find it helpful in conducting your next SOAR More info
Deep in our hearts, Australians know that our nation was built on land that does not belong to us. Some of us now assert that Aboriginal people should simply take advantage of opportunities offered by white society. But many others feel guilt, often turning this guilt inwards, feeling helpless in the face of the appalling conditions in which many of the original inhabitants of this country now live. Successive government policies of obliteration, assimilation, cultural maintenance and intervention have manifestly failed to bridge the gulf between black and white Australians,... More info
