Conversations Worth Having

Jackie Stavros / Cheri Torres

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Conversations can be critical and destructive or they can be generative and productive. This book shows how to guarantee your conversations will help people organizations and communities flourish. Conversations are at the core of how we interact. We all know that conversations influence us, but we rarely stop to think about how much impact they have on our well-being and our ability to thrive.

This book shows how Appreciative Inquiry (AI)—one of the most widely used new approaches for fostering positive change for individuals, groups organizations and communities—can help everyone communicate better and flourish in all areas of their lives. Stavros and Torres spell out 2 practices and 5 principles to create great conversations. Each chapter is built around real-life stories of people using these practices and principles to strengthen relationships and generate possibilities for a future that works for everyone.

What will you learn from this book

  1. Appreciative Inquiry Approach: Exploring the principles and methodology of Appreciative Inquiry—a positive, strengths-based approach to organizational development and change.

  2. Positive Conversations: Emphasizing the power of positive dialogue and conversations in driving engagement, innovation, and collaboration.

  3. Shifting Mindsets: Encouraging a shift from problem-focused conversations to solution-oriented, strengths-based conversations.

  4. Strengths-Based Leadership: Leveraging AI to develop leadership approaches that emphasize strengths, possibilities, and collective engagement.

  5. Employee Engagement: Using AI to enhance employee engagement by fostering a culture of inclusion, appreciation, and empowerment.

  6. Organizational Change: Applying AI as a tool for initiating and managing organizational change by involving stakeholders in envisioning a positive future.

  7. Creating Shared Vision: Facilitating conversations that enable teams and organizations to co-create a shared vision and aspirations.

  8. Innovation and Creativity: Utilizing AI to stimulate innovation and creativity by exploring past successes and strengths.

  9. Collaboration and Team Building: Using AI methodologies to build strong teams and promote collaboration among team members.

  10. Practical Tools and Techniques: Providing practical tools, exercises, and conversation frameworks to implement Appreciative Inquiry effectively.

Language English
ISBN-10 9781523099849
No of pages 158
Font Size Medium
Book Publisher Berrett Koehller
Published Date 30 Aug 2018

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