Equips leaders with a revolutionary approach to achieving positive organizational change

Practical Appreciative Inquiry: A Toolkit for Applying Appreciative Inquiry to Organisational Challenges, Opportunities, and Aspirations helps experienced practitioners and newcomers alike harness the versatility and flexibility of appreciative inquiry to improve any organization. An invaluable "how to" guide, it contains a wealth of ideas and activities that readers can use to put appreciative inquiry into practice in many different organisational scenarios. It demonstrates how to achieve change while fostering positive relationships, promoting collective learning, and utilizing the best features of the organization's culture to make rapid improvements.

Sarah Lewis, a specialist organizational consultant and facilitator, provides step-by-step advice for developing the leadership mindset required for practising appreciative leadership, building resilience within an organization, motivating performance, boosting team creativity, supporting planned change processes, and much more.

Covering all key aspects of appreciative inquiry from a practice-oriented perspective, Practical Appreciative Inquiry:

• Guides readers on applying appreciative inquiry theory in a wide range of real-world management scenarios
• Integrates numerous case studies and examples of appreciative inquiry in action, including many from the author's own practice
• Introduces the 5D model of appreciative inquiry and the SOAR model of strategy development
• Explains how to develop, deliver, and follow up an appreciative inquiry event, summit, and commission
• Discusses appreciative inquiry approaches to specific organizational issues, such as fostering team member diversity, reducing silo mentality, virtual working challenges, and health interventions
• Contains learning points, discussion questions, additional readings, teaching exercises, and links to online resources in each chapter

Practical Appreciative Inquiry: A Toolkit for Applying Appreciative Inquiry to Organisational Challenges, Opportunities, and Aspirations is a must-read for all leaders, managers, and team members wanting to improve their organization, as well as consultants and organizational development experts interested in using appreciative inquiry in their practice.

About the Author

Sarah Lewis is a chartered psychologist, an Associated Fellow of the British Psychological Society, and a founder and principal member of the Association of Business Psychologists. She is Managing Director of Appreciating Change and the Positive Psychology Shop and has more than 30 years of experience helping people and organizations change their behavior. Her clients include local government, central government, non-profit organizations, and private sector clients, particularly in the manufacturing, publishing, and educational sectors. Sarah lectures at the post-graduate level in the UK and is a regular conference presenter both nationally and internationally. She is the author of five books, including Appreciative Inquiry for Change Management and Positive Psychology and Change.

Book Information
ISBN 9781394198122
Author Sarah Lewis
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc