Appreciative Inquiry

Course Description

Appreciative inquiry focuses on finding the best in people and how they use it to function in their work and everyday life. Through appreciative inquiry, an employer uses the art of asking questions and opinions to strengthen the system as a whole, creating a more positive environment and heightening employee potential. This approach is designed to focus less on negativity and criticism, and utilize personal design and encourage discovery. Objectives • Know the meaning of appreciative inquiry • Think in positive terms and avoid thinking negatively • Encourage others to think positively • Recognize positive attributes in people • Create positive imagery • Manage and guide employees in a positive environment Course Contents: • Introducing Appreciative Inquiry • What is Appreciative Inquiry? • Generating a Better Future • Engaging People in Positive Thought • Change the Person, Change the Organization • Changing the Way You Think • Shifting from “What’s Wrong?” to “What’s Right?” • It’s Not Eliminating Mistakes-It’s Holding up Successes • Positive Language Will Affect People’s Thinking • Limit or Remove Negative Phrasing • Four D Model • Discovery • Dream • Design • Delivery • Four I Model • Initiate • Inquire • Imagine • Innovate • Appreciative Inquiry Interview Style • Framing Positive Questions • Solicit Positive Stories • Finding What Works • Recognize the Reoccurring Themes • Anticipatory Reality • Imagining a Successful Future Will Affect the Present • Controlling Negative Anticipation • Current Decisions Will Be Influenced Positively • Base It on Data and Real Examples • The Power of Positive Imagery • Shaping Performance with Positive Imagery • Being Better Prepared for Adversity • People are More Flexible and Creative • Think of the Perfect Situation • Influencing Change Through Appreciative Inquiry • Using Strengths to Solve Challenges • Confidence Will Promote Positive Change • Inquiry is a Seed of Change • People Will Gravitate Towards What is Expected of Them • Coaching and Managing With Appreciative Inquiry • Build Around What Works • Focus on Increases • Recognize the Best in People • Limit or Remove Negative Comments • Creating a Positive Core • Strengths • Best Practices • Peak Experiences • Successes What You Will Get When Enrolling? 1. Course PowerPoint Presentation 2. Training Manual 3. Training Audios 4. Training Videos 5. Course Activities 6. Case Studies Book for a Free Course Assessment and receive Your Course Certificate