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Appreciative process: A method for transformational change
Author: Gervase R Bushe , Tom Pitman
OD Practitioner
Date: 01/01/1991
Volume: 23
Issue: 3
Pages: 1-4
Annotation: Interpersonal clarity is the pre-requisite for effective cooperative action. It improves communication, problem-solving, decision-making, conflict management, and team work. As I hope I have convinced you by now, without interpersonal clarity no group of people working together can come close to achieving their potential.
But there is one other thing I see exceptional leaders in empowered organizations doing that seems to be an important ingredient to their “magic”. Put simply, they focus more on what’s working and what they want more of and less on “problems” and what they want less of. Taking a cue from Dave Cooperrider and Suresh Srivastva, I’ve come to call what they do an “appreciative” stance toward management and change .
This paper now appears as chapter 7 "Appreciative Self: Inspiring the Best in Others" in the book Clear Leadership.
Online Resources:
Gervase Bushe - website
Chapter Online
Resource Files:
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