Appreciative Team Building
Working Paper:Creating a Climate for Great Collaboration
Author: Jay K Cherney
Teambuilding Inc
Cherry Hill, NJ United States
04/02/2003
Summary: "Using Appreciative Inquiry with teams creates a climate that sustains synergy and collaboration. The principles and steps of appreciative inquiry are presented and compared with traditional teambuilding initiatives. Shame and pride are discussed as emotions with pivotal effects on individual and group development. We then examine how sharing stories of success builds team cohesion."
Subheadings include: Two visions of Teams; Appreciative Interviews; Applications' Storytelling, Belonging and Shame; Pride and Collaboration; and Addressing a Pitfall.
Online Resources:
Teambuilding Inc. - The Teambuilding Supersite
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