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Thought-full Thursday: Appreciative Leadership

Persuasive Powerhouse

So take five and enjoy the inspirational quotes and reflect on the questions that follow. David Cooperrider What is the best that you see in each of your colleagues? I wish more leaders asked themselves these questions and followed David Cooperrider’s advice. Keep it up, and I hope it will catch on!

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5 Common Questions Leaders Should Never Ask

Harvard Business Review

“We live in the world our questions create,” says David Cooperrider, a professor at Case Western Reserve University and a pioneer of “Appreciative Inquiry,” which holds that questions focusing on strengths and using positive language are far more useful to organizations than questions with a negative focus. Why don’t you do it this way?”

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5 Common Questions Leaders Should Never Ask

Harvard Business Review

“We live in the world our questions create,” says David Cooperrider, a professor at Case Western Reserve University and a pioneer of “Appreciative Inquiry,” which holds that questions focusing on strengths and using positive language are far more useful to organizations than questions with a negative focus. Why don’t you do it this way?”