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Thought-full Thursday: Appreciative Leadership

Persuasive Powerhouse

David Cooperrider What is the best that you see in each of your colleagues? This could only have been done by appreciating everyone around us and not by being contained in a careless working atmosphere, otherwise we could not have achieved any success. What is the best in the groups you are trying to lead?

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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. What need is it satisfying?

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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. What need is it satisfying?