If you have any prior experience of coaching you may well have used the GROW model, probably the most widely used format in coaching, and you may be curious about how the Appreciative Inquiry 5-D format relates to it. The… The post Appreciative Coaching: How Does the 5-D Format Compare to the GROW and TGROW Models? appeared first on Coaching Leaders ..read more

The 5-D format is the most widely used way of structuring Appreciative Inquiry processes, and by far the one that I have the most personal experience with. Although it originated, like Appreciative Inquiry as a whole, in the field of… The post Using the 5-D Format in One-to-One Coaching appeared first on Coaching Leaders ..read more

Continuing the series applying the principles of Appreciative Inquiry to one-to-one coaching “Free choice liberates power” – Diana Whitney and Amanda Trosten-Bloom, The Power of Appreciative Inquiry The Free Choice Principle states that people perform better, and are more engaged,… The post Principles of Appreciative Inquiry in Coaching: the Free Choice Principle appeared first on Coaching Leaders ..read more

“The only way to change the world is to live the difference” – Diana Whitney and Amanda Trosten-Bloom, The Power of Appreciative Inquiry The Enactment Principle reminds us that the best way – perhaps the only way – to make… The post Principles of Appreciative Inquiry in Coaching: the Enactment Principle appeared first on Coaching Leaders ..read more

Taking Relevant Others Into Account It would be a rare coaching client that only takes their own welfare and needs into account, without regard to what anyone else thinks or feels. Most people have family members, friends, and/or work colleagues… The post Applying the Wholeness Principle in Coaching (2): Relevant Others appeared first on Coaching Leaders ..read more

“Wholeness brings out the best in people” The three ‘emergent’ principles of Appreciative Inquiry developed some time after the original five, arising from what practitioners observed and found to work as they facilitated Appreciative Inquiry processes with organisations and communities.… The post Principles of Appreciative Inquiry in Coaching: The Wholeness Principle (part 1) appeared first on Coaching Leaders ..read more

“The inquiry is the intervention” Change Starts From the Very First Question Someone new to coaching might think that we should ask questions to help the client explore their situation, at the same time gathering information to clue ourselves in… The post Principles of Appreciative Inquiry in Coaching: the Simultaneity Principle appeared first on Coaching Leaders ..read more

“Positive questions lead to positive change” The Paradox of Change Think about a time when change has been forced on you. Particularly if the change came as a shock, the chances are that you didn’t enjoy it much. Maybe, looking… The post Principles of Appreciative Inquiry in Coaching: The Positive Principle appeared first on Coaching Leaders ..read more

“We can choose what we focus on” When I was studying hypnotherapy 30 years ago, a common metaphor for the unconscious mind likened it to a vast, dark storehouse full of treasures and memories, and our conscious awareness as being… The post Principles of Appreciative Inquiry in Coaching: the Poetic Principle appeared first on Coaching Leaders ..read more

In a nutshell, the Anticipatory Principle says that people (and human systems on every scale) move in the direction of their images of the future – and the more positive the image of the future, the more likely it is… The post Applying the Principles of Appreciative Inquiry to Coaching (2): The Anticipatory Principle appeared first on Coaching Leaders ..read more