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You’re busy—but are you actually growing? In this episode, Nata Salvatori exposes a trap that’s costing service providers time, money, and sanity: chasing busywork that feels productive but doesn’t move the needle. She walks through a clear, five-step growth path—from clarifying your offer, validating through real sales, delivering sustainably, building repeatable systems, to scaling confidently. You’ll learn: How to spot and ditch “fake work” Why clarity beats complexity every time How to use real feedback to validate your offers Delivery tips that prevent burnout System creation that enables scaling How to honor your current phase of growth 📌 Ready to stop spinning your wheels and make real moves? Map your phase, pick your next action, and don’t be afraid to ask for help: 👉 accidentalceo.co/coaching Support the show…
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Appreciative Inquiry's Free Choice Principle: why organisations thrive when people are treated as volunteers
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Appreciative Inquiry's Free Choice Principle: why organisations thrive when people are treated as volunteers
Many business processes, essential as they are, don’t in themselves make the heart beat faster. How can we use Appreciative Inquiry to stimulate generative thinking about topics that are hard to engage with emotionally? Show notes: https://coachingleaders.co.uk/pcm21
How do you conduct appreciative interviews with people who are feeling negative, or who are going through a tough time? This episode has some tips for doing the interviews sensitively, and for handling ‘negativity’ or cynicism from the interviewee. Show notes: https://coachingleaders.co.uk/pcm20
So your group have done their appreciative interviews with each other - now, how do they identify the themes emerging from them? This episode is a deep dive the into practicalities of facilitating an Appreciative Inquiry process, starting with a small-group appreciative team development session and including tips for scaling up to larger groups. Show notes: https://coachingleaders.co.uk/pcm19…
Appreciative interviews are a great way to find what's working so you can do more of it. Here are three ways you can use them Show notes at https://coachingleaders.co.uk/pcm18
There are various formats for appreciative interviews in the Appreciative Inquiry textbooks - this one works nicely for business. Show notes: https://coachingleaders.co.uk/pcm17
What should you do BEFORE you plan any change? Discover what's already working! Find out how to conduct Appreciative Inquiry's Discovery stage. Show notes: https://coachingleaders.co.uk/pcm15
The 'Problem to Possibility Exercise' - how to get a problem-focused team to move on to desired solutions and accept an appreciative approach. Show notes: https://coachingleaders.co.uk/pcm14
Appreciative Inquiry's 'Positive Principle' - the 'Paradox of Change', why most large-scale change initiatives fail, how positive emotions improve decision-making and productivity, and practical steps you can take to put the Positive Principle into action and improve your work (and life) right now
A New Podcast About Appreciative Inquiry, Solution Focused Practice, Positive Psychology and More! How do you help your workforce stay creative and engaged? How can you be a positive leader - without falling into the toxic positivity trap? What do you do with problems that keep coming back every time you try to solve them? Announcing a new podcast that helps you make your life and work better by focusing on what’s working, and doing more of that. The Positive Change Methods podcast will explain and explore leading-edge approaches to change – Appreciative Inquiry, solution focused practice, positive psychology, and more. I’m Andy Smith, Appreciative Inquiry facilitator and trainer. I’ve been facilitating and teaching Appreciative Inquiry and related approaches for over 15 years, and I want to make them available to every leader, every coach, and every manager. We’ll give you easy to understand explanations of how Appreciative Inquiry works, and how to use it. We’ll also have interviews with thought leaders, and practitioners using these approaches to get results in the real world – in business, health services, education, and community development. And each episode will give you something practical that you can take away and start using immediately to make your life or work better. Available now on your favourite podcast app – the Positive Change Methods podcast with me, Andy Smith. Subscribe now to make sure you never miss an episode. Would you like get started using Appreciative Inquiry confidently with teams and small groups? Join the Practical Appreciative Inquiry facilitator training that will start soon. "Andy's facilitation skills in the Appreciative Inquiry course are truly exceptional" - Cedric LaFleur, LaFleur Leadership Institute, USA Get the full details, dates, and how to book here…
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