Appreciative Inquiry

The manager as coach: helping others find their goal

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By Elisabeth Goodman, revised 11th June 2020 (Originally posted as “Developing your coaching skills as a manager” 18th January 2017) Helping people perform at their best – where to start? We teach coaching skills in  RiverRhee’s Introduction to Management  course and also in Coaching Skills for Managers. We also apply these skills ourselves as coaches. …

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Appreciative Inquiry – a tool and philosophy for positive change

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By Elisabeth Goodman, 5th November 2016 Asking questions sets the tone for what will follow – start from what’s working well It seemed obvious from the moment that our facilitator, Andy Smith (Coaching Leaders), mentioned it at the start of the two day course on Appreciative Inquiry (AI) that I attended this week. The minute you …

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