Practical Coaching With Appreciative Inquiry: A Guide to Appreciative Inquiry for Coaches, and Coaching Tools for Appreciative Inquiry Practitioners

Are you a coach looking for a more appreciative and strengths-based approach? This book is the step-by-step guide to get you started using Appreciative Inquiry in one-to-one coaching. Author Andy Smith has over 15 years' experience of facilitating Appreciative Inquiry processes. He has trained hundreds of people in how to put the theory of Appreciative Inquiry into practice – now let him share with you practical tips and tools for applying the approach in a coaching session. "As is his talent, Andy offers good, sound practical advice for coaches and leaders who wish to develop themselves and others in bringing life-affirming practices to their respective constituents." – Robyn Stratton-Berkessel, author, Appreciative Inquiry for Collaborative Solutions, and host, Positivity Strategist Podcast. Practical Coaching With Appreciative Inquiry is designed to help you if you're an Appreciative Inquiry practitioner who needs to know how best to apply the approach in coaching, and equally if you're a coach who needs to use the most effective and positive methods to support your clients in planning, decision-making, and playing to their strengths. In this book you'll discover: How appreciative coaching can liberate creativity and new ideas in your clients How to tame your 'Fixing Reflex' Three levels of listening How to use Appreciative Inquiry's '5-D' format to structure your coaching sessions How to help your clients 'flip' their focus from problems to opportunities When – and how - to use compatible tools from other approaches, like the Experience Cube, Logical Levels of Change, and the EQ framework to help your clients get the most from coaching How to use scaling questions in coaching, and the right questions to ask at each stage of coaching Plus the book gives you a clear explanation of the principles that underpin Appreciative Inquiry and – crucially – how to apply them practically in one-to-one coaching. There's also a summary of the discoveries in neuroscience that explain why appreciative coaching supports the client to be their best, and strengthens the coaching relationship. – discoveries that every coach, leader, and change agent needs to know about. Buy Practical Coaching With Appreciative Inquiry and get start making more of a difference for your coaching clients today.