Archive for July, 2007
Using Language to point people in the right direction
Posted by Sharon 23 July 2007I have always loved the ‘why’ question, so I was quite confronted one day when an NLP colleague asked - “is that useful for you?” Since then I have spent a lot of time exploring the nature of the questions we ask and have realised that “why did this happen?” sends us back into […]
Thinkers and Doers
Posted by Sharon 23 July 2007I was telling a colleague on the weekend about my latest pet theory about “thinkers” and “doers” and the value of dialogue as a process.
Deep dialogue, or the U theory (as I understand them) are processes where participants delve deeply into a situation to the point where the “truth” or essence of the situation becomes […]
Future Perfect - a direction rather than an end goal
Posted by Sharon 23 July 2007I’ve just read that the new Solutions Focus book is getting a plug in the Australian Institute of Management’s “Management Today†monthly magazine under the heading “Best Books in the Business” - good for Mark McKergow and Paul Jackson.
My recent course participants would agree with the review “this uniquely simple way of working sidesteps the […]
New Starters - Getting fluent in your company lingo
Posted by Sharon 5 July 2007I had lunch last week with educator Stephanie Burns and we chatted about the concept of fluency. Stephanie is literally getting fluent in Italian, while I am using the concept to talk with managers about the needs of their new employees.
What does it mean to be fluent in the language of an industry, the […]
Building a Solution Focussed Platform for Change
Posted by Sharon 5 July 2007I have been using the Solutions Focus approach for a few years now in change and restructure work. It’s energising because it focuses on what people can and are already doing. Some or all of the following elements may be useful to consider in your own change processes. “They” refers to the […]