Appreciative Leadership

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Appreciative Leadership
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Appreciative Perspective

• Organizations should be sustainable
• Appreciative leaders lead from the perspective of
  resource and opportunity abundance
• Role of appreciative leader
• Inspire passion
• Focus on whats working and why
• Engage strengths

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Appreciative Leader Questions

• What, in this particular situation, do my
  followers need?
• What are the possibilities, both expressed and
  unexpressed, that provide an opportunity for me
  to be a more effective leader?

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Why Deficiency Leadership Doesnt Work

• A focus on whats wrong, problems, and who is
  deficient
• A deficiency is something we lack or something
  that doesnt exist
• We cant do anything about something that doesnt
  exist
• The only way to improve performance is by using
  what we have differently

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Core Capabilities
PASSIONS
STRENGTHS
Knowledge
Interests
Skills
Imagination
Qualities
Intentions
Relationships
Principles
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Assessment of Passions and Strengths

• What goals drive your current focus?
• What are your personal and career goals?
• How are your goals aligned with your
  organization?
• What strengths do you use in your work/school?
• What strengths are you not using in your
  work/school?

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Appreciative Appraisal and Coaching

• Focus on what is going well and why
• Find out what is helping (resources)
• Pay attention to the whole person
• Be affirming
• Build self-confidence
• Assess and engage existing capabilities in new
  ways