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Positively Speaking: The Art of Constructive Conversations with a Solutions Focus By Paul Z Jackson and Janine Waldman Suppose.. • You've got a difficult conversation that you're really not looking forward to • You want to change your boss's mind, but he doesn't listen • You need your team - or your children - to take responsibility for their own issues Top consultants Paul Z Jackson and Janine Waldman take you on a tour of successful, constructive conversations, from preparation through opening remarks to agreeing the right actions. Illustrated throughout with tips, examples and exercises, Positively Speaking will develop your skills in creating dialogue that works well for you at work, in social settings and at home. With a resource-based, solutions-focused approach, you will find it simpler and more enjoyable to get what you want by talking to people the Positively Speaking way. And the results will be positively extraordinary. Praise for Positively Speaking: "With Positively Speaking Jackson and Waldman have created my dream Solutions Focus book: they make the concepts absurdly easy to understand and - more importantly - they make the material relevant to my work and relationships!" Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener, Programme Director, Center of Applied Positive Psychology "The strategic application of Solution Focused approaches can help unlock the most challenging aspects of executive leadership in the modern public sector. Jackson and Waldman's approach instils the discipline of simplicity and builds confidence through positive enquiry. I have greatly benefited from working with them and recommend Positively Speaking as a way ahead." Andrew Fowlie, General Manager, NHS Grampian "For me, there's nothing like going on a course and gaining new skills - unless it's a book like 'Positively Speaking', which gives me background, theory, case studies, models and, most importantly real concrete ways to put all of that into practice in my day-to day work of coaching, facilitation and working through conflict. This book is a real asset to any practitioner who needs to 'just do it' - just great." Ann Lukens, Director, Groupworks "This resource really does live up to its aim of helping us learn more about what we can do rather than what we can't. I like the way it brings the idea of Solutions Focus to life through examples, case studies and practical exercises. I'll definitely be using these ideas in my work as a facilitator and coach." Colin Coombs, Learning & Development Manager, Tate Paul Z Jackson and Janine Waldman are co-directors of The Solutions Focus (www.thesolutionsfocus.co.uk), leading a team of consultants, facilitators and coaches who apply this approach worldwide in organisations including Beiersdorf (Nivea), PepsiCo, Reading Borough Council, John Laing and The Metropolitan Police
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Struggeling to get your point across or make your point stick, then this book could really help.
This is a great step by step guide to using a Solutions Focus approach to having better/stronger/more positive conversations. If you've not looked at Solutions Focus then you should, as it is reverses the normal approach of trying to solve something by starting with the problem and turns that around in a very different way to start with looking at the solution - much more positive way to think. The book gives a very common sense approach to building your understanding and gives you space to try your thoughts out and practice the approach. THe words are clear and simple, with some great examples we can all relate to. An excellent approach to trying to get to better constructive conversations.
This is a great step by step guide to using a Solutions Focus approach to having better/stronger/more positive conversations. If you've not looked at Solutions Focus then you should, as it is reverses the normal approach of trying to solve something by starting with the problem and turns that around in a very different way to start with looking at the solution - much more positive way to think. The book gives a very common sense approach to building your understanding and gives you space to try your thoughts out and practice the approach. THe words are clear and simple, with some great examples we can all relate to. An excellent approach to trying to get to better constructive conversations.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As a coach, university instructor, and organizational consultant I am always looking for ways to bring solutions and positivity to the people with whom I work. I have long known about solution-focused approaches-- first being trained in them when I did my clinical work in the 1990s-- but have only used it occassionally. What was missing, for me, was a passionate guide who could breathe life into solution-ficus and show me how to make this powerful took relevant to all aspects of my life. Finally, in Jackson and Waldman's book, I have found exactly that. They have created my dream Solutions Focus book: they make the concepts absurdly easy to understand and - more importantly - they make the material relevant to my work and relationships. Their clear writing style is a bonus. I will be using this with my coaching clients as well as giving this book as a gift to friends and managers.
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Brilliant
28 Sep 2010
Format:Paperback
Just read it and its brilliant. All our lives we are in many conversations. This book allows us to grow ourselves into doing it better and gain fro it.
Imagine that every conversation you have is a success.
The book is filled with exercises and it is really a journey you are taking toward understanding and knowing how to engage in a conversation in a more systematic, positive rewarding way. It works for me :)
Imagine that every conversation you have is a success.
The book is filled with exercises and it is really a journey you are taking toward understanding and knowing how to engage in a conversation in a more systematic, positive rewarding way. It works for me :)
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