Articles
Appreciative Team Building: Creating a Climate for Great Collaboration
Jay Cherney, Ph.D.
Using Appreciative Inquiry with teams creates a climate that
sustains synergy and collaboration. The principles and steps of
appreciative inquiry are presented and compared with traditional
teambuilding initiatives. Shame and pride are discussed as emotions
with pivotal effects on individual and group development. We then
examine how sharing stories of success builds team cohesion. Read
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Appreciative Inquiry with Teams
Gervase R. Bushe Ph.D.
This article describes the author's thoughts and experiences
in trying to help people have conversations that generate new,
affirming and generative images. A simple process for running
an appreciative inquiry with a team is described. Differences
in using appreciative inquiry with new teams and ongoing teams
are discussed. Four different ways to use appreciative inquiry
in team-building events run by an external facilitator are described.
The author goes on to discuss the role of the consultant as wordsmith
in an appreciative process with teams. Read
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Meaning Making in Teams: Appreciative Inquiry with Pre-Identity
and Post-Identity Groups
Gervase R Bushe Ph.D.
In this article, instead of describing a single case, I am going
to abstract from a series of cases of where I and others have
used appreciative inquiry for team building. Read Full Article
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