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The Solutions Focus: making coaching and change SIMPLE

You can read about the Solutions Focus approach in the leading book, The Solutions Focus, Making Coaching and Change SIMPLE, co-authored by Paul Z Jackson and Mark McKergow.

“All good coaches focus on potential, affirmation and solutions. This book is a must. It is simple, easy to read and filled with illustrative examples.” - Sir John Whitmore

"If you are seeking to achieve positive change with people, teams and organisations. the solutions approach is a proven, practical and very easy approach to use. The focus on solutions/strengths and whats going well, not problems/weaknesses leads to a positive way of making progess. The authors provide you with a roadmap/framework that can be used in a wide variety of situations. - Stan Felstead - Interchange Resources UK

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Positively Speaking, The Art of Constructive Conversations with a Solutions

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

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.

“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

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Solutions at Work: an introduction to solutions focused coaching, consulting and facilitation

In this professionally produced, 60 minute audio download, Solutions Focus practitioners Paul Z Jackson and Mark McKergow discuss the organisational and business applications of solution focused thinking and action.

"Our coaching trainees just love this CD - especially the way the two Poms crack on at each other. It's easy to listen and packed with great ideas." - Tony Grant, Director: Coaching Psychology Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Sydney and co-author of Solution Focused Coaching.

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